Reified Films of 2018
Our Top 5 Films (In No Particular Order)
BlacKkKlansman
The Favourite
First Reformed
The Rider
Sorry to Bother You
The Only Film Award Categories That Matter
Category — Winner / Runner-Up
Uncanny Valley — Marwen / Suspiria
Best Guilty Pleasure — Crazy Rich Asians / The Princess Switch
Most Unsurprising Twist — Bohemian Rhapsody has won awards / Green Book is produced by Octavia Spencer
Fetal Position Award — RBG / Cold War
The (John) Cenema award — Blockers
Imbued Hilarity — The Favourite / Eighth Grade
Narrative Melatonin — First Man
But Why? — 15:17 to Paris / Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!
Jury’s Still Out — The Academy’s whiplash decision-making
Films We’re Currently Lying about Seeing — Ben, The Beautiful Boy Who Was Erased, Is Back
MVP — Gemma Chan in Mary Queen of Scots & Crazy Rich Asians / AMC A-List
Just Leaves — Tessa Thompson in Annihilation / MoviePass
A Bing Bing is Born — The Meg / Fan Bing Bing is missing
Craziest Rich Asian — Steven Yuen in Burning / Awkwafina in Ocean’s 8
Best War Horse — 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers / Sorry to Bother You
Worst Month for Gugu Mbatha-Raw — Cloverfield Paradox / Irreplaceable You / A Wrinkle in Time