- Body of Lies
- Cloverfield
- Definitely, Maybe
- Doubt
- Iron Man
- Kung Fu Panda
- Let the Right One In
- Role Models
- Slumdog Millionaire
- The Visitor
Best Ensemble Performance: Doubt
RUNNER UP: Milk
Best Performance in a Mediocre Film: Samantha Morton (Synecdoche, New York)
RUNNER UP: Brad Pitt (Burn after Reading)
Most Underrated Film of the Year: The Incredible Hulk
Most Overrated Film of the Year: Slumdog Millionaire – Don’t confuse this with me saying this is a bad film, I just don’t think it is the end-all/be-all many are making it out to be
Most Surprising Film of the Year: The House Bunny
Most Disappointing Film of the Year: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
RUNNER UP: Miracle at St. Anna
Best Villain: The Joker as performed by Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
RUNNER UP: Harry as played by Ralph Fiennes (In Bruges)
Best Action Sequence: The transporting of Harvey Dent (The Dark Knight)
Best Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
RUNNER UP: Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Best Monster Movie: Cloverfield
Craziest MPAA Rating: The PG rating for The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian considering it featured throat slitting mice and an actual beheading. Oh, but no blood and not a breast in sight. The official reason as bought by Walt Disney given by the MPAA: “For epic battle action and violence.”
Best Documentary: Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
RUNNER UP: Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Film I am Most Disappointed I Missed: Quarantine – In a year filled with so many bad horror films I am upset I missed the one major studio release that seemed to impress many. Then again, I haven’t seen [REC] either, which I want to see first anyway.
Worst Line in a Movie in 2008: “Who is that guy?” – Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Gramm in 88 Minutes
RUNNER UP: “You’re not interested in what happened to the bees?” – Mark Wahlberg as Elliot Moore in The Happening
Best DVD/Blu-ray Release of 2008: Tropic Thunder (2-Disc Director’s Cut)
RUNNER UP: Dark City (Director’s Cut)
Most Anticipated Movies of 2009: (in alphabetical order)
