The "Stevies"

Seeing over one hundred movies in the year means it can be nice to take a second and look back at some of the best things that happened in film, from the best villains to the best fight scenes and everything in between.

(nominations are in no particular order and are my personal opinion)

Best Fight

One of the best things about movies is getting to see fantasies played out before your eyes. What you could once only dream of appears as reality for the runtime of the movie. And some of those involve a fight scene or two. Even bad movie can have great fight scenes.

• Avengers Assemble (Avengers: End Game)
• Exocommunicado (John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum)
• Car Plant to Highway (Terminator Dark Fate)
• Car Escape (6 Underground)
• Le Mans (Ford v Ferrari)
• Last 300 Yards (!917)

Most Surprising

Walking into these movies, I was not expecting anything great. But I left liking, if not loving them, and highly recommend anyone to see them.

• Brightburn
• Rocketman
• The Two Popes
• What Men Want
• Doctor Sleep

Best Ensemble

One person delivering a great performance is expected. But a whole cast delivering on all cylinders is a beautiful sight to behold.

• Knives Out
• Dolemite is My Name
• The Farewell
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
• Good Boys
• The Irishman

Best Looking

Perhaps the most overlooked part of a movie is ironically how it looks. When shots are properly composed, it can lead to works of art that could be hung in your house

• Waves
• Toy Story 4
• Joker
• Parasite
• Us

Best Special Effects

In an FX driven world, many movies are able to overcome some less than stellar looking moments and scenes. These movies put the time and effort in to make it look incredible.

• Avengers: End Game
• Ad Astra
• Terminator: Dark Fate
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
• Detective Pikachu

Best Villian

• Billy McFarland (Himself) - Fyre, Fyre Fraud
• Thanos (Josh Brolin) - Avengers: End Game
• The Tethered (Various) - Us
• Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson) - Doctor Sleep
• Brandon Bryer (Jackson A. Dunn) - Brightburn

Breakthrough Artist of the Year

• Actress Florence Pugh (Midsommar, Little Women)
• Actor Dean-Charles Chapman (The King, Blinded by the Light, 1917)
• Directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz (Peanut Butter Falcon)
• Actress Julia Butters (Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood)
• Actor Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Luce, Waves)

Best Actress

• Lupita Nyong'o (Us)
• Taylor Russell (Waves)
• Laura Dern (Marriage Story, Little Women)
• Samara Weaving (Ready or Not)
• Margot Robbie (OUATIH, Bombshell)
• Florence Pugh (Midsommar, Little Women)

Best Actor

• Daniel Craig (Knives Out)
• Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
• Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Luce, Waves)
• Adam Driver (Marriage Story, The Report, The Rise of Skywalker)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood)
• Paul Walter Hauser (Richard Jewell)
• Christian Bale (Ford v Ferrari)

Best Director

• Bong Joon-ho (Parasite)
• Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
• Safdie Brothers (Uncut Gems)
• Rian Johnson (Knives Out)
• James Mangold (Ford v Ferrari)
• Sam Mendes (1917)

Best Movie

• Avengers: End Game
• Knives Out
• Little Women
• Waves
• Marriage Story
• Parasite
• Uncut Gems
• Ford v Ferrari
• 1917