Joshua Movie Awards: Part 2!

We are covering some of the best in films and you are instrumental in determining the winners!  The point is considering all of the films and not just focusing on genre movies.  Again, I haven’t seen all of the films, but considered awards, critics, and reviews.  Envelopes please. 

Supporting Actor 

Mahershala Ali (Green Book) 

Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther) 

Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)

Brian Tyree Henry (If Beale Street Could Talk) 

Sam Elliott (A Star is Born) 

Mahershala Ali is the front runner for this category, a critical favorite, Timothee Chalamet was left out, so there are only two Academy Award nominees.  I also see a strong critical push for Brian Tyree Henry.  I think Michael B. Jordan was slighted with his snub.  

Best Documentary

Betsy West, Julie Cohen (RBG) 

Morgan Neville (Won’t You Be My Neighbor?) 

Alexandria Bomach (On Her Shoulders) 

Peter Jackson (They Shall Not Grow Old)  

Jason Hehir (Andre the Giant)

This category is really because of the snub for Won’t You Be My Neighbor?  The Academy got one right.  I thought Peter Jackson’s WWI documentary is worth nominating.  I was really looking for a strong entry and remembered I saw a great documentary on HBO, Andre the Giant, really not just his wrestling and movie career, but Andre as a person.  

Best Foreign Film 

Burning (South Korea) 

Cold War (Poland) 

Roma (Mexico)

Shoplifters (Japan) 

Never Look Away (Germany)

Another category where not everyone has seen the films.  The strongest looks to be Roma since it is available on Netflix.  Four Oscar nominees here.  I also saw Burning had high critical regard.  

Best Animated Film 

Incredibles 2, Brad Bird

Ralph Breaks the Internet, Rich Moore, Phil Johnston  

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman  

Mirai, Mamoru Hosoda 

Isle of Dogs, Wes Anderson 

The Oscars are spot on here, five nominations, also reflective of the animation industry’s Annie Awards with no nom for Mirai instead it’s Aardman Animations’ Early Man, Mirai is nommed there under Best Animated Independent Feature.  Which one do you think is the most deserving?  

Best Cinematography 

Rachel Morrison (Black Panther) 

Caleb Deschanel (Never Look Away)

Alfonso Cuaron (Roma)

Robbie Ryan (The Favourite) 

Matthew Libatique (A Star is Born) 

This category is probably why I thought to bring up these awards.  There are four nominations from the Oscars.  Rachel Morrison for Black Panther, she is a brilliant cinematographer, but left out of the awards.    

Agree? Disagree?  Any nominees left out?   Your votes are pivotal.  Enter them at the comments below, thanks! 

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