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The 6th Annual Edgy Award Winners
Almost let these get away from me. However, I just can’t seem to get enough closure on last awards season and kick off the current year of moviegoing until I get these down in writing. So without further adieu, the winners of the 6th Annual Edgy Awards:
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BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Till It Happens to You” featured in “The Hunting Ground”
Music and Lyrics by Lady Gaga (1st win) and Diane Warren (2nd win)
RUNNER-UP: “It’s My Turn Now” featured in “Dope”
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“Sicario”
Johann Johannsson (1st win)
RUNNER-UP: “Mad Max: Fury Road”
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BEST MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
Damian Martin (1st win), Nadine Prigge (1st win) and Lesley Vanderwalt (1st win)
RUNNER-UP: “The Revenant”
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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
Chris Corbould (2nd win), Roger Guyett (1st win), Neal Scanlan (2nd win) and Pat Dubach (1st Win)
RUNNER-UP: “The Revenant”
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BEST SOUND EFFECTS EDITING
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
David Acord (1st win) and Matthew Acord (1st win)
RUNNER-UP: “Mad Max: Fury Road”
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BEST SOUND EFFECTS MIXING
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
Chris Jenkins (1st win), Ben Osmo (1st win) and Gregg Rudloff (3rd win)
RUNNER-UP: “The Revenant”
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BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“The Danish Girl”
Paco Delgado (1st win)
RUNNER-UP: “Mad Max: Fury Road”
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BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
Colin Gibson (1st win) and Lisa Thompson (1st win)
Runner-Up: “Carol”
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BEST EDITING
“Spotlight”
Tom McArdle (1st win)
RUNNER-UP: “Mad Max: Fury Road”
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Sicario”
Roger Deakins (5th win)
RUNNER-UP: “Mad Max: Fury Road”
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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Amy”
James Gay-Rees (1st win) and Asif Kapadia (1st win)
RUNNER-UP: “The Look of Silence”
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BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Brooklyn”
Nick Hornby (1st win)
RUNNER-UP: “Steve Jobs”
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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Inside Out”
Josh Cooley (1st win), Ronnie Del Carmen (1st win), Peter Docter (1st win) and Megan LeFauve (1st win)
RUNNER-UP: “Spotlight”
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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST PERFORMANCE
“Spotlight”
Billy Crudup, Brian D’Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, Jamey Sheridan, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Elena Wohl
RUNNER-UP: “The Big Short”
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BEST ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE
Rooney Mara – “Carol”
1st win
RUNNER-UP: Kate Winslet – “Steve Jobs”
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BEST ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE
Mark Ruffalo – “Spotlight”
1st win
RUNNER-UP: Benicio Del Toro – “Sicario”
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BEST ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE
Brie Larson – “Room”
2nd win
RUNNER-UP: Saoirse Ronan – “Brooklyn”
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BEST ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE
Eddie Redmayne – “The Danish Girl”
1st win
RUNNER-UP: Johnny Depp – “Black Mass”
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BEST DIRECTOR
George Miller – “Mad Max: Fury Road”
1st win
RUNNER-UP: Thomas McCarthy – “Spotlight”
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BEST MOTION PICTURE of the YEAR
“Inside Out”
Pete Docter (1st win) and Jonas Rivera (1st win)
RUNNER-UP: “Spotlight”
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FUNNIEST FILM
“The Big Short”
MOST EXCITING FILM
“Sicario”
MOST FRIGHTENING FILM
“It Follows”
MOST EMOTIONALLY MOVING FILM
“Inside Out”
MOST SURPRISING FILM
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
MOST DISAPPOINTING FILM
“Youth”
MOST UNDERRATED FILM
“The End of the Tour”
MOST OVERRATED FILM
“Anomalisa”
BEST PROTAGONIST
Mark Watney – “The Martian”
BEST ANTAGONIST
The Catholic Church – “Spotlight”
BEST ANTIHERO
Alejandro – “Sicario”
BEST ROMANCE
Eilis and Tony – “Brooklyn”
BEST OPENING
“It Follows”
BEST ENDING
“45 Years”
BEST SCENE
Juarez/Border Crossing – “Sicario”
BEST LINE of DIALOGUE
“F*ck you, Mars.” – “The Martian”
FILM I REALLY WANTED TO SEE, BUT NEVER GOT AROUND TO
“Macbeth”
MY TOP TEN of 2015
1. “Inside Out”
2. “Spotlight”
3. “Son of Saul”
4. “Mad Max: Fury Road”
5. “Room”
6. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
7. “Sicario”
8. “The Revenant”
9. “45 Years”
10. “Brooklyn”
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New “Carnage” Trailer
As far as a great cast goes, there’s definitely not many upcoming films that rank higher than “Carnage,” directed by Roman Polanski and based on the Tony-Award winning play (which, when on Broadway, featured practically as good a cast as the film). It tells a very confined, yet immensely layered, story of two sets of parents dealing with repercussions of one’s child beats up the other’s.
While right at home on the stage, this is an ambitious project to see on the big screen, and so not because of a scale too large, but instead one incredibly small. The film takes place entirely in one apartment and sits on the shoulders of only, and I do mean only, four actors. Newly minted Oscar winners Christoph Waltz and Kate Winslet play the parents of the offending child, while veteran performers Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly portray the guardians of the victim. What ensues has been called, by critics and audiences alike, some of the most poignantly funny comedy ever to grace the stage or, now, the cinema.
Aside from seeing these actors strut their stuff, I am most looking forward to seeing Roman Polanski directing such a small story, once again. Since the incredibly claustrophobic horror classic “Rosemary’s Baby,” the director has spent much of the last few decades on sprawling mysteries and epics. It will be nice to see him handle such a tightly wound little comedy with huge aspirations. If all works out well, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Polanski net himself his sixth and seventh Oscar nominations (for directing as well as penning the script) as well as a nod for one performer, or perhaps even more.
Check out the new trailer, below:
NEW “Contagion” Trailer
Yesterday, I got a shaky, poor-quality glimpse of the bootleg “Dark Knight Rises” teaser, said to be officially premiered tonight at midnight. Didn’t think this week could get much more exciting. I was wrong.
This has definitely been a film that’s been high on my must-see radar of 2011 for quite some time. Steven Soderbergh teaming with Matt Damon is always a treat (this is their fifth collaboration). However, it certainly doesn’t hurt to also bill Gwyneth Paltrow, Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, John Hawkes and Kate Winslet. It’s not much of a stretch to call that the best cast of the year, what with 14 nominations and 4 Oscar wins between them, already.
The trailer screams one word more than anything else, and it’s all I could have ever hoped for: DARK. Many pieces of entertainment featuring lethal outbreaks and deadly diseases have come about over the years, Wolfgang Petersen’s film “Outbreak” and Tom Clancy’s novel “Rainbow Six” being the most prominent. What all of those works seem to portray is what MIGHT happen in the case of a deadly virus unleashed upon the world’s population. Instead of following that same formula, “Contagion” seems to portray instead what DOES, or what WILL happen in that case scenario. And in the hands of such a capable director, one who is known for taking a no-holds-barred approach to tense subject matter, this film might not only be genuinely frightening, but also brilliant, as both a white-knuckle thriller and a touching human tragedy.
This having been shot in Chicago, I know a number of people who worked on it. Through them, I’ve been privy to a few scenes that definitely back up some of the themes I just foreshadowed. However, I really hate to spoil anything at all, so I’ll just keep them to myself. I am a little miffed that they’ve pushed up the release from October to September. Having only finished shooting in the last month, I’m surprised they’re so confident in such a quick release. Also, September has become known as a no-man’s land for studios to dump films that get left over from summer’s slate, yet are not quite so confidence-inspiring to warrant a fall/holiday push. I hope that “Contagion” has not been lumped into said category.
Anyway, check out the fantastic trailer in full HD quality, below.
The Edge of the Frame 