Best Picture 2017

Split

Logan

War for the Planet of the Apes

Beauty and the Beast

John Wick:  Chapter 2

1922

It

Alien:  Covenant

Coco

Jumanji:  Welcome to the Jungle

The Shape of Water

Best Actor 2017

James McAvoy (Kevin Wendell Crumb)- Split

Hugh Jackman (Logan)- Logan

Hugh Jackman (P.T. Barnum)- The Greatest Showman

Michael Shannon (Richard Strikland)- The Shape of Water

Keanu Reeves (John Wick)- John Wick:  Chapter 2

Bill Skarsgard (Pennywise)- It

Thomas Jane (Wilfred James)- 1922

Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel)- Roman J. Israel, Esq

Woody Harrelson (Lyndon B. Johnson)- LBJ

Gary Oldman (Winston Churchill)- Darkest Hour

James Franco (Tommy Wiseau)- The Disaster Artist

Best Actress 2017

Gal Gadot (Diana/Wonder Woman)- Wonder Woman

Margot Robbie (Tonya Harding)- I, Tonya

Sally Hawkins (Elisa Esposito)- The Shape of Water

McKenna Grace (Mary Adler)- Gifted

Aubrey Plaza (Ingrid Thorburn)- Ingrid Goes West

Jessica Chastain (Molly Bloom)- Molly's Game

Best Supporting Actor 2017

Luke Evans (Gaston)- Beauty and the Beast

Arnold Schwarzenegger (Gunther)- Killing Gunther

Jonathan Banks (Pappy McAllan)- Mudbound

Michael Keaton (Adrian Toomes/The Vulture)- Spider-Man:  Homecoming

Dave Bautista (Drax)- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Michael Rooker (Yondu)- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Best Supporting Actress 2017

Dafne Keen (Laura/X-23)- Logan

Allison Janney (LaVona Golden)- I, Tonya

Keala Settle (Lettie Lutz)- The Greatest Showman

Best Picture 2016- Winner

I could lie to you and say I agonized over this decision.  However, as hard as the Best Actress winner was for me to pick, Best Picture was just as easy.  All the nominees were fabulous in their own right, but, there was only one Civil War.  There are usually only a few times in your life when a ridiculously hyped movie lives up to every expectation you have.  Mad credit goes to the cast, the Russos who directed, and Marvel/Disney itself.  This is about the most perfect movie in every aspect possible and easily one of my favorites of all time.

And, yes, that's even without an appearance from Thor.


Captain America:  Civil War

Deadpool

Rogue One:  A Star Wars Story

Sausage Party

Zootopia

Don't Breathe

Hell or High Water

The Infiltrator

Best Actor 2016- Winner

Well there certainly wasn't a crazier performance than Reynolds' Deadpool.  Any doubt that he was the quintessential Merc with a Mouth was erased within the first couple minutes of the film.  Mixing 4th wall self awareness with road lizard crazy action, Reynolds poured his heart and soul into the role.  Maybe there are better actors in Hollywood who could have pulled this off as well, but, they didn't.  He did.  And, he did it magnificently.





Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange)- Stephen Strange

Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool)- Wade Wilson/Deadpool

Ben Affleck (The Accountant)- Christian Wolff

Robert Downey, Jr (Captain America:  Civil War)- Tony Stark/Iron Man

Bryan Cranston (The Infiltrator)- Robert Mazur

Dwayne Johnson (Central Intelligence)- Robbie Wierdicht/Bob Stone

Michael Keaton (The Founder)- Ray Kroc

Denzel Washington (Fences)- Troy Maxson

Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge)- Desmond Doss

Chris Pine (Hell or High Water)- Toby Howard