The Nominees Are....

Here we go!

I swear this is my favorite morning. Beats Christmas every time, no matter how frustrating it sometimes is.

Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis hosting the announcement, as the Academy continues trying new things to make this more of an event.

Nominees after the jump.....

The 2017 Hollmann Awards: Part One

It's the 2017 Hollmann Awards in 2018! With eighteen categories to get through, I'm dividing things up over two days. The order of categories was decided by lottery, much like the nominations - and if you haven't taken a look at those, please do; they come with a full list of the honorees in each category.

Now, on with the show....

Best Score

1. Jane

Philip Glass

2. Battle of the Sexes

Nicholas Britell

3. Phantom Thread

Jonny Greenwood

4. The Lost City of Z

Christopher Spelman

5. The Shape of Water

Alexandre Desplat

Makeup, Supporting Actor and Actress, and much more, after the jump....

The 2017 Hollmann Awards Nominations

Presenting the nominees for the 2017 Hollmann Awards! 128 films considered in 18 categories, whittled down to just five spots each. The order of the categories was decided by writing them down on pieces of paper, crumpling them, scrambling them up, and selecting willy-nilly. Not even Best Picture is safe from the randomness.

The nominees are...after the jump.

Top Ten of 2017

Before I unveil my Top Ten of the Year, there's something I forgot to do in yesterday's ranking of my Top 25 - 11: honorable mentions. As I mentioned, there were a number of movies that almost made it, but I just couldn't find room for. A special salute (and apology) to those flicks:

The Battleship Island
Ingrid Goes West

The Last Jedi

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

Murder on the Orient Express

Oklahoma City

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

Split

A United Kingdom

And now, my Top Ten of 2017, presented in alphabetical order...after the jump...

That's All, Folks!

The final films I saw in 2017...

Bright

dir: David Ayer

scr: Max Landis

Straight-faced take on fantasy creatures in a modern setting is pretty neat, but the lack of coherent follow-through on characters and plotlines - you know, the story - feels like a bad call! Hardly the worst of the year, if only because, come on, how can you feel strongly one way or the other about this movie?

Nuns, assassins, and Golden Globe nominees after the jump...