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The 92nd Academy Awards were presented on February 9, 2020 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood and honored the best in film for 2020. Here are the results of all of the winners in their respective categories.

BEST PICTURE: Parasite

BEST ACTOR: Joaquin Phoenix for Joker

BEST ACTRESS: Renee Zellwegger for Judy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Brad Pitt for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Laura Dern for Marriage Story

BEST DIRECTOR: Bong Joon Ho for Parasite

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Parasite

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Jojo Rabbit

BEST FILM EDITING: Ford v Ferrari

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: 1917

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: 1917

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Little Women

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: Bombshell

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Joker

BEST ORIGINAL SONG: "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from Rocketman

BEST SOUND EDITING: Ford v Ferrari

BEST SOUND MIXING: 1917

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Toy Story 4

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM: Hair Love

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: American Factory

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM: Parasite

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: The Neighbors' Widow

Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum.

Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about:

Sam Raimi to Direct Doctor Strange 2

You know...this could be pretty cool. He has horror experience, he has superhero experience...I dig it.

The Lodge

Got a chance to see this the other day. I'm not even a big horror fan and I enjoyed it. I didn't at all think that was Alicia Silverstone, though. That took me by surprise.

Parasite

Also finally got a chance to see this, too, and I DEFINITELY recommend it to everybody.
Birds of Prey

I still don't know if I'm going to bother doing a Reviewpoint podcast about this or not. Suffice it to say, if I'm giving my quick thoughts: it is exactly what I pictured it would be, and that's not a good thing. It's not at all a Birds of Prey film. It's just a movie that was made if someone's only goals were to copy Deadpool (but not as good) and focus on Harley Quinn and girl power.

What's up with these slow news weeks?

There isn't anything to talk about anymore that I'm coming across these past bunch of weeks. Maybe its just me. Maybe I'm not tapping into the right information, or I'm just not all that interested in what's going on. As always, if there is something going on that you want my opinion about, let me know.

The nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards have been announced, so it's time for us to talk about some of the surprises, snubs and our predictions of which movies will take home an Oscar in 2020.

A FEW NOTES BEFORE WE START:

As always, I haven't seen all the films nominated, nor do I plan on watching a lot of them, even if they win all their respective categories. I'm also nowhere near an expert in any category to be able to fully judge the technical aspects of a lot of these like Film Editing and Sound Mixing, so I'm guessing blindly in those. Still, I tend to do pretty decently with my predictions, so this is all in the name of fun and seeing if this is predictable based on previous years and whatever gut feelings I have.

CHECKLIST OF MOVIES BELOW:

* = I've seen the film
(#) = number of total nominations

* 1917 (10)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (1)
A Sister (1)
* Ad Astra (1)
American Factory (1)
* Avengers: Endgame (1)
Bombshell (3)
Breakthrough (1)
Brotherhood (1)
Corpus Christi (1)
Dcera (Daughter) (1)
For Sama (1)
* Ford v Ferrari (4)
Frozen II (1)
Hair Love (1)
Harriet (2)
Honeyland (2)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (1)
I Lost My Body (1)
In the Absence (1)
Jojo Rabbit (6)
* Joker (11)
Judy (2)
Kitbull (1)
Klaus (1)
* Knives Out (1)
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone  (If You're a Girl) (1)
Les Misérables (1)
Life Overtakes Me (1)
Little Women (6)
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (1)
Marriage Story (6)
Memorable (1)
Missing Link (1)
Nefta Football Club (1)
* Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (10)
Pain and Glory (2)
* Parasite (6)
Richard Jewell (1)
Rocketman (1)
Saria (1)
Sister (1)
St. Louis Superman (1)
* Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (3)
The Cave (1)
The Edge of Democracy (1)
* The Irishman (10)
The Lighthouse (1)
* The Lion King (1)
The Neighbors' Window (1)
The Two Popes (3)
* Toy Story 4 (2)
Walk Run Cha-Cha (1)

THOUGHTS AND PREDICTIONS:

Now, onto my predictions, which I'll be updating as time goes on and I potentially watch any of these movies.

BEST PICTURE

THOUGHTS: It's not going to be Little Women or Once Upon a Time. Ford v Ferrari, as much as I was surprised about how much I liked it, has no chance, either. The Irishman might have won if this were a few months ago, but I feel like the buzz went down. Joker's the sentimental favorite for me in some ways, but I think the real fight is between 1917 and Parasite. Marriage Story is still a Netflix film and there's a stigma to that. However, I haven't seen some of these films, like Jojo Rabbit, so I don't want to rank all of them in order. When push comes to shove, I'm going with 1917.

PREDICTION: 1917

BEST ACTOR

THOUGHTS: Joaquin Phoenix. End of story.

PREDICTION: Joaquin Phoenix for Joker

BEST ACTRESS

THOUGHTS: Lupita didn't get nominated for Us? Hm. To be honest, I have no idea about this one. I didn't see any of these movies yet, so it's impossible to judge fairly.

PREDICTION: Renee Zellwegger for Judy

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

THOUGHTS: I think Pacino and Pesci are going to cannibalize each other. Hanks is nominated cause he's Hanks and its tough not to nominate him at some point. Song Kang Ho did great, but he'll be overlooked. This is Brad Pitt's.

PREDICTION: Brad Pitt for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

THOUGHTS: It seems like the buzz is around Laura Dern for Marriage Story. I wouldn't know, having not seen any of the films, just like the Best Actress category. Weird that that happened.

PREDICTION: Laura Dern for Marriage Story

BEST DIRECTOR

THOUGHTS: Some years, I feel like there's a strong candidate for winning Best Director instead of winning Best Picture. Not this year. Everyone strikes me as befitting of that consolation idea this year, in that, for instance, Quentin Tarantino would get nominated for Best Picture and Best Director but not win either of them.

PREDICTION: Sam Mendes for 1917

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

THOUGHTS: I sure as hell hope it isn't Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, I'll tell you that. The movie had no real story! Knives Out was a lot of fun, but even though I haven't seen Marriage Story or The Farewell, I'm going to go outside the box a bit and say if Marriage Story doesn't win, it'll be Parasite.

PREDICTION: Marriage Story

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

THOUGHTS: Currently, the odds seem to be in favor of The Irishman. I'll go against that. I think this is where we could see Jojo Rabbit steal some notoriety. Little Women seems like a waste, as the story's been done so many times before. Joker seems like they wouldn't want to praise it for the story so much as for the acting. The Two Popes...that has a shot. But screw it, I don't have any money on the line. Let's go with a bit of an underdog.

PREDICTION: Jojo Rabbit

BEST FILM EDITING

THOUGHTS: The odds right now are The Irishman. Really? I don't know...that doesn't strike me as a standout. I was more impressed with Ford v Ferrari in that regard with the races, even.

PREDICTION: 1917

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

THOUGHTS: No nomination for Godzilla: King of the Monsters?! Crazy. Absolutely crazy that The Irishman got nominated, too, as the deaging was rather bad.

PREDICTION: Avengers: Endgame? I could see any of these except Irishman winning.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

THOUGHTS: While I think a lot of recognition will be given to a lot of these films (and many others that weren't nominated, but arguably should have been), ultimately this is 1917 taking it home. It has more elements that people fall in love with. It's a war film, period piece, tells a visual story and has no controversy surrounding it.

PREDICTION: 1917

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

THOUGHTS: What's the most bombastic of the bunch? That's the one that wins.

PREDICTION: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

THOUGHTS: Again...same as Production Design...

PREDICTION: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

THOUGHTS: Part of me says Rocketman could take this, but I'm going to lean more toward Joker due to how its actually a big part of the presentation of the main character who is tied to who might likely win Best Actor.

PREDICTION: Joker

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

THOUGHTS: I haven't heard Little Women or Marriage Story's scores. Maybe they give this to John Williams for a retirement win? Maybe 1917...but I think a big enough buzz was created over Joker's score that I'll give that an edge.

PREDICTION: Joker

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

THOUGHTS: Thank God it won't be Speechless from Aladdin or Spirit from The Lion King. Woof, those were bad. The rest, I have no idea.

PREDICTION: Rocketman

BEST SOUND EDITING

THOUGHTS: I pretty much always pick the same movie for both of these, as I couldn't possibly tell you the difference between these awards.

PREDICTION: 1917

BEST SOUND MIXING

THOUGHTS: Look up.

PREDICTION: 1917

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

THOUGHTS: Toy Story 4, maybe? To be honest, I'm not feeling anything.

PREDICTION: Toy Story 4

THE REST OF THE CATEGORIES

Including:
Best Animated Short Film
Best Documentary Feature
Best Documentary Short Subject
Best International Feature Film = Parasite
Best Live Action Short Film

THOUGHTS: I pretty much never see these films to be able to judge them, so I tend not to bother trying to predict them. However, the one that HAS to be GUARANTEED is Parasite winning International Feature. That movie was really good and deserves at least that accolade, if not Best Picture for real.


This year is equal parts "oh hey, that was pretty good" and lots of "I'll never bother to watch that and I can't imagine anyone will remember this movie even by March, let alone next year, let alone forever." I have a feeling I'm going to do terribly on my predictions this time around. Don't use my guesses for your office pool!

Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum.

Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about:

Another Slow News Week

At least in terms of the stuff I'm tracking and interested in, nothing much was going on. "Chiwetel Ejiofor will probably return to be Mordo" - yeah...no shit. Owen Wilson possibly cast as something in the Loki show? Okay, that might be totally false and we have nothing to go on.

I haven't seen a Fast and Furious movie, so I have no thoughts on the trailer.

If you've got something in mind you think I should address, drop a comment below. Maybe I missed something.

I Did See 1917, Though...

And I thought it was visually stunning and an overall good film. I can understand why it could win Best Picture, although I'm not necessarily rooting for it. I still haven't seen some of the other nominees, so I don't know which one film above all that I'd like to see come out on top. However, if Joker were to win, that would be pretty neat, even though we all know that isn't going to happen.

At the very least, 1917 should win Best Production Design and possibly Best Cinematography. Figuring out a way to make this feel like it was one continuous shot with even less of the random lighting fades to black like Birdman was a major technical achievement that shouldn't be overlooked.

Welcome to another edition of 6 Flicks Picks, wherein I list all of the upcoming films that are scheduled to be released in the United States for the month which is about to begin and break down which ones I'll be watching in theaters, which ones I'll wait to rent at home, and which ones I'll be skipping out on entirely. After going through the list, I'll choose which six films stand out to me as the ones I want to see the most, even if there are more or less than six that interest me.

Note: The list below is based primarily off the expanded nationwide USA release dates on IMDB as well as some other random outlets if possible, so some information may be different. If I am missing some of the limited releases or the dates conflict in some fashion, please let me know in the comments below and any adjustments and corrections will be made!

Without further ado, another new month means another new set of films, so what's coming soon to theaters in February 2020?

Birds of Prey

Synopsis: After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.

Will I watch? = Yes (ugh)

The Lodge

Synopsis: A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.

Will I watch? = No

And Then We Danced

Synopsis: A passionate coming-of-age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, the film follows Merab, a competitive dancer who is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak.

Will I watch? = No


Sonic the Hedgehog

Synopsis: A cop in the rural town of Green Hills will help Sonic escape from the government who is looking to capture him.

Will I watch? = Yes

Blumhouse's Fantasy Island

Synopsis: A horror adaptation of the popular '70s TV show about a magical island resort.

Will I watch? = Maybe

The Photograph

Synopsis: A series of intertwining love stories set in the past and in the present.

Will I watch? = No

Downhill

Synopsis: Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.

Will I watch? = No

Ordinary Love

Synopsis: An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.

Will I watch? = No

What About Love

Synopsis: Two young lovers change the lives of their parents forever when the parents learn from the joyful experience of their kids, and allow themselves to again find their love.

Will I watch? = No

First Lady

Synopsis: Katherine Morales, a woman not married to the President, runs for First Lady, but she winds up getting a better proposal than she ever expected. First Lady is a classic romantic comedy with the backdrop of Presidential Politics and Royal Charm.

Will I watch? = No


Bloodshot

Synopsis: Ray Garrison, a slain soldier, is re-animated with superpowers.

Will I watch? = Maybe

The Call of the Wild

Synopsis: A sled dog struggles for survival in the Alaskan wild.

Will I watch? = No

Brahms: The Boy II

Synopsis: After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.

Will I watch? = No

Emma

Synopsis: Based on the classic Jane Austen novel.

Will I watch? = No

Greed

Synopsis: Satire about the world of the super-rich.

Will I watch? = No

My Boyfriend's Meds

Synopsis: A woman's island getaway with her boyfriend is thrown for a loop when he forgets to take his prescription medications along.

Will I watch? = No

Goldie

Synopsis: A teenager in a family shelter, wages war against the system to keep her sisters together while she pursues her dreams of being a dancer. A story about displaced youth, ambition and strength.

Will I watch? = No


The Invisible Man

Synopsis: When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

Will I watch? = No

Wendy

Synopsis: Lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.

Will I watch? = No

The Whistlers

Synopsis: A policeman is intent on freeing a crooked businessman from a prison in Romania. He travels to Gomera, an island in the Canaries, where he must first learn the difficult local dialect, a language which includes hissing and spitting.

Will I watch? = No

Saint Frances

Synopsis: After an accidental pregnancy turned abortion, a deadbeat nanny finds an unlikely friendship with the six-year old she's charged with protecting.

Will I watch? = No

A White, White Day

Synopsis: In a remote Icelandic town, an off duty police chief begins to suspect a local man for having had an affair with his wife, who recently died in a car accident. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones. A story of grief, revenge and unconditional love.

Will I watch? = No


Which films make the cut?

6. The Invisible Man — Weak month. Let's just go with a plot I've seen before.

5. Wendy — They're trying something different, at least. But let's be honest, I'm not going to watch this.

4. Blumhouse's Fantasy Island — They took a weird TV show and turned it into a horror thing? Okay, I'm curious.

3. Bloodshot — It seems very generic, but it's also a comic book kind of movie and that speaks more to my likes than some of the other things on this list.

2. Birds of Prey — It's a DC movie, so I'll see it. It involves a lot of characters I'm very fond of, but the style of the movie, the tone, and the way it is adapting these characters looks HORRENDOUS. I'm not expecting it to be anything but hot garbage.

1. Sonic the Hedgehog — Big fan of the original games on Genesis. This can't be some super amazing movie, but the second trailer convinced me that it should be at least worth checking out.

Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum.

Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about:

Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Cancelled...?

It's on hold. No, it isn't. No, it's cancelled entirely. No, it's just on a delay. Oh wait, it's an indefinite delay. WTF? I give up. If you can't figure out a way to do this story, it's even further proof this creative team doesn't know what they're doing.

Mega Man Live-Action Movie in the Works

Matt Tomlin, who co-wrote the upcoming Batman film, is supposedly writing a script for a live-action Mega Man film.

While I have no idea what Tomlin's work is like and if that's a good or a bad sign, I do think Mega Man is one of the video games that could function as a movie. Let's see what happens.

The Batman's Sounding Worse and Worse

Everything about this movie is scaring me. The fact that they spent years not getting a script going. The casting decisions that increasingly come off as if the goal is "to be different" rather than "to be good representations of those characters." Now, it's supposed to be that the costume is a slapped together mess and the Batmobile is just a regular muscle car?? Stop it. This is going to suck.

Live-Action Bambi

It was only a matter of time. I won't bother seeing it.

Joker's New Girlfriend Punchline

So in the comics, apparently Joker will be getting a new gal pal named Punchline. While I could see this being nothing but a lame attempt at having another Harley Quinn that is "more evil" so they can transition her more into a heroine, this has potential.

Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum.

Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about:

Hawkeye Show on Indefinite Delay?

The planned Disney+ series about Hawkeye is on delay indefinitely. Why? No idea. Is it about Jeremy Renner? Is it that they want to wait until they can get Hailee Steinfeld?

Jar Jar Binks Could Appear in Kenobi

....really? I mean, maybe this is a good idea. Maybe they have something in mind that could add to the character and redeem him in a way. If he's just the regular annoying bumbling idiot, I think everyone will instantly hate it.

Morbius Trailer

Well, I have to admit that even though Morbius has never been my favorite character, nor have I ever liked the idea of vampires being as much of a thing, nor do I like the idea of Sony having any input in the MCU...this looks like it might be the best possible Morbius movie they could have made.

But goddamn, they are STILL dead set on this Sinister Six movie. Stop making me nervous. That is NOT something that should happen.

Oscars Nominations

Joker was the movie with the most overall nominations. Not a lot of other support for the superhero film genre or geek culture movies in general, as 1917 took a lot of spots away for technical awards and such.

I'll be watching a number of these movies if I haven't already seen them and giving my Oscars predictions at some point - hopefully soon with some updates throughout the month.

Billie Eilish for No Time to Die Theme

Very interesting. This could be wonderful or God awful. I'll withhold judgment until I hear it.

Crisis on Infinite Earths Finale

As I mentioned before, as much as I was 100% in for these series for the first bunch of seasons, I fell off, so I'm not as invested as I once was, but I figured I should check these out. Overall, this was pretty damn neat. I could nitpick and point out how it's never going to be the real thing when you have Batwoman instead of Bruce Wayne, you're missing Wonder Woman and Green Lantern, etc...but the fact that we got Ezra Miller's Flash and all these other crazy stuff is just super cool.

Gleek?

Fox Film Branches Renamed

20th Century Fox is now 20th Century Studios. Fox Searchlight is now Searchlight Pictures. Makes sense. No need to have Fox in the name if it isn't Fox anymore.

Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum.

Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about:

Christian Bale in Thor: Love and Thunder??

Rumor has it he's in talks for a role. I'm totally in the dark about what that could be. Cul Borson? Balder? Imagine how crazy it would be if he were Beta Ray Bill.

Beta Ray Bale? I doubt it. It's probably not a crazy comic character like that. But without having a clue what is going on or if there is any validity to this, let's speculate like crazy.

Dennis Haysbert is God in Lucifer

They've recast God for the next season of Lucifer and the role will now be played by Dennis Haysbert. Pretty cool. The guy has a booming voice and a big presence and pairing him alongside D.B. Woodside will make a lot of sense.

The New Mutants New Trailer

After all these years and the Fox purchase, they're still releasing this in theaters??!? I really don't get it and I question the decision. It doesn't seem like this could possibly be the introduction of mutants in the MCU and releasing this film is just going to confuse people. This would be SO much more beneficial to put on Disney+ or Hulu and try to bring in some subscribers.

As far as the content goes, the movie looks interesting and if this wasn't an X-Men related film, I'd be into it, even though I don't like horror films. I just think this is going to be a bad X-Men film and I'm worried about tarnishing the name even more.

Scott Derrickson Steps Down as Director of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Citing creative differences, Derrickson will stay on as an executive producer, but will no longer direct the film. My guess is he wanted to take it even further into the horror side of things and Marvel wasn't comfortable with that, so they ultimately couldn't find a middle ground they were happy with.

While that is a shame, I think they will find someone who can fit the bill. I'm not too worried, especially since Doctor Strange is one of my least favorite MCU films and if a new director can come on board, maybe that person will be more in sync with my tastes.

Pokemon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass

It was shown in the Nintendo Direct this week that there is DLC coming to Sword and Shield which will feature The Isle of Armor and The Tundra Crown areas, new Galarian forms, new Pokemon and more.

To be honest, I'm 50/50 on this. I think it's kind of ridiculous the cost is $30 and they spent a lot of time talking about adding clothing, which I hope doesn't mean you're paying that much for just a short area, a handful of Pokemon and the bulk of it is character customization.

The Pokemon are hit or miss. I have to get a better look at some of them. The new ones aren't impressive, but I'm curious where they're going with the Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres forms, in particular.

Birds of Prey Trailer 2

I still maintain that this film is going to be SO awful, they are stuck up their asses about trying to make "different" versions of these characters and being quirky for the sake of it, and that's going to make it a noisy, incoherent mess that hinders each character going forward. This can't possibly be good.

Cinelytic

Warner Bros is going to be using an AI called Cinelytic to help with greenlighting projects. Oh, yeah, great idea. Because we all know projections and metrics that have estimated the box office have been dead-on these past bunch of years, right?

Having a computer tell you whether or not to do a movie is absurd. It can maybe help determine some factors with estimates based on the right types of formulas, but there are so many grey areas that it can't possibly take into account. For instance, is a computer going to know about backlash to Captain Marvel for comments Brie Larson makes? Or is it going to be able to fully judge whether a script is good?

More than likely, all this is going to do is be a filter of "Is it a popular IP? How popular? Okay, it might make X money. Yes or no."

The AI definitely would have seen the star power of Will Smith and Margot Robbie and thought Suicide Squad would be perfect.

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Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum.

Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about:

Mighty Ducks Coming to Disney+

A new Mighty Ducks series is in development for Disney+. This makes perfect sense. Capitalizing on nostalgia with a concept that is fundamentally easy to do (it's not like the films are super complicated) is a formula for potential success. Also, as this has a sports focus, that's different than the fantasy stuff the other series have.

As far as the creative direction, who knows? If I were approached about this, I'd say make Charlie and Adam the new coaches, taking after Bombay, who has a cameo, of course.

For that matter, Get Shaun Weiss back as Greg Goldberg and Elden Henson as Fulton Reed. Bring back Marguerite Moreau and address the girls on the team and "breaking barriers." Bring Kenan Thompson in for one episode so he can teach the kids how to do the knuckle puck. Make it a legacy passing the torch thing to the new group.

A Motherbox in Suicide Squad

So David Ayer revealed that the original plan for "the machine" in Suicide Squad was that it was related to a Motherbox. That makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE. Why the hell did they cut that out? A lack of direction and cohesion on this series really made it harder to pull off and it's a shame as there was so much potential.

501st Helps The Mandalorian

While filming the finale of The Mandalorian, they ran out of available Stormtrooper costumes and enlisted the help of the 501st Legion—a group of fans that have been super dedicated Stormtroopers over the years and eventually were canonized as a tribute—to fill in the ranks. Very very cool!

Hulk and Namor Movie Rights Back with Disney?

Rumor has it Disney now has the rights to Hulk and Namor films, which previously were owned by Universal Pictures. That's awesome if that's the case. That means we could get more leeway with how they use Hulk going forward (even though I don't think there is a solo film left to tell) and Namor can be used in Black Panther 2 or Fantastic 4 or something else like that down the line. Very cool, if true.

The 77th annual Golden Globe Awards are scheduled for this evening, Sunday, January 5, 2020 at the Beverly Hilton on NBC, hosted by Ricky Gervais. This post will be updated with the full list of winners from all the categories. Tell us your thoughts on the results in the comments below!

Best Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Patricia Arquette in The Act as Dee Dee Blanchard
Helena Bonham Carter in The Crown as Princess Margaret
Toni Collette in Unbelievable as Det. Grace Rasmussen
Meryl Streep in Big Little Lies as Mary Louise Wright
Emily Watson in Chernobyl as Ulana Khomyuk

WINNER = Patricia Arquette in The Act as Dee Dee Blanchard

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film
Alan Arkin in The Kominsky Method as Norman Newlander
Kieran Culkin in Succession as Roman Roy
Andrew Scott in Fleabag as Hot Priest
Stellan Skarsgård in Chernobyl as Boris Shcherbina
Henry Winkler in Barry as Gene Cousineau

WINNER = Stellan Skarsgård in Chernobyl as Boris Shcherbina

Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film
Kaitlyn Dever in Unbelievable as Marie Adler
Joey King in The Act as Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Helen Mirren in Catherine the Great as Catherine the Great
Merritt Wever in Unbelievable as Det. Karen Duvall
Michelle Williams in Fosse/Verdon as Gwen Verdon

WINNER = Michelle Williams in Fosse/Verdon as Gwen Verdon

Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film
Christopher Abbott in Catch-22 as Capt. John Yossarian
Sacha Baron Cohen in The Spy as Eli Cohen / Kamel Amin Thaabet
Russell Crowe in The Loudest Voice as Roger Ailes
Jared Harris in Chernobyl as Valery Legasov
Sam Rockwell in Fosse/Verdon as Bob Fosse

WINNER = Russell Crowe in The Loudest Voice as Roger Ailes

Best Miniseries or Television Film
Catch-22
Chernobyl
Fosse/Verdon
The Loudest Voice
Unbelievable

WINNER = Chernobyl

Best Performance By an Actress in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical)
Christina Applegate in Dead to Me as Jen Harding
Rachel Brosnahan in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Miriam "Midge" Maisel
Kirsten Dunst in On Becoming a God in Central Florida as Krystal Stubbs
Natasha Lyonne in Russian Doll as Nadia Vulvokov
Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag as Fleabag

WINNER = Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag as Fleabag

Best Performance By an Actor in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical)
Michael Douglas in The Kominsky Method as Sandy Kominsky
Bill Hader in Barry as Barry Berkman / Barry Block
Ben Platt in The Politician as Payton Hobart
Paul Rudd in Living with Yourself as Miles Elliot / Miles Elliot's Clone
Ramy Youssef in Ramy as Ramy Hassan

WINNER = Ramy Youssef in Ramy as Ramy Hassan

Best Performance By an Actress in a Television Series (Drama)
Jennifer Aniston in The Morning Show as Alex Levy
Olivia Colman in The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II
Jodie Comer in Killing Eve as Oksana Astankova / Villanelle
Nicole Kidman in Big Little Lies as Celeste Wright
Reese Witherspoon in The Morning Show as Bradley Jackson

WINNER = Olivia Colman in The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II

Best Performance By an Actor in a Television Series (Drama)
Brian Cox in Succession as Logan Roy
Kit Harington in Game of Thrones as Jon Snow
Rami Malek in Mr. Robot as Elliot Alderson
Tobias Menzies in The Crown as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Billy Porter in Pose as Pray Tell

WINNER = Brian Cox in Succession as Logan Roy

Best Television Series (Comedy or Musical)
Barry
Fleabag
The Kominsky Method
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
The Politician

WINNER = Fleabag

Best Television Series (Drama)
Big Little Lies
The Crown
Killing Eve
The Morning Show
Succession

WINNER = Succession


Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat for Little Women
Hildur Guðnadóttir for Joker
Randy Newman for Marriage Story
Thomas Newman for 1917
Daniel Pemberton for Motherless Brooklyn

WINNER = Hildur Guðnadóttir for Joker

Best Original Song
"Beautiful Ghosts" by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Taylor Swift from Cats
"(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" by Elton John, Bernie Taupin from Rocketman
"Into the Unknown" by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez from Frozen II
"Spirit" by Beyoncé, Timothy McKenzie, Ilya Salmanzadeh from The Lion King
"Stand Up" by Joshuah Brian Campbell, Cynthia Erivo from Harriet

WINNER = "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" by Elton John, Bernie Taupin from Rocketman

Best Supporting Performance by Actress in a Motion Picture
Kathy Bates in Richard Jewell as Barbara "Bobi" Jewell
Annette Bening in The Report as Dianne Feinstein
Laura Dern in Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw
Jennifer Lopez in Hustlers as Ramona Vega
Margot Robbie in Bombshell as Kayla Pospisil

WINNER = Laura Dern in Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw

Best Supporting Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture
Tom Hanks in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers
Anthony Hopkins in The Two Popes as Pope Benedict XVI
Al Pacino in The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa
Joe Pesci in The Irishman as Russell Bufalino
Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth

WINNER = Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth

Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Ana de Armas in Knives Out as Marta Cabrera
Awkwafina in The Farewell as Billi Wang
Cate Blanchett in Where'd You Go, Bernadette as Bernadette Fox
Beanie Feldstein in Booksmart as Molly Davidson
Emma Thompson in Late Night as Katherine Newbury

WINNER = Awkwafina in The Farewell as Billi Wang

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Daniel Craig in Knives Out as Benoit Blanc
Roman Griffin Davis in Jojo Rabbit as Jojo Betzler
Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton
Taron Egerton in Rocketman as Elton John
Eddie Murphy in Dolemite Is My Name as Rudy Ray Moore

WINNER = Taron Egerton in Rocketman as Elton John

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Christian Bale in Ford v Ferrari as Ken Miles
Antonio Banderas in Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo
Adam Driver in Marriage Story as Charlie Barber
Joaquin Phoenix in Joker as Arthur Fleck / Joker
Jonathan Pryce in The Two Popes as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio

WINNER = Joaquin Phoenix in Joker as Arthur Fleck / Joker

Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Cynthia Erivo in Harriet as Harriet Tubman
Scarlett Johansson in Marriage Story as Nicole Barber
Saoirse Ronan in Little Women as Josephine "Jo" March
Charlize Theron in Bombshell as Megyn Kelly
Renée Zellweger in Judy as Judy Garland

WINNER = Renée Zellweger in Judy as Judy Garland

Best Motion Picture (Foreign Language)
The Farewell (USA, Mandarin)
Les Misérables (France, French)
Pain and Glory (Spain, Spanish)
Parasite (South Korea, Korean)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (France, French)

WINNER = Parasite (South Korea, Korean)

Best Motion Picture (Animated)
Frozen II
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The Lion King
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

WINNER = Missing Link

Best Director - Motion Picture
Bong Joon-ho for Parasite
Sam Mendes for 1917
Todd Phillips for Joker
Martin Scorsese for The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

WINNER = Sam Mendes for 1917

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Noah Baumbach for Marriage Story
Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won for Parasite
Anthony McCarten for The Two Popes
Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Steven Zaillian for The Irishman

WINNER = Quentin Tarantino for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Dolemite Is My Name
Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Rocketman

WINNER = Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Motion Picture (Drama)
1917
The Irishman
Joker
Marriage Story
The Two Popes

WINNER = 1917

Welcome to another edition of 6 Flicks Picks, wherein I list all of the upcoming films that are scheduled to be released in the United States for the month which is about to begin and break down which ones I'll be watching in theaters, which ones I'll wait to rent at home, and which ones I'll be skipping out on entirely. After going through the list, I'll choose which six films stand out to me as the ones I want to see the most, even if there are more or less than six that interest me.

Note: The list below is based primarily off the expanded nationwide USA release dates on IMDB as well as some other random outlets if possible, so some information may be different. If I am missing some of the limited releases or the dates conflict in some fashion, please let me know in the comments below and any adjustments and corrections will be made!

Without further ado, another new month means another new set of films, so what's coming soon to theaters in January 2020?

The Grudge

Synopsis: A house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death.

Will I watch? = No


Like a Boss

Synopsis: Two friends with very different ideals start a beauty company together. One is more practical while the other wants to earn her fortune and live a lavish lifestyle.

Will I watch? = No

Underwater

Synopsis: A crew of aquatic researchers work to get to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory. But the crew has more than the ocean seabed to fear.

Will I watch? = No

The Informer

Synopsis: An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.

Will I watch? = No


Bad Boys for Life

Synopsis: Marcus Burnett is now a police inspector and Mike Lowery is in a midlife crisis. They unite again when an Albanian mercenary, whose brother they killed, promises them an important bonus.

Will I watch? = No

Dolittle

Synopsis: A physician discovers that he can talk to animals.

Will I watch? = Maybe


The Gentlemen

Synopsis: A British drug lord tries to sell off his highly profitable empire to a dynasty of Oklahoma billionaires.

Will I watch? = No

Run

Synopsis: A home schooled teenager begins to suspect her mother is keeping a dark secret from her.

Will I watch? = No

The Turning

Synopsis: A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after the deaths of their parents. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw".

Will I watch? = No

The Last Full Measure

Synopsis: Thirty-four years after his death, Airman William H. Pitsenbarger, Jr. ("Pits") is awarded the nation's highest military honor, for his actions on the battlefield.

Will I watch? = No


The Rhythm Section

Synopsis: A woman seeks revenge against those who orchestrated a plane crash that killed her family.

Will I watch? = No

Gretel & Hansel

Synopsis: A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.

Will I watch? = No


Which films make the cut?

Oh boy...this month is not good. There are so few picks to begin with and I'm not interested in a single one of them.

6. Underwater — No interest in this, but I had to pick something and it wasn't going to be Like a Boss.

5. The Gentleman — Guy Ritchie's gangster movies have disappointed me in the past and I didn't even come close to smirking at this trailer. But crime is more my speed than some of the other options here.

4. The Informer — Again, crime over horror.

3. The Rhythm Section — Again...crime over horror.

2. Bad Boys for Life — I saw Bad Boys 2. Oddly enough, I didn't see Bad Boys 1. At least this will be stupid action fun.

1. Dolittle — Maybe this is interesting or heartfelt enough to not make me feel like I wasted my time. However, even this is a movie I just know that I'm not going to bother watching.

Welcome to the annual New Year's edition of 6 Flicks Picks that will jump-start the year 2020!

Naturally, this breakdown won't be listing the releases of every single movie that will be coming out in the year—partially because that's too daunting of a task and partially because even the studios don't know all of those yet—but it will still follow the same format as far as the picks go.

This will be much harder, as there are hundreds of films that will be coming out, but it still boils down to the same concept: if I had to pick only six movies that I could watch, which ones would they be?

Without further ado, let's take a look at what makes my cut for 2020!

What is so difficult about this type of thing is that I have to go by the general breakdown of the big releases, as there can definitely be movies that pop up that I'm completely unaware of that are smaller in scale. A major summer blockbuster is already in promotion now, but what about the little indie flick?

Those end up being ignored in this generic year scope, but on the monthly basis, they'll get much more attention, so keep that in mind.

Last year, I had over 30 movies on my list, to varying degrees. I didn't end up seeing all of them. Naturally, I also saw some other films that weren't on my list, so that's proof in the pudding that there are always movies that you're not aware of at the start of the year that will catch your attention.

This year, I don't have 30 movies to pick from. That means I'll be narrowing it down to 24 and taking out the Bottom Tier Honorable Mentions list. Then, I'll proceed to break things into 6-film lists, leading up to the main 6 Flicks Picks that made the final cut.

Bottom Tier Honorable Mentions:

n/a this year.

Low Tier Honorable Mentions:

24. Dolittle — I don't have the highest hopes for this, but this narrowly beat out some other "meh" entries like Jungle Cruise, as well as Bill & Ted Face the Music (I remember liking the other movies as a kid, but I have a feeling if I rewatched them now, I'd hate them). Dolittle isn't something I'll probably actually watch, but if I'm feeling like I need to get out of the house, maybe I'll peep it.

23. Bad Boys for Life — Funny enough, I've seen Bad Boys 2, but not the first one.

22. Fantasy Island — Uh....

21. Onward — Pixar.

20. The New Mutants — I still think this needs to be released on Hulu...

19. Snake Eyes — G.I. Joe was never my biggest passion, but I did enjoy it as a kid. I saw the other two films and if this movie is better than those, then cool.

Middle Tier Honorable Mentions:

18. Morbius — I have little faith in Sony to pull this off, but since it's tangential to Spider-Man, I'll see it.

17. Bloodshot — I know nothing about this, but it's based on a comic, so it might be cool.

16. Birds of Prey — This absolutely 100% is going to suck. Not a single thing about the movie, from its title to the way they dressed the characters to the choice of characters in the movie makes me think this is anything but an ENORMOUS disaster.

15. Wonder Woman 1984 — I have little faith in this movie, particularly as the first one is massively overrated and I don't think the time period aspect is going to be anything but "wouldn't it be neat if we referenced ___" masturbatory nonsense. But...like many other superhero things...it's a Wonder Woman film, so I'll see it opening night.

14. Top Gun: Maverick — I actually didn't see Top Gun until 2019. While I wasn't totally in love with it, I can see why people were high on it when it came out. Some of that nostalgia is completely lost on me, but on the strength of that film alone, I'll be interested to peep this.

13. Free Guy — This looks super fun! I didn't know anything about it until seeing the trailer before Jumanji: The Next Level. I'm so down.

Top Tier Honorable Mentions:

12. Coming 2 America — I actually also just watched Coming to America for the first time in 2019, as recommended by my girlfriend. She and I will definitely be watching this together.

11. A Quiet Place: Part II — Big fan of the first one.

10. Sonic the Hedgehog — Gotta go fast. Give me Tails and Knuckles in there somewhere, too.

9. Godzilla vs. Kong — I don't know how they're going to make this work by stepping backward and doing two babyfaces against each other while they already had Godzilla fight everyone else the last time. But hey, King of the Monsters was a visual spectacle.

8. The Purge 5 — It's weird. The first Purge was blah. The second, third and fourth, I enjoyed. I'll go see this one on the strength of that trajectory.

7. Venom 2 — The first film has its flaws and its charm. It's a Spider-Man related movie. Naturally, it's an opening night viewing for me.

What Made the Final Cut:

6. The Eternals — I know virtually nothing about The Eternals, but this is the MCU, so it gets a top spot by default.

5. The King's Man — The first Kingsman film is amazing. The second one suffered from some really bad decisions, like killing off certain characters. I hope this is a step backward to what worked the first time.

4. Ghostbusters: Afterlife — Pleeeeeeease don't screw this up. I absolutely love the first film and I have a fond attachment to the second one, too. Bustin' makes me feel good. Don't make me feel bad.

3. Tenet — I still have no idea what this is about, but it looks neat and it's Christopher Nolan.

2. Black Widow — MCU. Of course this is high up on the list. Black Widow's a great character and although I'm nowhere near as excited about this as I was last year for Avengers: Endgame, I'm more confident I'll like the movie than most things on this list, strictly because it's the MCU.

1. No Time to Die — After the Star Wars sequels and Terminator: Dark Fate, I'm entirely convinced this movie is going to piss me off by either killing off James Bond and/or trying to make Nomi the lead going forward, rather than "hoping for a spin-off." However, it's still a James Bond film (at least, for now, it seems) and I'll be there opening night, hoping there's a gun barrel at the start, that it does the series justice and that it doesn't end with passing the torch or anything like that.

Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum.

Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about:

Riley Howell Added to Star Wars Canon

Riley Howell, a young man who had died earlier this year while saving many people during a shooting, was a huge fan of Star Wars. As a tribute to him, the character of Ri-Lee Howell was created, as an historian Jedi in the visual dictionary of The Rise of Skywalker.

That is awesome and very touching. More people should be rewarded for such amazing acts of heroism. It never brings those people back, but it's a nice way to say thank you and to help society heal and promote positivity. Very, very cool.

Hawkman and Hawkgirl/Hawkwoman in Black Adam

It seems the Black Adam film could have the JSA battling it out with the titular...well, not hero...but protagonist, I guess.

Considering the ties to Egypt and all, I think it makes sense for the Hawks to be in the movie. However, I still maintain that it's a mistake to give Black Adam his own film in the first place. That's like doing an entire film about Metallo before having him fight Superman in a sequel.

The Mandalorian Season Finale

The Force Awakens disappointed me. Rebels underwhelmed in some big ways sometimes. Rogue One was meh. The Last Jedi killed my passion for Star Wars. Solo was trash. And yet, The Mandalorian—completely lacking in the Jedi, which is the main thing I like about Star Wars (I'm not as big a fan of the aliens and spaceships side of the series)—got me hooked from the start.

This is a well made show that was very interesting. I'm looking forward to season 2.

Welcome to the third annual FANBOYS FILM AWARDS! This is my attempt to counterbalance the Academy Awards bias when it comes to movies that are often ignored due to their genre.

So rather than focus on the Oscar-bait, the Fanboys Film Awards pays tribute and extends gratitude to the movies which are overlooked because they're more along the lines of science fiction, fantasy, action/adventure and so on.

The only qualification for the nominees is that they must fall somewhere into the geek culture spectrum, which means superhero films and similar genres. Everything else is not eligible for any of the categories, so you won't see Ford v Ferrari or Ad Astra on this list. That isn't what this focuses on, even though I enjoyed them.

Also, you may notice that the awards structure isn't the same as the Academy Awards. That's because I feel this is a more efficient way of doing things and an easier list to make, rather than diving into technicalities that I'm not qualified to judge. But by all means, if you want to create your own categories, go ahead in the comments!

— All possible films came out in the time frame of January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019 as far as release dates.

— This is only one person's opinion. You're encouraged to leave your choices for the nominees and winners in the comments below to keep the discussion going!

— Admittedly, I haven't even seen every film that could potentially be nominated. For instance, I skipped Men in Black: International, Alita: Battle Angel, Hellboy, Fast & Furious Presents Hobbs & Shaw, The Kitchen, Angry Birds 2, Gemini Man, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Charlie's Angels, and some others. That is obviously going to put a significant bias on this, as I'm not working with a full deck of cards.

BEST PICTURE

WINNER = Avengers: Endgame / Joker (tie)

EXPLANATION = I can't pick. Joker is fundamentally a better solo film, but Endgame is built with the understanding that you've seen everything leading up to that point, and it was just magical.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Glass

BEST ACTOR

WINNER = Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in Joker

EXPLANATION = I think even in the grand scope of all film from this year, not just the geek culture ones, he has to be at least nominated for Best Actor.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Shout out to Robert Downey Jr and Chris Evans from Endgame and Tom Holland in Far From Home.

BEST ACTRESS

WINNER = Florence Pugh as Saraya "Paige" Knight in Fighting with My Family

EXPLANATION = She got Paige down super well.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Man do I wish I could give this to Linda Hamilton for Terminator.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER = Jack Dylan Grazer as Freddy Freeman in Shazam!

EXPLANATION = I almost gave this to Jake Gyllenhaal for Mysterio, but the more I thought about it, Shazam wouldn't have worked as a film without Grazer's performance. He is the glue that holds it all together, and that means more.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Outside of Gyllenhaal, shout out to Will Smith for being the best Genie they could have done, as nobody could fill the shoes of Robin Williams.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER = Zoey Deutch as Madison in Zombieland: Double Tap

EXPLANATION = I loooooooooooved the character of Madison. She was the perfect level of cute, obnoxious, pathetic and lovable, and could have easily been too annoying or something if in the wrong hands.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Kyliegh Curran as Abra Stone in Doctor Sleep

BEST STORY

This is an alternative to Best Adapted/Original Screenplay where the execution of the overall product might not be the equivalent of Best Picture, but the idea was there.

WINNER = Avengers: Endgame / Joker (tie)

EXPLANATION = Same explanation to Best Picture, but I'm leaning more toward the idea of Endgame winning this, if I had to pick. Joker is a little too much of a copy of Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy for me to give it as much credit.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Doctor Sleep

MOST FAITHFUL ADAPTATION

Which felt like it was the most honorable to the source material it was trying to represent?

WINNER = Avengers: Endgame

EXPLANATION = They knew exactly what people wanted and gave it to them. It took 10 years and they still didn't disappoint.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (kind of), Zombieland: Double Tap

BEST VISUALS

This examines special effects, cinematography, production design and even editing.

WINNER = Godzilla: King of the Monsters, The Lion King (tie)

EXPLANATION = It's hard to distinguish a winner between these two. The Lion King is the best as far as animation, by far. However, the "acting" of the characters suffered from not having faces that could express things better. Godzilla is the best as far as blending live action with CGI. That Mothra stuff was beautiful.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Captain Marvel for de-aging Samuel L. Jackson. Terminator: Dark Fate for de-aging Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Avengers: Endgame was nuts. Spider-Man: Far From Home for the illusions. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker for pretty much all of it.

BEST ACTION SET PIECE

This honors the stunt work as well as the choreography and idea of an action sequence.

WINNER = Avengers: Endgame (Avengers...assemble climactic battle)

EXPLANATION = COME. ON. Cap wielding Mjolnir? "On your left"? Everyone shows up. That goddamn music. He says the line! SO. MANY. GOOSEBUMPS. I legitimately don't know if I've ever felt as much pure joy and excitement while watching a movie in my life and I cried in this film, which has happened less times than I can count on one hand. Insane.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Spider-Man: Far From Home's illusions from Mysterio is my #2 pick. I also really enjoyed the action in Zombieland: Double Tap.

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN

This combines makeup, costumes and the CGI build of characters.

WINNER = Avengers: Endgame

EXPLANATION = By the sheer number of characters alone.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Shazam! (particularly the rest of the family) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

BEST MUSIC

This category examines both the score and the soundtrack.

WINNER = Joker

EXPLANATION = This was the only one of the bunch that I downloaded some of the soundtrack from.

HONORABLE MENTIONS = It sure as hell wasn't going to be The Lion King with that Spirit song, or Aladdin with that new Jasmine song, even though both of their original films have some of the best music ever in films (A Whole New World, This Land, The Circle of Life, etc). Those two new additions killed them, though. Glass has some great tracks. Avengers: Endgame, naturally, has some great music, but it had already been established, so I don't know if that deserves as much credit. Plus, you've got to love the music from Star Wars.

Welcome to another edition of WEEK IN GEEK here at Fanboys Anonymous—a rundown of some of the events, news and stories that went down over the past few days in the geek culture spectrum.

Here are some of the topics I felt like voicing my opinions about:

Superman: Red Son Trailer

So in on this. Why isn't there a release date if it's "early 2020"? That's cutting it close.

Wakanda = Free Trade

Apparently, the US Department of Agriculture had some test files they forgot to remove and for a while, Wakanda was listed as a free-trade partner.

Tenet Trailer
Oooooh so it's about time, in some fashion. Inception but time-based? I'm totally down.

Knives Out

I finally got a chance to see this and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It was lighthearted enough for some laughs and had a mystery worth tracking. I recommend checking it out!

On the latest edition of the Fanboys Anonymous REVIEWPOINT podcast, host Tony Mango breaks down the hits and misses of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by discussing what worked, what didn't, and whether you should see it or skip it.

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more as Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron's journey continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle commences.

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