The 1st Annual CineMunchies: Honoring the Best of 2014 in Cinema
/You heard us chat away on our CineDrunk end-of-the-year podcast, but here, collected in one place, is another look at the winners of the first annual CineMunchies. Do you agree with our picks? Anything we left out? Let us know what you think!
*For our Best Picture and acting awards, we attributed points based on our personal rankings and those with the most points were our honorees.
Best Picture: Wild
2. Pride
3. Ida
4. Selma
5. Under the Skin
Best Actor: Michael Keaton in Birdman
2. (TIE) Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
& David Oyelowo (Selma)
4. Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
5. Jake Gyllenhaal (Enemy)
Best Actress: Julianne Moore in Still Alice
2. Essie Davis (The Babadook)
3. Reese Witherspoon (Wild)
4. Scarlett Johansson (Under the Skin)
5. Paulina García (Gloria)
Best Supporting Actor: Ethan Hawke in Boyhood
2. Andrew Scott (Pride)
3. (TIE) Alfred Molina (Love is Strange)
Edward Norton (Birdman),
& Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)
Best Supporting Actress: (TIE) Patricia Arquette in Boyhood
& Agata Kulesza in Ida
3. Carrie Coon (Gone Girl)
4. Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer)
5. Melanie Lynskey (Happy Christmas)
Best Food Moment in Film: Lindsay Duncan surrenders to a glass of wine in Le Week-End
“That’s the nicest things I’ve ever put in my mouth.”
Best Performance in a Bad Movie: Sam Riley in Maleficent
Worst Performance in a Good Movie: Johnny Depp in Into the Woods
Full Metal Bitch, indeed.
Sexiest Performance: Emily Blunt in Edge of Tomorrow
Ensemble of the Year: The cast of Pride
Best Performance by a Feline: Bleecker in Gone Girl
The "Thumbs Up for Diversity" Award (awarding a film for thinking outside the box when casting): Snowpiercer
Best Performance by a Younger Actor: Noah Wiseman in The Babadook
Film That Surprised Us the Most
In a Good Way: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
In a Bad Way: The Fault in Our Stars
The "I Wasn't Sure You Had That In You" Award
Male: Bill Hader in The Skeleton Twins
Female: Kristen Stewart in Still Alice
Most Underrated Film of the Year: Wild
Most Overrated Film of the Year: Whiplash
Best Inanimate Object: "Mister Babadook" the children's book in The Babadook
Best Performance by an Elderly British Actor: Marion Bailey in Mr. Turner
Breakthrough of the Year: Female Directors
(Most specifically: Ava DuVernay, Jennifer Kent, and Gillian Robespierre)
Most Romantic Onscreen Moment: The headphone splitters walk through NYC in Begin Again
Best Music Moment in Film: The Skeleton Twins lip-sync to "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship
