The Non-Oscars 2018

The Oscars were last night. As I sit writing this at my desk in London, Twitter is lighting up with photos of semi-inebriated Hollywood bods enjoying the post-ceremony merriment.

The morning after the Academy Awards always produces a tidal wave of lists all chronicling one of two things: who won what and who wore what. Shockingly they are usually pretty similar (and if you have somehow missed out there is a winner’s list at the bottom).

But this is something a bit different, it is my own personal Oscars. Like the official Academy Awards it is for films released in the last year (between March 1, 2017 and March 1, 2018 in this case). However there is one key difference. For a movie to qualify for my Non-Oscars, I have to have seen it. Since I don’t go to the cinema that often and I watch most of my films on flights, it means the list is rather narrower. So here are the films which qualify for the 2018 Non-Oscars

Baby Driver

Logan

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

Thor: Ragnarok

Paddington 2

Star Wars The Last Jedi

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

Jumanji

Justice League

Black Panther

Fast & Furious 8

Baywatch

Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Salazar’s Revenge

Wonder Woman

Spider-Man Homecoming

Atomic Blonde

So, here we go for the inaugural Non-Oscars, with your host…me.

BEST PICTURE
Baby Driver

BEST ACTRESS

Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman

BEST ACTOR

Hugh Jackman – Logan

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Danai Gurira-Okoye – Black Panther

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Michael B Jordan – Black Panther

BEST DIRECTOR

Patty Jenkins – Wonder Woman

BEST COSTUMES
Thor: Ragnarok

BEST SOUNDTRACK
Baby Driver

BEST SCREENPLAY
Black Panther

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Henry Cavill’s moustache – Justice League

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT

Christopher Plummer – All the Money in the World

And for those interested in the “real” Oscars, here’s the list (courtesy of the lovely folks at CNN)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Allison Janney – I, Tonya

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: A Fantastic Woman
DOCUMENTARY (SHORT): Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Icarus
ORIGINAL SONG: Remember Me – Coco

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Coco
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Call Me by Your Name
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Get Out
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
BEST PICTURE: The Shape of Water
PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Shape of Water
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Blade Runner 2049
COSTUME DESIGN: Phantom Thread
SOUND EDITING: Dunkirk
SOUND MIXING: Dunkirk
ANIMATED SHORT FILM: Dear Basketball
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM: The Silent Child
ORIGINAL SCORE: The Shape of Water
VISUAL EFFECTS: Blade Runner 2049
FILM EDITING: Dunkirk
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: Darkest Hour

Oscar statue photo from The Academy on Twitter, selfie from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Twitter account.

Photo of me by Leo Johnson at last year’s Frontier Awards

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