Imaginary Cinema Awards for 2022

Reviving my blog for the annual awards for the best in Fantasy, Horror and Sci-fi movies!

Best Movie: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Runners-up: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Prey, The Black Phone, Avatar: The Way of Water, Beavis & Butt-head Do the Universe, The Batman, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Wendell & Wild, You Won’t be Alone

Best Screenplay: Everything Everywhere All at Once (The Daniels)

Best Direction: Everything Everywhere All at Once (The Daniels)

Best Actor: Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Runners-up: Ethan Hawke (The Black Phone), Tenoch Huerta Mejía (Black Panther 2), Christian Bale (Thor: Love and Thunder), Adam Driver (White Noise)

Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Runners-up: Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Amber Midthunder (Prey), Sigourney Weaver (Avatar 2), Angela Bassett (Black Panther 2), Natalie Portman (Thor 4), Xochitl Gomez (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness)

Best Music: Everything Everywhere All at Once (Son Lux)

Runners-up: Dr Strange 2 (Danny Elfman)

Best Sound: Avatar 2

Best Visual Effects: Avatar 2

Best Production Design: White Noise

Best Editing: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Cinematography: The Batman

Best Make-up: The Batman

Best Costumes: Black Panther 2

Runner-up: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Worst cameo: Michael Keaton in Morbius. I love the guy, but that was nonsensical. 

Disappointment of the Year: All the Marvel movies, even the good ones. And the fact that Morbius didn’t make a Morbillion dollars.

Most pointless sequel/remake: Disney’s live-action Pinocchio