THE 2018 VIDEO VACUUM AWARDS

Hello, and welcome to the ceremony announcing the prestigious 12^th Annual Video Vacuum Awards.  Naturally, that OTHER award ceremony took all my thunder by getting up SUPER early and announcing THEIR award nominations earlier this morning.  You’d think people out in Hollywood would want to get their beauty rest, but I guess not.  But I digress.  Without further ado, let’s announce the nominations for the 12^th Annual Video Vacuum Awards:

Best Picture
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Creed 2
Solo:  A Star Wars Story
Superfly
Venom

Worst Picture
China Salesman
Hellraiser:  Judgment
Hereditary
Peppermint
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Best Director
Steven Caple, Jr. (Creed 2)
Ruben Fleischer (Venom)
Ron Howard (Solo:  A Star Wars Story)
Peyton Reed (Ant-Man and the Wasp)
Director X (Superfly)

Best Actor
Trevor Jackson (Superfly)
Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther)
Joaquin Phoenix (You Were Never Really Here)
Burt Reynolds (The Last Movie Star)
Bruce Willis (Death Wish)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (The House with a Clock in its Walls)
Hailee Steinfeld (Bumblebee)
Marci Miller (Children of the Corn:  Runaway)
Tessa Thompson (Creed 2)
Ariel Winter (The Last Movie Star)

Best Action Movie
Bumblebee
Death Wish
Solo:  A Star Wars Story
Superfly
Venom

Worst Action Movie
China Salesman
Black Water
The Debt Collector
Escape Plan 2:  Hades
Peppermint

Best Comic Book Movie
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Aquaman
Avengers:  Infinity War
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Venom

Best Sequel
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Creed 2
Pacific Rim:  Uprising
Bumblebee
Solo:  A Star Wars Story

Worst Sequel
Deep Blue Sea 2
Escape Plan 2:  Hades
Godzilla:  City on the Edge of Battle
Hellraiser:  Judgment
The Nun

Best Horror Movie
Before I Wake
The House with a Clock in its Walls
Mandy
The Meg
Mom and Dad

Worst Horror Movie
Day of the Dead:  Bloodline
Deep Blue Sea 2
Hellraiser:  Judgment
Hereditary
The Nun

Best Sci-Fi Movie
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Bumblebee
Pacific Rim:  Uprising
Ready Player One
Solo:  A Star Wars Story

Worst Sci-Fi Movie
Annihilation
The Cloverfield Paradox
Godzilla:  City on the Edge of Battle
Godzilla:  Planet of the Monsters
Mute

Best Movie Based on a TV Show
Bumblebee
The Equalizer 2
Goosebumps 2:  Haunted Halloween
Mission:  Impossible:  Fallout
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

Best Drama
Bohemian Rhapsody
Creed 2
The Last Movie Star
The Mule
The Other Side of the Wind

Best DTV/Streaming Movie
Before I Wake
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Kickboxer:  Retaliation
The Night Comes for Us
Puppet Master:  The Littlest Reich

Worst DTV/Streaming Movie
Black Water
China Salesman
Deep Blue Sea 2
Godzilla:  City on the Edge of Battle
Hellraiser:  Judgment

Worst DTV/Streaming Sequel
The Cloverfield Paradox
Deep Blue Sea 2
Escape Plan 2:  Hades
Godzilla:  City on the Edge of Battle
Hellraiser:  Judgment

Best Kids Movie
Goosebumps 2:  Haunted Halloween
Hotel Transylvania 3:  Summer Vacation
The House with a Clock in its Walls
Paddington 2
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

Best Scene I Could Not Make Up
An Alien chestburster erupting out of Goro in Ready Player One
Iron Giant vs. Mechagodzilla in Ready Player One
The Trip to the Overlook Hotel in Ready Player One
The weaponization of Chucky in Ready Player One
Eric Roberts’ La La Land-inspired song and dance in Stalked by My Doctor:  Patient’s Revenge

Best Dialogue
Creed 2 for “He broke things in me that ain’t never been fixed!”
The Equalizer 2 for “I expect a 5 Star rating!”
Mandy for “You ripped my shirt!”
Mute for “I’m AWOL!  You’re an A-Hole!”
Ready Player One for “It’s fucking Chucky!”
Red Sparrow for “You sent me to whore school!”
Solo:  A Star Wars Story for “I know.”
Spider-Man:  Into the Spider-Verse for “I frolic.  I dance.  I do this in my pants!”
Superfly for “I’m not going nowhere where the j’s are silent!”
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies for “Save me from Gene Hackman’s real estate scam!”

That concludes the nominations for 2018. The winners should be announced shortly before that OTHER award show.  Tell me who you think should win in the comments below.