Sunday, February 2, 2020

THE 2019 VIDEO VACUUM AWARDS


Friends of The Vacuum.  It’s time once again for The 13th Annual Video Vacuum Awards.  It’s a most cherished time indeed.  It’s a time when we get to see who fed it and who ate it in the world of cinema.  Today, I’ll be naming the nominees of the prestigious Viddies, and in a week or so (you know, when that OTHER award show is happening), I’ll announce the winners.  So, without further delay, here are your nominees for this year:  

Best Picture
Dolemite is My Name
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Rambo:  Last Blood
Star Wars:  Episode IX:  The Rise of Skywalker
3 from Hell

Worst Picture
Black Christmas
Godzilla:  The Planet Eater
In the Tall Grass
Trading Paint
Triple Frontier

Best Director
J.J. Abrams (Star Wars:  Episode IX:  The Rise of Skywalker)
Craig Brewer (Dolemite is My Name)
Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)
Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood)
Rob Zombie (3 from Hell)

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Velvet Buzzsaw)
Eddie Murphy (Dolemite is My Name)
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood)

Best Actress
Karen Gillan (Avengers:  Endgame)
Linda Hamilton (Terminator:  Dark Fate)
Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
Margot Robbie (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood)
Sheri Moon Zombie (3 from Hell)

Best Horror Movie
Crawl
Godzilla:  King of the Monsters
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
3 from Hell
Velvet Buzzsaw

Worst Horror Movie
Black Christmas
Doctor Sleep
Godzilla:  The Planet Eater
In the Tall Grass
Pet Sematary

Best Action Movie
Cold Pursuit
Fast and Furious Presents:  Hobbs and Shaw
John Wick:  Chapter 3:  Parabellum
Rambo:  Last Blood
Shaft

Best Comic Book Movie
Alita:  Battle Angel
Avengers:  Endgame
Captain Marvel
Joker
Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans

Best Sci-Fi Movie
Alita:  Battle Angel
Avengers:  Endgame
Captain Marvel
Star Wars:  Episode IX:  The Rise of Skywalker
Terminator:  Dark Fate

Best Sequel
Avengers:  Endgame
Rambo:  Last Blood
Shaft
Star Wars:  Episode IX:  The Rise of Skywalker
3 from Hell

Best Drama
Dragged Across Concrete
The Irishman
Joker
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Best DTV/Streaming Movie
Dolemite is My Name
The Irishman
Marriage Story
Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans
Velvet Buzzsaw

Worst DTV/Streaming Movie
Godzilla:  The Planet Eater
The Highwaymen
In the Tall Grass
Triple Frontier
Trading Paint

Best Kids’ Movie
The Addams Family
Dumbo
The LEGO Movie 2:  The Second Part
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans

Best Fight Scene
Godzilla vs. Ghidrah in Godzilla:  King of the Monsters
Kylo Ren vs. Black Widow in Marriage Story
Cliff Booth vs. Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Cliff Booth vs. the Manson Family in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Kylo Ren and Rey vs. The Emperor in Star Wars:  Episode IX:  The Rise of Skywalker

Best Scene I Could Not Make Up
Jeff Fahey playing a grizzled cowboy cyborg with a pack of pet robot hunting dogs in Alita:  Battle Angel
John Wick putting two dozen knives into the same guy in John Wick:  Chapter 3:  Parabellum
Cliff Booth vs. Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Cliff Booth vs. the Manson Family in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Rambo pulling out a man’s collarbone in Rambo:  Last Blood

Best Dialogue
The Fanatic for “I can’t talk long.  I got to poo.”
Joker for “My mom died.  I’m celebrating.”
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood for “Anybody accidentally kills anybody in a fight, they go to jail.  It’s called manslaughter!”
Rambo:  Last Blood for “You can’t change.  All you can do is put a lid on it”
Shaft for “Can’t we just send him a tersely worded text?”

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