Well, folks. We made it through 2020. It was a pretty shitty year all the way around, but we somehow came through the other side of it. What better way to celebrate than with the 14th Annual Video Vacuum Awards? Once again, we will be honoring the best (and not-so best) films of the past year.
It was not a good year for movies. Theaters shuttered their doors. Studios dumped what crap they had on VOD and greedily held onto the big-ticket films, pushing their release dates further and further into the future. Who knows when we’ll get to see the movies that were SUPPOSED to come out in 2020? Warner Bros. was the big exception as they have begun to roll out their titles to home viewers via HBO Max. Hopefully, other studios will follow suit. If they don’t, 2021 might be a longer year than 2020.
Speaking of long years, let us now announce the nominees for the 14th Annual Video Vacuum Awards! It was not a stellar year for films. The nominees sort of reflect that, but hey, I did my damnedest to find some pearls among oysters. So, without further ado, here are your nominees…
Best Picture
Bad Boys for Life
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
1BR
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Trailer Trauma V: 70s Action Attack!
Worst Picture
Amityville Island
Books of Blood
The Invisible Man
Lucky
The Wretched
Best Director
Adil and Bilall for Bad
Boys for Life
Dave Wilson for
Bloodshot
Jason Woliner for Borat
Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of
Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of
Kazakhstan
David Marmor for 1BR
Peter Berg for Spenser Confidential
Best Actor
Vin Diesel in Bloodshot
Tom Hardy in Capone
Martin Lawrence in Bad
Boys for Life
Marky Mark in Spenser
Confidential
Will Smith in Bad Boys for Life
Best Actress
Maria Bakalova in Borat
Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of
Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of
Kazakhstan
Nicole Brydon Bloom in
1BR
Blake Lively in The
Rhythm Section
Kira Reed Lorsch in
Amityville Witches
Elisabeth Moss in Shirley
Best Action Movie
Bad Boys for Life
Bloodshot
The Rhythm Section
Spenser Confidential
VFW
Worst Action Movie
Extraction
Guns Akimbo
Hard Kill
Rogue
Welcome to Sudden Death
Best DTV/Streaming
Movie
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Borat Subsequent
Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe
to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Castle Freak
Class Action Park
1BR
Worst DTV/Streaming
Movie
Amityville Island
Books of Blood
Grand Isle
Lucky
Tremors: Shrieker Island
Worst Horror Movie
Amityville Island
Lucky
The Invisible Man
Books of Blood
The Wretched
Best Dialogue
The Babysitter: Killer Queen for “Plan B is more than a pill I take on Saturdays.”
Color Out of Space for “It’s time to milk the alpacas!”
Corona Zombies for “News? Ewws!”
VFW for “Hindsight is 20/20!”
Werewolf Island for “It was a gnarly, unreal entity!”
I’ll announce the winners (as well as hold the “Technical Awards”) sometime around Valentine’s Day. Till then, take care, stay safe, wear your mask, and watch some movies!
I thought all the pictures on the worst lists were pretty dang good. Corona Zombies would get #1 on my worst list for how fucking lazy it is, using footage from superior and putting your own shitty COVID references over it barely qualifies as a movie, charging actual money for that garbage is borderline offensive to me.
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