The 2nd Annual CineMunchies: Honoring the Best of 2015 in Cinema
/Last year we unleashed the CineMunchies upon the world, and now we're back with our 2nd annual edition. Take a look at the winners* below, and listen to the latest CineDrunk podcast for our extended thoughts. (ICYMI, we discussed our personal top ten films in last week's podcast.)
The task of reviewing an entire year in film called for a strong drink.
Masala Martini
(adapted from Saveur)
2 oz gin
1/2 oz lime juice
1/2 oz orange blossom honey
1/8 tsp. ground cumin
1/8 tsp. kosher salt
lemon slice
Add first five ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake to incorporate honey. Add ice, and shake again. Pour into a martini glass and garnish with lemon slice. Watch the cumin grains scatter to the bottom of the glass, along with your hopes and dreams.
*For our Best Picture and acting awards, we attributed points based on our personal rankings, and those with the most points became our honorees. For other categories, we used a combination of secret ballot, tea leaves, and martini-fueled caucusing.
Best Picture: Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Spotlight
3. Carol
4. 45 Years
5. Brooklyn
Best Actor: Jacob Tremblay in Room
2. Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
3. Tom Courtenay (45 Years)
4. Matt Damon (The Martian)
5. Michael B. Jordan (Creed)
Best Actress: (TIE) Cate Blanchett in Carol & Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years
3. Brie Larson (Room)
4. Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)
5. (TIE) Rooney Mara (Carol) & Lily Tomlin (Grandma)
Best Supporting Actor: Liev Schreiber in Spotlight
2. Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina)
3. Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road)
4. (TIE) Benicio del Toro (Sicario) & Michael Keaton (Spotlight)
Best Supporting Actress: Phyllis Smith in Inside Out
2. Sarah Paulson (Carol)
3. Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)
4. (TIE) Joan Allen (Room) & Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)
Best Food Moments in Film: Eilis is taught how to properly eat spaghetti by her boarding house mates before a dinner with her Italian boyfriend's family in Brooklyn, Kumiko makes rabbit food rain down on Bunzo in Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, & Susan eats a towel at a nice restaurant in Spy
Best Drink Moments in Film: Poison Trio: Don't trust the tea Jessica Chastain is serving you in Crimson Peak, someone poisoned the coffee in The Hateful Eight, & nosebleed cocktail in The Night Before
Best Performance in a Bad Movie: Dakota Johnson in Black Mass & Fifty Shades of Grey
Worst Performance in a Good Movie: Paul Giamatti as a music manager in both Love & Mercy and Straight Outta Compton
Sexiest Performance
Female: Cate Blanchett in Carol
Male: Oscar Isaac in Ex Machina (& Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Ensemble(s) of the Year: The casts of Mad Max: Fury Road, Spotlight, & Spy
The "Thumbs Up for Diversity" Award (awarding a film for thinking outside the box when casting): The Martian
Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Female: Julia Pointner in Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Male: Abraham Attah in Beasts of No Nation
Film That Surprised Us the Most
In a Good Way: The Gift
In a Bad Way: Goodnight Mommy
The "I Wasn't Sure You Had That In You" Award
Jason Statham in Spy
Most Underrated Film of the Year: I'll See You in My Dreams
Most Overrated Film of the Year: The Revenant
Best Performance by an Elderly British Actor: Julie Walters in Brooklyn
Breakthrough of the Year: Bel Powley in The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Most Romantic Onscreen Moment: Eilis is 'amenable' to going on two dates with Tony in Brooklyn (just in case he screws up the first one)
Best Feline Moment: The end tag of Inside Out
Best Music Moment in Film: Oscar Isaac tears up the f*cking dance floor in Ex Machina & Joe Manganiello attempts to get a convenience store clerk to smile as he gyrates to "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys in Magic Mike XXL