The 2020 Laggys

Hello all! It's been a minute, and by this point I'd say that my minor career as a movie critic has all but ended. That said, a good amount of friends have asked me if I will be continuing the tradition of the Laggys - the Oscars but on a five-year lag. I suppose never underestimate the power of a good idea.

For those unfamiliar, the point of the Laggys is to determine which films of five years ago still stand the test of time. It also gives voters (You! You can be a voter if you can be just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/G3ZPLNN) a chance to watch those movies without being a frustrated media consuming ghoul such as myself.

Now for this year we're going to be doing a slightly truncated version of the Laggys due to the Oscars being literally this weekend. Thus the nominating process was a little scattered and not entirely fair to all. Thus I will be expanding each category to include 6 nominees with the exception of Best Picture which will have the usual 10.

So without further ado, here are the nominees for this year's Laggys:

Best Animated Feature

Anomalisa | April and the Extraordinary World

The Good Dinosaur | Inside Out

Minions | World of Tomorrow

Best Score
Carol - Music by Carter Burwell
The Danish Girl - Music by Alexandre Desplat
The Hateful Eight - Music by Ennio Morricone
The Revenant - Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto

Sicario - Music by Johann Johannsson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Music by John Williams

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short - Written by Adam McKay and Charles Randolph Based on a Novel by Michael Lewis
Brooklyn - Written by Nick Hornby Based on a Novel by Colm Toibin
The Martian - Written by Drew Goddard Based on a Novel by Andy Weir
Me & Earl & the Dying Girl - Written by Jesse Andrews Based on a Novel by Jesse Andrews
Room - Written by Emma Donoghue Based on a Novel by Emma Donoghue
Steve Jobs - Written by Aaron Sorkin Based on a Novel by Walter Isaacson

Best Original Screenplay
Ex Machina - Written by Drew Goddard
Inside Out - Written by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley and Ronnie del Carmen
The Hateful Eight - Written by Quentin Tarantino
Spotlight - Written by Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
Straight Outta Compton - Written by Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus
The Witch - Written by Robert Eggers

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale - The Big Short
Steve Carell - The Big Short
Joel Edgerton - The Gift
Tom Hardy - The Revenant
Oscar Isaac - Ex Machina
Sylvester Stallone - Creed

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara - Carol
Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
Mya Taylor - Tangerine
Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Best Actor
Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
Matt Damon - The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
Jake Gyllenhaal - Southpaw
Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl

Best Actress
Emily Blunt - Sicario
Brie Larson - Room
Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
Amy Schumer - Trainwreck
Anya Taylor-Joy - The Witch
Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Director
Lenny Abarahamson - Room
Alejandro G. Inarritu - The Revanant
Adam McKay - The Big Short
George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
Ridley Scott - The Martian
Denis Villeneuve - Sicario

Best Picture
The Big Short
Crimson Peak
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton