2nd MATM Awards (2013)

 

 

 

I can confidently say that 2013 has been one fantastic year in cinema. The amount of quality, thought-provoking, and brilliant motion pictures we have seen in this year is nothing short of amazing. Below you will find my selections for what is now the 2nd annual Moe At The Movies! Awards split into three sections: Films of the Year, The Bests, and The Mosts.

 

 

Films of the Year:

 

Action Film of the Year:

Pacific Rim

 

 

Honorable Mention: Fast and Furious 6

 

 

Adventure Film of the Year:

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Honorable Mention: Thor: The Dark World

 

 

Animated Film of the Year:

Frozen

 

Honorable Mention: Despicable Me 2

 

 

Biopic Film of the Year:

12 Years a Slave

 

 

Honorable Mentions: Dallas Buyers Club; Rush; Saving Mr. Banks; The Butler; Fruitvale Station; The Wolf of Wall Street

 

 

Comedy Film of the Year:

Nebraska

 

Honorable Mentions: Blue Jasmine; American Hustle; The World’s End; This Is the End; The Wolf of Wall Street

 

 

Coming-of-Age Film of the Year:

The Way Way Back

 

Honorable Mentions: The Spectacular Now; The Kings of Summer

 

 

Crime Film of the Year:

The Wolf of Wall Street

 

 

 

Honorable Mention: American Hustle

 

 

Documentary Film of the Year:

The Act of Killing

Honorable Mention: The Gatekeepers; Tim’s Vermeer

 

 

Drama Film of the Year:

12 Years a Slave

 

Honorable Mentions: American Hustle; Prisoners; The Place Beyond the Pines

 

 

Espionage/Spy Film of the Year:

The Gatekeepers

Fantasy Film of the Year:

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Horror Film of the Year:

The Conjuring

Honorable mention: Evil Dead

 

 

Music Film of the Year:

Inside Llewyn Davis

Non-English Film of the Year:

The Great Beauty

Honorable Mentions: Blue is the Warmest Colour; Stranger by the Lake; Wadjda

Romance Film of the Year:

Her

Honorable Mentions: Before Midnight; Enough Said

 

 

Science-Fiction Film of the Year:

Gravity

 

Honorable Mentions: Star Trek Into Darkness, Oblivion

 

 

Sports Film of the Year:

Rush

 

 

Superhero Film of the Year:

Man of Steel

Honorable mention: Thor: The Dark World

 

 

Suspense Film of the Year:

Captain Phillips

 

 

 

The Bests:

 

 

Best Actor:

Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave“

Best Actress:

Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County“

Best Supporting Actor:

Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips“

Best Supporting Actress:

Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave“

Best Ensemble:

Cast of “American Hustle”

(Christian Bale; Bradley Cooper; Jennifer Lawrence; Amy Adams; and Jeremy Renner)

Best Director:

Alfonso Cuarón for “Gravity“

Best Original Screenplay:

Spike Jonze for “Her”

Best Adapted Screenplay:

Tracy Letts for “August: Osage County“

Best Cinematography:

Emmanuel Lubezki for “Gravity“

Best Visual Effects:

Timothy Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, and Neil Corbould for “Gravity“

Best Costume Design:

Catherine Martin for “The Great Gatsby“

Best Editing:

Christopher Rouse for “Captain Phillips“

Best Original Score:

Steven Price for “Gravity“

Best Original Song:

T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Justin Timberlake, George Cromaty, Ed Rush (“Please Mr. Kennedy”) for “Inside Llewyn Davis“

Best Hero:

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup in “12 Years a Slave“

Best Villain:

Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan in “Star Trek Into Darkness“

The Mosts

Most Entertaining:

Gravity

 

 

Most Quirky:

Nebraska

 

Most Pleasant Surprise:

Short Term 12

Most Overrated:

Iron Man 3

Most Underrated:

Side Effects

And Finally….

….Moe At The Movie’s 2013 Film of the Year….

….Is…

Gravity

(Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney; Director: Alfonso Cuarón)