The 2023 DG Movies Awards

Another year over and it was great to regularly be back in cinemas for a full year after the pandemic effecting the last two.

It's been a much more varied year then ever with many favourites coming from all types of routes of distribution. They have come from the multiplexes, the indie picture house's, multiple streaming platforms, film festivals and even some from regular TV.

We still have the usual 17 awards that are up for grabs this year. Nothing flashy in the form of a video this year due to my lack of available time to make one. So it's back to basics again this year.

Below is the full list of the nominees for each award and the winners in bold.

BEST EDITING:

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Fast & Feel Love

The Bad Guys

The Northman

BEST COSTUME DESIGN & MAKEUP:

All Quiet On The Western Front

Babylon

Blonde

Crimes Of The Future

Elvis

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:

All Quiet On The Western Front

Blonde

Elvis

The Batman

The Northman

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Avatar: The Way Of Water

Black Adam

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore

Thor: Love And Thunder

BEST SCORE & SOUNDTRACK:

Blonde

Elvis

Please Baby Please

The Batman

The Northman

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Babylon

Bardo

Blonde

The Batman

The Northman

BEST SCREENPLAY:

Bros

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

Tar

Women Talking

BEST POSTER:

Please Baby Please

The Batman

The Outfit

Thor: Love And Thunder

X

BEST TRAILER:

Avatar: The Way Of Water

Elvis

The Batman

The Northman

Triangle Of Sadness

BEST SCENE/MOMENT:

Before The Light Goes - Babylon

The Mask - Emily

Do Something Weird - Everything Everywhere All At Once

Siege At The Palace - RRR

Batmobile Chase - The Batman

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE:
Babylon

Everything Everywhere All At Once

The Northman

The Whale

Women Talking

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE:

Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All At Once

Nicole Kidman - The Northman

Sadie Sink - The Whale

Jessie Buckley - Women Talking

Brittany Snow - X

BEST SUPPORTING MALE:

Tom Hanks - Elvis

Barry Keoghan - The Banshees Of The Inisherin

Colin Farrell - The Batman

Paul Dano - The Batman

Martin Henderson - X

BEST LEADING FEMALE:

Margot Robbie - Babylon

Ana De Armas - Blonde

Cate Blanchett - Tar

Danielle Deadwyler - Till

Andrea Riseborough - To Leslie

BEST LEADING MALE:

Billy Eichner - Bros

Eden Dambrine - Close

Austin Butler - Elvis

Bill Nighy - Living

Brendan Fraser - The Whale

BEST DIRECTOR:

Baz Luhrmann - Elvis

Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All At Once

Martin McDonagh - The Banshees Of Inisherin

Matt Reeves - The Batman

Steven Spielberg - The Fabelmans

BEST FILM:

Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure

Avatar: The Way Of Water

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Fast & Feel Love

Nothing Compares

RRR

The Batman

The Northman

The Tinder Swindler

Total list of winners

5 - Everything Everywhere All At Once

2 - All Quiet On The Western Front

     Blonde

     The Batman

1 - Avatar: The Way Of Water

     Bros

     Elvis

     The Banshees Of Inisherin

     The Outfit

     The Whale

Total list of nominations

10 - The Batman

9   - Elvis 

8   - The Northman

6   - Everything Everywhere All At Once

5   - Babylon

       Blonde

3   - Avatar: The Way Of Water

       The Whale

       Women Talking

       X

2   - All Quiet On The Western Front

       Bros

       Fast & Feel Love

       Please Baby Please

       RRR

       Tar

       The Banshees Of Inisherin

       Thor: Love And Thunder

1   - Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure

       Bardo

       Black Adam

       Close

       Crimes Of The Future

       Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness

       Emily

       Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore

       Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

       Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

       Living

       Nothing Compare

       The Bad Guys

       The Fabelmans

       The Outfit

       The Tinder Swindler

       Till

       To Leslie

       Triangle Of Sadness

My Top 10: Films Of 2022

2022 saw quite a variety of films shine and capture audiences imagination. Everything such as mainstream blockbusters, indie darlings, emerging international releases that caught the eye of the general audience and effective documentaries. In my view, each genre seemed to manage to give us a big success whether it was from a critical or financial perspective.

So if you feel films aren't giving enough variety these days, you clearly are not looking properly.

So my journey of getting to what I felt were the ten best films of the year was a very positive one as it made me realise how rich in content this industry is right now.

Below is my ranking of all 2022 films that I have seen along with a short review of each of my top 10:

195) Moonfall
194) The King's Daughter

193) Jurassic World: Dominion

192) Deep Water

191) No Bears

190) Flux Gourmet

189) Pinocchio

188) Pacifiction

187) Please Baby Please

186) Crimes Of The Future

185) Disenchanted

184) Morbius

183) All The Old Knives

182) Unwelcome

181) Halloween Ends

180) Slumberland

179) Against The Ice

178) The Lost City

177) Bardo

176) Watcher

175) Scream

174) Doctor Who Am I

173) White Noise

172) Rise

171) Hocus Pocus 2

170) Star Wars Kid: The Rise Of The Digital Shadows

169) Myanmar Diaries

168) Holy Spider

167) Roald Dahl's Matilda: The Musical

166) Ambulance

165) Uncharted

164) Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore

163) Return To Seoul

162) The Railway Children Return

161) Ticket To Paradise

160) Tommy Guns

159) Sword Art Online The Movie: Progressive - Scherzo Of Deep Night

158) The Son

157) Monica

156) Strange World

155) Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.

154) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

153) The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent

152) Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted

151) The Bubble

150) Sonic The Hedgehog 2

149) Rodeo

148) My Father's Dragon

147) Bodies Bodies Bodies

146) Dual

145) Allelujah

144) Call Jane

143) EO

142) Emily The Criminal

141) The Sound Of 007

140) The Adam Project

139) Fireheart

138) Death On The Nile

137) Violent Night

136) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

135) Black Adam

134) The Swimmers

133) A Love Song

132) Loving Highsmith

131) I Wanna Dance With Somebody

130) Saint Omer

129) Good Night Oppy

128) Smoking Causes Coughing

127) Triangle Of Sadness

126) We Might As Well Be Dead

125) The Lost King

124) Men

123) Super Pets

122) The Gray Man

121) M3gan

120) Pearl

119) Corsage

118) Thunder

117) The Pale Blue Eye

116) See How They Run

115) Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris

114) Fall

113) Don't Worry Darling

112) Decision To Leave

111) Wendell & Wild

110) The First Slam Dunk

109) Prey

108) Causeway

107) Enola Holmes 2

106) The Novelist's Film

105) McEnroe

104) Brian And Charles

103) Bullet Train

102) Thor: Love And Thunder

101) Name Me Lawand

100) Lightyear

99) Nope

98) America

97) Enys Men

96) Lady Chatterley's Lover

95) Matter Out Of Place

94) Sisu

93) The Eternal Daughter

92) Devotion

91) The Quiet Girl

90) Getting It Back: The Story Of Cymanda

89) A Man Called Otto

88) Love Life

87) Top Gun: Maverick

86) The Bad Guys

85) Dog

84) X

83) Turning Red

82) Bones And All

81) Empire Of Light

80) The Eight Mountains

79) How To Blow Up A Pipeline

78) All The Beauty And The Bloodshed

77) God's Creatures

76) Next Sohee

75) The Plains

74) Joyland

73) Incredible But True

72) The Wonder

71) Hatching

70) Emily

69) Viking

68) Karaoke

67) Barbarian

66) The Good Nurse

65) Hustle

64) Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

63) Thirteen Lives

62) Amsterdam

61) Three Thousand Years Of Longing

60) You Won't Be Alone

59) Emancipation

58) Blue Jean

57) Till

56) The Sea Beast

55) The Outfit

54) Where The Crawdads Sing

53) Good Luck To You, Leo Grande

52) The Woman King

51) Unicorn Wars

50) The Inspection

48) Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

48) Aisha

47) Armageddon Time

46) Return To Dust

45) Tori And Lokita

44) Alcarras

43) Aftersun

42) Blonde

41) Navalny

40) Talk To Me

39) Hostile

38) Fire Of Love

37) That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime The Movie: Scarlet Bond

36) Stutz

35) Pinocchio

34) Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness

33) Tar

32) The Whale

31) Women Talking

30) To Leslie

29) Hundreds Of Beavers

28) The Fabelmans

27) The Banshees Of Inisherin

26) The Volcano: Rescue From Whakaari

25) The Menu

24) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

23) My Imaginary Country

22) Sick Of Myself

21) Bros

20) Hello, Bookstore

19) Girl Picture

18) Living

17) Babylon

16) All Quiet On The Western Front

15) She Said

14) Broker

13) A Bunch Of Amateurs

12) Suzume

11) Close 

10) Fast & Feel Love - An absolute hoot of an over-the-top comedy that involves the strange world of sport stacking.

The comedy is cleverly silly and there are a number of pop culture references which many will appreciate.

In the middle of all the silliness, there is also a solid heart to this story of learning how to come of age and become an adult. It didn't a big distribution. So I urge you to check this out and deservedly boost its coverage.

9) Nothing Compares - An absolutely gripping and raw viewing experience of how one of the most talented singers of 1990's was rejected by the mainstream world.

For those that remember the story will jump back into all that high-octane story of how people reacted to her actions.

If you are not aware of this moment in music history, prepare yourself.

8) RRR - A glorious Indian epic that managed to catch fire in America via Netflix, and deservedly so.

This 3hr+ period action drama has so much going for it. The action has high-energy and imagination to it, the emotion is nicely over-the-top and it has its moments of vintage Bollywood music set-pieces.

7) The Northman - A beautifully brutal action drama set in Viking times where a young prince is on a path to avenge his father's murder.

Director Robert Eggers continues to make highly impactable films that are beautiful to look at, contains strange yet engrossing imagery and has an energy to it that is hard to resist.

6) The Tinder Swindler - One of the first film documentaries that grabbed the attention of many people that reminded me of when I saw 'Catfish'.

The story is incredible and nicely cut, the interviewees present their side of the story very effectively that make it a highly satisfying viewing experience.

5) Avatar: The Way Of Water - The first of hopefully multiple sequels to James Cameron's beautiful looking franchise that gives us pure escapism.

It's great to be back on Pandora, the visuals have moved on in such a way I never thought possible and the story and action gives us something highly entertaining. Cameron can still do it.

4) Elvis - Another vintage visual spectacle by director Baz Luhrmann about the most successful musician of all-time.

Lead by the amazing performance of Austin Butler, this was highly-satisfying wild ride that you can't help but want to watch again straight away.

Also some of the vintage modern touches to the soundtrack that Luhrmann always does works perfectly.

3) Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure - Another wonderful coming-of-age story by director Richard Linklater. This one could well be his most personal.

Linklater's always amazes me as to how to sucks me and many others in. It goes at a gentle pace and the strong family connection and sense of adventure just captures the imagination perfectly for the viewer.

2) The Batman - When you thought we didn't need another Batman film, director Matt Reeves gives you another reason why.

His dirty and intimate style along with a cast list you wouldn't normally expect gives us a Batman story that while has those classic tropes is more of a detective story.

It also gives us a Batman at a very interesting point in his life. The complete package for me pretty close to competing with the Dark Knight trilogy.

1) Everything Everywhere All At Once - A film that truly lives up to its title.

Relentless pacing and energy, charismatic characters, consistent comedy and imagination of the highest order gives us something you have never seen before and that you won't be prepared for.

An absolute game-changer.