The 2024 T-Dub Awards
This image released by Universal Pictures shows, from left, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos and Glen Powell in a scene from "Twisters."
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This image released by Focus Features shows Willem Dafoe, left, and Lily-Rose Depp in a scene from "Nosferatu."
This image released by Netflix shows, from left, Jim Gaffigan, Jerry Seinfeld, Fred Armisen, seated, and Melissa McCarthy in a scene from "Unfrosted."
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Roz, voiced by Lupita N'yongo, background, and Brightbill, voiced by Kit Connor, in a scene from DreamWorks Animation's "Wild Robot."
Don’t listen to the Golden Globes, ignore the American Film Institute and forget about the Academy Awards.
The only essential movie awards come courtesy of the Coeur d’Alene Press. The annual T-Dub Awards are here to celebrate the movies of 2024.
Scene of the year: Demi Moore prepares for a date, “The Substance”
Just give him the Oscar already: Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”
Just give her the Oscar already: Mikey Madison, “Anora”
The "She can do everything" award: Lupita Nyong’o, “A Quiet Place: Day One”
Best performance that changed my mind about someone: Ariana Grande, “Wicked”
The "Deserves more leading roles” award: Natasha Lyonne, “His Three Daughters”
Best performance by an animal: Pick a beaver from “Hundreds of Beavers”
Best first impression: Vera Drew, “The People’s Joker”
The "Should have been a major theatrical release” award: Clint Eastwood’s “Juror No. 2”
Funniest Movie: “Hundreds of Beavers”
Best blockbuster: “Dune: Part 2”
Worst blockbuster: “Argyle”
The “Just stop it already” award: “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire”
Worst movie: “Lift”
The “Get what you deserve” award: The box office tanking of “Joker: Folie a Deux”
So bad it’s actually hilarious: “Madame Web”
Best cameo: Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Garner and Channing Tatum, “Deadpool & Wolverine”
Worst cameo: A CGI Ian Holm in “Alien: Romulus”
The “Doesn’t need dialogue to be great” award: “Flow”
Best musical moment: “Defying Gravity” in “Wicked”
Best needle drop: Pick one from “Kneecap”
Scariest villain: Jesse Plemons, “Civil War”
Likeable villain, despite the, uh, villainy: Jason Bateman, “Carry-On”
The “Should do more villain work” award: Hugh Grant, “Heretic”
Least convincing villain performance: Conor McGregor, “Road House”
Fine for a fourth sequel: “Kung Fu Panda 4”
The “Bad special effects will ruin your movie” award: “Red One”
Best title: “Hot Frosty”
Better than Hallmark: “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point”
Best movie I’ll never watch again: “Tuesday”
The “People will do insane things for love” award: “Love Lies Bleeding”
The "Your movie would still suck even if you had good visual effects” award: “Damsel”
The “Anna Kendrick deserved more praise for making a solid directorial debut” award: “Woman of the Hour”
Best fight: Ani vs. the henchmen, “Anora”
Best car chase: The centerpiece chase in “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”
Best performance in a mediocre movie: Karla Sofia Gascon and Zoe Saldana, “Emilia Perez”
Too many twists: “It’s What’s Inside”
Underrated performance: Justice Smith, “I Saw the TV Glow”
The “I’ve lost my patience for this” award: Kevin Smith’s latest film, “The 4:30 Movie”
Best ensemble cast: “Saturday Night”
Best breakout performance: Clarence Maclin, “Sing Sing”
The cast makes the movie: “The Bikeriders”
The “Makes it look easy” award: Angelina Jolie, “Maria”
Best scenery chewing: Denzel Washington, “Gladiator II”
Scene stealer: Willem Dafoe, “Nosferatu”
The "Be careful how you recommend it" award: “The Substance”
The “She deserves to be a bigger star” award: Adria Arjona, “Hit Man”
The "Wait … those aren’t real talking apes?" award: “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”
The "Glad I stayed out of the political debate" award: “The Apprentice”
The “Makes everything better” award: Samuel L. Jackson, “The Piano Lesson”
Best chemistry: Glen Powell and Adria Arjona, “Hit Man”
Best one-two punch: Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Best-looking movie: “Nosferatu”
Most devastating inversion of expectations: The final 20 minutes after the father-daughter dance in the documentary “Daughters”
Ickiest imagery: Final sequence in “The Substance”
Best production/set design: “Wicked”
Best unexpected action star: June Squibb, “Thelma”
Best comfort food: “The Fall Guy”
The “Nicolas Cage still rules in good movies” award: “Longlegs”
The "Even I don’t have time to watch EVERY Nicolas Cage movie” award: “Arcadian”
Go ahead and keep making them every couple years: “Bad Boys: Ride or Die”
The "Adam Sandler made another forgettable Netflix movie" award: “Spaceman”
The "I can’t be bothered to watch these mega-budget streaming movies” award: Tie: “Wolfs” on Apple TV and whatever movie Zack Snyder made for Netflix this year.
Best use of limited time: John Turturro, “The Room Next Door”
Best commitment to the bit: Maintaining the “broadcast” style in “Late Night with the Devil”
Movie most fitting for a streaming service: The Lindsay Lohan holiday film “Our Little Secret” on Netflix
Most baffling decision: Turning “Horizon: An American Saga” into a movie series
An OK nostalgia trip: “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice”
All the tears: Taking flight in “The Wild Robot”
Favorite movie other people think is just fine/bad: “Monkey Man”
The “It’s fine, I guess” award: “Challengers”
The “Stop telling me it’s good” award: “The First Omen”
The “What were they thinking?” award: “Joker: Folie a Deux”
Movie most likely to cause a panic attack: “Civil War”
Most enjoyable relic from the '90s: The disaster movie throwback/reboot “Twisters”
Best road trip: “Will and Harper”
Most traditionally powerful climax: “Memoir of a Snail”
Most surprisingly powerful climax: “Anora”
Too much climax: “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire”
Better than it had any right to be: “Mean Girls: The Musical”
Best slow burn: “The Brutalist”
Best confrontation: Aaron Pierre and Don Johnson, “Rebel Ridge”
Best animated film: Tie: “Memoir of a Snail” and “The Wild Robot”
I can’t believe I actually watched: The DOA comedy “Ricky Stanicky”
Best vocal performance in an animated film: Maya Hawke, “Inside Out 2”
The “I played solitaire on my phone for the entire run time” award: “Dear Santa”
Best Hitchcockian riff: M. Night Shyamalan’s “Trap”
Best Shyamalan riff: “Caddo Lake”
Best use of a big budget: “Dune: Part 2”
Best use of a small budget: “The Brutalist”
Best use of a tiny budget: “Hundreds of Beavers”
Movie your dad will like: “A Complete Unknown”
Best horror movie that’s not a horror movie: “I Saw the TV Glow”
The “It’s totally fine!” award: “Deadpool and Wolverine”
More than just OK: “Am I OK?”
The “Big swing and miss” award: “MaXXXine”
Wasted cast: “Unfrosted”
The “I can’t believe I still haven’t seen” award: “It Ends with Us”
Underrated: “Exhibiting Forgiveness”
Messy but points for trying: “Sasquatch Sunset”
The “Wish I could see it before I make a ‘Best of’ list” award: “Nickel Boys”
The “At least it was only 90 minutes” award: “Despicable Me 4”
Not as good as a “Princess Switch” movie: “Meet Me Next Christmas”
The “I forgot about it five minutes after seeing it” award: “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F”
Most pleasant surprise: “A Different Man”
Strangest relic of 2024: “Drive-Away Dolls”
Biggest hype for a forgettable movie: “Moana 2”
Biggest guilty pleasure: “Twisters”
And … my kids’ favorite movie of 2024: “The Wild Robot”
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Tyler Wilson can be reached at twilson@cdapress.com.
This image released by Focus Features shows Willem Dafoe, left, and Lily-Rose Depp in a scene from "Nosferatu."
This image released by Netflix shows, from left, Jim Gaffigan, Jerry Seinfeld, Fred Armisen, seated, and Melissa McCarthy in a scene from "Unfrosted."
This image released by Universal Pictures shows Roz, voiced by Lupita N'yongo, background, and Brightbill, voiced by Kit Connor, in a scene from DreamWorks Animation's "Wild Robot."