The annual T-Dub Movie Awards
This image released by Netflix shows Josh O'Connor, left, and Daniel Craig in a scene from "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery."
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This image released by A24 shows Eva Victor in a scene from "Sorry, Baby."
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This image released by Neon shows Stellan Skarsgård, left, and Elle Fanning in a scene from "Sentimental Value."
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This image released by Focus Features shows Margaret Qualley in a scene from "Honey Don't!"
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Nobody needs the Golden Globes or a Screen Actors Guild to tell them what movies deserve to be in the history books.
All you need are the prestigious T-Dub Awards, courtesy of the Coeur d’Alene Press.Very respected in the industry, I assure you.
Scene of the year: A dance through time, “Sinners”
Just give him the Oscar already: Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”
Just give her the Oscar already: Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
The "She can do everything" award: Tessa Thompson, “Hedda”
Best performance by a (digital) animal: Krypto, “Superman”
Best first impression: Eva Victor, star/writer/director of “Sorry Baby”
The "Should have been a major theatrical release" award: “Wake Up Dead Man”
Funniest movie: “Friendship”
Best blockbuster: “Superman”
The “Just stop it already” award: “I Know What You Did Last Summer”
Biggest disappointment: “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning”
Worst movie: “The Electric State”
Best resurgence: Elle Fanning in “Sentimental Value” and “Predator: Badlands”
The “Gets what it deserves” award: “Megan 2.0” tanking at the box office after changing genres
So bad it’s actually hilarious: “Gunslingers”
Best cameo: Dave Bautista, “The Naked Gun”
The “Great premise, OK execution” award: “Eternity”
Best musical moment: “What It Sounds Like, “K-Pop Demon Hunters”
Best needle drop: “Punkrocker” in “Superman”
Scariest villain: Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”
The “Needs more screentime despite appearing in a three-hour movie” award: Varang, “Avatar: Fire and Ash”
Worst movie made by a good filmmaker: Shane Black’s “Play Dirty”
Fewest laughs despite the effort: “The Parenting”
Fine for the umpteenth Marvel movie: “Fantastic Four: First Steps”
Better than the recent Marvel movies: “Thunderbolts*”
The “Bad special effects kills the vibe” award: “Frankenstein”
Best title: “Death of a Unicorn”
Worst title: “Riff-Raff”
Vaguest title: “Havoc”
Best movie I’ll never watch again: “The Perfect Neighbor”
The “People will do insane things for love” award: “Twinless”
The “Scarlet Johansson deserved more praise for making a solid directorial debut” award: “Eleanor the Great”
Best fight: Predator and android vs. all in “Predator: Badlands”
Best car chase: The climax of “One Battle After Another”
Best performance in a mediocre movie: Nick Offerman, “Sovereign”
Oddly marketed: “Materialists”
The “Delightfully twisty” award: “No Other Choice”
Underrated performance: Dylan O’Brien, “Twinless”
The “I’ve lost my patience for this” award: “Captain America: Brave New World”
Best ensemble cast: “One Battle After Another”
Best breakout performance: Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”
The "Low key MVP” award: Benicio del Toro, “One Battle After Another”
The cast makes the movie: “One of Them Days”
The “Makes it look easy” award: Denzel Washington, “Highest 2 Lowest”
Best scenery chewing: Nicholas Hoult, “Superman”
Scene stealer: Delroy Lindo, “Sinners”
Best reference to Tivo: “The Naked Gun”
Best two-hander: Emma Stone vs. Jesse Plemons in “Bugonia”
Scene stealer in a lousy movie: Bad Bunny, “Happy Gilmore 2”
Movie I enjoyed but instantly forgot: “Heads of State”
The "Be careful how you recommend it” award: “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
The “She deserves to be a bigger star” award: Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another”
The “Makes everything better” award: Samuel L. Jackson, “The Unholy Trinity”
Best chemistry: Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett, “Black Bag”
Best one-two punch: Michael B. Jordan and Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners”
Best looking movie: “Train Dreams”
The “Hits too close to home” award: “Mountainhead”
Most devastating inversion of expectations: The final act of “The Life of Chuck”
Ickiest imagery: “Together”
Best production/set design: “The Phoenician Scheme”
Most unnecessary: The live-action “How to Train Your Dragon”
Best comfort food: “Wicked: For Good”
The “Nicolas Cage still rules in good movies” award: “The Surfer”
Go ahead and keep making them every couple years: “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”
The “Adam Sandler is a good actor award: “Jay Kelly”
Best use of limited time: Keanu Reeves, “Ballerina”
Best commitment to the bit: Robert Pattinson in “Mickey 17”
Movie most fitting for a streaming service: “The Woman in Cabin 10”
Best use of a game show: “The Luckiest Man in America”
Most baffling decision: The repetitive structure of “A House of Dynamite”
Completely harmless: “The Bad Guys 2”
The “I probably watched it but can’t exactly remember” award: “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera”
The "It needs a second Coen Brother” award: “Honey Don’t”
All the tears: The climax of “Hamnet”
Favorite movie other people think is just fine: “Highest 2 Lowest”
The “It’s good, I guess” award: “It Was Just an Accident”
The “Stop telling me it’s good” award: “Eephus”
The “What were they thinking?” award: “Another Simple Favor”
Movie most likely to cause a panic attack: “Marty Supreme”
Most enjoyable relic from another moviegoing era: “Freaky Tales”
Surprisingly NOT irritating: “Dog Man”
Most traditionally powerful climax: “Train Dreams”
Most surprisingly powerful climax: “28 Years Later”
The “Showstopping sequence” award: The town siege and rooftop escape, “One Battle After Another”
Too much climax: The mutant dino attacks in “Jurassic World: Rebirth”
Better than it had any right to be: “Companion”
Best “slow burn:” “Sentimental Value”
Best confrontation: Lois interviews Superman in “Superman”
Best animated film: “K-Pop Demon Hunters
The "Pixar still makes good movies” award: “Elio”
I can’t believe I actually watched: The Michelle Pfieffer holiday film “Oh What Fun”
The “I played solitaire on my phone for the entire run time” award: “A Merry Little Ex-Mas”
Best '80s action movie made in 2025: “Fight or Flight”
Best Hitchcockian riff: “Drop”
Maybe one movie too many: “Paddington in Peru”
Best use of a big budget: “Sinners”
Best use of a small budget: “No Other Choice”
Best use of a tiny budget: “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”
Movie your dad will like: “F1”
Best horror movie that’s not a horror movie: “Presence”
The “It’s totally fine!” award: “Weapons”
Overly criticized: “Mickey 17”
Under criticized: “Sirat”
The “Big swing and miss” award: The first three quarters of “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning”
Wasted cast: “Ella McKay”
The “I can’t believe I still haven’t seen” award: “Zootopia 2”
Messy but points for trying: “O’Dessa”
The “Wish I could see it before I make a ‘Best of’ list” award: “The Testament of Ann Lee”
The “I forgot about it five minutes after seeing it” award: “G20”
Most pleasant surprise: “Sorry Baby”
Strangest relic of 2024: The chicken jockey in “A Minecraft Movie”
And … my kids’ favorite movie of 2023: My boys said “A Minecraft Movie;” the girls said “Wicked: For Good.”
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Tyler Wilson can be reached at [email protected].
This image released by A24 shows Eva Victor in a scene from "Sorry, Baby."
This image released by Neon shows Stellan Skarsgård, left, and Elle Fanning in a scene from "Sentimental Value."
This image released by Focus Features shows Margaret Qualley in a scene from "Honey Don't!"
This image released by Netflix shows Joel Edgerton in a scene from "Train Dreams."