Summer 2015 at the Movies will be remembered for many things: dino domination, Minion mayhem, sensational stunts, and a torrential Tweet. Here are the Best of the Best and a few other honorees from the past four months of film:
Best Supporting Actor: Jason Segel (“The End of the Tour”)
Best Supporting Actress: Rachel McAdams (“Southpaw”)
Best Animated Feature: “Shaun the Sheep Movie”
Best Comedy: “Ted 2”
Best Action Film: “San Andreas”
Wildest Action Scenes: “Mad Max: Fury Road” & “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation”
Best Documentary Feature: “Amy”
Best Ensemble: “Spy”
Best Actor: Jesse Eisenberg (“The End of the Tour”)
Best Actress: Meryl Streep (“Ricki and the Flash”)
Breakthrough Performance in a Drama: Jason Bateman (“The Gift”)
Breakthrough Performance in a Comedy: LeBron James (“Trainwreck”)
Biggest Disappointment – “Avengers: Age of Ultron”
The Most Overrated Movie of the Summer: “Jurassic World”
The Best Movie Only Six People Saw: “Escobar: Paradise Lost”
The “Hey, You Were Great in TWO Movies!” Award – Paul Giamatti (“San Andreas”, “Straight Outta Compton”)
The “Never Shoulda Been Made” Award – “Terminator Genisys”
Special Achievement in Disastrous Marketing – “Fantastic Four”
Best Picture: “The End of the Tour”
Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic in 2006 at the age of 7. To date, Jackson has written nearly 1,000 reviews of new releases and, in total, has seen more than 1,500 films. In 2010, Jackson became the youngest person to win a NY Emmy Award, for his on-air movie reviews on Time Warner TV station, Capital News 9. And in 2011, Jackson was inducted into the Broadcast Film Critics Association as their youngest member. The BFCA’s annual Critics Choice Awards is one of the industry’s most recognized and prestigious awards shows. Jackson is also a member of SAG-AFTRA and votes annually for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.