have tried to interfere in this process but i gotta say i am rooting so hard for tony scott

Also, Usul; “fremen" is not the preferred nomenclature. Ichwan-bedwine, please.

Thank you for tuning into the Landrys; we’ll see you again next year (if I have the energy to type all this up again).

Also, let me know if you want to hear about da moviesh!

Best Non-2025 Movie I Watched for the First Time This Year!

Nominees:
I Saw the TV Glow (Jan 4)
Lady Bird (Jan 9)
Down With Love (Jan 14)
TÁR (Feb 18)
The Brutalist (Mar 3)
The Pope’s Exorcist (Jul 3)
Rap World (Nov 3)
Phoenix (Nov 6)
Yi Yi (Nov 11)
And so many more.

Winner: ME

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) - Jud's Phone Call with Louise｜Motion Picture Scenes YouTube video by Motion Picture Scenes

Best One Scene Performance!

Nominees:
John Carroll Lynch - Sorry, Baby
Clifton Collins Junior - Train Dreams
Connor O’Malley - Friendship
Stavros Halkias - Bugonia
Austin Butler - Eddington

Winner: Bridget Everett - Wake Up, Dead Man

Dirty Work YouTube video by Steely Dan - Topic

Best Needledrop!

Nominees:
Firework by Katy Perry - Eddington
Beware of Darkness by George Harrison - Weapons
American Girl by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - OBAA
Outro by M83 - Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
My Boo by Ghost Town DJ’s - Friendship

Winner: Dirty Work by Steely Dan - OBAA

Weapons | Official Trailer YouTube video by Warner Bros.

Best Trailer!

Nominees:
28 Years Later
Him
Friendship

Winner: Weapons

Categories I did not have enough 2025 noms to fill out a category: Best…Sound, Visual Effects, Feature Documentary, Original Song (Your Idol - KPop Demon Hunters though), Costumes, Makeup & Hair, Animated Feature.

And now for the BoNuS cAtEgOrIeS! Starting with…

a scarecrow says " i can 't make up my mind " in front of him ALT: a scarecrow says " i can 't make up my mind " in front of him

Best Picture!

Nominees:
Eddington
One Battle After Another
Bugonia
Weapons
Sentimental Value
It Was Just an Accident
Sorry, Baby
Marty Supreme

Winner:
Movie lovers

Renata Reinsve stealing my heart as the most broken lady again

Best Actress!

Nominees:
Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another
Emma Stone - Bugonia
Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby
Amanda Seyfried - Testament of Ann Lee

Winner: Renata Reinsve - Sentimental Value

Ethan Hawke as my former Director of Forensics except he’s likable oops did I do that

Best Actor!

Nominees:
Jesse Plemons - Bugonia
Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After Another
Josh O'Connor - Wake Up Dead Man
Timothee Chalamet - Marty Supreme
Michael B Jordan - Sinners

Winner: Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon

The average Eddington viewing experience

Best Director!

Nominees:
Zach Cregger - Weapons
Ryan Coogler - Sinners
Danny Boyle - 28 Years Later
Yorgos Lanthimos - Bugonia
Jafar Pinahi - It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value

Winner: Ari Aster - Eddington

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT - Official Trailer - In Theaters October 15 YouTube video by NEON

Best International Feature!

Nominees:
Sirāt
Sentimental Value
The Shrouds
Caught by the Tides

Winner: It Was Just an Accident

Jim Downey explains the plans the targets of the second Trump administration.

Best Adapted Screenplay!

Nominees:
Train Dreams
Bugonia
Wake Up, Dead Man
28 Years Later

Winner: One Battle After Another

Ethan Hawke’s true height revealed.

Best Original Screenplay!

Nominees:
Weapons
Eddington
Sorry, Baby
Sinners

Winner: Blue Moon

A man lays inside a cut made in the trunk of a massive tree.

Best Cinematography!

Nominees:
Eephus
Sinners
Bugonia
One Battle After Another

Winner: Train Dreams

Ryan Coogler on learning he was able to mix sodas at the movie theatre proclaims “I got involved with that.”

Best Casting!

Nominees:
Weapons
The Secret Agent
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
One Battle After Another

Winner: Sinners

An actor portraying a zombie surrounded by iPhones

Best Editing!

Nominees:
Caught by the Tides
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value

Winner: 28 Years Later

Timothee Chalamet plays tiny table tennis

Best Production Design!

Nominees:
The Testament of Ann Lee
The Secret Agent
Sinners
Sentimental Value

Winner: Marty Supreme

Jerskin Fendrix - Bees | Bugonia (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) YouTube video by SonySoundtracksVEVO

Best Score!

Nominees:

One Battle After Another - Johnny Greenwood
Train Dreams - Bryce Dessner
The Mastermind - Rob Mazurek
Marty Supreme - Daniel Lopatin

Winner: Bugonia - Jerskin Fendrix

A life changing birthday gift.

Best Supporting Actor!

Nominees:

Benicio Del Toro - One Battle After Another
Austin Abrams - Weapons
Ralph Fiennes - 28 Years Later
Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr - It Was Just an Accident

Winner: Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value

Amy Madigan as Aunt Gladys serving charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent.

Best Supporting Actress!

Nominees:
Teyana Taylor - One Battle After Another
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value
Odessa A’zion - Marty Supreme
Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value

Winner:
Amy Madigan - Weapons

Plus: make sure to stick for bonus categories for things I think *should* be awarded, but are not recognized by (most) major voting bodies. I also combine or don’t have a big feeling for some of the standard categories this year and will not when applicable.

We’ll start off, as is tradition, with…

Also: these are not Oscars predictions. That’s a different and much less interesting list at this point in the race. As such, many films here were not even considered for nomination, much less plausible contenders for taking home a little gold man.

Caveats:
While I saw a lot of this year’s films, I am a human with limited time and a day job, and live in a country where it took many months for many of these films to arrive anywhere I could watch them! There’s a few I never got around to (sorry Hamnet, F1, and Frankenstein, among others).

Sean Connery waxes about the joy of “da moviesh.”

In honor of tonight being the year’s biggest night in movies, I would like to present…the Landrys: an uncalled for, non-exhaustive, and completely subjective rundown of the year’s cinematic triumphs (the nominees and winners of which could change completely depending on the time of day)!

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This is sure to be good! Canon is my kind of liberal, and these are some great podcast guests!