The author’s considered best/worst in each category are listed in bold italics with an asterisk (*). The listed links will take you to more detailed reviews of each film.
The 10 Best Films
- Interstellar
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- The Babadook
- Rocks in My Pockets
- Predestination
- Edge of Tomorrow
- The Infinite Man
Worst Films
- Bill the Galactic Hero
- 90210 Shark Attack
- The Legend of Hercules
- In the Name of the King 3
- Flowers in the Attic
Best Director
Christophe Gans – Beauty and the Beast
Jennifer Kent – The Babadook (*)
David Michôd – The Rover
Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez – Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Julie Taymor – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Best Original Screenplay
The Infinite Man (*)
Interstellar
The Rover
The Voices
Young Ones
Best Adapted Screenplay
Edge of Tomorrow
Predestination (*)
Radio Free Albemuth
RoboCop
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Best Actor
Robert Pattinson – The Rover
Guy Pearce – The Rover
Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy
Andy Serkis (+ CGI artists) – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (*)
Dan Stevens – The Guest
Best Actress
Essie Davis – The Babadook
Kate Bosworth – Amnesiac (*)
Katie Holmes – Miss Meadows
Susan Sarandon – The Calling
Sarah Snook – Predestination
Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Heyerdahl – The Calling
Nicholas Hoult – Young Ones
Toby Kebbell (+ CGI artists) – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Ben Kingsley – Eliza Graves
Bill Paxton – Edge of Tomorrow (*)
Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain – Interstellar
Eva Green – Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (*)
Sheila Kelley – The Guest
Brit Marling – I Origins
Lauren Lee Smith – Ascension
Best Cinematography
Beauty and the Beast
I Origins
Monsters: Dark Continent
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (*)
300: Rise of an Empire
Best Special Effects
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Godzilla (*)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Best Makeup Effects
Cabin Fever: Patient Zero
Dead Snow 2
Guardians of the Galaxy (*)
Late Phases
Spring
Wolves
Best Production Design
Beauty and the Beast
Guardians of the Galaxy (*)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Maleficent
300: Rise of an Empire