The First Annual Emerald City Video Yellow Brick Awards

Russ Burlingame and Zach Roberts name our Emerald City Video Yellow Brick Awards winners for 2018.

Winners are announced on the podcast and tagged via social media. If they want to receive the actual award, they can. The Yellow Brick in question is a VHS tape spray-painted gold and then labeled with their project and mailed out in a rental case.

Below, you can find a full list of nominees:

Best Picture
Black Panther
Sorry to Bother You
Upgrade
Widows
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Actor
Nicolas Cage, Mandy
Michael B. Jordan, Creed II
Christian Bale, Vice
Lakeith Stanfield, Sorry to Bother You
Best Actress
Tessa Thompson, Creed II
Viola Davis, Widows
Best Supporting Actor
Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
Steven Yeun, Sorry to Bother You
Sylvester Stallone, Creed II
Dolph Lundgren, Creed II
Best Supporting Actress
Letitia Wright, Black Panther
Tessa Thompson, Sorry to Bother You
Erin Moriarty, Monster Party
Best Ensemble Cast
Black Panther
Annihilation
Widows
Mandy
Sorry to Bother You
Best Casting
Black Panther
Sorry to Bother You
Monster Party
Into the Spider-Verse
The Domestics
Widows
Mandy
Eighth Grade
Hotel Artemis
Best Score
Creed II
Into the Spider-Verse
Black Panther
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Best Use of Popular Music
Spider-Verse
Black Panther
Best Cinematography
Creed II
Annihilation
Sorry to Bother You
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
The Domestics
Black Panther
Infinity War
Best VFX
Aquaman
Infinity War
Best Stunts
Upgrade
Monster Party
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Creed II
Best Director
Boots Riley
Ryan Coogler
Peter Ramsey, Robert Persichetti Jr., Rodney Rothman (Spider-Verse)
Best Screenplay
Into the Spider-Verse
Mandy
Sorry to Bother You
Best Franchise Film
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Black Panther
Aquaman
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Venom
Best Guilty Pleasure Film
Rampage
Upgrade
Monster Party
Jurassic Games
Best Movie Hero
Myles Truitt, Kin
Kate Bosworth, Domestics
Hailee Steinfeld, Bumblebee
Chadwick Boseman, Black Panther
Michael B. Jordan, Creed II
Blue, Jurassic World
Best Movie Villain
Julian McMahon, Party Monster
Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
Abdul Yaheen, Aquaman
Katie Burgess, The Jurassic Games

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