Reel Roundtable #45 - The Besties (2024)

Happy New Year!  Another bonus episode for your listening enjoyment as we bring you another Reel Roundtable discussion.  Ian, Liam, Megan, and B-Tech Kev look back on the films they've reviewed in 2024 (with a mail-in ballot from Georgia) and have some awards to hand out in the form of The Besties.  Comments, banter, and flat out arguments can be found as we debate the best that we saw in 2024 (A full list of award categories and eligible films are located at the bottom of these notes)

This year we're thrilled to have ballots from ten of our patrons (Hermes Auslander, Richard, Aashrey, Timmy Tim Tim, Ariannah who loves BFE the most, James De Guzman, Andy Dickson, Johnny H's Right Boot, Cheesy and Rev. Bruce) to help determine the winners.

The Awards:

• Best Screenplay
• Best Special Effects
• Best Costume Design
• Best Art Direction
• Best Cinematography
• Best Context Corner Highlight
• Best Duo
• Best Villain
• Best Animated Film
• Best Voice Actor
• Best Musical
• Best Score
• Best Song or Theme
• Best Soundtrack
• Best Tearjerker
• Funniest Film
• Best BFE Moment/Rant/Quote
• Best BFE Argument
• The Steel Magnolias Award for Best Representation of Women
• Kate Beckingsale Memorial Award
• Harrison Ford Memorial Award
• Best Plot Twist (no spoilers)
• Episode of the Year
• Best First Watch
• Most Improved Viewing Experience
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• The Frances McDormand award for Best Actress
• Best Actor
• Best Film

 

Eligible Films:

• (500) Days of Summer
• 3:10 to Yuma
• A Bronx Tale
• A Patch of Blue
• Amadeus
• American Beauty
• Austin Powers in Goldmember
• Beyond the Mat
• Beverly Hills Cop
• Boyhood
• Chef
• Clerks
• Crazy Stupid Love
• Dave
• Dead Poets Society
• Galaxy Quest
• Ghostbusters
• Gone Girl
• Gremlins
• Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban
• Her
• In the Heights
• Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
• Interstellar
• Kramer v Kramer
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• Logan
• LOTR: The Return of the King
• Mad Max
• Moana
• Mrs. Doubtfire
• Mystic River
• Nightcrawler
• Patch Adams
• Pulp Fiction
• Say Anything
• She’s All That
• Shrek 2
• Spider-Man 2
• Star Trek
• Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
• The Fifth Element
• The Help
• The Lego Movie
• The Lion King
• The Santa Clause
• The Shawshank Redemption
• The Sixth Sense
• Trees of Peace
• Up
• When Harry Met Sally