Best & Worst Movies/TV Shows, Early Award Picks, Best Albums of 1st Half of 2017
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- DirectorJordan PeeleStarsDaniel KaluuyaAllison WilliamsBradley WhitfordA young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.Best Movie/TV Show of First Half of 2017: 1. GET OUT
- CreatorJaffe CohenRyan MurphyMichael ZamStarsJessica LangeAlison WrightNaomi WattsAn anthology series centering on famous feuds, including Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and Truman Capote and the New York elite.2. FEUD
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsJames McAvoyAnya Taylor-JoyHaley Lu RichardsonThree girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.3. SPLIT
- DirectorMichael ShowalterStarsKumail NanjianiZoe KazanHolly HunterPakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.4. THE BIG SICK
- DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsGal GadotChris PineRobin WrightWhen a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.5. WONDER WOMAN
- DirectorJoachim RønningEspen SandbergStarsJohnny DeppGeoffrey RushJavier BardemCaptain Jack Sparrow searches for the Trident of Poseidon to rule the sea while being pursued by old rival Captain Salazar and a crew of deadly ghosts who have escaped from the Devil's Triangle.Worst Movie of First Half of 2017: 1. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES
- DirectorMichael BayStarsMark WahlbergAnthony HopkinsJosh DuhamelA deadly threat from Earth's history reappears and a hunt for a lost artifact takes place between Autobots and Decepticons, while Optimus Prime encounters his creator in space.2. TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT
- DirectorAlex KurtzmanStarsTom CruiseSofia BoutellaAnnabelle WallisAn ancient Egyptian princess is awakened from her crypt beneath the desert, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia and terrors that defy human comprehension.3. THE MUMMY
- DirectorJames PonsoldtStarsEmma WatsonTom HanksJohn BoyegaA woman lands a dream job at a powerful tech company called the Circle, only to uncover an agenda that will affect the lives of all of humanity.4. THE CIRCLE
- DirectorSteven C. MillerStarsNicolas CageJohn CusackAdrian GrenierA Southern businessman attempts to rescue his kidnapped mobster brother.5. ARSENAL
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsVicky KriepsDaniel Day-LewisLesley ManvilleSet in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.Early Award Picks for Best Picture: Phantom Thread; Annihilation; Blade Runner 2049; Mother!; Feud; Mindhunter; Dunkirk; Wonder Wheel; Coco; Get Out
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsMark WahlbergJulianne MooreBurt ReynoldsBack when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread; Alex Garland, Annihilation; Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner 2049; Darren Aronofsky, Mother!; Duncan Jones, Mute
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsDaniel Day-LewisPaul DanoCiarán HindsA story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread; Miles Teller, Thank You for Your Service; James Franco, The Disaster Artist; James McAvoy, Split; Michael Fassbender, Alien: Covenant
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsBette DavisJoan CrawfordVictor BuonoA former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.Best Actress: Jessica Lange, Feud; Charlize Theron, Tully; Elizabeth Olsen, Wind River; Margot Robbie, Terminal; Alicia Vikander, Tulip Fever
- DirectorFarhad SafiniaStarsMel GibsonSean PennEddie MarsanProfessor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.Best Supporting Actor: Sean Penn, The Professor & the Madman; Al Pacino, The Trap; Oscar Isaac, Suburbicon; Woody Harrelson, War for the Planet of the Apes; Zach Woods, Silicon Valley
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsMeryl StreepTom HanksSarah PaulsonA cover-up spanning four U.S. Presidents pushes the country's first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between press and government.Best Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep, The Papers; Carrie Fisher, Star Wars: The Last Jedi; Kaitlyn Dever, Detroit; Holly Hunter, The Big Sick; Kristen Wiig, Downsizing
- DirectorRobert SchoberStarsSean HartmanGwen Van DamChuck LaceyBest Album of First Half of 2017: 1. MASTODON - EMPEROR OF SAND
- DirectorGary MenottiStarsDion FrileyRob GueringerKendrick LamarExperience an hour of contemporary hip-hop of Grammy-nominated superstar Kendrick Lamar. The Compton rapper plays songs from his acclaimed LP To Pimp a Butterfly alongside his hits.2. KENDRICK LAMAR - DAMN.
- StarsMartha StewartSnoop DoggFredwreck NassarMartha Stewart and Snoop Dogg host a cooking show.3. SNOOP DOGG - NEVA LEFT
- DirectorDaniel EspinosaStarsTom HardyGary OldmanNoomi RapaceA disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.4. JAY-Z - 4:44
- DirectorBryan BarberStarsAndré 3000Big BoiTerrence HowardAt a sexy, sizzling nightclub, pianist Percival lives life by the rules, while Rooster, the club's flashy lead performer, struts his stuff on the stage. But all changes when greed, fame and murder threaten to destroy them and the joint.5. BIG BOI - BOOMIVERSE
- DirectorDon Roy KingStarsVanessa BayerAidy BryantTaran KillamSketches include Piers Morgan Cold Open, Drake Bar Mitzvah Monologue, Before They Were Stars, Nancy Grace, Resolution Revolution, Slumber Party, Weekend Update with guests Arianna Huffington and Jacqueline Bisset, Disney World Show, Poetry Teacher, Mornin' Miami, and I Know.6. DRAKE - MORE LIFE
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsNina HossRonald ZehrfeldNina KunzendorfAfter surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret singer has her disfigured face reconstructed and returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out her gentile husband, who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis.7. PHOENIX - TI AMO
- DirectorMatt EastinStarsImagine DragonsDolph LundgrenBen McKeeDan Reynolds appears to be overmatched in a boxing match with Dolph Lundgren. There are intermittent cuts to Dan as a child sketching in a notepad.8. IMAGINE DRAGONS - EVOLVE
- DirectorLyndy Saville9. LORDE - MELODRAMA