Here it is, folks- the First Annual Golden Katz Awards! For the last two weeks you all have been giving me your nominations for your favorite films, performances, and bloggers for 2012. I’ve received almost forty ballots (thank you to all) and have compiled those nominations into the official nominees below. Simply vote below, using the embedded polls and feel free to spread the word on your own blogs (especially if you’re nominated).

Best Movie Overall
Argo
The Avengers
Looper
Skyfall
Django Unchained

Biggest Tear-Jerker The Perks of Being a Wallflower Beasts of the Southern Wild Les Miserables The Grey Seven Psychopaths

Funniest Film
21 Jump Street
Ted
The Avengers
Seven Psychopaths
Django Unchained

Best Worst Movie You Absolutely Love Battleship Prometheus Lockout The Expendables 2 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Best Leading Actor or Actress That Isn’t Daniel Day-Lewis or Meryl Streep
Quvenzhane Wallis- Beasts of the Southern Wild
Denzel Washington- Flight
Bradley Cooper- Silver Linings Playbook
Logan Lerman- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Liam Neeson- The Grey

Best Supporting Actor or Actress That Will Get No Love Come Award Season Michael Fassbender- Prometheus Ezra Miller- The Perks of Being a Wallflower Judi Dench- Skyfall Christopher Walken- Seven Psychopaths Pierce Gagnon- Looper

Best Hero
Daniel Craig as James Bond- Skyfall
Christian Bale as Batman/Bruce Wayne- The Dark Knight Rises
Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man/Tony Stark- The Avengers
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk- The Avengers
Jamie Foxx as Django- Django Unchained

Best Villain Javier Bardem as Silva- Skyfall Tom Hardy as Bane- The Dark Knight Rises Tom Hiddleston as Loki- The Avengers Matthew McConaughey as Joe- Killer Joe Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie- Django Unchained

Best Script
Drew Goddard & Joss Whedon- Cabin in the Woods
Chris Terrio- Argo
Stephen Chbosky- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Martin McDonagh- Seven Psychopaths
Quentin Tarantino-Django Unchained

Best Stunt Work The Dark Knight Rises Haywire The Avengers Skyfall Total Recall

Best Music
Hans Zimmer- The Dark Knight Rises
Howard Shore- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Alexandre Desplat- Moonrise Kingdom
John Williams- Lincoln
Various- Django Unchained

Most Beautifully Shot Film Life of Pi Skyfall Prometheus The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Moonrise Kingdom

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Best Overall Blogger (single writer)
Jessica- The Velvet Cafe
Daniel Fogarty- Fogs’ Movie Reviews
Mark Walker- Marked Movies
Tyson Carter- Head in a Vice

Best Movie Site French Toast Sunday Man, I Love Films The Motion Pictures Filmophilia

Best Rating System or Review Format
Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob
Two Tickets For…
Today I Watched a Movie
Benend’s Basement

Best Design Cinematic Corner Man, I Love Films French Toast Sunday Rhino’s Horror

Funniest Writer
Jason Soto- Invasion of the B Movies
Chris Thomson- Terry Mallory’s Pigeon Coop
Nolahn- Bargain Bin Review
John LaRue- The Droid You’re Looking For

Most Likely to Teach You Something Dan Heaton- Public Transportation Snob Patrick McDonnell- 100 Years of Movies Richard Kirkham- Kirkham A Movie A Day Dusty Wallace- Dusty on Movies

Best Recurring Feature
Tuesday’s Trivia Tidbits- Marked Movies
Desert Island Films- Head in a Vice
DVD Court- The Cinematic Katzenjammer
Visual Parallels- Cinematic Corner

Best Classic Film Coverage Journeys in Classic Film 100 Years of Movies The Great Katharine Hepburn Film Flare

Best News Coverage
Rhino’s Horror
Filmophilia
FlixChatter
Man, I Love Films

Best Awards or Box Office Coverage Two Dude Review Movie Mavericks The Gold Knight Never Too Early Movie Predictions

Best Movie Podcast
Title Pending Movie Podcast
The LAMBcast
As You Watch
Movie Mavericks Podcast

Best Review of a Terrible Movie LOL by Rorschach Reviews Stir of Echoes by Journeys in Classic Film

Best Review of the Year
The Shining by Daniel Fogarty Fogs’ Movie Reviews
Gomorrah by Dan Heaton at Public Transportation Snob

Blogger You’d Most Like to Have a Beer With Dylan Fields- Man, I Love Films The Vern- The Vern’s Videovangaurd Daniel Fogarty- Fogs’ Movie Reviews Andy Staats- Andy Watches Movies

Voting ends Sunday, January 6th!

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  1. Fogs' Movie Reviews
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    on December 31, 2012
    LOL. Having a beer with me is a bad idea. :D Meanwhile thanks for the consideration and the honor... Looking forward to throwing down with Heaton mano-a-mano in the "Best Review" category. LOL Bring it Dan, it's head to head! :D
    • Dan
      Reply
      on December 31, 2012
      Woo! Thanks Nick! Fogs, I must break you.
    • Nick Author
      Reply
      on December 31, 2012
      I figured a battle of that sorts was necessary
    • Joe Giuliano
      Reply
      on December 31, 2012
      Fogs, I'll share a nice tall glass of bottled water with you!
    • Fogs' Movie Reviews
      Reply
      on December 31, 2012
      LOL Dannnnnn... THAT'S the spirit! :D I FIGHT, FOR ME!!
      • Dan
        Reply
        on December 31, 2012
        I have a feeling that afterwards I'll be saying "he's made of iron!" about your amazing skills. I can't compete with the Fogs army!
  2. Nick Author
    Reply
    on December 31, 2012
    The polls disappeared.. Hold on while I put them back up
  3. r361n4
    Reply
    on December 31, 2012
    Some really touch choices but my votes are in :) Fingers crossed for funniest review!
    • Nick Author
      Reply
      on January 1, 2013
      Thanks for voting!
  4. Ryan
    Reply
    on December 31, 2012
    This is tough indeed! Great nominations overall.
    • Nick Author
      Reply
      on January 1, 2013
      Thanks for voting!

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  7. Mark Walker
    Reply
    on January 1, 2013
    Sone great stuff here man. I'm so glad to be included in a couple of nominations.
    • Nick Author
      Reply
      on January 1, 2013
      I'm glad to see you nominated, especially your Tuesday's Trivia Tidbits. Great article.
  8. Ben H
    Reply
    on January 1, 2013
    Really happy to be included in a category, thanks for whoever voted for me. I've weighed in with my own votes. I really love the choices and the poll design. Here's to another great year of movie blogging guys.
    • Nick Author
      Reply
      on January 1, 2013
      Thanks Ben, always full of compliments!
  9. Terry Malloy's Pigeon Coop
    Reply
    on January 1, 2013
    My votes are cast! Some very worthy bloggers on there and it was nice to see my name on there, very appreciative for that!
    • Nick Author
      Reply
      on January 1, 2013
      Thanks for voting!
  10. Two Tickets For... (@TwoTicketsFor)
    Reply
    on January 1, 2013
    We're incredibly happy to be included as a nominee. Thank you to whoever nominated us! Lot of tough competition in all the categories, this is going to be hard to vote for!
    • Nick Author
      Reply
      on January 1, 2013
      You earned it!
  11. Austin 'BishopReview'
    Reply
    on January 1, 2013
    Man, those were some tough choices I had to make. Now I know how it feels to be a brain surgeon, so much power at my finger tips.
    • Nick Author
      Reply
      on January 1, 2013
      Haha. Imagine putting it together. I felt like a God.

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  13. m.brown
    Reply
    on January 1, 2013
    Very cool choices! I'm hoping cinematic corner can score a win or two. Get 'em Sati.
    • Nick Author
      Reply
      on January 1, 2013
      Haha. Vote for all the categories!
  14. vern77
    Reply
    on January 1, 2013
    Holy Shit I got nominated. Wow Thank you all very much. I would have a beer with all of the other nominees in that category too.
    • Nick Author
      Reply
      on January 1, 2013
      VEGAS!
  15. Erlingur Grétar Einarsson
    Reply
    on January 2, 2013
    I'm so happy and humbled by Filmophilia's nominations. I've cast my votes in all categories, and there are some fantastic blogs competing here. Voting for the blogs was harder than the films.
    • Nick Author
      Reply
      on January 2, 2013
      I'm glad the competition is stiff. As I keep an eye on the votes, most categories are dead heats. I love it.
  16. Joel Burman (@joelburman)
    Reply
    on January 2, 2013
    This feels like the LAMMY primaries.
    • Nick Author
      Reply
      on January 2, 2013
      I'm shocked at how much attention this is getting and how many people are campaigning. I love it!
  17. Maria Sofia
    Reply
    on January 2, 2013
    Oh I'm nominated, that's so cool! There are some seriously cool blogs here that I didn't know!
    • Maria Sofia
      Reply
      on January 2, 2013
      oh and btw, Cinematic Katzenjammer is getting better and better - terrific job, Nick!
      • Nick Author
        Reply
        on January 2, 2013
        Thanks Sofia!
  18. Joe
    Reply
    on January 2, 2013
    To paraphrase Maximus..."I do not campaign"
  19. 70srichard
    Reply
    on January 2, 2013
    Clearly a distinguished group of nominees. I did not think enough people stop by my site to notice. Or maybe I' m just such a know it all when I post comments. Thanks for the props.
  20. Tyson Carter
    Reply
    on January 3, 2013
    Appreciate the nominations. 2 categories, wow! Thanks Nick for putting this together, great job man :)

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  22. AndyWatchesMovies
    Reply
    on January 3, 2013
    I'll even buy the beer
  23. Nick Author
    Reply
    on January 4, 2013
    Thanks to everyone for voting so far. I almost have 100 votes PER category.. that's amazing!!!
    • Ryan
      Reply
      on January 4, 2013
      The suspense is killing me! When does voting end again Nick?
      • Nick Author
        Reply
        on January 4, 2013
        Sunday!

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