Best and Worst 2022 Superlatives

It's that time of year again, to unveil my superlatives for the year of 2022! It's been a wild year for film - from box office records being broken, to Will Smith's shocking Oscar moment, Warner Brothers cleaning house (even scrapping the nearly complete Batgirl), teenagers in suits seeing Minions en masse with the "Gentleminion" challenge, and Johnny Depp's trial keeping the tabloids reeling. This was an important year for film in many ways, but this is the time where I want to focus on the best movies had to offer! 14 categories awarding the best - and worst - superlatives of 2022; enjoy!

BEST ACTOR - Brendan Fraser, The Whale

The Whale was my #1 most anticipated movie of 2022, and a large part of that had to do with Brendan Fraser making a comeback. After some personal issues took him away from the spotlight for a number of years, Darren Aronofsky gave The Mummy star the role of a lifetime - earning him a well-deserved 6-minute tear-filled standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival. Playing a 400-pound, regret-filled gay father stuck inside his apartment, Fraser takes a role that could have been either simply misery porn or the cringe of the century and creates a truly transcendent performance unlike anything I've ever seen. While online reactions have been very divisive over the film, I personally found it to be one of the most moving portraits humanity I've ever seen.

Top Ten 2022 Oscar Snubs

Five nominees per category - they all can't be winners! Every year people don't make the cut, but that doesn't mean the snubs don't hurt! The following are what I personally consider the biggest, most annoying snubs of this year's Oscar race:

10. Kathryn Hunter Supporting Actress Snub for The Tragedy of Macbeth

In what might rank as THE best depiction of the witches from the classic Shakespeare play, for my money Kathryn Hunter was the standout performance in Joel Coen's reimagining of the endlessly revamped tragedy. I would argue that her genuinely terrifying performance, complete with contortions, was more memorable than ANY of the nominees in the Best Supporting Actress