This was the biggest blowout in the whole award shows and honestly we should probably just default this to Tom Cruise from now on.

So we've got all our tech categories out of the way (unless I forgot something) and are moving on to the biggies! Next up with be Best Acting Ensemble

Here is our history with Best Acting Ensemble

2004: Million Dollar Baby
2005: Sin City
2006: The Departed
2007: No Country for Old Men
2008: The Dark Knight
2009: Inglourious Basterds
2010: Inception
2011: The Help
2012: Silver Linings Playbook
2013: American Hustle
2014: Birdman
2015: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2016. Captain America: Civil War
2017: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2018: Avengers: Infinity War
2019: Knives Out
2020: Promising Young Woman
2021: Spider-Man: No Way Home


And one of these films will be joining them

The Banshees of Inishirin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion
The Menu
Top Gun: Maverick


And the KJ goes to...

Glass Onion was two votes behind. I thought the Knives Out mystery would take this one since it performed so well in the nominations round, but it just couldn't keep with all the verse-skipping.

Next up we shall do the writing categories starting with Best Adapted screenplay

I wrote that for the 17th KJ movie awards and its still true. Here are the nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Batman
Elvis
Glass Onion
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Top Gun: Maverick

And the KJ goes to..

Johnson took an L but then he bounced back.

Next up: best original screenplay

Darkness becomes light. Two people find themselves on a beach with no other living creatures in sight. The only sounds are the WAVES CRASHING and SAND BLOWING IN THE WIND.

First Person
What is going on?

Second Person
I don't know.


Well that's my entry for next year. Here are the nominees for Best Original Screenplay.

The Banshees Of Inishirin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
The Forgiven
The Menu
Triangle Of Sadness

And the KJ goes to...

The Menu and Triangle of Sadness were tied for second at 3 votes behind.

Lets keep it rolling with the Best Supporting Actress!

Pretty disappointing so far. It seems WOKJ isn't much different from the Oscars anymore.

Here is our history in the category:

2004: Natalie Portman, Garden State
2005: Amy Adams, Junebug
2006: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
2007: Leslie Mann, Knocked Up
2008: Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
2009: Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
2010: Marion Cotillard, Inception
2011: Octavia Spencer, The Help
2012: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
2013: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
2014: Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow
2015: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
2016: Lucy Boynton, Sing Street
2017: Vicky Krieps, Phantom Thread
2018: Emily Blunt, A Quiet Place
2019: Park So Dam, Parasite
2020: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari
2021: Cate Blanchett, Nightmare Alley

What was Emily Blunt up to this year? I can't even remember. Anyways here are the nominees for Best Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
Hong Chau (The Menu)
Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
Kate Hudson (Glass Onion)
Janelle Monai (Glass Onion)

And the KJ goes to...

Turning Red is garbage compared to Puss.

The rest of you ladies will get nothing and it will be more than you deserve.

Bassett was 2 votes behind.

Next up is Best Supporting Actor

2004: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
2005: Mickey Rourke, Sin City
2006: Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
2007: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
2008: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
2009: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
2010: Christian Bale, The Fighter
2011: Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2012: Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
2013: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
2014: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
2015: Oscar Isaac, Ex Machina
2016: John Goodman, 10 Cloverfield Lane
2017: Patrick Stewart, Logan
2018: Michael B Jordan, Black Panther
2019: Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
2020: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
2021: Andrew Garfield, Spider-Man: No Way Home


Joing them will be...

Branden Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Nicholas Hoult (The Menu)
Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Edward Norton (Glass Onion)
Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

And the KJ goes to..

Total blowout. Lets move along. Next up will be Best Actor

2004: Jamie Foxx, Ray
2005: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
2006: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
2007. Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
2008: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
2009: George Clooney, Up in the Air
2010: Colin Firth, The King's Speech & Jessie Eisenberg, The Social Network
2011: Michael Fassbender, Shame
2012: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
2013: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
2014: Michael Keaton, Birdman & Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
2015: Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
2016. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool
2017: James McAvoy, Split
2018: Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
2019: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
2020: Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
2021: Andrew Garfield, Tick Tick Boom


Garfield was unstoppable last year.

This year's nominees are

Austin Butler (Elvis)
Daniel Craig (Glass Onion)
Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick)
Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
Ralph Fiennes (The Menu)

And the KJ goes to...

That win makes it all right

Probably the most fun race to follow. We had a four way tie going at one point with Cruise, Fiennes, Butler and Farrell. But Cruise pulled away at the end to win by two votes.

Next up Best Actress

Will you share data on how many votes were counted? just so we can see how important one member deciding to vote could have been..