Ep. 155 The 2026 Lillard Awards

About this episode

In this episode, the hosts award the 2026 Lillard Awards, recognizing various films watched throughout the year.

Today, we award our Lillard’s (like the Oscars). To qualify, it just has to be a movie we watched this year. If you’re interested, here’s what we picked: •Best Host:Nick Johnson •It’s Not You It’s Me (film we were too hard on):Heat •Best ActorJohn Trovolta, Blow Out •This Is So Horny I Hate It:Hellraiser •Best Looking:Paris, Texas •Best Jason (slasher)Pinhead •Best Movie That Actually Came Out in 2025:Sinners •Best “White Guys With Glasses Love This Movie” Movie:Mask of the Phantasm •Best Movie Named T2 (repeated title or best in a franchise):Zombie Island •Best Actor in the Worst Movie:Ken Foree, TCM III •Sloppiest Movie:Hellraiser II •Driest Movie:Paris, Texas •Worst Movie:Scream 7 •Biggest Surprise:Mission Impossible The final Reckoning •Best Character:Nada, They Live •Best Supporting Character:Doc Brown, Back to the Future •Best Korean Film by Park Chan-Wook (Best Foreign Film):Perfect Blue •Most Disappointing:Scream 7 •Best Vampire:Irish Vampire from Sinners •I’m Horny… For Love?Christine •Boring:TCM III •Best Philip Seymour Hoffman (Actor We Watched the Most)Harry Dean Stanton •Best Lynch (Director We Watched the Most):John Carpenter’s Christine •Best VibesThe Fog •Most…

People in this episode

Hosts: Nick Johnson, Christopher Crumley

Topics covered

• movie awards
• film reviews
• 2026 Lillard Awards
• best movies
• film analysis

Keywords

• Lillard Awards
• film reviews
• best movies
• 2026
• Oscars

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Heat, Blow Out, Hellraiser, Paris, Texas, Sinners, Mask of the Phantasm, Zombie Island, TCM III, Scream 7, Mission Impossible The final Reckoning

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