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THE BEST AND WORST OF 1998
The author’s considered best/worst in each category are listed in bold italics with an asterisk (*). The listed links will take you to more detailed reveiews of each film.
Recurrent Themes of the Year:
Afterlife Films– After Life, City of Angels, Meet Joe Black and What Dreams May Come
Asteroids Collide with the Earth – Armageddon and Deep Impact
Big-Budget CGI Revivals of Classic Monster Movies – Godzilla and Mighty Joe Young
Chick Flicks About Alternate Life Pathways – Sliding Doors and Twice Upon a Yesterday
People Trapped Inside TV Shows – Pleasantville and The Truman Show
Animated Films About Talking Insects – Antz and A Bug’s Life
Vampire Hunters – Blade, Ultraviolet and Vampires
Revisionist Mummy Movies – The Eternal/Trance and Talos the Mummy/Tale of the Mummy
Pre-Millennial Anxieties – The Book of Life, Extraordinary Visitor, The First Night of My Life/My First Night, The Hole, Last Night, The Minion and The Wall
The 10 Best Films
Worst Films
Best Director
Ole Bornedal – Nightwatch
Jonathan Demme – Beloved (*)
Roland Emmerich – Godzilla
Vincent Ward – What Dreams May Come
Peter Weir – The Truman Show
Best Original Screenplay
Dark City (*)
The Faculty
Pi
The Truman Show
Ultraviolet
Best Adapted Screenplay
Beloved
Gods and Monsters
Nightwatch
Sphere (*)
What Dreams May Come
Best Actor
Ian McKellen – Gods and Monsters (*)
Kurt Russell – Soldier
Stuart Townsend – Resurrection Man
Christopher Walken – New Rose Hotel
James Woods – Vampires
Best Actress
Asia Argento – New Rose Hotel
Janeane Garofalo – Clay Pigeons
Vanessa Redgrave – Gods and Monsters (*)
Bitty Schramm – Cleopatra’s Second Husband
Mary Walsh – Extraordinary Visitor
Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Fraser – Gods and Monsters
Ed Harris – The Truman Show (*)
William H. Macy – Psycho
Nick Nolte – Nightwatch
Philip Quast – Ultraviolet
Best Supporting Actress
Joan Allen – Pleasantville
Rebbeca Gayheart – Urban Legend
Anjelica Huston – EverAfter
Melanie Lynskey – EverAfter
Thandie Newton – Beloved (*)
Best Cinematography
Armageddon
Beloved (*)
Pi
Pleasantville
Soldier
Best Musical Score
Embrace the Darkness
The Red Violin (*)
Sphere
Star Trek: Insurrection
The Truman Show
Vampires
Best Special Effects
Armageddon
Godzilla
Lost in Space
Star Trek: Insurrection
What Dreams May Come (*)
Best Makeup Effects
Blade
Mighty Joe Young
Phantoms
Species II
Talos the Mummy/Tale of the Mummy(*)
Best Production Design
The Avengers
Lost in Space
Soldier
The Truman Show
What Dreams May Come (*)