Movie Monday: Movies For Us Old People

AARP gave out some awards over the weekend for their top choices for in Movies and TV.

And before you start to chuckle, let me tell you! The AARP Magazine is awesome. That’s coming from 41-year-old me. I’m not old enough to qualify for getting the magazine yet but I kid you not: I’ve asked my parents to save all their old copies. I get PUMPED when I see the big ‘ol stack they’ve saved for me.

The articles are great and the brain teaser section (with word puzzles and number puzzles) is THE BEST. I seriously love it.

So with that being said, I just heard about the “AARP Movies for Grownups Awards” that were held on Saturday. So I know these are gonna be good!

Glenn Close picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award. Fitting. She’s great in all the different roles she’s had from Fatal Attraction (1987) to Air Force One (1997) to Four Good Days (2020).
Haven’t seen Hillbilly Elegy (2020) yet but it’s on my list!  I have no doubt she’s great in that, too.

I also think the rest of the AARP choices in top film and TV would probably align with what I like even more than some of the Oscar awards that will be handed out in a couple weeks. I don’t always love those.

But here’s the complete AARP MOVIES FOR GROWN-UPS winner list for TV & Movies:

Best Picture/Best Movie

A Complete Unknown (WINNER)
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Gladiator II
September 5

Best Actress

Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)
Nicole Kidman (Babygirl)
Demi Moore (The Substance) (WINNER)
June Squibb (Thelma)

Best Actor 

Adrien Brody (The Brutalist) (WINNER)
Daniel Craig (Queer)
Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
Jude Law (The Order)

Best Supporting Actress

Joan Chen (Didi) (WINNER)
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Nickel Boys)
Lesley Manville (Queer)
Connie Nielsen (Gladiator II)
Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)

Best Supporting Actor

Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing)
Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
Peter Sarsgaard (September 5) (WINNER)
Stanley Tucci (Conclave)
Denzel Washington (Gladiator II)

Best Director

Pedro Almodóvar (The Room Next Door)
Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez) (WINNER)
Edward Berger (Conclave)
James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)
Ridley Scott (Gladiator II)

Best Screenwriter

Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Nicolas Livecchi (Emilia Pérez)
Jay Cocks and James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)
Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox (Wicked) (WINNER)
Peter Straughan (Conclave)
Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts (Dune: Part Two)

Best Ensemble

A Complete Unknown
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
His Three Daughters
September 5
Sing Sing (WINNER)

Best Actress (TV)

Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show)
Jodie Foster (True Detective: Night Country) (WINNER)
Jean Smart (Hacks)
Meryl Streep (Only Murders in the Building)
Sofia Vergara (Griselda)

Best Actor (TV)

Billy Crudup (The Morning Show)
Idris Elba (Hijack)
Jon Hamm (Fargo) (WINNER)
Gary Oldman (Slow Horses)
Hiroyuki Sanada (Shogun)

Best TV Series or Limited Series

The Crown
Hacks
Palm Royale
Shogun (WINNER)
Slow Horses 

Best Intergenerational Film

Didi
Here
His Three Daughters
The Piano Lesson
Thelma (WINNER)

Best Time Capsule

A Complete Unknown (WINNER)
The Brutalist
Here
Maria
September 5

Best Documentary

I Am: Celine Dion
Luther: Never Too Much
Piece by Piece
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (WINNER)
Will & Harper

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