This belongs to Justin Bieber. The same Beebs who was nude this year online.. the same Beebs who did anything Beebs does. In 2015 he
became a sensation online for his impression of Ozzy singing CRAZY TRAIN on the Lip Sync Battle..
And in my opinion, had a striking likeness to Monica Lewinsky..
Again the prize goes to Art Bell for his show MIDNIGHT IN THE DESERT.
He also won this category in 2013 when he was on SIRIUS for 6 weeks. This year’s RADIO beat the record set in 13 but not by much. He quickly quit almost as fast as he started..
Will a return occur in ‘16? Maybe. But there may also be less of a desire for fans to listen with each quitting..
It almost was KRAMPUS. KRAMPUS was fun.. but the movie of this year is a dual pick. Because this is the first year I watched last year’s movie BABADOOK, I am going to have to choose that along with IT FOLLOWS..
Both movies gave a burst of creativity.. both movies had strange and sinister background stories.. both movies relied on a storyline more than a blood soaked script. And both movies gave hope to horror fans that new inspiration may be coming to a genre that is desperately in need of it.
Of course Rob Zombie is coming out with 31 soon.
So any progress made in horror could crash with that.
For now, though, both movies are great. See them. Even in 2016.
You know you took part in it.. you know you debated it. What color was this dress? Around February of 2015, it was the hottest argument in the world of pop culture.. The image was posted online, and people were seeing a blue dress. Others white. It was dividing marriages, ruining friendships, causing hostile and vitriolic rage on the internet. Pop culture at its finest, weirdest, and strangest.
A lot of amazing people lost to time in 2015.. They have gone on to the next realm.. wherever and whatever that may be.
The faces of those are left..
Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots founding lead singer, dead at 48
Actress Maureen O’Hara dead at 95..
The horror world shocked. Wes Craven dead this year after a battle with brain cancer.. He was 76.
Anne Streiber, the creator of UNKNOWNCOUNTRY.COM and Whitley Streiber’s wife
RIP RODDY PIPER..
RIP DICK VAN PATTON, DEAD AT 86
Virgil Runnels, aka “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes — WWE Hall of Famer, three-time NWA Champion and one of the most captivating and charismatic figures in sports entertainment history — passed away at the age of 69.
Actor and icon, Sir Christopher Lee, dead at 93..
BETSY PALMER, “JASON’S MOM,” DEAD AT 88..
She became the famous player in horror only because she wanted enough money to buy a car…
No one could play a tune like BB KING..
A legend gone at 89..
The world is sorely missing the ‘rockin granny’ from WEDDING CRASHERS.
Ellen Albertini Dow was 101 when she passed away..
May Vince Kalochie rest in peace On…’The Other Side.’
RIP Sam Simon, the co-creator of the Simpsons..
LEONARD NIMOY.
No, not Ben Carson. Not Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices.. this prize belongs to Brian Williams, who was accused of ‘tall tales’ and skewered by the media officials who once loved him. He either lied or just simply enjoyed making stories up and believing them.. by the time the scandal was in full swing, he lost his prized anchor position on the NIGHTLY NEWS on NBC.
He’s back on MSNBC now.
And perhaps that’s the finest eternal punishment someone can get after a downfall..
You expected STAR WARS, didn’t you?
I did, too..
Even though it was one of the greatest movies of the year, it did not surpass the choice I made when I saw the MARTIAN.
Let me first say how amazing STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS was. At press time, I went to see it thrice, with each time yielding more interesting little tidbits I did not pick up on the previous time. The film was amazing visually and even more so storyline wise.. It was filled with nostalgia and beautiful sequences that make me wish the next film was set to be released now. However, for me, it was not the movie of 2015. Perhaps the next one or the one after will be.. and maybe after looking at FORCE in a rear view mirror, I will regret this decision, but I am making it.
THE MARTIAN was quite possibly one of the finest movies I saw in years.. The story by now, you should know, a NASA mission gone wrong and a space flight leaves the red planet without the star of the film, Matt Damon. As the beat goes on, Damon has to fend for himself for years and learn to grow his own food.. he finally thinks up a marvel way to contact NASA and it works. As time goes, the entire world cheers on the safe return back to earth of the ‘Martian.’
This movie is filled with hope, dreams, and aspirations. It should be used as a tool to get the world excited about a space conquest–dreaming about the stars and how to leave the planet Earth and explore.
The disco songs in THE MARTIAN were a wonderful touch–each song used in the movie is also the soundtrack somehow added a touch of mystery and drama, perhaps utilizing this music was smart since it was all made during a time when a space race and excitement over NASA was at a fever pitch in the United States.
THE MARTIAN was like CASTAWAY in space–but better..
The Martian. My 2015 movie of the year.
The runners up:
STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS
JURASSIC WORLD
and….
KRAMPUS. ;)
2015 AND WHERE IT GOT US
