Voting Opens for the 2016 'Home Media Magazine' Awards

29 Feb, 2016 By: John Latchem

Consumer voting for the 2016 Home Media Magazine Awards has begun.

Through April 15, film and TV fans and home entertainment enthusiasts can visit www.HomeMediaMagazine.com/awards-vote to select their favorite DVD and Blu-ray Disc titles of 2015, nominated by studios and distributors.

The results of the consumer vote will be combined with ballots submitted by a panel of journalist and blogger judges. Winners will be announced April 25. Judges will also select a top Blu-ray, TV on disc and a best overall title.

2016 ‘Home Media Magazine’ Award Nominees

Best Direct-to-Video Title
The Editor (Shout! Factory)
The Exorcism of Molly Hartley (Fox)
Northmen: A Viking Saga (Anchor Bay)
Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery (Warner)
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast (Disney)
Tremors 5: Bloodlines (Universal)

Best Catalog Title
Aladdin: Diamond Edition (Disney)
Mad Max: Collector's Edition (Shout! Factory)
Mahogany: 40th Anniversary Edition (Paramount)
101 Dalmatians: Diamond Edition (Disney)
The Wild One (Mill Creek)

Best Boxed Set (Non-TV)
The Collected Works of Hayao Miyazaki (Disney)
The Back to the Future Trilogy: 30th Anniversary Edition (Universal)
Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza Collection (Fox)
The Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase II Collection (Disney/Marvel)

Best 3D Disc
The Book of Life (Fox)
Exodus: Gods and Kings (Fox)
Inside Out (Disney/Pixar)
Jurassic World (Universal)
Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner)
Terminator: Genisys (Paramount)

Best Documentary
Amy (Lionsgate)
Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal (Magnolia)
Citizenfour (Anchor Bay)
He Named Me Malala (Fox)
Hunting Ground (Anchor Bay)
A Lego Brickumentary (Anchor Bay)
Life Itself (Magnolia)
Monkey Kingdom (Disney/Disneynature)
SelectED (FilmWorks)
The Wolfpack (Magnolia)
The Wrecking Crew (Magnolia)

Best Foreign Film on Disc
Black Coal, Thin Ice (Well Go USA) — Cantonese
Force Majeure (Magnolia) — Swedish
Goodnight Mommy (Anchor Bay) — German
Human Capital (Film Movement) — Italian
Kung Fu Killer (Well Go USA) — Cantonese
Leviathan (Sony Pictures) — Russian
Mommy (Lionsgate) — French
Wild Tales (Sony Pictures) — Spanish

Best Indie/Small-Budget Film on Disc
Foxcatcher (Sony Pictures)
It Follows (Anchor Bay)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Fox)
Predestination (Sony Pictures)
Results (Magnolia)
Serena (Magnolia)
Still Alice (Sony Pictures)
Tangerine (Magnolia)
Whiplash (Sony Pictures)

Best AV Quality/Blu-ray Disc Movie
Interstellar (Paramount)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (Fox)
Monkey Kingdom (Disney/Disneynature)
Spy (Fox)

Best Older TV Show on Disc
The Gumby Show: The Complete 1950s TV Series (NCircle)
Little House on the Prairie: Season 5 Remastered (Lionsgate)
Lost in Space: The Complete Adventures (Fox)
Maude: The Complete Series (Shout! Factory)

Best Complete TV Series Set
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Lost in Space (Fox)
Mad Men (Lionsgate)
Maude (Shout! Factory)
That ’70s Show (Mill Creek)
The Wire (HBO)

Best Miniseries on Disc
A.D. — The Bible Continues (Fox)
American Horror Story: Freak Show (Fox)
Ascension (Lionsgate)
Aquarius (Anchor Bay)
Olive Kitteridge (HBO)
The 10th Kingdom: 15th Anniversary (Mill Creek)
Wolf Hall (PBS)

Best TV Movie on Disc
Bessie (HBO)
Descendants (Disney)
Teen Beach 2 (Disney)

Best Nonfiction TV Show
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (HBO)
Monument Men: The Road to Rushmore (Mill Creek)

Best AV Quality/TV on Blu-ray
Boardwalk Empire: Season 5 (HBO)
The Flash: Season 1 (Warner)
Game of Thrones: Season 4 (HBO)
Orange Is the New Black: Season 2 (Lionsgate)

Best Box Art
Aquarius (Anchor Bay)
Big Game (Anchor Bay)
Big Hero 6 (Disney)
The Editor (Shout! Factory)
Game of Thrones: Season 4 (HBO)
The Knick: Season 1 (HBO)
A Lego Brickumentary (Anchor Bay)
Northmen: A Viking Saga (Anchor Bay)
Southpaw (Anchor Bay)

Best Packaging
The Babadook (Shout! Factory)
Bram Stoker's Dracula: Supreme Cinema Series (Sony Pictures)
Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza Collection (Fox)
Home Alone: 25th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition (Fox/JohnsByrne)
Mad Men: The Complete Collection (Lionsgate)
Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2 Collection (Disney/Marvel)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 40th Anniversary Edition (Sony Pictures)
Outlander: Season 1 Deluxe Edition (Sony Pictures/Cartamundi)
Pixels: Deluxe Edition (Sony Pictures/Cartamundi)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water — Target-Exclusive Wand (Paramount/JohnsByrne)
That ’70s Show: The Complete Series Blu-ray (Mill Creek)
The Gumby Show: The Complete 1950s TV Series (NCircle)
The Walking Dead: Season 5 Deluxe Edition (Anchor Bay)

Best Restoration
Lost in Space: The Complete Adventures (Fox)
My Fair Lady: 50th Anniversary Edition (Paramount/CBS)
1776: Director's Cut (Sony Pictures)

Best Title Upgrade
Aladdin: Diamond Edition (Disney)
Army of Darkness: Collector's Edition (Anchor Bay)
The Back to the Future Trilogy: 30th Anniversary Edition (Universal)
Escape From New York: Collector's Edition (Shout! Factory)
Game of Thrones: Season 1 Steelbook (HBO)
Mad Max: Collector's Edition (Shout! Factory)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 40th Anniversary Edition (Sony Pictures)
The Sound of Music: 50th Anniversary Edition (Fox)
The Wire: The Complete Series Blu-ray (HBO)
X-Men: Days of Future Past — The Rogue Cut (Fox)

DIGITAL CATEGORIES

Best Digital Movie Release
The Interview (Sony Pictures)
Star Wars: The Digital Movie Collection (Disney/Fox)
X-Men: Days of Future Past — The Rogue Cut (Fox)

Best Digital TV Release
Mad Men: The Complete Collection (Lionsgate)
Orange Is the New Black: Season 2 (Lionsgate)

GENRE CATEGORIES

Best Animation Disc
Big Hero 6 (Disney)
The Book of Life (Fox)
Home (Fox)
Inside Out (Disney/Pixar)
Shaun the Sheep Movie (Lionsgate)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (Paramount)

Best Kidvid Disc
Aladdin: Diamond Edition (Disney)
Big Hero 6 (Disney)
The Book of Life (Fox)
Doozers: Meet the Pod Squad (NCircle)
Home (Fox)
Houdini: How Little Harry Became the Great Houdini (NCircle)
Inside Out (Disney/Pixar)
Lego DC Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (Warner)
Madea's Tough Love (Lionsgate)
My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games (Shout! Factory)
Paddington (Anchor Bay)
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion (Disney)
The Gumby Show: The Complete 1950s Series (NCircle)
Thomas Edison's Secret Lab: Secret Lab Meeting (NCircle)
Walt Disney Studios Shorts Collection (Disney)

Best Faith-Based Title
A.D. — The Bible Continues (Fox)
War Room (Sony Pictures)

Best Comedy
The Comeback: Seasons 1-2 (HBO)
The Interview (Sony Pictures)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 40th Anniversary Edition (Sony Pictures)
Silicon Valley: Season 1 (HBO)
Spy (Fox)
The Wedding Ringer (Sony Pictures)

Best Drama
Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Series (HBO)
Game of Thrones: Season 4 (HBO)
The Imitation Game (Anchor Bay)
Love & Mercy (Lionsgate)
Selma (Paramount)
Southpaw (Anchor Bay)
Still Alice (Sony Pictures)
Tomorrowland (Disney)
Whiplash (Sony Pictures)
Woman in Gold (Anchor Bay)

Best Action
Avengers: Age of Ultron (Disney/Marvel)
Fury (Sony Pictures)
John Wick (Lionsgate)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (Fox)
Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner)
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation (Paramount)
No Escape (Anchor Bay)
X-Men: Days of Future Past — The Rogue Cut (Fox)

Best Adventure
Big Hero 6 (Disney)
Jurassic World (Universal)
Pixels (Sony Pictures)
Tomorrowland (Disney)

Best Fantasy
Army of Darkness: Collector's Edition (Shout! Factory)
Descendants (Disney)
Game of Thrones: Season 4 (HBO)
The 10th Kingdom: 15th Anniversary (Mill Creek)

Best Horror
American Horror Story: Freak Show (Fox)
The Babadook (Shout! Factory)
The Exorcism of Molly Hartley (Fox)
Insidious: Chapter 3 (Sony Pictures)
It Follows (Anchor Bay)
The Larry Fessenden Collection (Shout! Factory)
Poltergeist (Fox)
V/H/S: Viral (Magnolia)
The Walking Dead: Season 5 (Anchor Bay)

Best Sci-Fi
Ascension (Lionsgate)
Chappie (Sony Pictures)
Ex Machina (Lionsgate)
Interstellar (Paramount)
Jurassic World (Universal)
Lost in Space: The Complete Adventures (Fox)
Predestination (Sony Pictures)
Spring (Anchor Bay)
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion (Disney)
Tomorrowland (Disney)

Best Time Travel Disc
Army of Darkness: Collector's Edition (Shout! Factory)
The Back to the Future Trilogy: 30th Anniversary Edition (Universal)
Interstellar (Paramount)
Predestination (Sony Pictures)
Terminator: Genisys (Paramount)
Tomorrowland (Disney)
X-Men: Days of Future Past — The Rogue Cut (Fox)

Best Superhero Disc
Ant-Man (Disney/Marvel)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (Disney/Marvel)
Big Hero 6 (Disney)
The Flash: Season 1 (Warner)
Lego DC Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (Warner)
X-Men: Days of Future Past — The Rogue Cut (Fox)

Best Musical on Disc
Into the Woods (Disney)
My Fair Lady: 50th Anniversary Edition (Paramount/CBS)
Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery (Warner)
1776: Director's Cut (Sony Pictures)
The Sound of Music: 50th Anniversary Edition (Fox)
Teen Beach 2 (Disney)

Best Music/Performance Disc
The Decline of Western Civilization Collection (Shout! Factory)
The Wrecking Crew (Magnolia)

Best Romance
Love & Mercy (Lionsgate)
Mahogany: 40th Anniversary Edition (Paramount)
Serena (Magnolia)
Spring (Anchor Bay)

Best Historical Adaptation
A.D. — The Bible Continues (Fox)
Exodus: Gods and Kings (Fox)
Foxcatcher (Sony Pictures)
The Imitation Game (Anchor Bay)
Love & Mercy (Lionsgate)
Selma (Paramount)
Woman in Gold (Anchor Bay)

Voting Opens for the 2016 'Home Media Magazine' Awards

2016 ‘Home Media Magazine’ Award Nominees

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