Due to the pandemic and other factors, the widely anticipated Scobie Awards have been mothballed for the second year in a row. Instead, the movie-watching world has to get by with the Covie Awards, recognizing achievement of all kinds in mostly older films. Time and the virus will determine whether the Scobies return, or whether the Covies are here to stay.
Best Silent Movie Made In the 21st Century: "Blancanieves" (2012)
Blink and You'll Miss Him: Tony Curtis in "Criss Cross" (1949)
Cameo: David Niven in "The Road To Hong Kong" (1962)
Couple: Agathe Rouselle and Vincent Lindon in "Titane" (2021)
Character Studies: Elisha Cook Jr. in "Born To Kill" and Percy Helton in "Criss Cross" (1949)
Best Performance By an Actor Using Only His Voice: Jim Broadbent in "The Phone Call" (2013)
Best Performance By an Actress Playing a Girl Turning Into a Fish: Luna Wedler in "Blue My Mind" (2017)
Most Demented Ensemble: "Slack Bay" (2016)
Best Mad Scene: Geraldine Chaplin in "Chaplin" (1992)
Best Comedy Performance (Female): Barbara Windsor in "Carry On Girls" (1973)
Best Comedy Performance (Male): Alec Guinness in "Murder By Death" (1976)
Best Comedy Performance By an Actor Playing an Escaped Lunatic: Milton Parsons in "The Hidden Hand" (1942)
Best Rock-&-Roll Performance By a Female Vocalist Playing the Bass and Wearing a Leather Jumpsuit: Suzi Quatro in "Suzi Q" (2019)
Best Heist Sequence: "Topkapi" (1964)
Just For Fun: "Ghostbusters: Afterlife" (2021)
Scariest Performance By a Tree: "The Tree" (2010)
Most Real-Looking Recreations of Terrorist Events: "The Baader Meinhof Complex" (2008)
Sickest Acts of Violence: "Hobo With a Shotgun" (2011)
Most Authentic-Looking Paris Street Scenes: "Cleo From 5 To 7" (1962)
Evilest Villainy: Boris Karloff in "The House of Rothschild" (1934)
Cutest Goth Nun: Addison Timlin in "Little Sister" (2016)
Most Eye-Catching Nude Scene: Léa Seydoux in "The French Dispatch" (2021)
Most Discreet Nude Scene: Julia Meade in "Zotz!" (1962)
Barely Legal: Melanie Griffith in "Night Moves" (1975)
Chewing the Scenery: Rhys Ifans as Rasputin in "The King's Man" (2021)
Best Short Film: "Le Femme et le TGV" (2016)
Maynard G. Krebs Award For Beatnik Slang: Ray Tudor in "The Flesh Eaters" (1964)
Coffins Everywhere: "Bacurau" (2019)
Musical Score: Jonny Greenwood, "Spencer" (2021)
Better With Age: The cast of "All Together" (2011)
Why Closeups Were Invented: Noomi Rapace in "Lamb" (2021)
The End of the World and Then What?: "Deluge" (1933)
Voiceover Narration You Can't Ignore: Nick Offerman in "The Gunfighter" (2013)
Dullest Performance By an Actress In a Lead Role Playing a Witch: Samantha Robinson in "The Love Witch" (2016)
How To Be a Vamp: Estelle Taylor in "Where East Is East" (1929)
Is That What You Have To Do To Win an Academy Award?: "The Oscar" (1966)
Another Reason Not To Do Crystal Meth: "Antlers" (2021)
Ever Hear of the Pill?: "Yours, Mine and Ours" (1968)
Holidays From Hell: "Spencer" (2021)
Spy vs. Spy: Constance Bennett and Erich von Stroheim in "Three Faces East" (1930)
Commanding Officer You Might Be Willing To Fight For: Robert Redford in "The Last Castle" (2001)
Commanding Officer You Might Be Willing To Frag: James Gandolfini in "The Last Castle" (2001)
What Friends Are For: Kenny Laguna helping Joan Jett repair her catsuit, while she's wearing it, in "Bad Reputation" (2018)
The Search For Spock: Leonard Nimoy in "The Brain Eaters" (1958)
Were They or Weren't They?: Cary Grant and Randolph Scott in "Hot Saturday" (1932)
Missing a Finger: "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within" (2010)
Barista You Wouldn't Want To Order a Latte From: Carey Mulligan in "Promising Young Woman" (2020)
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back To the Cloister: "Behind Convent Walls" (1977)
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back To the Boarding School: "The House That Screamed" (1969)
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back To the Reform School: "Werewolf In a Girls' Dormitory" (1961)
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back To the 1960s: "Last Night In Soho" (2021)
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back To the Fjord: "The Wave" (2015)
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back To the Nuclear Power Plant: "The China Syndrome" (1979)
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back To the Tar Pits: "Volcano" (1997)
Rat Pack In the Making: "Some Came Running" (1958)
Best Big Band Performance: Benny Goodman's Orchestra in "Hollywood Hotel" (1937)
Best Knockoff of "Casablanca": "The Conspirators" (1944)
Back To the Future: "Idaho Transfer" (1973)
Best Animal Performance: The monkey in "The Kid Brother" (1927) and the cat in "Bell Book and Candle" (1958)
Least Animated Animal Performance: The three dead fish in "Blood Simple" (1984)
Best Performance by a Mustache: Moustache in "How To Steal a Million" (1966)
Best Performance By an Automobile In a Supporting Role: The Edsel In "Killing Car" (1993)
Best Movie To Watch Stoned (Maybe): "The Howl" (1970)
Herman Scobie Memorial Award For Career Achievement: Terence Stamp
