Reel and Roll Awards: Best Makeup and Hairstyling/Visual Effects 2019

Best Makeup/Hairstyling

It wasn't quite the abundance of riches in this category this year, with nothing quite touching the brilliance of say Mandy last year, but still a strong year for the category. Of particular note I have to say would be the sublime work done to amplify the ageing/de-ageing visual effects in The Irishman, and the transformative work performed in Bombshell which really does beautifully mimic the real-life personas, particularly Charlize Theron's Megan Kelly. 

Also strong work in the likes of Midsommar and Us in capturing some vividly unappealing image. 

And Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Rocketman for their careful attention paid to period detail and the intricacies of capturing resemblances (even though for the former I will say that for example, Damian Lewis just looking like Steve McQueen was quite the boon already), special mention must go to DiCaprio's Evil Sexy Hamlet moustache.

My winner in this category though is easily The Lighthouse, and for reasons I cannot possibly disclose if you haven't seen the film. It is an integral part of the film's nightmarish eerily captivating atmosphere. 

Reel and Roll Awards for Best Makeup/Hairstyling

1. The Lighthouse
2. Bombshell
3. The Irishman 
4. Midsommar 
5. Monos 
6. Rocketman 
7. 1917
8. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 
9. Us 
10. Little Women 

Best Visual Effects

Also not a particularly strong year overall for visual effects, though my top three are particularly worthy of mention: 1917 for brilliant visual effects that you won't even notice are there in amplifying every sequence, The Lighthouse just for SPOILER ALERT the mermaid vagina alone SPOILER ALERT ENDS and The Irishman for the yet to be flawless yet still incredibly impressive de-ageing effects. On other fronts: Godzilla King of the Monsters had some great kaiju effects as expected, especially for Mother, as did I Am Mother's titular android.

The Irishman 

Avengers: Endgame

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Ad Astra 

Detective Pikachu

I Am Mother

Reel and Roll Awards for Visual Effects 2019

1. 1917
2. The Lighthouse 
3. The Irishman 
4. The Aeronauts 
5. Godzilla: King of the Monsters 
6. I Am Mother
7. Ad Astra 
8. Avengers: Endgame 
9. Us 
10. Detective Pikachu