What do the Grammys, Oscars, Golden Globes and all those other random awards things that you don’t care about have in common? Um, hello — they are obvious excuses to drink.

Culminating with March’s Academy Awards, the awards season recognizes the best in American television, music and especially movies.

Film and Media Studies professor Andrew Horton gives his picks for the best movies going head to head at awards shows this year. 

Every year, video game publications award one game the ultimate title of Game of the Year. One game has been topping lists and stealing the award.