Regardless, the best
actress race seems pretty much like a head - to - head battle between Brie Larson («Room») and Saoirse Ronan («Brooklyn»).
COMMENTARY: As the Lead Actress remains highly competitive, the Supporting
Actress race seems prime to be one of those years where the same five names pop up at every award show.
I wrote recently about how this year's Best
Actress race seems to ushering in a striking new wave of young talent, from the elfin throwback charm of Carey Mulligan to the rawer screen presence of Gabourey Sidibe, while a range of youthful names, from the long - hyped Abbie Cornish to the out - of - nowhere Katie Jarvis, have been racking up critical plaudits all year.
Not exact matches
Almost as confusing as its male counterpart (though not quite), best supporting
actress seems like a wide open
race at this point.
Helen Mirren
seemed a great bet in the lead
actress race and of course design heads Sandy Powell (costumes) and Mark Friedberg (production design) were going to be in the conversation.
What It Could Win: Another small film with legs, Loving premiered at Cannes and early praise
seems to have cemented stars Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton's places in the Best
Actress / Actor
races.
While this year's Best
Actress race is full of so many contenders from early in the year, like Salma Hayek in Beatriz at Dinner, and Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman, and even Kristen Stewart in Personal Shopper, the women that
seem to be capturing the zeitgeist or buzz or excitement right now are the ones who push outward from the barriers that hold them down — characters who do not accept the lot they've been given.
At this early stage it's tough to suss out exactly what the chances of a film like Sicario making a big splash in the Oscar
race are, but Supporting Actor (for Del Toro), Cinematography, and Sound
seem like its safest bets, with nods for
Actress, Director, Picture, and Score potentially in the cards — assuming the Academy doesn't brush this off as «too challenging», that is.
Last week this column took a look at the quickly tightening best
actress race (in the wake of two drop outs via Nicole Kidman and Marion Cotillard), so it
seemed appropriate to turn the table over to their male counterparts, especially since one of the main contenders in that arena also headed to 2014 last week.
While Emma Stone
seems to be the early favorite for Best
Actress at the moment (with plenty more to come, like Viola Davis in Fences and Annette Bening in 20th Century Women, not to mention Jessica Chastain in Miss Sloane, and many many more), Best Actor has no current frontrunner, if you consider Nate Parker now out of the
race.
And Sandra Bullock
seems to me someone to watch for in the supporting
actress race, given the narrative of the book on which Eric Roth's screenplay is based.
The supporting
actress race is the most intriguing
race of all, Nobody really has
seemed to gain a foothold on the
race.
Helen Mirren
seemed a great bet in the lead
actress race and of course design heads Sandy Powell -LSB-...]