Sentences with phrase «best picture nomination»

This is the first Oscar for Pixar since Toy Story 3 delivered one of the studio's most successful awards seasons, with the film not only topping many animation lists, but also placing in many «best films of the year» lists, culminating in the capturing of a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars.

While it didn't garner a Best Picture nomination or best director nomination for Paul Thomas Anderson, the film's acting ensemble earned three nods total, with Joaquin Phoenix earning a nomination for Best Actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman getting one for Best Supporting Actor, and Amy Adams snagging a nod for Best Supporting Actress.

It would be Russell's third best picture nomination in four years, a fact not lost on some academy members Sunday night.

Ryan Reynolds discusses Deadpool's chances of earning a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars, teasing a «crazy reaction video» if that happens.

Since breaking onto the Oscar scene for «Sideways,» Payne hasn't missed a Best Picture nomination.

«Fruitvale Station» Though it seems unlikely to repeat the best picture nomination its Sundance Grand Jury Prize - winning predecessor «Beasts of the Southern Wild» managed, it's notable that even without that accolade, Ryan Coogler's «Fruitvale Station» has already outgrossed «Beasts.»

Consider «Bridesmaids,» a raved about comedy that was neither «topical» nor «dramatic» enough for a Best Picture nomination, even though it featured a good helping of both.

And, if I was really into long - shot betting, I might go ahead and predict Beasts of No Nation to make it in based on celebrity endorsements and passion votes, flying in from out of nowhere to land a Best Picture nomination.

Another great choice by Gotham: Giving Ira Sachs» wonderful Love is Strange a Best Picture nomination.

TWC Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein commented: «LION is the company's 26th Best Picture Nomination in 28 years, and it is just as exciting as the first.

And it was the outcry over «Dark Knight» being snubbed in 2009 that, many industry observers believe, led the Academy to expanding the best picture nomination field to a maximum of 10 titles.

The second thing would be, obviously, a Best Picture nomination or any ensemble nomination from SAG.

This earns a strong recommendation and it's one of just a handful of 2010 movies thus far worthy of a Best Picture nomination.

• Steve Pond takes aim at bursting a few Oscar trial balloons already set forth this season but hedges his bet considerably when it comes to talk of a best Picture nomination for «The Town.»

Breaking Away was one of the fortunate few to get a Best Picture nomination without any tried - and - true ingredients.

The Imitation Game is an enjoyable and well - done biopic that lacks a certain intangible hook which holds it back in my mind from a Best Picture nomination, despite some of the nods it has already gotten.

But off late, they have really lost credibility (save for chance miracles like the Best picture nomination for The Lives Of others).

It is now on video, helped by its Best Picture nomination.

Easy correction: a Best Picture nomination for the # 1 movie of the year in North America, Finding Dory, and / or the # 3 movie worldwide, Zootopia.

The Producers Guild Awards have only been around since 1990 (called the Golden Laurels back then; changing to its current name in 2002) but have historically been a very strong precursor to a Best Picture nomination.

For 1991, Beauty and the Beast somehow scored animation's first Best Picture nomination, probably stealing one from Thelma and Louise.

Denis Villeneuve's futurist dystopian spectacular Blade Runner 2049 comes in with five — and this must surely be the year for cinematographer Roger Deakins, although this gets no best picture nomination.

On it's own a Globe nod won't help an actor win an Oscar or a movie earn a Best Picture nomination.

This year they liked The Handmaiden so much that it even broke into their Best Picture nomination, a rarity for the group.

John Lee Hancock «s modest list of directorial credits, includes 2009's The Blind Side, which earned a Best Picture nomination, and another inspirational sports flick, The Rookie (2002).

Since Oscar changed up to more than five Best Picture nominees, only one — Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart — won without a Best Picture nomination.

Three years later, however, the # 1 film of the year and one of the best films of the decade, The Lion King, almost certainly should have scored the Best Picture nomination that went to Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Three years ago, South Africans Neill Blomkamp and Sharlto Copley won over Comic - Con with District 9, which went on to become a huge theatrical hit and even earned a Best Picture nomination.

While the average film released in the US from 2000 - 2009 made roughly $ 19M domestically, the average film with at least one Oscar nomination made $ 73M, the average film with a Best Picture nomination made $ 109M, and the average Best Picture winner made $ 143M.

Even though almost none of the critics who saw Lion at this year's festivals thought it was more than just OK, the movie is almost universally expected to earn a Best Picture nomination.

Pencil in a second consecutive Best Picture nomination, and stick a fork in the Best Animated Feature race — for the fourth year -LSB-...]

Producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown got the Best Picture nomination for «Jaws» and the movie was nominated in three other Oscar categories, but Spielberg never heard his name announced among the nominations.

Though likely not a top - five contender, the movie's Best Picture nomination chances look fairly solid at the moment, boosted by a very impressive box - office performance.

Musical or Comedy designation landed Phoenix a Best Actor nod at the Golden Globes (his second straight one in that category perhaps qualifies him for the «funnyman» label), but the film could not get a Best Picture nomination despite a field with only two legitimate Oscar contenders.

A Best Picture nomination for that could be her ticket to the Oscars, but Witherspoon won't need that because she's one of a few practically guaranteed to be nominated in one of the acting categories.

The drama was the only film in that field to earn a Best Picture nomination, indicating it has the most support from the voters.

She re-teamed with Oyelowo for last year's acclaimed Martin Luther King, Jr. biopic, «Selma,» which scored a Best Picture nomination, though it was widely believed that DuVernay was snubbed in the Best Director category.

Whatever happens, we'll always have this gem; it's a lock for a Best Picture nomination.

If its lack of a Best Picture nomination wasn't enough, Thompson's absence here very much shows that the Academy was not high on Banks.

We won't ever know whether the move to a variable field narrowly deprived Flight of a Best Picture nomination, unless the Academy one day makes their old voting numbers public.

Each received a Best Picture nomination, with Part II becoming the first sequel to win that highest honor.

He was previously nominated for his performances in «The Wolf of Wall Street» (2013), for which he also received a Best Picture nomination, «Blood Diamond» (2006), «The Aviator» (2004) and «What's Eating Gilbert Grape» (1993).

With two Oscars, a Golden Globe, and a Best Picture nomination at both of those ceremonies, it's clear that the public wasn't alone in embracing the movie.

The Dark Knight became the first superhero movie to win an Oscar for acting (Health Ledger for Best Supporting Actor), and many were surprised that the film didn't receive a Best Picture nomination despite its massive success and widespread acclaim.

Some pundits have wondered if the Warner Bros. tentpole could be the first comic book movie to score a best picture nomination at the Oscars.

Furthermore, we feel eight films are really solid in terms of a Best Picture nomination: 12 Years A Slave, American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Gravity, Her, Inside Llewyn Davis, Nebraska, and Wolf of Wall Street.

For instance, last year, with 5 nominations, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo seemed the most likely to have filled a tenth Best Picture nomination opening.

Marshall Flores, proofreader and stats whiz and the first to call a potential win for Get Out in screenplay and its Best Picture nomination.

J. Miles Dale shares in the best picture nomination for Guillermo del Toro's merman romance The Shape of Water, which has a leading 13 nominations.

(They both scored individual nods to go along with their Best Picture nomination.)