Sentences with phrase «many awards prognosticators»

He has been covering entertainment for more than two decades, and is the industry's most knowledgeable Academy Awards prognosticator.

In a year with no discernible Oscar frontrunner, there are wags and award prognosticators whispering that this could be the year of Tom McCarthy's Spotlight, the director's universally adored follow - up to the universally despised Adam Sandler vehicle, The Cobbler.

Why a person is nominated for a supporting actor or actress Oscar often has a lot to do with riding coattails, which probably explains why it takes so long for awards prognosticators to pin down the nominees in these two categories: It's all about waiting to see which films catch fire at the box office — or on the blogosphere, where most Oscar campaigns seem to be launched nowadays.

SNUB: Tom Hanks for «The Post»: Many awards prognosticators expected that the Best Actor slot taken by Denzel would have gone to Tom Hanks for his portrayal of Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee.

Unfortunately for awards prognosticators, the Globes aren't especially reliable awards predictors.

James Rocchi At this point in the discussion of 2014's movies, Awards prognosticators may be lamenting an Oscar race with no clear front - runner, but translate that phrase from «pundit» to «moviegoer,» and it's actually good news — it means that there's a lot of great films that hit theaters this year.

In some parallel universe, de-coupled from all of his off - screen baggage, awards prognosticators would be talking about the likelihood of a Best Actor Oscar nomination.

Not exact matches

A widely respected economic prognosticator, he is the only writer to have won the highly prestigious Crystal Owl Award four times.

«The Shape of Water's» Golden Lion win isn't as much of a slam dunk prognosticator as the TIFF Audience Award, but del Toro's fairy tale does join «Somewhere,» «The Wrestler,» and Brokeback Mountain» as recent American productions to win top honors at Venice.

OSCAR REACTION: «Zootopia» emerged with the Annie Award win, but that BAFTA award for «Kubo and the Two Strings» had us prognosticators sweaAward win, but that BAFTA award for «Kubo and the Two Strings» had us prognosticators sweaaward for «Kubo and the Two Strings» had us prognosticators sweating.

To all the prognosticators who have already sat back and considered the awards season over, time to wake up.

While not always the biggest prognosticator of Oscar success, the annual Gotham Awards have become one of the season's best places for indie films to get an added boost of exposure on the awards ciAwards have become one of the season's best places for indie films to get an added boost of exposure on the awards ciawards circuit.

What You Need to Know: Oscar prognosticators are predicting a heap of awards for this gripping story about AIDS and life.

And as far as «Milk» is concerned, prognosticators may have the wrong idea going in as to which supporting performance has the awards - worthy chops.

Though Moonlight's win was a massive upset in a ceremony expected to be dominated by La La Land, it also signaled something else for all the business - minded prognosticators of awards season — A24, the five - year - old distribution company that also financed Moonlight, has truly arrived.

I'm fairly sure many awards season prognosticators already had The Counselor pencilled in for an easy SAG ensemble nomination, based on the pedigree of the actors alone.

Over at The Wrap, Steve Pond ably sums up the shake - ups, movings, comings and goings of various awards season prognosticators and their outlets, including the thinking behind a kinder, gentler Deadline Daily, and that site's play for seasonal print ad dollars.

«The Jinx», the second season of «Fargo», and «Amy», the documentary portrait of the late Amy Winehouse, also won out at the awards, which are seen as major prognosticators of the Oscars.

Hollywood's award - season prognosticators are busy divining the Oscar chances of prestige pictures like Christopher Nolan's summer box office hit Dunkirk against festival darlings such as Guillermo del Toro's Venice - winning aquatic interspecies love story The Shape of Water and unseen 800 - pound gorillas like Steven Spielberg's Pentagon Papers exposé The Post.

That Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread spent more time on Oscar prognosticators» shortlists as Untitled PTA London Fashion Film than it did under its actual title indicates that it probably had this award sewn up before anyone even laid eyes on it.

One of the more frustrating aspects of the seemingly year - long awards season is watching pundits and prognosticators remain largely oblivious to their role in shaping the Oscar race.

Jordan Peele («Get Out») and Greta Gerwig («Lady Bird») were nominated, too, but Martin McDonagh — who was favored by prognosticators for «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» and earned a Directors Guild Award nomination — was not.

The show has attempted to differentiate itself from the crowded awards field as a prognosticator of «who and what will dominate pop culture in the year to come.»