Could Black Panther also break through for a Best
Picture nomination too?
Not exact matches
Despite some genuinely hilarious sequences that, regrettably, are spaced
too far apart, this meditation on the things that matter in life is
too slow and at times
too forced to deserve the high praise it has been getting (including an Oscar
nomination for best foreign language film that should have gone to a number of other more worthwhile
pictures).
It also snared Tarantino his first writing and directing Oscar
nominations since Pulp - and got a Best
Picture nod,
too.
It's no secret we really like Moonlight — and, thankfully, the Academy did
too, giving it eight
nominations: Best
Picture, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Score.
So
too should we be thankful for this thought - provoking, poignant, deceptively effortless comedy that would garner 7 Academy Award
nominations, including Best
Picture, scoring three for its screenplay and the supporting performances of Caine (is he really a supporting actor in this?)
It was a huge day for Sony
Pictures Classics (the company received 13
nominations in total) and for A24,
too.
But Jordan Peele got a directing nod, Daniel Kaluuya is in the lead actor pack, and it got a Best
Picture nomination,
too.
Jennifer Aniston's chances of a Best Actress Oscar
nomination were boosted yesterday with a SAG Award
nomination and she appears here,
too, with a Best Actress in a Motion
Picture — Drama
nomination for the film «Cake.»
I'm still going to bet that the film with the Best
Picture nomination is the best bet to win (13/15 out of the past winners have had BP
nominations — and no film since they expanded Best
Picture has won the Eddie without a Best Pic nod), although honestly Star Wars: The Force Awakens could totally take it (and then take the Oscar
too).
The venerable studio probably had
too many wannabe players on their dance card last year with «Interstellar,» «The Gambler» and «Top Five,» but found success when «Selma» landed a Best
Picture nomination (even if was snubbed in some other key categories).
Some say it's a lock for a best -
picture nomination; others say it's
too small or arty or whatever.
The first is any
nomination — especially one of the Best
Picture ones — is a key ingredient to a consumer marketing campaign for prestige films (and some blockbusters
too).
Critics loved it
too and despite the dissenting voices condemning its perceived immorality, it received ten Oscar
nominations and five wins, Best
Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay among them (all three going to Wilder himself).
Of the above five, only Margot Robbie isn't repping a Best
Picture nominee, and given I, Tonya «s Best Editing
nomination (usually a reliable bellwether for Best
Picture success), you have to figure her film came close
too.
In this article, you'll find movies that also shine a light on character strengths — authenticity, teamwork, zest, paragons, having
too much, having constellations of strengths, followed by my
nomination for Best
Picture of 2011.