Not for the film's nominated, but for the sad sorry fact that they only found three and yet five for
action film category?
Not exact matches
The Oscar nominated short
films in the live
action, animation and documentary
categories can all be streamed for free on Shorts.tv.
Today, the
film remains a heartfelt but shrewdly judged blend of comedy, romance,
action and tragedy — a movie that perfectly embodies the classical Hollywood ideal of providing something to appeal to every member of what, in the 1920s, was a wide public still unsevered by demographic
categories.
Also noteworthy, in the
category of cinema ruled by cultural concerns and actual political events, was Carlos (d. Olivier Assayas), which kept a packed auditorium of critics in their seats for over five hours with a glossy, but intelligent
action film version of the 1970s exploits of a terrorist born Illich Ramirez Sanchez, but known internationally as the Jackal, also by the code name Carlos; and Des Hommes et des dieux (Of Gods and Men, Xavier Beauvois), a
film, elegantly minimalist in design, based on a real - life encounter between Algerian fundamentalist Islamic terrorists and a community of ascetic Christian monks.
I'll admit I don't know too much about this
category, but
action films seem to do well here (recent winners include The Dark Knight, The Bourne Ultimatum and The Matrix) and the only one with any Oscar hope this year is Inception.
The nominations will begin with the
categories cinematography, costume design,
film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short
film, live
action short
film, sound editing, sound mixing, and visual effects.
Over at USA Today, Susan Wloszczyna has come to the conclusion that, in a fairly weak year for
film with a less - than - competitive Best Picture slate to show for it, the performance
categories are where it's at this year: The real
action this year is in the acting.
The
category was extrarordinary this year for lacking any
films made with the currently dominant computer technology; two were stop -
action and one was mostly hand - drawn.
Furthermore, loud,
action - heavy war
films — especially if they're on Oscar's radar — do pretty well in below - the - line
categories.
How, for instance, do you have 6 nominees for most
categories but only 4 for Best Actress in an
Action picture and only nominate supporting actresses for that prize and leave out two leading women who really carried their
films with aplomb: Mary Elizabeth Winstead in 10 Cloverfield Lane and Blake Lively in The Shallows.
Both
films will face off in the «Favorite
Action Movie»
category, while «Deadpool» received an additional nomination for «Favorite Movie.»
The Popcornflix library includes more than 3,000 titles within a variety of genres, ranging from
action and comedy to award - winning foreign
films, TV series, National Geographic documentaries, classic cartoons and the recently added extreme sports
category.
This is always an interesting
category because the winner usually falls into one of two (or sometimes both)
categories: a major
action film or the Best Picture winner.
In February, we host our Annual Oscar Shorts Festival — these are the fifteen short
films nominated for Academy Awards in the
categories of Best Animation, Best Live -
Action and Best Documentary.
Even if you remove the «extra»
categories the BFCA employs like
Action and Sci - Fi / Horror, the
film still ends up with nine nominations, a very healthy haul.
Not only is the Ryan Reynolds superhero
film the bestseller in Amazon.com's «
action & adventure»
category — as you might expect — it also tops the retail giant's romance chart.
And in the other short -
film categories, Best Animated Short
Film and Best Live
Action Short
Film categories, a
film qualifying via theatrical release must now have a seven - day run in Los Angeles County, with at least one screening per day.
Pro: While
action films typically take the two sound awards, a musical (a best picture nominee at that) can upset in this
category.
James Ivory received the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for «Call Me by Your Name,» which played at the Ross earlier this year, and three of the awards, including Kobe Bryant's Oscar for «Dear Basketball,» were in the short
film categories — animation, live
action and documentary.
He has been Oscar - nominated in the live -
action short
film category six times, winning with «Election Night» and «Helium.»
Rather than spending your time scrolling through
categories, trying to track down the perfect
film to watch, we've done our best to make it easy for you at Paste by updating our Best Movies to watch on Netflix list each month with new additions and overlooked gems alike, bringing you our favorites from across genres: Oscar - winning dramas, independent and art - house
films,
action blockbusters, documentaries, comedies, sci - fi flicks and animated movies for both kids and adults.
Actor recognised for her role in the live -
action Beauty and the Beast, as MTV abolishes gender
categories in its
film and TV awards ceremony
Combining live
action and some overlayed animation (think American Splendor, which feels very much apiece with the whole
film, not just aesthetically), The Diary of a Teenage Girl has a lot of competition in the «young girl coming of age»
category (pitting it against Brooklyn, Mustang, Girlhood, Inside Out, etc), but it manages to hold its own.
• This week's installments of the Oscar Guide covered the animated feature, sound mixing, lead actor, live
action short and
film editing
categories.
RLJ has unveiled an official trailer for the
action film Bushwick, a very low budget project that first premiered at the Sundance
Film Festival in the Midnight
category this year.
Along with the standard
categories that most groups have, the LVFCS awards
films for Best Comedy, Sci - fi / Horror,
Action and the William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award.
I have made it no secret I love big dumb 80's
action flicks, and today I present one of the weirdest
films in this
category.
The Irish short
film New Boy, directed by Steph Green and produced by Tamara Anghie, has been nominated for an Academy Award ® in the Best Live
Action Short
Film category.
Amna Aslam, 14 year old High School student from Accrington, England won the
action category of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation's
film competition, Faith Shorts in 2011.