Even Call Me by Your Name will be hotly debated if it
gets awards buzz in light of recent events.
Now, the comedy about one of the notoriously worst movies ever made is gaining
early awards buzz.
To date, only seven of the studio's more than fifty releases have cracked eight figures at the domestic box office and only with much effort and / or
major awards buzz.
While there's been a lot of
awards buzz for Melissa Leo and Christian Bale [and deservedly so], both Wahlberg and Adams show us a few unexpected colors, too.
The complete lack
of awards buzz for Macfadyen has killed whatever slim chance might have originally existed, but he's certainly worth a second look.
This is by far the best turn of Margot Robbie's career so far — and there is already
awards buzz surrounding her performance of the former Olympian.
Acclaimed Irish actress Saoirse Ronan and «Roseanne» / «The Big Bang Theory» mainstay Laurie Metcalf are generating
awards buzz as the volatile Lady Bird and her equally emotional (except when she's refusing to talk to her daughter) mom Marion.
There was plenty of
awards buzz at the Toronto International Film Festival, but most of it centered on the performances, rather than the movies themselves.
Rather like last year's Florence Foster Jenkins, the finale shows that even a really, unarguably bad performance can bring unabashed joy to a crowd, and
with awards buzz already circulating around The Disaster Artist, Wiseau might be heading to the Oscars after all.
«Three Seconds» marks a reunion between Brolin and Iwanyk, who recently worked together on Denis Villeneuve «s «Sicario,» which
received awards buzz out of Cannes.
Beginning his career as an upstart who blazed new trails for what independent films could do with AMPAS through campaigns for the likes of My Left Foot, The Crying Game, and Pulp Fiction, Harvey's name has become almost synonymous with Oscar, and almost any filmmaker fortunate enough to secure distribution from his Weinstein Company can
garner awards buzz almost overnight.
You can't turn away wondering what Epps is going to do next from attacking Solomon to lusting after his top cotton picking slave, Patesy (Lupita Nyong» o, who is also generating
serious award buzz for thanks to an incredible feature film debut).
The film has accumulated
awards buzz ever since husband - and - wife team Dayton and Faris announced they were working on a film about the true story of the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King (Stone) and Bobby Riggs (Carell).
There are a number of high - profile films generating substantial
awards buzz in 2015.
(Meanwhile, Page Six also reported that sources say Today «s executive producer, Noah Oppenheim, could leave the show next year after receiving
Academy Award buzz for the screenplay he wrote for Jackie, the new film starring Natalie Portman.)
However, even though Hanks is front and center in «Sully», it's co-star (and co-pilot) Aaron Eckhart who's getting the
most Awards buzz as the release date approaches.
The $ 4.5 - million film has earned more than $ 252 million worldwide following its February release, been embraced by critics and is
earning awards buzz, but its deeper success is the fresh perspective on race it has offered and the frank conversations about racism — the real horror at the film's heart — it has stirred.
Meanwhile, the British Hawkins, selecting an unusual project as her first American film (this was shot before Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine, for which she has picked up some Supporting
Actress award buzz), embraces her Slavic sound enthusiastically.
The Wes Anderson film rolled out in limited theaters last March, just after the 2014 Oscars and long before
awards buzz even began.
I still think the relative lack of
awards buzz over both the screenplay & acting will prevent a win.
As usual by the year's end, there are still several films
capturing awards buzz that haven't come to Wichita yet (such as «Call Me By Your Name,» «The Shape of Water» or «Phantom Thread»).
The three main stars, McDormand, Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell, have all
elicited awards buzz with Rockwell a particular breakout.
Davis leaves it all on the table, playing the large and small moments with equal skill, and if this performance were packaged in a non-genre film I have no doubt she would be swathed in
awards buzz right now.
Despite Tatum being the star, McConaughey's performance was singled out by critics and drew
considerable awards buzz, leading to an Indie Spirit Award nod for Best Supporting Actor — his second nomination that year.
It's notable that, despite the movie's general acclaim and strong word - of - mouth, and
constant awards buzz, Taylor's name was never mentioned as Best Director.
Now that we've got just a shade over six months of the year out of the way, you can start to figure out which films and performances from he first half of 2015 have the potential to
sustain awards buzz and which won't.
Open Road's «Spotlight» and Fox Searchlight's «Brooklyn», both
prompting awards buzz, continue to perform well to their audiences, taking the eighth ($ 2.9 million) and ninth ($ 2.4 million) spots, respectively, at the box office.
Since winning the audience award at the Toronto film festival, Room has unsurprisingly generated
healthy awards buzz.
Finally she details her joy in working with Woody Allen for the first time in Wonder Wheel, a movie for which she is enjoying
more awards buzz.
The period drama, which stars Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Christoph Waltz, Holliday Grainger, Jack O'Connell, Zach Galifianakis, Dame Judi Dench, Matthew Morrison, Tom Hollander, Cara Delevingne, Cressida Bonas, and David Harewood, will be delivered to cinemas later this year, and already we're
hearing awards buzz.
Her passion for the film was eloquently stated in her acceptance of the award, and I'd be surprised not to hear her name circulating
among award buzz in the next few months.
Moonlight, for example, has collected only $ 9.9 million since its October release — a phenomenal amount for a film of its size, and word - of - mouth is only continuing to grow as it
builds awards buzz.
«Selma,» meanwhile, propelled
by awards buzz and positive word of mouth including promotion from co-star and producer Oprah Winfrey, leaped to second place with $ 11.2 million following its nationwide expansion.
Though Seven Psychopaths got strong reviews, some original
screenplay awards buzz, and a reasonably wide release in nearly 1,500 theaters, it became the latest release to cast doubt on the business model of acquisition distributor CBS Films, grossing $ 15 million on a $ 15 million budget and therefore falling well short of profitability when costs are considered.
You can also make a film that's exciting critics and audiences, and
sparking awards buzz, as much as «The Florida Project.»
And any
preliminary awards buzz The Gift may have once had is ultimately done in by Thornton and Tom Epperson's script.
Wallace is portrayed by Jason Segel, who received raves out of Sundance, with some even speculating year -
end awards buzz.
That's likely to continue thanks to The Disaster Artist, which has picked up rave reviews and
awards buzz ahead of its release, thanks to Franco's central performance and the mixture of comedy and drama.
While Loving is
corralling awards buzz for the performances of Edgerton (Midnight Special, The Gift) and Negga (Warcraft, Preacher), it's effect as one of America's most influential love stories goes beyond what nominations it might garner.
But Focus was pleased with the debut of the film, for which McConaughey and Leto are drawing
acting awards buzz, and saw a second - day surge as significant.
This isn't getting a ton of
awards buzz outside of Plummer, but I was hooked on this movie from about 20 - 30 minutes in.
Neither of these actors are getting
much awards buzz for their performances, presumably because voters don't want anyone to know they're the nerds who saw the chess movie.