Sentences with phrase «award prognosticators»

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.

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

While his confused character from Nebraska elicits more pity than outright contempt, the actor's emergence from nearly two decades of relative obscurity for «one last shot» at Oscar gold almost certainly played a part in awards prognosticators deeming him the early favorite after the Cannes Film Festival last May.

For though we live in an age awash with awards prognosticators and websites that claim to chart who is up and who is down on an almost daily basis, nothing predicts the Oscars like the Oscars, and no amount of reading Golden Globes and SAG tea leaves can give you a clear idea of what those voters will do.

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.

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.

After a summer release that broke IMAX screening records and saw a box office gross of over $ 500m worldwide, Christopher Nolan's war drama Dunkirk became somewhat underrated with critics and awards prognosticators.

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.