Sentences with phrase «awards buzz in»

Even Call Me by Your Name will be hotly debated if it gets awards buzz in light of recent events.

There are a number of high - profile films generating substantial awards buzz in 2015.

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.

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Tom Hanks plays the captain in a role that could bring him awards buzz.

Social media went buzzing after Joy News investigations revealed that President Mahama received a car gift worth $ 100,000 from a Burkinabe contractor who was incidentally awarded a $ 650,000 contract to fence a parcel of land for Ghana's Embassy in that country.

Written by the award - winning Kevin Toolis, the one - man show is on its way to the Edinburgh Festival where, judging by the buzz it has already created after a short preview run in London, punters will be lining up with morbid curiosity to renew acquaintances with a man whom Toolis believes is the worst prime minister in over two centuries.

When Barneys famously snapped up Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough's Parsons senior thesis collection back in 2003 it gave the label instant, well - deserved buzz — buzz that hasn't worn off over the last decade: Proenza Schouler nabbed their third CFDA womenswear designer of the year award this past Monday.

Franco has received a fair amount of awards buzz for his performance, and he more than lives up to the hype in that regard.

Gillespie's film has earned a fair amount of awards buzz as it toured the festival circuit in 2017, and it's certainly deserving of the praise it's getting.

Director, Producer, and Actor Kasi Lemmons had the film world buzzing in 1997 when her feature - length debut «Eve's Bayou» hit art - house screens and racked up film festival awards along the way.

When said rare movie opens in theaters one week before Christmas with a fair amount of pre-release buzz, it is expected to not only be good, but a wisely - timed serious contender for Hollywood's award season.

That's a bit of an understatement for Redmayne, who picked up the best actor Oscar for portraying Stephen Hawking in 2014's The Theory of Everything and is already getting some awards season buzz for his role in The Danish Girl, in which he plays Lili Elbe, one of the first known people to receive sex reassignment surgery.

«Blue Jasmine,» like «Midnight in Paris,» is generating significant awards buzz.

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.

For his last film «Carol,» Haynes could hardly have asked for better reviews or awards buzz, and yet, it was snubbed in Best Picture.

The Carlow native (21) has been busy on the promotional trail for Brooklyn, which is already generating Oscar buzz, and stepped out on Saturday night in an eye - catching Calvin Klein number at the Brittania Awards in Los Angeles.

The awards buzz surrounding J.K. Simmons for his role in Whiplash should easily cover the disaster that is Murder of a Cat, but the same can't be said for Blythe Danner or the usually - reliable Greg Kinnear.

That Marion Cotillard is generating serious awards buzz for her performance in the small - scale Belgian drama Two Days, One Night is a testament to the film's quiet emotional power.

It became a huge hit, and when «The Sopranos» debuted six months later, HBO got an unprecedented one - two punch, with comedy and drama series that could score big in industry awards, media coverage and audience buzz.

Female - led high - budget flicks like «Divergent,» «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1» and «Maleficent» did very well at the box office, while directors Angelina Jolie and Ava DuVernay «s films, «Unbroken» and «Selma,» respectively, are accumulating Oscar buzz as awards season is already in full swing.

Earlier in the year when the prestige pictures were vying for the early awards buzz, Angelina Jolie's Unbroken was kicked around as a contender.

The Toronto International Film Festival, which ended Sunday, has long been a proving ground for Oscar buzz, a preview of the next few months in cinema where movies either begin to build critical momentum for a major awards campaign or wither on the vine.

Awards obsessives spend months speculating, tracking patterns, tuning in to the yay - or - nay buzz, consulting and re-consulting our tea leaves — but at the end of the day, nobody knows anything except the person holding that little envelope.

Greta Gerwig had some awards buzz ever since «Frances Ha» premiered at Telluride in 2012, and the film certainly hit the zeitgeist among younger viewers.

As the big man himself gets set for a [second] comeback, winning raves and stirring up awards buzz for his role in...

But last year Harvey Weinstein started awards season buzz at Cannes for «The Master,» «Silver Linings Playbook» and «Django Unchained» with a sizzle reel presentation, and we could very well at least see footage pop up in that context.

The buzz on the film (which premieres on Sunday at the London Film Festival) has been solid in advance, and Thompson (who like Streep, has two Oscars) has her most promising role in years as «Mary Poppins» author P.L. Travers, which combines the always awards - friendly elements of a tragic backstory and a sharp - tongued old lady (of which Thompson is the third in contention, after Streep and Dench).

This time last year, awards buzz around 2016 focused on Martin Scorsese's Vinyl and Cameron Crowe's Roadies, and that goes to show you how much can truly change in a year.

Ronan, who is no stranger to the awards circuit after starring in films like 2015's Brooklyn and 2007's Atonement, is earning praise for her latest role in Lady Bird, while Chalamet, who acts alongside Ronan in the Greta Gerwig - directed film, has been the subject of awards buzz for his part in Call Me by Your Name.

And «The Last Station» proved that all Helen Mirren has to do these days to generate awards buzz is get tangled in a curtain — and not particularly well, at that.

But even in her absence, the young lady is generating enough to buzz to plant her as a strong contender for the Best Actress award.

It was the only holdover in the top 10 to post a week - to - week increase — of 166 % — partly due to its addition of more than 500 screens and building buzz about its award - season prospects.

I remember the awards buzz this was getting in 2005 so it would be funny if it suddenly surfaced as a viable contender next year.

But instead of gunning for the big bucks and getting stuck in the loop of awards - buzz movies, Franco started to work on some more experimental projects.

As you may have picked up on from all the awards buzz overrunning every movie site on the internet (including us), Turner is played by the phenomenal Timothy Spall in what, for my money, is the best performance of 2014.

And Jordan is currently generating awards buzz for his performance as the late Oscar Grant in the art - house darling «Fruitvale Station.»

He's just finished starring in David Simon's latest opus The Deuce, a mean and gritty drama about Times Square and the birth of the porn industry in the 1970s; he's got several projects in various stages of production; and he's beginning to hit the awards - season circuit to capitalize on The Disaster Artist's Oscar buzz.

This week brings the start of the New York Film Festival, and with it, three tentpole films angling for a spot in the awards derby: opening night selection Last Flag Flying, from Richard Linklater; centerpiece selection The Meyerowitz Stories: New and Selected, from Noah Baumbach, which already premiered at Cannes; and Wonder Wheel from Woody Allen, featuring an already - buzzed - about lead performance from Kate Winslet.

The buzz out of Telluride is that 8 - year - old Jacob Tremblay is a revelation, and maybe an awards contender, for his role in Lenny Abrahamson's dark drama about a boy raised inside a small room where he and his mother (Brie Larson) are imprisoned.

As the buzz fades and its genre stylings probably keep it out of most awards races, Baby Driver recently hit home video in Blu - ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD versions from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

As well as her work with Fincher, Mara talked about her latest role for director Todd Haynes in the Oscar - buzzed romantic drama Carol, which saw her share the award for best actress at this year's Cannes film festival.

There is a buzz around Tom Hanks and Cate Blanchett for their respective roles in Captain Phillips and Blue Jasmine, and over the coming months we will be hearing a lot more awards chat.

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.

TV Guide caught up with the actor between performances of Lobby Hero in New York to talk about his work in «Woods,» — a stunning performance that's generating awards buzz but better still, brought him some measure of peace.

After world - premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, I, Tonya quickly garnered rave reviews from critics and significant Oscar buzz from awards pundits, namely for the performances of Robbie and Janney.

The French Actress is no stranger to Oscar, having won the Best Actress award for «La Vie En Rose,» but had virtually no buzz coming in to award season.

Of course, based on the early buzz, it seems to have paid off, because even if the film doesn't dominate in the major award categories, it's sure to land a few technical awards for the stunning visuals and incredible animal effects.

The award season is coming and «Get Out» is receiving a lot of buzz, and since the film came out in February, Allison has been busy doing some extra promotion for the film.

Instead, the Grand Jury Prize in Dramatic Competition went to Macon Blair's directorial debut I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore and the Audience Award went to Crown Heights, and while neither is a bad movie, I don't think either will get the buzz that something like Whiplash received.

We've said it before, we'll say it again, but one of the best things about looking back over a year just gone at the movies is thinking of all the names who, just twelve months ago, we were faintly aware of at best, and who now have burgeoning careers, awards buzz, lead roles in indie films and / or blockbuster gigs on the way.