Sentences with phrase «awards contenders»

In recent weeks, MoviePass says that they've moved the needle on a number of awards contenders» ticket sales including Fox Searchlight's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, A24's Lady Bird and Neon / 30WEST's I, Tonya.

Presented every year by the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the Gothams traditionally bestow early recognition on titles that will go on to become serious awards contenders.

And it features strong performances throughout, especially from the two awards contenders, but also from Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal.

2013 saw a great deal of self - contained films released, including awards contenders Gravity and All Is Lost, but writer / director Steven Knight (Eastern Promises, Dirty Pretty Things) has a nice gift waiting for audiences come April.

This time last year, the new wave of unexpected awards contenders came to fruition with Westworld, Stranger Things, and a surprising broadcast sensation in This Is Us.

-LSB-...] while other leading awards contenders like Dunkirk, Lady Bird, The Post, Call Me By Your Name and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri didn't do enough to even warrant a place -LSB-...]

Like you said, Fox has actual awards contenders this year.

Jason from MNPP here with this week's «Beauty vs Beast» contest - we've been more or less working our way through the year's big awards contenders over the past few weeks, with a Three Billboards here and a Phantom Thread there, and knowing what you know about my oft - expressed personal... predilections... you'd be forgiven for expecting a proper Call Me By Your Name showdown at some point.

Will offbeat awards contenders like The Disaster Artist and The Shape of Water make it to the Oscar shortlist?

The writer / director has partnered up with A24 (possibly the most reliable studio working in the entertainment industry today) to release the film - and that, in combination with a reportedly stunning performance by Ronan as the film's lead, has helped the film to emerge as one of the more promising, wild card end - of - year awards contenders.

Spencer and Monáe are supporting actor awards contenders this season for the»60s - set «Hidden Figures» from 20th Century Fox.

There's a sense of genuine chance, and also that audiences at the festival aren't just getting a preview of awards contenders that are about to roll out to theaters everywhere.

Though there aren't many films worth getting genuinely excited about, the schedule does provide some audience - friendly fare as well as an early look at a few potential awards contenders.

Among the 59 features and shorts playing in Telluride, the awards contenders certainly include «Gravity» (premiering Wednesday at Venice Film Festival) and «All Is Lost» (which premiered at Cannes in May) as well as Jason Reitman's «Labor Day.»

That will help them cut through the thicket of year - end awards contenders.

Harvey Weinstein has never been one to put much faith in the length of Academy voters» memories, so as usual, he's favoring a late - year release plan for his presumed awards contenders — the prospects of which I was discussing only the other day.

It's a moderately interesting film, with a few surprises here and there but this performance piece doesn't have the originality of other awards contenders.

It is definitely one of those festivals that offers ticket buyers a chance to experience everything from high - profile awards contenders to indie flicks that may not play again outside of the Scotiabank theater.

I've been covering this year's Oscar race pretty extensively over the past few months, running down the ebbs and flows of the various categories as 2014's awards contenders came into focus.

In a time where the cinemas are awash with feel good family fare and For Your Consideration awards contenders, the discerning fan of the darker sides of life should not be left out in the cold.

Now that the autumn months are upon us, popcorn pictures are out and more traditionally grown - up fare (including the yearly parade of awards contenders) is in.

The Spirit Awards cap nominees at a budget of $ 20 million or less, which eliminates some bigger - budget awards contenders like «Dunkirk.»

In THR's annual actor roundtable, this season's six top awards contenders — including Ethan Hawke, Michael Keaton, Eddie Redmayne and Timothy Spall — open up about why a Hollywood film is preferable to a classical theater role («Stick Polonius straight up your arse»), flunking out of college and how a meeting with Stephen Hawking turned into the equivalent of a «Saturday Night Live» skit

You don't just meet these awards contenders once: after a succession of luncheons, dinners, and ceremonies, you greet each other with a smile of recognition and begin to feel as if you know each other.

With much of the marketplace distracted by awards contenders and the seasonal onslaught of horror offerings, «John Wick» may find an opening to start building some seriously sustained momentum with both male and female Reeves fans during its initial rollout.

Steve Jobs and The Martian also emerged as awards contenders, with Kate Winslet winning Best Supporting Actress and Aaron Sorkin winning Best Screenplay, plus Matt Damon winning Best Actor and Ridley Scott's sci - fi winning Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy.

The 20 must - see films of Fall 2017 include Stephen King adaptations, Marvel / DC superhero adventures, Star Wars movies, awards contenders - and more!

«To a great extent it is devoid of the histrionics and schmaltz that populate some awards contenders,» wrote Steven Zeitchik.

Adams joins six of this year's awards contenders — Anne Hathaway («Les Misérables»), Helen Hunt («The Sessions»), Naomi Watts («The Impossible»), Rachel Weisz («The Deep Blue Sea»), Marion Cotillard («Rust and Bone»), and Sally Field («Lincoln»)-- on the cover of THR this week for the publication's annual actress roundtable.

The festival begins on Sept. 8 and runs through Sept. 18 in the Canadian city, and it is expected to showcase many of the year's top awards contenders.

Early yesterday, one of the formerly unseen awards contenders finally revealed itself with a Trailer.

It opens in October, the month when serious awards contenders start rolling out on a regular basis.

To help plan your movie - going schedule, we've put together release dates and trailers of key awards contenders for you:

And now Carol has become one of the most talked about awards contenders of the year across a range of categories.To see an exclusive featurette about Nagy, who recently won the New York Film Critics award for Best Screenplay, just click on the video link above.

In terms of likely awards contenders, there was nothing at the Venice Film Festival or the Telluride Film Festival that you couldn't get at TIFF.

WHY: Tom McCarthy's «Spotlight» may be one of the most low - key awards contenders in quite some time, relying on top - notch acting and writing to recount the fascinating true story that changed the way we looked at the Catholic Church forever.

Top pics from inside the bashes as fall festivals and premieres bring out awards contenders, pretenders and hopefuls for the Oscars on February 28, 2016

This year, however, Burwell's odds are further bolstered by his music for three other awards contenders: Paramount's adult animated Anomalisa, Roadside Attraction's Mr. Holmes and Universal's British gangster epic Legend.

Although the fall festival season is packed with awards contenders pretending to be indies, the Alamo Drafthouse's annual Fantastic Fest is where the true indies come to play.

Spotlight review: While not the strongest of this year's awards contenders, Spotlight is one of the most important films of all time.

The release of G.I. Joe marks the unofficial end of the summer blockbuster season, meaning it's only a few weeks until the major studios will begin to unveil what they consider the year's strongest awards contenders.

Another outsider with a shot at a nomination is deaf actress Millicent Simmonds, who received praise for her performance in «Wonderstruck» when it premiered at Cannes, but has gotten less attention in the onslaught of the season's awards contenders opening at theaters.

The film is expected to be one of 2017's top awards contenders, being named film of the year by the National Board of Review and ranking on the American Film Institute's best movies of the year list.

That's a nice change - of - pace from some of the more dramatic and heavy awards contenders, and Hidden Figures has found a sizable audience.

Of, for those still catching up on this year's awards contenders, we also have a list of which 2018 Oscar nominees are on VOD, from Netflix's documentary contenders, Icarus and Strong Island, to Amazon Prime Video's The Big Sick.

But the movie also plays on the talky side; to a great extent it is devoid of the histrionics and schmaltz that populate some awards contenders.

Post Golden Globes and just ahead of next week's Sundance Film Festival, awards contenders will continue to dominate the Specialty box office this weekend, though newcomers continue to trickle in.

Though it boasts the strongest pedigree of all 2012 awards contenders, Lincoln doesn't play like obvious Oscar bait while you're watching it.

This fall, he appears in three critically acclaimed awards contenders: «Lady Bird,» «Hostiles» and «Call Me by Your Name,» which opens Friday.

Neon / 30West's I, Tonya joins the wide - release awards contenders, playing fourteen hundred and fifty locations this Friday to Sunday, taking in $ 2.55 M ($ 1,763 PTA).