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.
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.
Not exact matches
Part of that likely has to do with the absence of many truly great movies this year, and the fact key
contenders — like «The Shape of Water» (the pick by the directors and producers guilds) and «Get Out» (the WGA's original screenplay winner)--
come from genres that seldom receive top
awards recognition.
And for Joe Hart to
come through as a talisman, having beaten the big names like David Silva, Mario Balotelli, Gareth Barry and having ousted Shay Given from his throne, there is no doubt that he is a strong
contender for the PFA
award.
Sometimes those few mostly
come in the form of foreign language film
contenders, but sometimes Cannes blows away even Toronto when it
comes to giving
awards season its main
contenders.
Hawke is
coming off of a busy year with
awards season
contender Boyhood; documentary Seymour: An Introduction, which he produced and directed; Michael and Peter Spierig's Predestination; Andrew Niccol's Good Kill; and Shakespeare update Cymbeline.
The Foreign Press loves international stars, so, although Queen of the South
comes across as a little too mainstream to be an
awards contender, Alice Braga could easily sneak into the drama actress race.
The black horse
contender is Chris Pine for Hell or High Water, which is shaping up to be something of an underdog
come this
awards season.
August is one of those
award season
contenders you see
coming from a mile away.
This all could signal either a «crisis» among those individuals, prompting them to rethink their strategies, or show us a presumed «lesser than»
contender to emerge on the beat, prompting the
awards community to say at the end of the season, «You'll never believe how close we
came.»
Whether or not he's telling the truth remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: with Anderson behind the camera and a cast that includes Hoffman, Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix (making his big screen return after wasting the last few years making «I'm Still Here»), «The Master» will likely be a
contender in nearly every major category
come awards time.
As a potential blip, or maybe as a sign of things to
come, this was the first of recent years not to have an obvious Academy
Awards contender (previous years produced Hugo [2011], Life of Pi [2012], Gravity [2013]-RRB-.
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.
Actor Jason Segel and Director James Ponsoldt talked End Of The Tour, their acclaimed movie about the Rolling Stone magazine interview of author David Foster Wallace when they
came to participate in Deadline's big
awards season event, The
Contenders Presented By Deadline which took place last month in front a packed audience of AMPAS and key guild members at the DGA.
Sicario
came to Deadline's big
awards season event, The
Contenders Presented By Deadline which was held at the DGA last month in front of a packed audience of AMPAS and key guild members.
The Irish spirit
came to our big
awards - season event The
Contenders Presented By Deadline, which took place earlier this month in front of a packed DGA theater full of AMPAS and guild members.
A tough, uncompromising take on a jazz legend, lifted by a never - been - better Ethan Hawke — an early
contender for Best Actor consideration
come awards season.
While the academy always seems to take a liking to an up - and -
coming ingénue or a bright smiling young man, the increase in AARP - qualifying
contenders won't be a one - time blip on the
awards circuit.
It seems that every
awards season I'm in the minority when it
comes to one or two highly - praised
contenders.
This year he's pushing Lion and The Founder as serious
contenders, and hopefully Sing Street will get more attention
come awards season.
BEST ACTRESS Another impressive
awards - season feat: How Jennifer Aniston
came from nowhere in «Cake,» a tiny film that wasn't widely acclaimed, to make herself a real
contender in what is admittedly a thin Best Actress field.
Winter has officially arrived, and with it
comes the final wave of
award contenders hoping to leave an impression on critics and Oscar voters.
When: September 12th Why: Though it
comes with the undesirable label of being James Gandolfini's final movie, «The Drop» has all the makings of a dark horse
awards contender.
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.
«The Way, Way Back» doesn't have enough emotional punch to be an
awards contender, but in a summer filled with big budget blockbusters, leave it to a quaint
coming - of - age comedy to stand out as the best of the season.
Speaking of Bejo, she won Best Actress, for Asghar Farhadi's The Past, which is sure to be a major
contender come award season, in the Foreign Language category if nothing else, though Bejo will likely be a top
contender for Best Actress, too.
While each
contender comes with its own unique list of accolades, it will ultimately be the booth vehicle that is most prevalent at the 2010 SEMA Show that receives the inaugural SEMA
Award - ultimately making this the «Exhibitor's Choice»
Award.
While each
contender comes with its own unique list of accolades, it will ultimately be the booth vehicle that is most prevalent at the 2010 SEMA Show that receives the inaugural SEMA
Award.
While some other major launches have been marred by bugs and bad pre-release press, the early buzz was that Inquisition would be a major
contender come awards time.
Coming to all major U.S. carriers, it's another
contender for this year's «Best Android Smartphone»
award, right alongside the new HTC One M9 and the Galaxy S6.