Sentences with phrase «awards contenders making»

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The musical is nominated in 16 categories heading into the 70th Tony Awards, which air on CBS on Sunday, making the show a strong contender to top the Tony's record of 12 wins, set by Mel Brooks» The Producers in 2001.

This makes him a very strong contender for the PFA award this year.

But no matter how effusive the praise may have been, it's impossible to make those kinds of predictions with several other award contenders still yet to be seen.

The news makes Men, Women & Children yet another potential awards contender opening (at least partially) on October 17th.

Why It Might Succeed: Recently announced for a prime awards season release date of September 23, Mira Nair's Queen of Katwe has all the makings of an Oscar contender.

Opening on Christmas Day, it seems to me that it will make a better trip to the movies for older families (no young kids) than would some of the big award contenders.

«Enough Said «Why It Could Be A Contender: While her semi-contemporary Lisa Chodolenko had something of an awards breakthrough a few years back with «The Kids Are All Right,» Nicole Holofcener «s never quite made the same leap.

And former champ Stallone makes for a gracious, understated presence on the sidelines this time (he was awarded this year's Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe in recognition); likewise, that famous theme does make an appearance but it doesn't overshadow the emergence of a whole new contender.

Her vividly sensual prose may make the novel a production designer's dream — and given what we've seen of the film thus far, it seems a likely awards contender in the design categories — but there should be more at play here than simple visual splendor.

Regardless of how much big - screen work they've done before, they make up one of the best ensemble casts of the year, but standing first among them is Tessa Thompson, who gives a revelatory performance that in a just world would be a serious awards contender.

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.

With an almost daily influx of awards to make note of, this is the sort of time where things change for Oscar contenders quickly.

After narrowly missing out on a spot in the top ten back in 2012 with Moonrise Kingdom, acclaimed filmmaker Wes Anderson makes our end of year list for the first time with his star - studded awards contender The Grand Budapest Hotel, which topped two of our writers» individual lists and just managed to sneak into sixth place ahead of The Winter Soldier by a solitary point in the voting.

«Atomic Blonde» is being distributed by Focus Features, a studio best known for their indie, arthouse films and awards season contenders that don't usually make big bucks at the box office.

If Ratatouille still retains a viable contender as a spoiler, it's not because audiences continue to drink whatever Pixar puts in the Kool - Aid that gets, as Laurie Anderson would say, «ah - dults» hailing each of their new movies as the studio's everlasting masterpiece of classic filmmaking (making it simply a matter of time before one of them actually wins an award outside the best animated feature playpen), but rather because its presence in this category might remind voters that one or two of the striking writers aren't just trying to feed their own mouths.

La La Land, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, was recently pushed back to December, making it a possible awards season contender.

Tom McCarthy's journalism drama «Spotlight» is the current frontrunner for the Screen Actors Guild ensemble award, which makes it a mighty Oscar contender indeed, with strong support from the Academy's dominant actors» branch.

But while there's no denying that its message resonates even more in light of the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and Staten Island, hopefully those parallels won't end up overshadowing the movie itself, because although it's not quite as sobering as last year's Oscar - winning «12 Years a Slave,» «Selma» is a deftly made drama about an important piece of American history that's guaranteed to be a major awards contender, largely due to the outstanding lead performance from David Oyelowo.

He made his debut last year behind the camera as the writer / director / star of Don Jon, a tremendously good porn addiction dramedy that was a fringe awards contender.

What makes the upcoming awards ceremonies all the more exciting is the number of female contenders in the mix.

The only actor who warrants any real awards consideration is Mark Ruffalo, but while he creates a fully realized character with his spot - on impersonation of impassioned Globe journalist Mike Rezendes, the role lacks the necessary depth to make him a serious contender.

I'd love to pick Whiplash here just to make things interesting, but The Imitation Game is a relatively big, relatively conventional awards - season contender in a year that saw precious few of them, and the story that it tells is a tremendous one.

Just looking at the contenders to emerge so far this year, would Boyhood be the awards player, and arguably the Best Picture frontrunner, it is today if it had made only $ 2.3 million instead of the $ 23 million (and...

At the end of a bumper year for film - making, Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw unveils the contenders for his very own — imaginary — film awards

Just looking at the contenders to emerge so far this year, would Boyhood be the awards player, and arguably the Best Picture frontrunner, it is today if it had made only $ 2.3 million instead of the $ 23 million (and still counting!)

With the acting races getting more crowded by the day, it seems new contenders will need to make quite some impact to stay afloat in awards season.

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

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.

Still, given all the speculation about The Shape of Water being a serious contender at this year's Academy Awards, movie fans may want to make sure to check it out - especially if this latest trailer for the film piques their interest.

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.

WATCH: «The Big Short» Writer - Director Adam McKay Broke Rules to Make a Crowd - Pleasing Awards Contender (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

Jonathan Groff (Mindhunter)-- Netflix's newest collaboration with David Fincher captivated critics and audiences in a way that will likely make it an awards contender.

While Brad Pitt has been making more headlines this week for his personal life with Angelina Jolie, he makes headlines today for his anticipated awards season contender, «Allied,» with Academy Award - winning actor Marion Cotillard.

But as we guessed (and hoped), the move was not a case of the studio dumping the picture, but instead, making sure that what they see as a possible awards season contender has the best debut possible.

The Peak TV era has made winnowing down prize contenders so difficult that increasingly, awards shows are simply tossing their hands in the air and adding extra lines to the ballot.

The sheetmetal is at once sexy, sultry, and supremely muscular — gorgeous enough, in fact, to make it a close contender for our Design of the Year 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 - ultimately making this the «Exhibitor's Choice» Award.

(This One Summer's exploration of these questions is part of what might make it a serious contender for this year's Printz Award.)

Some baking could have been contenders for national baking awards, whereas other cakes, for example made by this Anna, were swigged down with a good gulp of tea.

When this Association was» formed in 1924 there were few Springers in the United States and no field trials for the breed, Since that time, under the wise and benevolent leadership of the Parent Association there are now many thousands of Springers used as gun dogs each autumn and there were in 1946 some twenty» two trials herd for the breed where championship points were awarded, Thus the Springer Spaniel, youngest of all gun dog breeds in this country, has made rapid strides and established itself as a leading contender for the title of all around gun dog, under the leadership of the Parent Association, This first National Field Trial meeting for English Springer Spaniels is ~ a sincere attempt to establish by equitable and sporting means the National Chaffi..

Wii Sports is up for the same two awards, as well as three others, making it Nintendo's second - best contender.

A concept device isn't really anything new, it's something other industry's have been doing for quite some time, and the Vivo Apex is the only concept device at MWC this year, which made it a contender for the «Best of MWC» award.

This, coupled with the fact that I amalgamated a special needs program into a regular curriculum, made me a contender for the National Teacher's Award, presented by the Ministry of Education.