Mary J. Blige's inclusion
in awards season conversations is surely a surprise — not because the Queen of Hip Hop Soul's performance in «Mudbound» is anything less than stellar, but who would've expected that the «Rock of Ages» and «I Can Do Bad All by Myself» actress would turn out a deeply emotional and dramatic rendering?
Timothée Chalamet, Lucas Hedges and Tracy Letts also star in Gerwig's coming - of - age tale of rebellious female adolescence, which drew raves from Telluride and is already swirling in the early
awards season conversation with an eye on Ronan's performance.
While #OscarsSoWhite has dominated the
cinematic award season conversation with no minority nominated in the four acting categories, the Screen Actors Guild actually got it right by honoring performers of numerous races.
Mary J. Blige's inclusion
in award season conversations is surely a surprise — not because the Queen of Hip Hop Soul's performance in «Mudbound» is anything less than stellar, but who would've ever expected that the «Rock of Ages» and «I Can Do Bad All...
Chronicling the making of The Room, which earned a so - bad - it's - good status to become a midnight movie cult classic, The Disaster Artist was largely in
the awards season conversation until sexual misconduct allegations against Franco broke.
But, clearly, she will be in
every awards season conversation.
It's one that we've already named one of The Best Films Of The Year... So Far, and in addition to putting Brie Larson into
the awards season conversation early on (while she won't get into the Oscars, the Indie Spirits are calling her name) it firmly marked the arrival of director Destin Cretton.
Unlike some movies in
the award season conversation like The Shape of Water, Call Me by Your Name, and The Post, Dafoe's film, The Florida Project, has actually been released, nationally, in theaters and to general acclaim.
Mary J. Blige's inclusion in
award season conversations is surely a surprise — not because the Queen of Hip Hop Soul's performance in «Mudbound» is anything less than stellar, but who would've ever expected that the «Rock of Ages» and «I Can Do Bad All by Myself» actress would turn out a deeply emotional and dramatic rendering?
And this does mean that «Boyhood» is still part of
the awards season conversation — not always a given when a movie is released in July.