Sentences with phrase «be another awards contender performance»

Our Take: This will be another awards contender performance for Clooney.

Not exact matches

Trumbo may be framing itself as the typical contender for those top awards, and it very well may be in contention, but tonally, it is a bit off and it lacks the height of performances that we expect.

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.

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.

Portman, who conducted extensive research on Jackie, will certainly be a strong Oscar contender with this performance, which would be her second award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (won for Black Swaperformance, which would be her second award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (won for Black SwaPerformance by an Actress in a Leading Role (won for Black Swan in 2010).

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.

Oscar campaigning is officially underway as there were several events this weekend in Hollywood, featuring many expected award season contenders trying to build as much awareness around their projects and performances before the holiday break.

This is a must - see film with strong performances that promises to be among this year's strong Oscar contenders and Netflix's first feature to compete at the Academy Awards.

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.

«Manchester» could prove to be an awards contender, as Affleck and co-stars Lucas Hedges and Michelle Williams give wonderful performances.

Fox Searchlight is positioning McCarthy as a legitimate Best Actress awards season contender with her performance as celebrity biographer Lee Israel in this crime / biopic dramedy.

Animals's performance in particular is unexpected — though the film has been an awards - season contender from the start, it's largely gone unnoticed by awards shows and critics groups thus far.

Immensely entertaining, impeccably structured and featuring excellent performances from its entire cast, «American Hustle» is one of the year's absolute best films and a serious contender for every major award.

Instead it's a result of how each contender performed in testing and against the award's six criteria: Design Advancement, Engineering Excellence, Efficiency, Safety, Value, and Performance of Intended Function.

The winner is not chosen from a direct comparison against the other contenders, but rather as a result of how each contender performed in testing and against the award's six criteria: Design Advancement, Engineering Excellence, Efficiency, Safety, Value, and Performance of Intended Function.