Sentences with phrase «big film categories»

If there are surprises, it's that Room failed to crack the big film categories (though Brie Larson has a fine chance in her category), and the love shown to Bone Tomahawk makes us even more eager to see it (it'll be out in the UK on February 19.)

There were few surprises in the big film categories, though Richard Gere has snagged a nomination for Arbitrage and The Master is in the race here after being mysteriously ignored by SAG.

Not exact matches

Heading into the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards this weekend, the popular streaming service has a big lead on its digital rivals, with a dozen Golden Globe nominations overall across the event's television and film categories.

Meanwhile, Netflix (nflx) is second to only Time Warner's HBO (twx) in terms of TV category nods (nine to HBO's 12), while the streaming giant also picked up three big nominations in the film categories, including two for its original feature film Mudbound.

Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days by Big Star Games is a third - person top - down shooter with few connections to Quentin Tarantino's film other than it being about gangsters with color - coded names; and yet Bloody Days partially succeeds in its aspiration to revive a classic for crime and gangster films, while offering a time - rewind mechanics that helps the game distinct itself from the pool of titles in the top - down shooter category.

Annihilation, like Alex Garland's previous endeavor (and directorial debut), Ex Machina, falls into the category of films that embrace Big Ideas in ways that presuppose viewers are intelligent and attentive.

But the film — the story a young jazz drummer (Miles Teller) who attends one of the best music schools in the country under the tutelage of the school's fearsome maestro of jazz played by J.K. Simmons — would have to be a breakout hit to make the increasingly mainstream ranks of Oscar's big category.

Warner's confidence in this ambitious film is not unfounded, as Ron Howard has constructed a film that is not only hugely enjoyable, but big on technical achievement, and while the film may not be banging on voters doors over the coming weeks in the main categories, expect to see nods for the glorious effects, sound and the photography.

If Tarantino fails to gain entrance into the Original Screenplay and Director categories (which would be understandable after all the shade his controversial interviews have thrown on his peers) and the Best Picture field isn't big enough to support this, the film should likely still compete for Best Cinematography and Best Original Score honors.

The film bypassed Best First Feature even though it is technically Benh Zeitlin's first and step up to the bigger category Best Feature (rules prohibit a film from being in both).

The George Miller directed film was one of the biggest hits of last year and went on to earn Oscar nominations in various categories.

«Big Short» not only snuck into the Best Picture category but it earned McKay a Best Director nod, an Adapted Screenplay nomination (shared with Charles Randolph) and the film took an Editing slot as well.

I still see Miranda Richardson and Sally Hawkins as formidable in their categories but I'll be anxious to see if the film is as big a crowd - pleaser as I suspect it is.

Could Fantastic Beasts be the Wizarding World film to finally break into the night's bigger categories?

The film will be one of Amazon's big pushes this year and is there best shot at a Best Actor nomination — a category it just won this year for Casey Affleck in Manchester by the Sea.

Two weeks ago, as part of his summer - long institute, Redford held a weekend conference of most of the major exhibitors and distributors of «specialized» films - a category that includes independent U.S. features, foreign films, «art films,» cult films, revivals and almost anything else that isn't a big - budget, first - run standard Hollywood production.

The film nominees include Battle of the Sexes, I, Tonya, Lady Bird, Molly's Game and The Post, while Big Little Lies, Feud: Bette and Joan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and SMILF were recognized in the TV categories.

In the two shorts categories, Boogaloo and Graham won best short film and The Bigger Picture won best short animation.

Although some dismissed Pee - wee's Big Adventure as little more than an inventive movie for kids when it was released back in 1985, over the years (and as those children grew older), it has gained more respect as being a good film in general, although Paul Reubens» personal problems does still leave this in the «guilty pleasure» category for different reasons.

Another big snub: Greta Gerwig didn't get nominated for Best Director for Lady Bird, a film that's connecting with audiences in a major way right now and could very well end up as an Oscar contender in multiple categories.

Two pure comedies, Paul Feig's «Spy» and Judd Apatow's «Trainwreck,» were nominated in the Best Motion Picture — Comedy category alongside three films comprised of considerably more dramatic fare: Adam McKay's exploration of the modern financial crisis, «The Big Short,» David O. Russell's profile of an entrepreneur, «Joy,» and Ridley Scott's sci - fi adventure, «The Martian.»

There were three big hitters in the Golden Globes» comedy film categories — Get Out, Lady Bird, and I, Tonya — and Lady Bird ended up walking away with the top prize, winning Best Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical, along with Best Actress in a Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical for its star Saoirse Ronan.

Bennett Miller is the first director to be nominated since the expansion of the Best Picture category to not have his film up for the big prize.

And this wasn't even close: the film was the only one to appear on every ballot in at least one category and was a landslide victory to the big prize.

With 10 best picture nominations to choose from, there could be a twist: Perhaps the blockbuster «Toy Story 3» (also nominated in the animated feature film category) or the Coen brothers» revisionist Western, «True Grit,» could sneak in and snatch the big prize.

There are any number of possible explanations for this trend, most probable simply being the increasing split between blockbuster «entertainment» films that dominate the technical categories while low - budget (in) dependent films, driven by strong acting, directing and writing, dominate the more prestigious awards, making a 7 Oscar win relatively rare (in order to reach that number, a film has to do well in either the effects or design categories, areas which favor big - budget spectacle).

All of those films will be struggling for a spot on the 15 - film Oscar shortlist — and observers of the category know that the biggest awards hurdle for pop - culture docs can often be making it onto that list.

Even if the returns were far from Hollywood's biggest heavyweights and even considerably shy of mid-range hits like Charlotte's and Terabithia, at least they didn't squarely add the film to the box office bomb category that's full of YA non-starters like Vampire Academy, Beautiful Creatures, Cirque du Freak, and so on.

But any film so poised to receive nods in so many other categories — Ben Kingsley may also score a nomination for Best Supporting Actor — seems all but destined to compete in the big race, too.

Eight films featured in the Best Picture category: The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight.

If Daldry's film delivers (and this is a big if in my opinion), it could be a major player in the visual categories and bring Menges back into the race.

Some of the biggest players in TV and film are nominated in 40 different categories.

The Shape of Water and The Post are the film frontrunners, while HBO's Big Little Lies leads the TV categories.

They'll get a chance to continue if the film is shut out in top categories, but for now, it's a «made film,» a legit contender with the other big boys and probably an early front - runner, alongside the aforementioned Coen brothers flick and Michael Clayton.

Three Billboards and Big Little Lies conquer the film and television categories, respectively.

Get Out was the only film centering on a person of color to score a Best Picture nomination but it showed up big in the major categories, with three additional nominations: Director, Lead Actor, and Original Screenplay.

I'm always game when a foreign language film wins a big typically «reserved - for - home» category.

THE 88th ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS The Complete List of Winners... and some commentary BEST PICTURE Spotlight BEST DIRECTOR Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant BEST ACTOR Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant BEST ACTRESS Brie Larson, Room BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy, Spotlight BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Charles Randolph, Adam McKay, The Big Short BEST EDITING Margaret Sixel, Mad Max Fury Road BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Son of Saul, Hungary BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Emmanuel «Chivo» Lubezki, The Revenant First to win three back to back Oscars in this category.

In order to pull off the 5 - category sweep, a film must be sharply written, exquisitely presented, highly satisfactory overall, and, the biggest challenge of all (responsible for all four 4 - of - 5 winners» falling short), it must feature meaty knockout performances by a man and a woman alike.

Let's start with Harris, who was driven to write his article after it was revealed that the Oscar's big categories yielded the smallest number of nominated films to date:

It missed bigger categories but analysts attributed that to Oscar voters» sniffiness about the film's television - focused distributor, Netflix.

We're going with Mary J. Blige, who has become a standout in her first awards season as a representative of her daring film Mudbound; Octavia Spencer, a former winner who is both well - liked and part of a film industry voters seem to love; and Holly Hunter, perhaps the biggest underdog in this category, but a four - time nominee who proved with her surprise nomination for Thirteen in 2004 that, when Oscar voters are given the chance to notice her, they'll take it.

I have made it no secret I love big dumb 80's action flicks, and today I present one of the weirdest films in this category.

Winning big in the film drama categories — possible harbingers of Academy Award success — were best screenplay winner Martin McDonagh and directing winner Guillermo del Toro for Fox Searchlight Pictures» «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» and «The Shape of Water,» respectively.

This is where the shortlisted entrants in each category come together at the BFI, watch their films on the big screen, and find out who is taking home the first, second and third - place prizes.