Sentences with phrase «by academy voters»

«Logan» It was the first screener received by Academy voters, and one of the first for Critics Choice voters as well.

It manages to humanize a historical figure without diminishing him in any way, thanks to director Ava DuVernay's sure hand, a superior screenplay by Paul Webb, and an incredible performance by David Oyelowo in the leading role (why was he snubbed by Academy voters I'll never know).

In this case, it's viewers in New York and L.A., the cities most likely to be populated by Academy voters.

I have no doubt that there were several # 1 votes by Academy voters during the nomination process, but so many other movies were more beloved that year that, as a seasoned awards watcher, to complain about The Passion not being nominated is pretty ridiculous.

What a shame that Jessica Chastain's fiery turn in «Miss Julie» went unnoticed by Academy voters.

The only stick in the spokes could be Song of the Sea and The Tale of the Princess Kayuga but I'm willing to bet that both went too under - seen by Academy voters to be serious contenders.

Not exact matches

The movie is a love letter to the forgotten musical (remember, most of the Academy voters are on the older side), the creativity of the story by writer - director Damien Chazelle is incredible, and the performances by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are some of the best of the year.

In the first major act of rebellion at the autumn conference voters clearly rejected schools minister Sarah Teather's attempt to water down a motion stating that «conference is concerned by the establishment of academies and free schools under coalition government policy».

The New York Academy of Sciences Environmental Sciences Section and Green Science and Sustainability Program, the Sallan Foundation and the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund will host an address by a senior member of Governor Spitzer's team about his strategic approach to the environmental, energy and climate challenges facing New York.

By Sean O'Connell hollywoodnews.com: Best Actress nominee Glenn Close could be in for a big Oscar telecast IF there are a large number of Irish voters in the Academy.

That way, he can try to break through without having to be introduced as Jennifer Lawrence's boyfriend, and Harvey doesn't have to complain about his star actress being weighed down by a young English dude that nobody knows; he'd rather present her to those old ass Academy voters as the plucky, unspoiled American girl not unlike their college - aged granddaughters who sass them when they come home for family holidays.

Among the many biopics swarming Academy voters this year (much like every other year), few will take you as much by surprise as Trumbo.

Franco's nomination will be decided solely by fellow members of the actors branch, which, with 1,218 active voters, is by far the largest group within the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

This year, these two slots could be taken up by Unbroken and American Sniper because inside the insular world of Academy voters, with only five slots for nominating, and not the freedom of ten, they tend to «vote with their heart.»

Since the film academy expanded the category in 2009, the only time the best picture category did not include a film by a DGA - nominated director was in 2011, when voters passed over David Fincher's «The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.»

And while The Shape of Water has been recognized by film journalists and critics, it has also attracted big attention by industry voters, including nominations from the Screen Actors Guild, the Director's Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America and the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs).

Presided over by Neil Patrick Harris and often possessing a political charge, the 87th Oscars saw Academy voters spread the love.

Pfister took those strengths further in TDK, and with the extra oomph delivered by those IMAX shots, here's hoping the Academy voters would nominate him a second time.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their nominations for the 2018 Oscars this morning, sticking relatively to the script written out by awards season pundits, critics» groups and Golden Globes voters.

However, I should explain that my prediction is led less by any conviction that the milquetoast Academy voters will get the thrilling formal invention and conversational artistry of «The Class» — and believe me, if they do, you'll hear my cheers from across the Atlantic — than by an instinctive suspicion that they will not get the avant - garde visual stylings and bleak anti-narrative of presumed frontrunner «Waltz With Bashir.»

But then either reality struck or I lost my nerve, or both, because obviously any number of voters and critics in any number of precursors weren't as persuaded as I. (The fact that Academy voters have to see all the nominees might make a difference, but I doubt «Water» went entirely unseen by the precursor voters either.)

Manchester by the Sea was a hit with Academy voters because of its general critical acclaim, but that wasn't the only reason it did well with them — it also seemed like a real movie that the general public was excited to go see, rather than add to their watch queues at home.

The film doesn't appear to be the easiest of sells — but then again, the last three years have been kind to downbeat, female - led Sundance hits, as «Winter's Bone,» «Precious» and «Frozen River» were all embraced by critics and Academy voters alike.

By your estimation, what is it about the film that appealed to Academy voters?

The snub left many wondering if the academy voters were influenced by the actor's recent sexual misconduct allegations.

That, to me, is what makes Call Me by Your Name so special, and I'm glad that enough Academy voters seemed to agree.

A Fantastic Woman: Another one Academy voters managed to get, Chile's nominee stars Daniela Vega, the nation's first out transgender actress, as Marina, whose loving relationship with a much older man is cut short by his death.

by John Villeneuve Generally, it is difficult to surmise what the academy voters will choose amongst the foreign films submitted to them, because, more often than not, they pick films without controversy, without edge, and without...

The upshot is that a movie that is highly ranked by a large number of Academy voters can wind up beating one that gets more first - place votes.

His work in «Call Me By Your Name» put him front and center in the attention of Academy voters, as well as the public.

I think coming off of two inferior films by Scorsese standards (Cape Fear and The Age of Innocence) that cooled off Scorsese's reputation in the eyes of Academy Award voters and Casino was overlooked.

It's a very good film and deserving of awards, but if we're talking about a 70 % white male middle - aged Academy we have to think about what movies directed by women those voters respond to, and they are responding to this one.

She's excellent here, so if voters remember her work, she'll certainly have a fair chance at that first citation by the Academy.

As we surge headlong into Oscar season, the inevitable nuances regarding reception of 12 Years a Slave are finally trickling out, with the initial wave of rapturous reviews being joined by sobering studies questioning the film's novelty and its appeal to Academy voters.

Sending up the tradition of selling Oscar movies to academy voters by stressing their difficult level, the mock FYC video touts the «600 lbs.

It remains to be seen if Netflix can successfully turn its would - be Oscar contenders into must - sees for Academy voters by hiring top Oscar campaigners, sending out screeners to members who already are subscribers, mounting events and Q&A s, and playing the awards game.

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