Sentences with phrase «by awards buzz»

«Selma,» meanwhile, propelled by awards buzz and positive word of mouth including promotion from co-star and producer Oprah Winfrey, leaped to second place with $ 11.2 million following its nationwide expansion.

Not exact matches

Written by the award - winning Kevin Toolis, the one - man show is on its way to the Edinburgh Festival where, judging by the buzz it has already created after a short preview run in London, punters will be lining up with morbid curiosity to renew acquaintances with a man whom Toolis believes is the worst prime minister in over two centuries.
Boosted by this week's multiple nominations from the SAG Awards and the Golden Globes and by buzz that has been consistently building since its debut, the film opens to favorable reviews, its Oscar prospects seemingly legitimate.
As usual by the year's end, there are still several films capturing awards buzz that haven't come to Wichita yet (such as «Call Me By Your Name,» «The Shape of Water» or «Phantom Thread»by the year's end, there are still several films capturing awards buzz that haven't come to Wichita yet (such as «Call Me By Your Name,» «The Shape of Water» or «Phantom Thread»By Your Name,» «The Shape of Water» or «Phantom Thread»).
Ronan, who is no stranger to the awards circuit after starring in films like 2015's Brooklyn and 2007's Atonement, is earning praise for her latest role in Lady Bird, while Chalamet, who acts alongside Ronan in the Greta Gerwig - directed film, has been the subject of awards buzz for his part in Call Me by Your Name.
Despite Tatum being the star, McConaughey's performance was singled out by critics and drew considerable awards buzz, leading to an Indie Spirit Award nod for Best Supporting Actor — his second nomination that year.
As you may have picked up on from all the awards buzz overrunning every movie site on the internet (including us), Turner is played by the phenomenal Timothy Spall in what, for my money, is the best performance of 2014.
True, it still may be best known in «film circles,» but considering it has been seen by more people than Julia and The Maid combined (two films considerably more «buzzed about» in advance by the awards season soothsayers), for the purposes of this discussion, it's a veritable blockbuster — the Avatar of French painter bio-pics.
# 4: Fruitvale - Thankfully, I had the honor of being at the premiere of this directorial debut by Ryan Coogler, and the film has since become one of the most buzzed about at the fest, not to mention winning both the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize.
The Brad Pitt - produced film, which is already generating awards buzz, is based on the memoir Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff and stars Steve Carrell as Chalamet's father.
This is by far the best turn of Margot Robbie's career so far — and there is already awards buzz surrounding her performance of the former Olympian.
With a reputation for launching new films and creating awards - season buzz, MVFF has earned a reputation as a «filmmakers» festival» by celebrating the best in American independent and world cinema, alongside high profile and prestigious award contenders.
The Academy Awards are, of course, just another election, and as such heavily influenced by buzz, timing, momentum, lobbying, strategic public appearances and other the machinery that has little or nothing to do with the actual candidates.
While this was first reported last year by Variety, over on EW.com they're now confirming (in the middle of all the awards buzz) that Jean Dujardin will next be starring in a film called Möbius, from French director Eric Rochant (Love Without Pity, Long Live the Republic, «Mafiosa»).
While Cumberbatch is generating awards buzz for his performance, Knightley in contrast, was criticised by Turing historians who claimed she was too glamourous to play Joan.
«Hustle & Flow» has plenty of heart, so it's no real surprise that it cruised out of Sundance teeming with critical buzz, and while it may not win any awards by year's end, it represents a great trip to the movies and an addictive tune that may well stay in your head for the entire weekend.
That's a tribute to the delightful script by Cody, who has found herself suddenly in demand based on the buzz created (and awards already won) by «Juno.»
Even Call Me by Your Name will be hotly debated if it gets awards buzz in light of recent events.
The movie is awful, from the script's blending of Southern charm and Jewish slang, to the over-the-top performances by its actors, but when an internet posting begins a rumor that star Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara) should garner an Oscar nomination come awards time, the film's publicist (John Michael Higgins) goes into overdrive, generating even more buzz about possible nominations for its other two stars, Victor Allen Miller (Harry Shearer) and Callie Webb (Parker Posey).
Matt Hartrop, who was treated by Holidays Extras to a real taste of stardom at The Brit Awards and after party, added: «The O2 was packed to capacity - it was buzzing and everywhere I turned there were familiar faces from Adele to Jessie J, Blur to Ed Sheeran - rather than be star struck, we just mingled and took in the amazing atmosphere, it was unbelievable»
The studio also has been teaming with high fives and buzzing with energy via the hype caused by the announcement of The Last of Us at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards.
The game garnered significant buzz and by December of that year it was nominated for the Independent Games Festival Awards and accepted as a finalist at the Slamdance festival...»
While some other major launches have been marred by bugs and bad pre-release press, the early buzz was that Inquisition would be a major contender come awards time.
The winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters's award for best young figurative painter a few years back, she was recently curated into a show by the artist Alex Katz and now has growing market buzz.
The winner of his country's prestigious Köler Award in both the juried Grand Prix and People's Choice Award categories, he had a much buzzed - about showing at Liste in Basel earlier this year when he trotted out his terrifically catchy recent body of work: a line of handmade sweaters, knitted by over a dozen artisans, that are emblazoned with pornographic graffiti from Estonia's underground gay clubs.
The buzz is building over a paper by Richard Hoover, an award - winning astrobiologist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, concluding that filaments and other features found in the interior of three specimens of a rare class of meteorite appear to be fossils of a life form strongly resembling cyanobacteria.
The new ad, directed by the Academy Award - winning Coen Brothers, has generated a lot of buzz.
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