Sentences with phrase «comedy film categories»
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.
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The film was nominated in comedy categories at the Golden Globes, which stirred dissent, though Peele himself has noted the impact of comedy on the project since the beginning.
After I realized how this movie massages nuanced social commentary (about fetishization of the african american body, caucasian self - image, etc.) into a film «genre» that does not neatly fit into any particular category (it's neither thriller, nor horror, nor comedy, but a taste of all three), I was absolutely impressed.
Today, the film remains a heartfelt but shrewdly judged blend of comedy, romance, action and tragedy — a movie that perfectly embodies the classical Hollywood ideal of providing something to appeal to every member of what, in the 1920s, was a wide public still unsevered by demographic categories.
The first film to accomplish the very rare feat of sweeping all five major Oscar categories (best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best screenplay), It Happened One Night is among the most gracefully constructed and edited films of the early sound era, packed with clever situations and gags that have entered the Hollywood comedy pantheon and featuring two actors at the top of their game, sparking with a chemistry that has never been bettered.
Snubbed even by the Golden Globes, who have their own comedy or musical categories, Logan Lucky has been on home video since November, itching as one of last year's best films you haven't seen.
This film might be a good bet for the Golden Globes regardless of release date since they've shown affection to Iñárritu in the past and have separate Drama / Comedy categories.
Again, the Globes have twice the categories as the Oscars, honoring the best lead and supporting players in both drama and musical / comedy films.
But while Broadcast Film Critics Association members received screener copies of «LFF» in time for nomination voting, the film failed to receive any nominations — not even in the Best Comedy categories.
The film benefited by the group's additional comedy categories where Keaton was able to pick up his two acting awards.
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.»
Ghostbusters probably falls into that category too in the sense that it has a supernatural horror theme in one sense, but that it is technically a comedy film.
In some categories, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (which awards the Globes) divides films into «drama» and «musical or comedy.»
In the best picture, comedy or musical category, Birdman was joined by St Vincent, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Into the Woods and — in a surprise — the independent British film Pride.
The winners of the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced last night at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California with The Revenant pulling off a sweep of top three categories including best drama film, and The Martian hilariously picking up best comedy, while Amazon's «Mozart in the Jungle» and USA's «Mr. Robot» overcame intense competition to nab the highest television honors.
This weekend, the all important Ace Eddies will be held and two films will win in their individual categories - drama and musical / comedy.
We already had early signs that the Golden Globe nominations would be... shall we say, interesting, when Get Out, Jordan Peele's tremendous horror film about being a black man in America, was inexplicably classified in the Comedy category.
With multiple nominations in the craft categories the film easily topped the 2018 list, followed by Martin McDonagh's black comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and the Gary Oldman - starring Churchill biopic Darkest Hour.
Although the film's nomination in the «Best Comedy» category at the forthcoming Golden Globes left some scratching their head — due to the strong dramatic / horror elements at play — there's no denying that Jordan Peele's Get Out was one of the best of the year regardless of the genre.
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In the category for Best Hawaii Film, two offbeat nominations arose: the animated short film, «Pa'a Ke Aupuni» and the controversial summer comedy, «Aloha.»
The film was nominated for best picture in the comedy / musical category and lead Daniel Kaluuya earned an acting nod.
Arguably Spike Lee's best film (although some might make the case for She's Got ta Have It, Four Little Girls, Bamboozled, School Daze or The Original Kings of Comedy), this refreshingly - frank exploration of black - white relations earned Spike his first Academy Award nomination (in the Original Screenplay category).
«Up in the Air» generally has been considered a comedy, but its inclusion in the drama category could give it more weight as a potential favorite for the Academy Awards, where dramatic films tend to dominate.
There's a neat parallel between this and the comedy - actress category, with the competition essentially coming down to two films and two sets of squabbling cinematic mothers and daughters.
On the film side, Birdman led all nominees with seven — and will surely be helped pull in some awards being in the arguably less competitive «Musical or Comedy» categories.
Manohla Dargis, for instance, tweeted «what's so funny about a husband beating up his wife,» in reference to the film being placed in the Musical / Comedy category.
Other winners in the film categories were Lady Bird for Best Picture (Comedy or Musical); Guillermo del Toro for Best Director for The Shape of Water; Gary Oldman for Best Actor (Drama) for Darkest Hour; Saoirse Ronan for Best Actress (Comedy or Musical) for Lady Bird; James Franco for Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) for The Disaster Artist; Allison Janney for Best Supporting Actress for I, Tonya; In the Fade for Best Foreign Feature; Coco for Best Animated Feature; Alexandre Desplat for Best Original Score for The Shape of Water; and «This Is Me» from The Greatest Showman for Best Original Song.
While the film did manage to win Best Picture and Best Actress in the Comedy / Musical categories at the Golden Globes, the film failed to receive a Best Director nod there, and also failed to get Best Film and Best Director nods at the BAFTA Awards.
Get Out director Jordan Peele has spoken out about the film competing in the comedy category for the Golden Globes, despite widely being considered a horror film or at least psychological thriller.
Don't forget, the Golden Globes divide best film into two categories (drama and comedy / musical), so critical favourites (which also made the AFI list) such as the dark gem Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, the star - studded political thriller The Post and Greta Gerwig's poignant mother - daugther comedy - drama Lady Bird are also strong contenders.
More recently, Fox Searchlight moved the film from a comedy contender to the more competitive best - drama category at the Golden Globes.
Though Fighter is classified as drama and this competed in Comedy or Musical categories, the two films have similar DNA with their interests in large, short - tempered families, the world of sports, and trying to be better people.
Instead, the comedy / musical categories were dominated by films like Lady Bird, Get Out, I, Tonya, The Disaster Artist and the upcoming Hugh Jackman film, The Greatest Showman.
After collecting trophies for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series and Best Television Series (both in the Musical or Comedy categories), the triple threat was met with questions from the press about his other major project — playing young Lando Calrissian in the upcoming Han Solo Star Wars anthology film.
This marks the first year that the same film has won both categories since the comedy race was added in 2013.
Musical or Comedy designation landed Phoenix a Best Actor nod at the Golden Globes (his second straight one in that category perhaps qualifies him for the «funnyman» label), but the film could not get a Best Picture nomination despite a field with only two legitimate Oscar contenders.
Rather than spending your time scrolling through categories, trying to track down the perfect film to watch, we've done our best to make it easy for you at Paste by updating our Best Movies to watch on Netflix list each month with new additions and overlooked gems alike, bringing you our favorites from across genres: Oscar - winning dramas, independent and art - house films, action blockbusters, documentaries, comedies, sci - fi flicks and animated movies for both kids and adults.
On a night where Ronan won Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy, and her film won Best Picture, Musical or Comedy, Gerwig was not listed as one of the directing category's five (all - male) nominees.
The film was submitted as a Comedy for Critics Choice and a Drama for the Globes, earning Mortensen nominations in those respective Lead Actor categories.
It's a great film, but I only thought it would get in the Best Comedy categories (and Hunter's well - deserved Supporting Actress nomination).
«The Martian,» whose nomination as best picture, comedy or musical, won that category, with Matt Damon picking up a best actor trophy for his performance in the sci - fi film.
Aziz Ansari also won Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for Netflix show Master of None while in the film categories, Best Supporting Actress went to Allison Janney for I, Tonya while Saoirse Ronan won Best Actress for Lady Bird.
Elsewhere, Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird also did well (despite Gerwig herself losing out on a Best Director nomination in a male - centric category), as Saoirse Ronan won Best Actress, Musical Or Comedy, and the film took home the trophy in its category.
The musical Nine received five nominations and was joined in the best musical or comedy category by (500) Days of Summer, The Hangover, and two films with Meryl Streep in the lead, It's Complicated and Julie & Julia.
Along with the standard categories that most groups have, the LVFCS awards films for Best Comedy, Sci - fi / Horror, Action and the William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award.
Among the other notable nominations: James Gandolfini has been shortlisted posthumously for Best Supporting Male for his performance in his last film, romantic comedy Enough Said, and the Best First Screenplay category features Lake Bell for In A World and Joseph Gordon - Levitt for Don Jon.
While films and their leading actors are split into «drama» or «musical or comedy» categories, the Golden Globes» supporting actors hail from all films; for that reason the two categories have a stronger correlation to the eventual Academy Award nominations than most others.