Or hell, how about Amy Adams
in Nocturnal Animals?
That something could be Amy Adams
in Nocturnal Animals.
Well, at least the Academy realized that if it was going to nominate a performance
in Nocturnal Animals it should be Michael Shannon's slightly creepy lawman and not Aaron Taylor - Johnson's totally forgettable outlaw.
And here's a guy who's just played a military man in his next movie, and has come off an award season playing a sociopath
in Nocturnal Animals, and has also played a superhero, and he spends most of his time talking about gardening, and cooking for his children, and doing the grocery shopping, and when discussing his marriage, here's how he describes what he gets out of it:
Two drop back down this month — Michael Shannon
in Nocturnal Animals and Tadanobu Asano in Silence while John Goodman (10 Cloverfield Lane) remains surprisingly strong.
In Nocturnal Animals, Susan (Amy Adams) receive a manuscript from her ex-husband that he's dedicated it to...
Or maybe this erratic group of people — at least some of whom have honored Angelina Jolie in The Tourist or Aaron Taylor - Johnson
in Nocturnal Animals in the past — are just weird outliers who've muscled their way into the Oscar conversation despite there often being a distinct lack of overlap between how the two shake out.
Bad things happen
in Nocturnal Animals, and stylishly so.
She also stars alongside Jake Gyllenhaal
in Nocturnal Animals.
She can be compelling simply reading a seamy novel
in Nocturnal Animals or, as in the wonderful Arrival, puzzling over how to decode an alien language while struggling with her own perception of memory and time.
Read the synopsis and cast list below, along with a new poster and images and tell us if you're interested
in Nocturnal Animals!
Is Aaron Taylor - Johnson really on the Best Supporting Actor table for crapping outdoors as a murderous redneck
in Nocturnal Animals?
His work
in Nocturnal Animals was transformative and terrifying.
Michael Shannon (who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor
in Nocturnal Animals), Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Jaeden Lieberher and Adam Driver all contribute great performances to this visually beautiful ensemble piece.
Not exact matches
The symbolism of night and darkness — which can be discerned
in the cosmogonic myths,
in initiation rites,
in iconographies portraying
nocturnal or subterranean
animals — reveals the structural solidarity between precosmic and prenatal darkness on the one hand, and death, rebirth, and initiation on the other.
At three overnight programs, 9 - and 10 - year - olds will learn about
nocturnal animals and go on an owl hunt, attend a tea ceremony
in the candle - lit Japanese garden or learn how to read the stars.
However, body temperature fluctuates slightly over the day: during the active phase (which for mice is
in the dark because they are
nocturnal animals), the body temperature is about 1.5 ° C higher than
in the resting phase (
in mice during the day).
Echolocation is a skill that has evolved independently several times
in the
animal kingdom
in response to low visibility conditions — whether at night, as with bats and a few
nocturnal birds, or
in murky water, as with whales and dolphins, Wiegrebe notes.
They point out that the whiskers
in the mouse snout are its most important sensory organ, adding that mice and rats are
nocturnal animals and use whisker touches to sense their surroundings and decide their movements
in the dark.
With eyes twice as big as their brains, a head that can rotate 180 degrees
in each direction and the ability to track prey using ultrasound, the tiny
animals are formidable
nocturnal hunters.
Humans are among the
animals that have image - forming vision, and are able to see
in colour
in the day (polychromatic diurnal vision) and
in black and white at night (monochromatic
nocturnal vision)-- the shades of colour that we pick up on an evening out trigger our diurnal receptors at very low levels.
Now she's prepping for a new Netflix series — click here for a refresher — while Aaron will next be seen
in Tom Ford's
Nocturnal Animals, no release date yet but the way they've been talking about it, we could see it during pre-award season
in the fall.
Actress
in a Motion Picture Annette Bening — 20th Century Woman Emma Stone — La La Land Natalie Portman — Jackie Ruth Negga — Loving Taraji P. Henson — Hidden Figures Meryl Streep — Florence Foster Jenkins Isabelle Huppert — Elle Amy Adams —
Nocturnal Animals
I hardly dare return to the controversial issue of
Nocturnal Animals but for Amy Adams not to get a nomination for her brilliant performance
in this and her equally outstanding performance
in Arrival is very disappointing.
Armie Hammer has landed a role
in Tom Ford's upcoming drama
Nocturnal Animals, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
His latest,
Nocturnal Animals, sounds like a real trip, almost like two films
in one that, according to critics, calls to mind the works of Douglas Sirk, Alfred Hitchcock, and Sam Peckinpah.
First up (
in the UK) is
Nocturnal Animals, designer - turned - filmmaker Tom Ford's three - sided drama about a woman facing the fall - out from a failed relationship.
In total, the IPA nominated 12 films in its Motion Picture category that also included Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, Lion, Jackie, Hacksaw Ridge, Loving, Hell or High Water, Nocturnal Animals, Captain Fantastic, Hidden Figures, and Fence
In total, the IPA nominated 12 films
in its Motion Picture category that also included Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, Lion, Jackie, Hacksaw Ridge, Loving, Hell or High Water, Nocturnal Animals, Captain Fantastic, Hidden Figures, and Fence
in its Motion Picture category that also included Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, Lion, Jackie, Hacksaw Ridge, Loving, Hell or High Water,
Nocturnal Animals, Captain Fantastic, Hidden Figures, and Fences.
But for me the dullest and most timid aspect of this year's Oscar list is its almost ignoring Tom Ford's brilliant, ruthlessly provocative thriller
Nocturnal Animals, a double - narrative about an unhappy art dealer (Amy Adams) who gets the manuscript of an unpublished novel through the post from her estranged first husband (Jake Gyllenhaal), and the action of this explicit crime thriller is dramatised as she imagines it, with this very ex-husband pictured
in the lead.
WINNER: Denzel Washington «Fences» RUNNER - UP» Colin Farrell «The Lobster» And then: Nate Parker «Birth of a Nation» Logan Lerman «Indignation» Viggo Mortensen «Captain Fantastic» Jake Gyllenhaal «
Nocturnal Animals / Demolition» Ryan Gosling «The Nice Guys / La La Land» Paul Dano «Swiss Army Man» Casey Affleck «Manchester by the Sea» Tom Hanks «Sully» Anton Yelchin «Green Room» Stellan Skarsgård «
In Order of Disappearance» Michael Shannon «Midnight Special» Michael Fassbender «The Light Between Oceans»
Best Supporting Actor
in a Motion Picture, Aaron Taylor - Johnson (@aarontaylorjohnson) for «
Nocturnal Animals».
Nocturnal Animals, Don't Think Twice, Rams,
In Order of Disappearance and The Wave all were strong outsider options ushered off the shelf by superior alternatives.
Also
in the fictional world of
Nocturnal Animals, Michael Shannon is once again explosive but with added humour, and Aaron Taylor - Johnson is just downright nasty, intimidating, and unlikable
in all the right ways.
Best Actor — Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea Best Actress — Amy Adams, Arrival Best Animated Film - Zootopia Best Body of Work — Amy Adams, Arrival,
Nocturnal Animals Best Director — Damien Chazelle, La La Land Best Documentary - OJ: Made
in America Best Ensemble Cast - Manchester by the Sea Best First Feature — Robert Eggers, The Witch Best Foreign Language Film - The Handmaiden Best Original Screenplay - Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea Best Adapted Screenplay — Eric Heisserer, Arrival Best Supporting Actor — Mahershala Ali, Moonlight Best Supporting Actress — Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea Most Disappointing Film - Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
Tom Hanks was Oscar snubbed
in 2014 for both «Captain Phillips» and «Saving Mr. Banks», and Amy Adams was shut - out of the Oscar ballot last year for both «Arrival» and «
Nocturnal Animals».
Moonlight came
in with four nominations,
Nocturnal Animals with a second - best nine.
«
Nocturnal Animals» is based on Austin Wright's «Tony and Susan,» first published
in 1993.
«
Nocturnal Animals» was likewise adapted from a novel, this time with Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal
in the lead.
Known for his roles
in action films like The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Lone Ranger, Hammer has also had smaller roles
in indies like
Nocturnal Animals and The Social Network.
She also had the chance to nab a slot courtesy of her solid work
in Tom Ford's meta - noir
Nocturnal Animals — but no dice there either.
Word on the street (and by «street» I mean the Variety article mentioned
in the link above) is that «
Nocturnal Animals» will be world premiering at the Venice Film Festival, which begins on August 31.
Directed and written by Tom Ford,
Nocturnal Animals will see a release
in select cities November 18th ahead of a wide release on December 9th.
Michael Shannon (
Nocturnal Animals) nearly doubles his points to land
in the # 3 spot, bumping down Mahershala Ali (Moonlight) to # 4.
Going
in the show, «La La Land» had led all films
in nominations with 11, followed by «Arrival» and «
Nocturnal Animals» with nine each.
The first award of the night, Best Supporting Actor
in a Drama, somehow went to Aaron Taylor - Johnson for appearing
in Tom Ford's immaculate commercial
Nocturnal Animals, instead of Moonlight's heavily favored and deeply deserving Mahershala Ali.
Actors can and have been nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress
in the same year though, and while Adams is indisputably the lead of both Arrival and
Nocturnal Animals, she wouldn't be the first to lean into a rather loose definition of «Supporting» to suit her needs.
In addition to Watts, «Gypsy» also stars Billy Crudup («Spotlight») as Jean's husband Michael Halloway, Sophie Cookson («Kingsman») as Sydney, Lucy Boynton («Murder on the Orient Express») as Jean's patient Allison, and Karl Glusman («
Nocturnal Animals») as Jean's patient Sam.
OTHER CONTENDERS Felicity Jones — A Monster Calls Laura Linney —
Nocturnal Animals Laura Linney — Sully Helen Mirren — Eye
in the Sky Molly Shannon — Other People Octavia Spencer — Hidden Figures
We already knew they would be here and who wouldn't «
Nocturnal Animals,» «Arrival,» «Frantz,» «Voyage of Time» and «La La Land» were either previously announced, TIFF revelations (thanks to those premiere categories) or rumored to dock
in Venice for months.
Gyllenhaal is set to star
in Tom Ford's next film «
Nocturnal Animals» alongside Amy Adams.