Sentences with phrase «lock for a nomination»

It was a strange year for adapted screenplays, with James Ivory's script for Call Me by Your Name, based on André Aciman's novel, the only lock for a nomination.

Margolies» name was still familiar to voters in the district thanks to her one term in Congress in the early 1990s, and she had ties to the Clinton dynasty as former first daughter Chelsea Clinton's mother - in - law — making her appear to be a near lock for the nomination.

Already competing against the highly anticipated Brave for Disney / Pixar, DreamWorks» massive hit Dr. Seuss» The Lorax, the upcoming Madagascar 3 and Ice Age 4, plus Tim Burton's return to stop - motion animation, Frankenweenie, Studio Ghibli's The Secret World of Arrietty, the massively - budgeted Rise Of The Guardians, and a certain left - field foreign entry or two, ParaNorman does not have an automatic lock for a nomination.

So far, every prediction list and website has cited her as a virtual lock for a nomination with critic after critic gushing about her performance.

And both seem like locks for nominations while Mary sits in either third or fourth and probably still has some work to do to secure her spot.

She's the only one I would call a lock for a nomination.

Mark Rylance («Bridge of Spies») and Michael Keaton («Spotlight») seem like the only two locks for a nomination and if either didn't make the cut it would be a snub, but not a historical one.

Both of these fine performances are locks for nominations, meaning the remaining slots are pretty much up for grabs.

Huh, I've been operating under the assumption that Tomei, along with Davis and of course Cruz, was one of the locks for a nomination.

Anne Hathaway is not only a lock for a nomination, but her rendition of «I Dreamed a Dream» has united Les Miz lovers and haters alike in a unanimous campaign for the gold.

He's certainly a lock for a nomination at this point, but we can't definitively say «Gary Oldman Is Going to Win Best Actor» until people have laid eyes on Daniel Day - Lewis in Paul Thomas Anderson's mysterious fashion - world movie, which won't be out until December.

By this point last year, Emma Stone was considered a lock for a nomination for her performance in La La Land — and she went on to win.

With a lead actor performance (from Gary Oldman) that's not only a lock for a nomination but an early and sole frontrunner to win, Scott Thomas is given a healthy headstart, playing the wife of the world's most well - known prime minister.

He's a lock for a nomination and could even win.

I don't think «The Iron Lady» is a lock for nomination, but dismissing the chances of the film just for Mamma Mia!

Over at Forbes, Mark Hughes's handicapping of the best picture race suggests that four films are locks for nominations («Call Me by Your Name,» «Dunkirk,» «The Post» and «The Shape of Water»), and two more titles are «highly likely» to join them («Lady Bird» and «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri»).