Sentences with phrase «major critics»

We've had two major critics groups weigh in on this year's best in film and television.

Now that the books are treated as a cultural and commercial phenomenon, each new one receives respectful reviews by major critics.

This film had quite excellent reviews from most major critics, but after watching it, I can only scratch my head as to exactly why.

Every single major critic on the internet has given it a perfect score (or very close to it).

This point evokes the charge from major critics of humanism — e.g., Charles Hartshorne — that the absence of a concrete humanist culture is incontrovertible proof that humanism can not provide a viable ground for an ongoing social system.

As Mouse, Easy's violence - prone friend, Don Cheadle snagged a SAG nomination and a pair of major critics awards for his magnetic turn.

The New York Film Critics Circle honors are the first major critics awards announced this season.

The National Society of Film Critics, one of the last major critics groups to announce their best of 2014 has revealed Jean - Luc Godard's Cannes winner Goodbye to Language as the best film of 2014.

Stay updated on which films are taking home top honors from the season's major critics prizes, guild awards and more.

Richard Linklater's epic undertaking «Boyhood» is another possibility, though while it will likely get major critics award approval, it may be a bit too experimental for the Academy's tastes (but hey, «The Tree of Life» wasn't).

The other major critics group in the state, the Dallas - Fort Worth Film Critics Association, announces its picks for the year Wednesday.

A hit at the Cannes Film Festival, «L.A. Confidential» also ranked on most major critics Top Ten lists for 1997.

From Oscar - winner John Ridley («12 Years a Slave»), the 11 - hour limited series has already been a hit on the awards circuit with several major Critics» Choice Award nominations under its belt.

Around this time of year, major critics organizations begin to organize the Best in cinema, with multiple groups serving as bellwethers for the developing Oscar season.

While we're in a brief lull between announcements by major critics groups, let's take a look at the current scores that have been assigned by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

The OFCS has nominated the eventual Oscar winner for Best Picture in eight of the last ten years; matching Oscar winners 12 Years a Slave (2013), The Hurt Locker (2009), No Country for Old Men (2007) and Argo (2012), becoming the first major critics group to recognize Ben Affleck's future Academy Award recipient.

ILD's win here, with the last major critics group, was a small ding...

The last major critics group to announce their winners this awards season, the National Society of Film Critics have chosen David Fincher's The Social Network as their favorite movie of 2010, shocking absolutely no one.

A proposal by Mayor Bill de Blasio to rezone parts of the city to build more housing cleared its most important hurdle on Monday, emerging from a City Council meeting with enough revisions to satisfy major critics and city lawmakers who had opposed the plan for not doing enough to provide housing for the poorest New Yorkers.

Rio has been a major critic of the plan as it stands to lose an estimated $ 7 billion over the next few years in oil royalties.

The appointment of the next PBO will need to be someone who understands the budgetary and estimates processes and is willing to stand up to his / her major critics — the Government.

The next Officer will need to be someone who understands the budgetary and estimates processes and is willing to stand up to his / her major critics — the Government.

The next PBO will need to be someone who understands the budgetary and estimates processes and is willing to stand up to his / her major critics — the Government.

Calgary - North West MLA Frank Bruseker was stripped of his major critic portfolios after telling reporters he was worried the party could not win enough seats in Calgary to secure an election win due to Mr. Decore's leadership.

They are encouraged by the fact that the major critics of humanism attack a theory of absolute human freedom which religious humanism does not endorse, on the grounds of the general view of human freedom that religious humanism wishes to advance.

«Most of the time it's more money,» said Trump, who also criticized a major critic of the tactic, the influential fiscal conservative group Club for Growth.

Schroeder was also a major critic of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Obey was a major critic of Republican national economics, such as going to war while cutting taxes.

A major critic of the project has been the New Patriotic Party's flagbearer, Nana Akufo - Addo, who challenged the president to go back to the drawing board to reassess the current cost of the Interchange project because, in his view, it was overpriced.

«IDAs are definitely on the hot seat,» said Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, who has emerged as a major critic since taking office in January.

Blake has emerged as a major critic of the mayor over the past few years, while Meng is an ally of Congressman Joseph Crowley, the Queens Democratic boss — who clashed with de Blasio and his left - wing allies for control of the City Council speakership after the 2013 election.

The Minnesota governor, named vice chair of the Republican Governors Association this summer in the wake of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's resignation of the top spot, has emerged as a major critic of the president's health care reform plan, blasting it this week in a letter to Minnesota's congressional delegation.

The major critics will piss all over it as usual but don't let that dissuade you from at least renting it.

I know our two major critics are split on it.

It's been an insane ride this Oscar season, with my power rankings essentially up - ended as a compressed precursor schedule has seen almost every major critics» group come out in a short three - week burst that's rewritten the whole race.

At any rate, looking at the major critics wins could help determine a strong contender, especially if they align.

Tandy's age (she was 80 when she won) and rich Hollywood history (dating back to 1932) made her the sentimental favorite that year; she didn't pick up any of the major critics» awards, and her performance as Miss Daisy hasn't really endured.

Of course «The Big Short» also didn't win Best Picture from any major critics group, but that's usually a bonus for an Oscar winner these days anyway.

«The Social Network» has swept the major critics» groups honors (following NY and LA) with its best picture award from the National Society of Film Critics.

All the major critics groups took note and awarded him supporting actor honors and he got his first Oscar nomination, a rave review from Pauline Kael, and a career.

It's not all bad news, however: at least one major critic has gone out on a substantial limb for the film.

If Social Network were to win both major critic awards and remain a far frontrunner for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, the writing on the wall becomes clear for Oscar night.

Midnight in Paris director Woody Allen is probably a favorite in this year's discussion given a «return to form» critique from nearly all major critics.

The Fighter is finally reviewed by the major critics — and the reviews are positive, mostly.

If that group of four continues through BAFTA and then onto Oscar it will be the first time in history the quartet of winners did so without a major critics» win (NBR, LA, NY or NSFC).