The organization, comprised of a select group of film enthusiasts, filmmakers, and other professionals, is one of the earliest awards milestones of the season — though not necessarily an indication
of major nominations in future.
From «Spotlight» and «Joy» to «Inside Out» and «Grandma,» TheWrap selects the key movies that are deep in the hunt for major nominations
• «The Kids Are All Right,» with
major nominations including picture, actress (Annette Bening), supporting actor Mark Ruffalo) and screenplay (Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg), joins «Milk» among top nominees with a homosexual subject, and in a way is more meaningful because it shows a functioning family rather than a single person.
Lucky then that the film picked up
major nominations in picture and director for controversial Abdellatif Kechiche.
The Help did
receive major nominations, even if its final total of four was less than expected for the film, most prominently the aforementioned snubs for Taylor's writing and direction.
The Brazilian star came to fame after a role in the Oscar winning City of God and is now the star of a show about an international drug cartel, a theme that helped Narcos earn two
major nominations last year.
It's even gone from Weinstein's obvious strongest candidate to one of four films that could all narrowly miss out
on major nominations.
For a horror film to walk away with
multiple major nominations for Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture, as Peele's debut film just did, is even rarer.
Then there's actors like Freddie Highmore on a massively popular broadcast drama looking for the
first major nomination of his adult career.
Denzel Washington's adaptation of Fences came made off with a Best Picture nod and a handful
of major nominations, with Washington doing double duty as Best Director and Best Actor; his costar Viola Davis takes one step closer to bringing home a Supporting Actress statuette.
Nocturnal Animals massively overperformed, scoring nine
major nominations including Best Director for Tom Ford and Best Actor for Jake Gyllenhaal.
And then there's Ethan Hawke, who might be the strongest option from Linklater's «Boyhood» to get
a major nomination (it's unique territory given his performance comes over 12 years of shooting), while Jonathan Pryce is fantastic in «Listen Up Phillip,» even though the movie itself might be too small to get major awards recognition.
Despite racking up virtually
every major nomination available, Hawkins has come up short at every televised awards show thus far.
My best guess right now is that if the film does well and is a real contender, look for
the major nominations to come through, along with 2 acting citations, and a handful of techs.
Released early in the year Salmon Fishing in the Yemen scored three
major nominations, pretty big for a film that was under the radar till now.
Get ready for the December glut of critics awards and
major nominations!
In the new, journalistic coinage, «independents» embraces international filmmakers as well as American indies, and they effectively crowded Hollywood out of
the major nominations.
Room could pass all of them with the help of its four
major nominations and The Witch looks primed to be late - winter mini-hit, as well.
I'm leaning towards Mexico's Biutiful since it's the only one with
another major nomination (Javier Bardem as Leading Actor.)
This way it gets
a major nomination heading into Oscar season.
There is no question that The Social Network is headed for all of
the major nominations from Best Picture / Director / Screenplay.
Portman has gotten off to a strong start with a win at the Critics» Choice and all
the major nominations she could draw, including the Golden Globes and the SAG Awards.
(Tellingly, Creed's one
major nomination was for Sylvester Stallone, the white supporting player in a film about a young black man.)