Not exact matches
VIZIO is having an incredible sale, especially
well - timed for everyone trying to cram screenings of all the Oscar -
nominated movies in before the ceremony.
No wonder, then, that seven of the films on our list of
movies that feature entrepreneurs have been
nominated for
Best Picture
in the Academy Awards (of them, Forrest Gump won the top honor
in 1994).
In 2008, for example, «Norbit,» one of the worst
movies of all time, was
nominated for
best makeup.
The performances are so
good, that both Steve Carell and Christian Bale have been
nominated for Golden Globe Awards for «
Best Actor
in a Comedy» and McCay and Charles Randolph, who co-wrote the
movie, were
nominated for «
Best Screenplay.»
The
movie, about a father dealing with the aftermath of his wife falling into a coma, was
nominated for five Oscars
in 2012, winning one for
Best Adapted Screenplay.
On the
movie side, Birdman, St. Vincent, Into the Woods, Pride and The Grand Budapest Hotel were all
nominated in the
best comedy category, with Boyhood, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything and Foxcatcher all snagging nominations for
best drama.
With the Oscar's right around the corner, what
better way to get
in the spirit than curling up on the couch next to that special someone and catching up on the most popular
nominated movies.
Biography:
Well known for his seamless and varied characterizations, Oscar
nominated actor David Paymer has starred or co-starred
in more than 40 motion pictures, several television
movies and countless television series.
The
movie was
nominated for an impressive 13 Oscar Nominations including
Best Picture,
Best Director (Steven Spielburg),
Best Actor (Danny Glover),
Best Actress (Whoopi Goldberg),
Best Supporting Actress Nominations for Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Avery, along with
Best Supporting Actor (Adolph Caesar), and
Best Original Musical Score for a Motion Picture (Quincy Jones) which was the first time
in any Spielburg produced film that composer John Williams did not compose a film score for a Spielburg
movie.
This TV
movie was
nominated for numerous awards and earned Halle Berry a Golden Globe and an Emmy for
Best Actress
in a Miniseries for her portrayal of Dandridge.
In my opinion, this is Joel Coen's
best movie that wasn't
nominated for any Oscars.
Other screen credits include JERICHO, INSIDE NO. 9, PARTNERS
IN CRIME, FORTITUDE, AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME, for which she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Mini-Series at the US Critics Choice Awards, DOCTOR WHO, GARROW»S LAW, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, and ROBIN HOO
IN CRIME, FORTITUDE, AN ADVENTURE
IN SPACE AND TIME, for which she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Mini-Series at the US Critics Choice Awards, DOCTOR WHO, GARROW»S LAW, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, and ROBIN HOO
IN SPACE AND TIME, for which she was
nominated for the
Best Supporting Actress
in a Movie or Mini-Series at the US Critics Choice Awards, DOCTOR WHO, GARROW»S LAW, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, and ROBIN HOO
in a
Movie or Mini-Series at the US Critics Choice Awards, DOCTOR WHO, GARROW»S LAW, THE WOMAN
IN BLACK, and ROBIN HOO
IN BLACK, and ROBIN HOOD.
Anthony has been
nominated for 13 awards, 3 of which he won: Acapulco Black Film Festival's «Rising Star»
in 2001, Black
Movie Awards «Outstanding Performance by an Actor
in a Supporting Role»
in 2005 for Hustle and Flow and National Board of Review, USA's «
Best Ensemble» for The Departed.
So after surveying the 85
movies that are hoping to be
nominated for this year's
Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, here are 12 actors you may already know (or at least recognize) who star
in one or more of the submissions this time around...
Award - Worthy: This is Cooper's first major award nomination of any kind, if you don't count being
nominated for an MTV
Movie Award for
Best Comedic Performance
in The Hangover.
Although there has been a lot of funding turmoil at PBS, it earned 43 nominations, including 11 nominations for its lavish «Masterpiece Theatre» miniseries about the British aristocracy, «Downton Abbey,» which was
nominated for
best miniseries and
best lead actress
in a
movie or miniseries for Elizabeth McGovern.
I've also always enjoyed the story of how Andrews, the originator of the role of Eliza Doolittle
in the original stage production of My Fair Lady, was passed over for the My Fair Lady
movie (
in favor of then
better - known star Audrey Hepburn), only to win the Oscar for Mary Poppins (Hepburn wasn't even
nominated for My Fair Lady).
(Thanks to glimmer for the tip)(NipponCinema) The seven - member Japan
Movie Producers Association has
nominated Yuya Ishii's The Great Passage to represent Japan
in the
Best Foreign Language Film category at the 86th Academy Awards.
In a lot of ways, Ex Machina is a
good movie: It's beautifully shot and designed, it features some very game actors (including Golden Globe -
nominated Alicia Vikander, vying for the all - time Fembot Hall Of Fame), and it's nicely mindful of
movie history.
Am I the only one who liked the «summation of films
nominated for
best picture» bits
better when the people introducing them weren't the ones
in the
movies?
The independents tag also underscores that four of the most -
nominated contenders were released by indie or boutique distributors: Miramax, The English Patient; October, Secrets & Lies; Gramercy, Fargo; Fine Line, Shine — the second
Best Picture nominee from Australia, and arguably the most «Hollywood»
movie in the running.
But
in the meantime I will enjoy both the fantasy and escapism that narrative
movies can bestow us as
well as the likes of these 5
nominated documentaries that show us the truth.
Christian «s co-stars Amy Adams and Bradley Cooper, who were also
nominated for their work
in the
movie, were seen walking the red carpet as
well.
Remember when Robert De Niro got
nominated for Silver Linings Playbook for reminding Oscar voters that he can actually make an effort
in a
good movie?
But
best picture nominees typically don't lose
in this category to
movies that weren't likewise
nominated.
In honor of the
movie's home video release (and before this weekend's Academy Awards, where it's
nominated for
Best Animated Feature), I spoke with Molina about the power of the film's music, how physically visiting a place like Monte Alban actually translates into a
movie's screenplay, and much more.
As for Aghdashloo, she's previously won an Emmy award (Outstanding Supporting Actress
in a Miniseries or
Movie) and has been
nominated for an Academy Award (
Best Supporting Actress).
They don't give Oscars for
movies like this, but Staunton is as
good or
better here than she was
in «Vera Drake,»
in which she was
nominated for a
best actress Oscar.
It's also a moment that rings true to Sacramentans who see essential truths about their city
in the
movie, which is
nominated for five Oscars, including
best picture.
Meanwhile, Arkin was
nominated for an Oscar this year for
Best Supporting Actor for his role as an irascible film producer
in the
movie «Argo.»
Reunited two years later on a chilly late - afternoon on the balcony of a West Hollywood hotel room, the sun setting, other guests on display on their own terraces («I bet there is a lot of debauchery at this hotel,» Ronan guesses, to which Gerwig answers, «Not us... we're just drinking Cokes»), the pair settle
in with blankets, clasping hands throughout a lengthy conversation about their lovely
movie, which was
nominated Tuesday for five Oscars, including
best picture and director, and nods for Ronan and Metcalf.
Arriving
in the midst of the #MeToo movement, more than half of the nine
movies nominated for
best picture featured women at the center of the story.
Earlier
in the season, especially after Jordan Peele and Greta Gerwig were not
nominated for
best - director Golden Globe awards, it looked as if the directors» race might be tinged with injustice, a distillation of creaky prejudices about women and people of color directing
movies.
The film was
nominated for four Academy Awards, and interestingly enough, even
in such a disfigured condition, the
movie was hailed as one of the
best pictures American cinema produced.
In 1999, the Chucky character was
nominated for the MTV
Movie Award for
Best Villain for the film Bride of Chucky.
As for the other four
movies...
well, the Academy has
nominated much, much worse
in the past.
Benedict Cumberbatch has been
nominated for
Best International Actor for his role
in The Imitation Game for this year's Irish Film and Television Academy Awards, the
movie has also been
nominated for
Best International Film
Outside of the Oscar bubble «Big Short» has a chance to earn a
Best Ensemble nomination from the SAG Awards and both Carell and the
movie are likely locks to get
nominated in there respective Golden Globe comedy categories.
If you subscribe to the idea that most
movies yielding
best - actress nominations just aren't quite
good enough to be
nominated for
best picture, your
best supporting evidence is to look at the films made by top directors — and then emphatically throw shade at how few of them star women
in the first place.
[4 stars] Captain Underpants: The First Epic
Movie (07.15 / 06.02 / 07.24) Thor: Ragnarok (10.24 / 11.03 / 10.24) The Greatest Showman (12.09 / 12.20 / 12.26) Wonderstruck (10.06 / 10.20 / TBA) I Am Not a Witch (10.03 / TBA / 10.20) Lady Bird (10.14 / 11.03 / 02.16.18) The Post (12.21 / 12.22 / 01.19.18) Coco (01.13.18 / 11.22 / 01.19.18) The Ritual (10.02 / direct to Netflix / 10.13) Icarus (02.27.17 / direct to Netflix / direct to Netflix) Bushwick (10.25 / 08.25 / 08.25) Film Stars Don't Die
in Liverpool (10.11 / 12.29 / 11.17) Spider - Man: Homecoming (07.05 / 07.07 / 07.05) Another Mother's Son (02.21 / TBA / 03.24) Oscar
Nominated Animated Shorts (89th Academy Awards)(02.20 / 02.08 / direct to VOD) Personal Shopper (10.09.16 / 03.10 / 03.17) The Survivalist (04.19.16 / 05.19 / 02.12.16) God Knows Where I Am (04.07 / 03.31 / 04.14) The Salesman (01.31 / 01.27 / 03.17) Raw (04.04 / 03.01 / 04.07) The Beguiled (06.20 / 06.23 / 07.14) The Party (10.09 / 02.16.18 / 10.13) Step (07.21 / 08.04 / 08.11) God's Own Country (08.07 / 10.27 / 09.01) Menashe (12.11 / 07.28 / 12.08) The Divine Order (10.14 / 10.27 / 03.08.17) Borg vs McEnroe (09.11 / 04.13.18 / 09.22) My Pure Land (09.12 / TBA / 09.15) The Unknown Girl (12.02.16 / 08.25 / 12.02.16) Pecking Order (08.24 / direct to VOD / 09.29) Jane (11.12 / 10.20 / 11.24)
Good Time (10.05 / 08.11 / 11.17) The Commune (05.28 / 05.19 / 07.29.16) Lost
in London (04.30 / TBA / 05.05) The Fencer (Miekkailija)(11.30 / 07.21 / 12.24.16) The Great Wall (02.16 / 02.17 / 02.16) The Chamber (01.18 / 02.23.18 / 03.10) Motherland (10.15 / 09.08 / TBA) The Light of the Moon (10.31 / 11.01 / TBA) Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (11.18 / 11.24 / 03.09) Victoria & Abdul (09.12 / 09.22 / 09.15) Wind River (07.20 / 08.04 / 09.08) Urban Hymn (08.01.16 / 05.12 / 09.30.16) The Women's Balcony (Ismach Hatani)(07.06 / 05.26 / TBA) Pilgrimage (07.28 / 08.11 / direct to VOD) Megan Leavey (aka Rex)(06.19 / 06.09 / direct to VOD) Final Portrait (08.18 / 03.23.18 / 08.18) Finding Kim (05.29 / 05.31 / TBA) Through the Wall (aka The Wedding Plan)(05.28 / 05.12 / 12.16.16) The Zookeeper's Wife (04.22 / 03.31 / 04.21) Dolores (09.09 / 09.01 / TBA) Queen of the Desert (04.03 / 04.07 / direct to VOD) Catfight (02.22 / 03.03 / 03.10) Viceroy's House (02.17 / 09.01 / 03.03) Birthright: A War Story (07.21 / 07.14 / direct to VOD)
I'd be surprised if Brühl doesn't get serious awards consideration, especially considering how seemingly sparse this year appears to be so far for this category, and that he's
in a
movie that may get
nominated for
Best Picture.
He co-wrote and produced the wonderful Tim's Vermeer, which was
nominated for the Critics Choice
Movie Award for
Best Documentary
in 2014.
The 49 - year - old actor is
nominated for
Best Supporting Actor for his work
in the
movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
The «One Sweet Day» hitmaker was at the ceremony because she'd been
nominated for
Best Original Song for «The Star», which she co-wrote with Marc Shaiman and performed
in the animated
movie of the same name, but she wasn't too upset to miss out on the prize, which went to Pasek & Paul for «This Is Me», which features
in «The Greatest Showman».
Leading man John Boyega, who stars as Stormtrooper turned Resistance fighter Finn
in the
movie, has been
nominated for the
Best Actor award alongside Hugh Jackman, Armie Hammer, Andy Serkis and Gary Oldman.
As
well as a handshake deal with Oscar -
nominated Dee Rees to make a lesbian horror
movie, other irons
in the fire include urban vampire tale Family Blood, a new project from Saw and Insidious writer Leigh Whannell, and a sequel to Halloween.
Josh O'Connor and Timothee Chalamet have both been
nominated for the
Best Newcomer category for their roles
in the two LGBT
movies «God's Own Country» and «Call Me By Your Name» respectively.
But
in terms of being an actual comedy to
nominate — over other
movies that year like Scott Pilgrim, Easy A, Kick Ass, Four Lions and Super — Red hardly seems like the «
Best Musical or Comedy», does it?
The
movie Still Alice is already receiving raves (read our Still Alice Review) before its wide release
in January, particularly for Julianne Moore who has already snagged a Golden Globe for her performance and is now
nominated for a
Best Actress Oscar.
Janney delighted audiences with outstanding performances
in the Oscar -
nominated ensemble Juno and
in the
movie version of the Tony Award winning play Hairspray, which was also awarded
Best Ensemble from the Hollywood Film Awards.