Sentences with phrase «nominated performance from»

I want to see it eventually, though, for sure, if only to see what is almost sure to be an Oscar - nominated performance from Fassbender.

My personal favorite of the line - up is The Little Foxes (1941) from director William Wyler, featuring a ferocious, Oscar - nominated performance from Davis.

Featuring a blistering, Oscar - nominated performance from Peter O'Toole, Peter Medak's scathing black comedy satire The Ruling Class takes a caustic shot at British social structure, while creating a truly terrifying portrait of mental illness.

With echoes of her heartfelt, Oscar - nominated performance from M. Night Shyamalan's «The Sixth Sense,» the always - great Toni Collette does her best work in years as the matriarch of the Graham family in Ari Aster's Midnight hit.

A searing Oscar - nominated performance from Paul Muni as the desperate James Allen and powerful uncompromising direction ensure that this film is as harrowing and vital today as it ever was.

A surprisingly large number of black performers helped pave the way with Oscar - winning and - nominated performances from McDaniel through Diahann Carroll, who earned her lead actress nomination in the 1974 comedy «Claudine.»

With Oscar - nominated performances from McDormand and co-stars Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson, it's often funny and frequently poignant, even when it falters.

Not exact matches

Like the Tony Awards, the Cappies will feature musical performances and scenes from the top - nominated shows.

Mahrez was key in helping the Foxes to lift the Premier League title in the 2015 - 16 campaign, and was rightfully nominated as the PFA Premier League Player of the Year in that season, and those performances put him right in the limelight, and attracted plenty of interest from potential suitors.

If the Academy was able to show their admiration for one funny guy's dramatic performance, what's stopping them from welcoming Steve Carell into the group of nominated men?

Jack Black's finest display of acting prowess is his 1996 Oscar nominated performance in the critically acclaimed blockbuster Mars Attacks in which Black stars as a plucky upstart U.S. Army soldier who valiantly attempts to defend the planet from the evil martians and in doing so, allows Pierce Brosnan to see less screen time.

Vega introduced a performance by Sufjan Stevens, whose song «Mystery of Love» from the Call Me By Your Name soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Song.

The filmmakers have assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008's Oscar - winning Milk and 2013's Elysium; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award - winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically - acclaimed Lee Daniels» The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four Lions.

Diane Kruger puts in a largely overlooked career - best performance in In the Fade, the 2017 thriller from Fatih Akin that won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Picture and wasn't even nominated for an Oscar.

This Academy Award - nominated film features great performances from Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, and Naomi Watts that you won't want to miss.

From the Oscar - nominated Frances McDormand and Kate Hudson (who has yet to match the promise she showed here), to shoulda - been - nominated Philip Seymour Hoffman and Billy Crudup, to new discoveries who've gone on to bigger things, like Michael Angarano, Zooey Deschanel and Jay Baruchel, every performance is a lived - in gem.

He coaxed Oscar - winning performances from Katina Paxinou in «For Whom the Bell Tolls,» Robert Donat in «Goodbye, Mr. Chips» and Ginger Rogers in «Kitty Foyle,» and was nominated for the last two along with «King's Row.»

Oldman's towering, transformative turn in «Darkest Hour» is miles apart from his other Oscar - nominated performance, delicately playing George Smiley, the impassive, inscrutable British secret service agent in 2011's «Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.»

-- the small screen version of Fargo proved to be a treat, featuring great performances from the likes of Martin Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton and Allison Tolman and a solid storyline than has seen the show nominated for a Golden Globe.

They don't just «break out,» they wrestle the spotlight away from the bigger names and elevate the movie to heights it might never have reached otherwise — like Melissa McCarthy's boisterous, scene - stealing (and Oscar - nominated) performance in Bridesmaids.

The critics have just nominated / awarded films that they just think will get an Oscar boost from their awards (even if they probably won't) and not really from their convictions... I mean, do critics really prefer Noomi Rapace's performance to Manville's?

Dunaway was nominated for Golden Globe for her performance, and the film scored a Best Editing nomination from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Jennifer Lawrence Lovely Jennifer Lawrence went on from her Oscar nominated performance to play Anton Yelchin's love interest twice and to take on the role of a blue X-Person.

This year there seems to be no avoiding Janney, whose acidly funny performance might be the best thing about «I, Tonya» but is far from the best thing nominated for best supporting actress.

It's a bit of a shame that it nearly overshadows Tilly's delightful ditz, another Oscar nominated performance that likely would have won were it not pitted against another bravura performance from the same film.

It's been quite a long time since we've had a real juggernaut performance from a film that ended up winning Best Picture (you could argue the last was The Hurt Locker, which won 6 of its 9 nominated categories).

She was nominated for her role in Victoria & Abdul but that was not necessarily clearly from the screen which read, «Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Roll».

Over the course of a couple of phone chats — one interrupted by a dead cell phone battery — one can hear the earnest joy in her voice, usually followed by that laughter, when talking about her journey from M. Night Shyamalan's The Village, her feature film debut, to the massive success of Jurassic World despite her character's penchant for running in heels from dinosaurs and, most recently, her 2017 Screen Actors Guild Award - nominated performance in an episode of Netflix's Black Mirror.

Warren's most recent nominated song «Til It Happens to You,» which came from The Hunting Ground, a documentary about rape and sexual violence on college campuses, also made a huge social impact on the Oscars and beyond, even to the point of having then - Vice President Joe Biden introduce Lady Gaga's performance at the 2016 Oscar show.

No, The Edge of Seventeen isn't the most original coming - of - age dramedy under the sun, but both the writing and outstanding performance from the aforementioned Hailee Steinfeld (it's also worth reminding readers that she was nominated for an Oscar at the age of 13 for Joel and Ethan Coen's True Grit remake) are more than enough to outweigh that glaringly obvious black mark.

Not Getting to Hear a Christopher Plummer Acceptance Speech: Absolutely no disrespect to Sam Rockwell and his excellent performance in Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri — and that cute moment when Frances McDormand shooed the camera away from her — but after the HFPA nominated Plummer for All the Money in the World, we just assumed that he'd win too.

The evening will feature highlights from her most esteemed performances (including her Oscar - nominated turns in Jackie and Closer), her efforts as a writer - director - producer (A Tale of Love and Darkness) and a look inside her deep commitment to global humanitarian causes.

After bringing down the house with a performance of the nominated song «This Is Me» from «The Greatest Showman,» she emerged backstage and shouted a phrase we can't print in this publication, «Yes,...!»

But just beyond that (mandated) equality lies a huge disparity: while 21 of those best - actor performances came in films that were also nominated for best picture, only 12 best - actress performances came from best - picture nominees.

It is surprising given the quality of the performances from Foster and Harrelson (who was Oscar nominated last year) that this excellent film didn't have a bigger cinema run.

«Throughout her career, Julianne Moore has delivered a wide range of extraordinary performances, from such diverse Oscar - nominated films as Boogie Nights and Far from Heaven to this year's Cannes win for Best Actress in the riveting Maps to the Stars,» said festival chairman Harold Matzner.

But from reading the story and what everybody has been talking about her performance I predict Lesley Manville will probably be nominated in the supporting actress category.

It's especially searing coming from Florence (Mary J. Blige, in what should be an Oscar - nominated performance), who as a black woman has historically been silenced more than anyone else in the film.

It is incredible that the star of The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St Louis and A Star Is Born garlanded no Best Actress prizes from the Academy, although she was nominated for her gutsy, all - or - nothing performance in A Star Is Born opposite James Mason, and got an honorary juvenile award for all that frolicking on the Yellow Brick Road.

They've nominated many outstanding films, and lots of amazing performances from 2016, though there are always others that deserve recognition.

A shame, then, that for his one Oscar - nominated performance — for best supporting actor as the wary, heartfelt son of 1960s activists still on the run from the FBI in Running On Empty — he lost to Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda, the sort of dotty vaudeville turn (see also John Gielgud in Arthur) that can sometimes be the wild card in the supporting categories.

Patricia Clarkson won the New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Supporting Actress in «Far from Heaven,» but she was not nominated for an Oscar despite a brilliant, unsettling performance.

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.

They've nominated many of the best films, and lots of terrific performances from 2017, though there are always more that deserve recognition.

The Philadelphia Film Critics Circle nominates and selects annual awards for both the year's best films and performances and the best films from the Philadelphia Film Festival.

From Oprah's Oscar - nominated work in «The Color Purple» (1985) through her fine performances in films such as «Beloved» and «Selma,» she has demonstrated a remarkable ability to disappear into characters whose adult lives couldn't be more dissimilar to hers.

With what critics proclaim as «exceptional performances from a first - rate ensemble cast,» including Jon Hamm (Baby Driver), Academy Award ® winner Ellen Burstyn (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore), and Academy Award ® - nominated...

The Story of G.I. Joe William Wellman, USA, 1945, 35 mm, 108m Robert Mitchum's extraordinary, Oscar - nominated performance as the stoic, exhausted, and quietly beleaguered Lieutenant Walker in this adaptation of correspondent Ernie Pyle's dispatches from the war in Europe, made him a star.

Nominated for the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture are ensembles from the films The Big Sick, Get Out, Lady Bird, Mudbound, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

Perhaps it's because Meryl Streep somehow has to be nominated for every performance she gives that Adams was ousted from the nominations.