Sentences with phrase «other awards contenders»

It's a moderately interesting film, with a few surprises here and there but this performance piece doesn't have the originality of other awards contenders.

This year, however, Burwell's odds are further bolstered by his music for three other awards contenders: Paramount's adult animated Anomalisa, Roadside Attraction's Mr. Holmes and Universal's British gangster epic Legend.

But no matter how effusive the praise may have been, it's impossible to make those kinds of predictions with several other award contenders still yet to be seen.

Not exact matches

And that is why I would rather not see Wenger beating the three other contenders for the September Manager of the Month award.

Just one goal behind James Rodriguez in the race for the top scorer award and having done more than anyone to drag Germany to the quarter finals, Muller deserves as much respect as other contenders with more exotic names and trendy haircuts.

Although the judges were as rigorous as with any other category - «and there were a lot of strong contenders for this particular award - «there was only ever really going to be one winner.

Seeing the three of them and other respected actors like Molina, Dean Norris, and Michael Kelly assembled here in a movie unspooling just before Thanksgiving gives Secret the illusion of being an awards season contender.

Don't forget to check out our previous previews where we look at hits from other fests and potential awards contenders.

One, the second Weinstein potential awards contender in a row to open in just two cities, «Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,» exceeded expectations while the other, Spike Lee's remake of «Oldboy,» performed weakly in several hundred theaters.

As the cinematic awards season amps up, other female - led films also are leading the way, with the like of «The Shape of Water,» «The Post,» «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» «Lady Bird» and «I, Tonya» considered strong contenders to bring home various statuettes.

Some of these launched at prestige fall film festivals («Downsizing,» «Molly's Game,» «Hostiles,» «Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool»); others are bonafide awards contenders (Steven Spielberg's «The Post» and Paul Thomas Anderson's «Phantom Thread»); and some, like Hugh Jackman vanity musical «The Greatest Showman,» will soon skid into either bad reviews or audience reaction, or both.

This year, more than ever, several big - time Hollywood actors and filmmakers have served as producers on some of the prime awards contenders — with no other involvement in the movie whatsoever.

The other hot contender for Best Picture was the horror thriller GET OUT which earned Daniel Kaluuya the BEST ACTOR AWARD as the African - American boyfriend of a rich white girlfriend who goes home to meet her parents one weekend at their affluent estate, and discovers that his «having the creeps» is not unfounded.

Selma is urgent and timely, and now I understand why it has plowed its way through some of the other higher profile films to mark its entry as a strong contender this awards season.

«I, Tonya» will likely be one of them, along with «The Shape of Water» and probably one or two other late, Awards Season contenders.

With no film establishing an early lead in the Oscar race, most distributors are expanding slowly and being careful not to overextend their contenders — particularly since two other awards hopefuls this season, Warner Bros.» «The Walk» and Universal's «Steve Jobs,» sputtered when they expanded quickly into wide release.

Mike Leigh) Cast: Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Roger Ashton - Griffiths With a Palme d'Or and a Best Director award already under his belt (for «Secrets and Lies» and «Naked» respectively) any new Mike Leigh movie has got to be a major contender for a Cannes competition slot (he's been there four times so far, «All or Nothing» and «Another Year» being the other two competition players).

With awards season contenders on the rise, here are 18 films to close out a strong year in films including «Selma,» «American Sniper,» «Wild,» «Top Five,» and others.

Because, in the first place, as I mentioned before, Oscar loves a powerhouse drama, and second, the other major contenders for this award, Penelope Cruz and Maggie Gyllenhaal, while each clearly strong performances, do not measure up to the grit and Oscar - worthiness of Mo'Nique's performance nor to Precious.

Seeing the three of them and other respected actors like Molina, Dean Norris, and Michael Kelly assembled here in a movie unspooling in theaters just before Thanksgiving gives Secret the illusion of being an awards season contender.

The Shape of Water was awarded the big prize for film, defeating 10 other contenders, including The Big Sick, Call Me by Your Name, Dunkirk, Get Out, I, Tonya, Lady Bird, Molly's Game, The Post, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Wonder Woman.

While there were no director nominations for other leading female contenders, as some had hoped, including Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman) and Dee Rees (Mudbound), with these nominations, Gerwig becomes the fifth woman to be nominated for best director since the Academy Awards began in 1929.

The other big awards contender, The Shape of Water, won the second highest number of awards, with Guillermo del Toro bagging Best Director, composer Alexandre Desplat collecting Original Music and the Production Design team also honoured.

You don't just meet these awards contenders once: after a succession of luncheons, dinners, and ceremonies, you greet each other with a smile of recognition and begin to feel as if you know each other.

Harvey Weinstein has never been one to put much faith in the length of Academy voters» memories, so as usual, he's favoring a late - year release plan for his presumed awards contenders — the prospects of which I was discussing only the other day.

Andrey Zvyagintsev's «Loveless,» which is also nominated for a foreign - language Oscar, won the Cesar award for best foreign film, beating Christopher Nolan's «Dunkirk,» Damien Chazelle's «'' La La Land» and Ruben Ostlund's Cannes's Palme d'Or winner «The Square,» among other strong contenders.

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Denis Villeneuve's thriller emerged as an early awards contender thanks to a festival appearance, but the real world had other plans.

The 2017 Digital Trends Car Awards pit the year's strongest contenders in five different categories against each other, and crown an overall Car of the Year.

The winner is not chosen from a direct comparison against the other contenders, but rather as a result of how each contender performed in testing and against the award's six criteria: Design Advancement, Engineering Excellence, Efficiency, Safety, Value, and Performance of Intended Function.

Some baking could have been contenders for national baking awards, whereas other cakes, for example made by this Anna, were swigged down with a good gulp of tea.

As to my other favorites: High - profile books like The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith, Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (which just won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature) and Bone Gap by Laura Ruby are favored award contenders in many circles — and deservedlAward for Young People's Literature) and Bone Gap by Laura Ruby are favored award contenders in many circles — and deservedlaward contenders in many circles — and deservedly so.

Wii Sports is up for the same two awards, as well as three others, making it Nintendo's second - best contender.

While some other major launches have been marred by bugs and bad pre-release press, the early buzz was that Inquisition would be a major contender come awards time.

It turns out that aside from informing other PSN users what games rocked and which games sucked, you've also gone ahead and nominated the top contenders in this year's PlayStation Network Gamers» Choice Awards, a community event designed to single out the best titles that the PlayStation Network has to offer.

A concept device isn't really anything new, it's something other industry's have been doing for quite some time, and the Vivo Apex is the only concept device at MWC this year, which made it a contender for the «Best of MWC» award.