Sentences with phrase «potential awards contenders»

Though there aren't many films worth getting genuinely excited about, the schedule does provide some audience - friendly fare as well as an early look at a few potential awards contenders.

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

The news makes Men, Women & Children yet another potential awards contender opening (at least partially) on October 17th.

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.

While the past two months have featured several potential award contenders, there's a surprising lack of prestige films on the November release slate.

Though the film is fairly low - key for a potential awards contender, «Spotlight» relies on some top - notch acting and writing to recount the fascinating true story about a group of journalists who lifted the lid on a massive child molestation scandal within the Boston archdiocese that changed the way we looked at the Catholic Church forever.

The film — about a young woman who has a passionate affair with an artist sent to paint her portrait — was thought to be a potential awards contender, in part because of the presence of Vikander who won last year's best supporting actress Oscar for «The Danish Girl.»

Not exact matches

He may be on form at the moment, but Ashley Young has certainly not lived up to the potential he showed as a youngster at Aston Villa, never looking a contender to win the senior Player of the Year award.

While it's unlikely that record will be replicated this year (though we'll find out soon enough if this year's slate at least has that potential), we figured why not take a trip down Cannes memory lane to revisit the awards season contenders Cannes has launched, getting us on the lookout for what films from this year's line up might be their successors?

It's that time of year again - the road to the Oscars is fraught with rumours, shifts in momentum and, of course, all the contenders maximising their awards potential for the audiences» «consideration».

Renowned in recent years as a key launchpad for heavyweight Oscar contenders, the 74th Venice film festival has unveiled a lineup heavy on potential award - season frontrunners, as films start to jockey for position in earnest.

The first trailer has almost everything required of an Oscar contender, and audiences might be dissuaded from seeing a movie they believe is purely meant to capitalize on awards potential.

As a potential blip, or maybe as a sign of things to come, this was the first of recent years not to have an obvious Academy Awards contender (previous years produced Hugo [2011], Life of Pi [2012], Gravity [2013]-RRB-.

2015 PICTURES: Hollywood Contenders — Preliminary potentials in alphabetical order At this time of the awards season the Hollywood Contenders list includes the following 2015 features (in alphabetical order): Black Mass..

The Mill Valley Film Festival provides attendees with a chance to catch an early glimpse of potential Academy Award ® contenders and discover some of the best films from around the world.

Each year the festival provides attendees with an early look at the potential Academy Award ® contenders and the opportunity to discover some of the best films from around the world.

HollywoodNews.com: Michelle Williams is being buzzed about as a potential best actress contender this award season for both her turns in «Blue Valentine» and «Meek's Cutoff.»

So «buzz» is really code for a two - way conversation conducted between a handful of awards handicappers eager to anoint or dismiss potential contenders, and a handful of studio publicists and independent firms who are listening for the dog - whistle frequency that tells them that somebody thinks their movie might be in the running.

Every awards season I, a near - total awards agnostic, get emotionally invested in exactly one potential Oscar contender, and this year it's Brie Larson for Room.

I would have voted for The Contender, but I suspect the winner would have been The Outsiders, the award committee doubtless citing a requirement stipulated in the award's definition that the book must have «proven or potential appeal to a wide range of teen readers.»