Sentences with phrase «praised at her nomination»

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Oneida Indian Nation Representative Ray Halbritter introduced Brian Schweitzer this morning at the United South and Eastern Tribes Conference in Washington, D.C., lavishing praise on the former Montana governor who has been touted as a «dark horse» candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016.

Malkovich met with near - universal critical praise and garnered an Academy Award nomination for the neophyte feature director — as well as supporting actress Catherine Keener and writer Charlie Kaufman — though Stipe and the film itself were passed over for a Best Picture nod.Despite Single Cell's increasing prominence in the industry, Stipe continued to support C - Hundred for smaller - budgeted niche features such as writer - director Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward and McKay's coming - of - age drama Our Song, both of which were featured at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

Despite some genuinely hilarious sequences that, regrettably, are spaced too far apart, this meditation on the things that matter in life is too slow and at times too forced to deserve the high praise it has been getting (including an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film that should have gone to a number of other more worthwhile pictures).

However, within this varied collection of roles (as a bleached - blonde hooker in «Winter Of Our Dreams», an anti-nuclear terrorist in «Who Dares Wins» / «The Final Option», or an evironmentalist caught in a murder - mystery in «Heatwave») she, at the very least, sealed her reputation as one of the most exciting young actresses in the world - a well - worn piece of praise given further credibility following the phenomenal performance she gave as Adela Quested in David Lean's «A Passage To India», which resulted in her recieving an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in 1984.

It was a minor success at the box office, but earned him praise from critics and a couple of Golden Globe nominations for Grier and Jackson.

The actress plays the disgraced American Olympic figure skater in new biopic I, Tonya and her performance has been widely praised, earning her a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars next month.

Shortlisted for an Oscar nomination, «Cameraperson» has already earned unanimous praise and a flurry of awards and nominations for Johnson and her editor Nels Bangerter since premiering at Sundance.

Another outsider with a shot at a nomination is deaf actress Millicent Simmonds, who received praise for her performance in «Wonderstruck» when it premiered at Cannes, but has gotten less attention in the onslaught of the season's awards contenders opening at theaters.

«Strong Island» has already received critical praise and several accolades, including the Special Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and also snagged a nomination for the highly coveted Grand Jury Prize.

DuVernay's 13th also earned a Best Documentary Feature nomination, along with the widely praised seven - plus hour O.J.: Made In America, film festival favorite Tickled, the uncomfortable look at disgraced politician Anthony Weiner in Weiner, andCameraperson, a compendium of the film projects of cinematographer Kirsten Johnson.

Sure it got lots of critical praise but when voters look at the nomination list some of the higher elites may still scoff at Skyfall as a mere action film.

It may sound like an oddball film, but it's one that has garnered so much praise that, come March, may have a shot at a few Oscar nominations.

Disover got a few nominations in the call for contenders thread, but in all of them you praised the card for being useful at checkout at Amazon and easy to rack up cash back rewards.

Hot off of winning several «Best of» nominations at E3 this year (along with loads of similar awards and praise from other events), the game sees you journeying across America and swapping stories in encounters inspired by folk tales and folk music, with a blend of 3D graphics and gorgeous 2D animations, all of which you can get a feel for in the new story trailer that you can also see below.