Paul Thomas Anderson's latest explores his usual preoccupations - unconventional families, toxic father figures, cloistered creators - and has received
the usual nominations for awards it won't win.
Not exact matches
Sam Raimi (The Quick and the Dead, Army of Darkness) thankfully subdues his
usual emphasis on style over substance
for one of his best directorial performances to date, evoking quality acting especially from the always excellent Billy Bob Thornton (Armageddon, Primary Colors), who received an Academy
Award nomination.
The International Cinephile Society (of which I am a voting member) have revealed the
nominations for their 12th annual
awards and, as is
usual for this group, the nominees are eclectic, exciting and sometimes baffling.
The
nominations are in
for the 88th Academy
Awards and, per
usual, there were some snubs and surprises.
Academy
Award Nominees: The
nominations for the 85th Academy
Awards are here and while quite a few nods went to the
usual suspects, there's a number of significant snubs and surprises.