While I'm kind of over
the whole movie awards thing — at least in terms of who wins, I do still enjoy the conversation that surrounds them.
Not exact matches
The vast majority of those lucky enough to be at the secret screening have heaped loads of praise on the actors, the director and the
whole movie itself giving rise to predictions of a large Oscar presence come
awards season.
Tonight, less than 24 hours after the Oscar nominations were announced - and the
whole world got to react to the various snubs - The Critics» Choice
Movie Awards revealed their picks for the best
movies, actors, actresses, etc. of the year.
Fast forward a year, and we have a
whole new exciting line - up of
awards friendly
movies to gawk at.
Holly Hunter already has Oscars, Emmys and a
whole slew of other
awards for
movies like The Piano, Broadcast News over her long and successful career, but now last summer's indie hit The Big Sick has sparked a new round of honors for the star including two SAG nominations, a Critics» Choice nom, and tonight a Career Achievement
Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival's
awards gala.
That's a really tremendous cast, one with a
whole bunch of Oscars and other
awards to their names, and at the very least the
movie will serve as counterprogramming to next summer's action and superhero blockbusters.
Ugh, yes, I actually didn't mean to write «not nominated for Best Picture» but instead a
movie not nominated for a
whole swag of other
awards, but as I was looking at the list of winners I forgot that Dark Knight wasn't nominated for BP.
No U.S. distribution yet, but if there's even a sniff of
awards recognition for Gere (or the
movie as a
whole), expect this to be snapped up and added to the 2014 calendar.