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Although the fall festival season is packed with awards contenders pretending to be indies, the Alamo Drafthouse's annual Fantastic Fest is where the true indies come to play.

By Sean O'Connell Hollywoodnews.com: Sometimes we get caught up with the awards contenders of the fall and holiday film seasons, but that doesn't mean there aren't straight - up genre films we're eagerly anticipating.

«Maze Runner: The Death Cure» is the highest grossing film of the weekend, but according to studio estimates Sunday, many moviegoers also chose the first weekend after Oscar nominations to catch up with some awards contenders like «The Shape of Water» which had its highest grossing frame with $ 5.7 million.

Not exact matches

Part of that likely has to do with the absence of many truly great movies this year, and the fact key contenders — like «The Shape of Water» (the pick by the directors and producers guilds) and «Get Out» (the WGA's original screenplay winner)-- come from genres that seldom receive top awards recognition.

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.

Tottenham Hotspur have punched way above their weight this season, with Pochettino already one of the stronger contenders for the end of the year manager of the season award — for the impressive work he's done in a fairly short time at the North London club.

The PFA announced the shortlist of contenders for the 2015/16 Players» Player of the Year award today with six games remaining in the Premier League season.

With four wins out of four, there was only one real contender for this award.

With hundreds of product launches in the running, we narrowed the contenders for our Editor's Pick category down to the eleven wins showcased in this years awards for their ingenuity and stelllar performance.

Showtime Boxing: Top - rated contender and Chicago native Adrian Granados opens up in an extensive interview with Sports Emmy Award - Winning Writer Mark Kriegel in advance of his welterweight showdown with former four - division world champion, Adrien Broner.

Showtime Boxing: Top - rated contender and Dallas native Errol Spence Jr. opens up in an extensive interview with Sports Emmy Award - Winning Writer Mark Kriegel in advance of his welterweight title fight with IBF Champion Kell Brook.

This story of the strange relationship between eccentric millionaire John du Pont (Steve Carell) and Olympic wrestling champions Mark (Channing Tatum) and Dave Schultz (Mark Ruffalo) will be a major contender during awards seasons, with all three actors in the running for nominations.

I'm not sure if it can become an awards contender, but that's almost besides the point with this one.

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.

When said rare movie opens in theaters one week before Christmas with a fair amount of pre-release buzz, it is expected to not only be good, but a wisely - timed serious contender for Hollywood's award season.

Most of the awards contenders have been maximized, with few notable stumbles.

During last month's 7th Annual Deadline's The Contenders awards season event at the DGA Theatre he joined me on stage with his director Joe Wright to discuss the film and the towering performance in front of a packed house of AMPAS and key guild members.

In the nominations for France's premier film awards, Jacques Audiard's Oscar contender leads the field with a massive 13 bids.

Hawke is coming off of a busy year with awards season contender Boyhood; documentary Seymour: An Introduction, which he produced and directed; Michael and Peter Spierig's Predestination; Andrew Niccol's Good Kill; and Shakespeare update Cymbeline.

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».

Good filmmaking can happen anywhere and anytime, even during the new - release graveyard of January, when devoted movie buffs are supposed to be catching up with all the award contenders they missed over the holidays.

Fox Searchlight's awards contender «The Shape of Water» finished in ninth place with $ 4.3 million at 2,341 screens for a 10 - week total of $ 37.3 million.

Amazon put on a lunch to show off their year ahead, a huge slate of films with an eye on auteurs and award contenders.

««Jumanji» gets the MVP box office award for Super Bowl weekend with a stunning late run ascension to the number one spot as «Maze Runner» adds to its total and «Winchester» enjoys a bit of counter programming success amidst a sea of Oscar contenders over what is a typically slow moviegoing weekend,» said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst with comScore.

La La Land is the leading contender for the 89th Academy Awards with a record - equalling 14 nominations.

A handful of limited - release Best Picture nominees are going into tonight's awards with some box - office wind in their sails, placing most of tonight's contenders on par with most recent recipients of the top prize.

contender for the major awards, but will almost certainly take home the prize for Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography, given how many people equate length - of - shot with quality - of - shot.

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.

As Backstage waits with baited breath for the Dec. 13 announcement, we're breaking down some of the most exciting, groundbreaking, and award - worthy 2017 contenders.

With both the two strongest contenders being some kind of makeup award as well, it's a question of which topic the Academy finds the most compelling.

Securing a Thanksgiving release (their only 2017 awards contender with a date) is a very good sign though.

With a cast led by Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender, and Rachel Weisz, it's little wonder why «The Light Between Oceans» is shaping up to be a major awards contender.

The flamboyant and funny Ezra Miller won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor, and with a wildly inconsistent batch of contenders, there is no sure thing in this category.

You'd think that a film with Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne — from writer / director Richard Linklater — would be either a box office hit, an overwhelming critical darling, an awards contender, or a combination of the three.

Then, we revisit two interviews with first - time directors who could win major awards on Sunday: Yance Ford, whose film Strong Island is up for Best Documentary, and Greta Gerwig, a contender for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Lady Bird.

Additionally, distributor Warner Bros. shuffled the release date until later in the year to better coincide with an Oscar campaign, a sign that the studio feels the film (which co-stars Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde and Chris Pratt) is a serious awards contender and not just some low - budget doodle.

«Enough Said «Why It Could Be A Contender: While her semi-contemporary Lisa Chodolenko had something of an awards breakthrough a few years back with «The Kids Are All Right,» Nicole Holofcener «s never quite made the same leap.

While it is a light year for Best Actor contenders and it's possible to mount something late (Fox Searchlight bought both Oscar - contenders «The Wrestler» and «Jackie» in Toronto), it's a tall order for a fledgling studio like Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios, even with top - flight awards wranglers on board.

Roger Deakins» cinematography is stunning with a number of strong visuals and Alexandre Desplat's score hits all the right marks of a serious award contender.

Catching up with Academy Award nominees is a difficult proposition for movie fans, tickets cost nearly $ 10 a pop and stretching your dollar to watch nine Best Picture contenders is more than a little difficult.

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.

Last week, we shared an enlightening roundtable video interview with the directors of some of this year's awards contenders like Alfonso Cuaron, David O. Russell, and Steve McQueen.

Yes, «La La Land» — the top contender with 14 nominations — had to wait a nerve - wracking two - and - a-half-hours before claiming its first award for cinematography.

As I mentioned last week and the week prior to that, with the festival season well underway and a good portion of the major contenders for the Academy Awards having screened or about to screen, now seems like as good a time as any to take a look at the -LSB-...]

Whether or not he's telling the truth remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: with Anderson behind the camera and a cast that includes Hoffman, Amy Adams and Joaquin Phoenix (making his big screen return after wasting the last few years making «I'm Still Here»), «The Master» will likely be a contender in nearly every major category come awards time.

This year Fox Searchlight enters into the awards season race with a strong back of pedigree contenders with Danny Boyle's 127 Hours, Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan and Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go.

Even though The Shape of Water led the field with 13 nominations and did well with the guilds, it was tough to imagine the fish sex movie would be a real contender at the world's stodgiest awards ceremony, even if things have loosened up a bit in the last few years.

In Season 3, BoJack becomes a top contender at the Oscars, but struggles to deal with the awards circuit as his downward spiral continues.

With an almost daily influx of awards to make note of, this is the sort of time where things change for Oscar contenders quickly.