With the Academy Awards, the Oscars, just a few weeks away, we can step back and take a look at the award categories. We have already taken a look at the category nominees for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Now we will be taking a look at the nominations for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award.
At the top of the list for Best Supporting Actress nominees, we have Kathy Bates for her role as Bobi Jewell in the movie Richard Jewell. The movie being about Richard Jewell, the security guard suspected of bombing the 1996 Summer Olympics. Bates gave a performance as a caring mother throughout the film, and it comes across very well. If it didn’t come across that well, then she wouldn’t have been chosen for this nomination to begin with.
Going down the list, we have Laura Dern for her role as family lawyer Nora Fanshaw in Marriage Story. The movie shows us a couple pushed to their extremes during a divorce. Dern plays one of the crucial characters that mediates the divorce proceedings and does an incredible job being a lawyer. Her nomination just shows another reason why this film is so highly praised.
An actress that was nominated for Best Actress made it to this nomination as well. Scarlett Johansson was nominated for her role as a single German mother in the film Jojo Rabbit. As a supporting actress she plays a very important role in the film, and she performs it very well. Obviously that gives her plenty of reason to be on this nominations list as well.
Following that nomination, we have Florence Pugh who played the role of Amy March in the newest adaptation of the film Little Women. Little Women is about four sisters’ Massachusetts childhoods and the events and relationships that helped shape them as adults. She portrays the character as being jealous of her sister,the main character, and her emotion as such is what gives her this nomination.
The final actress to be nominated for the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is Margot Robbie for her role as Kayla Pospisil in Bombshell. The movie sees three women take on the controversial media empire Fox News and face off against the powerful man who created it. She plays as one of the key characters of the film and as such delivers a performance to match up to her role.
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards given to the best in cinema. There are numerous categories that have awards tied to them. We have previously covered the categories for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress. Sometimes just as important as the leading role is the supporting role, and we are going over the nominees for Best Supporting Actor.
The first actor on the list of nominees is Tom Hanks for his role as Mister Rogers in the movie A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood sees a jaded magazine writer assigned to profile Mister Rogers and coming out of their meeting with a new view of his life. Tom Hanks might be considered a supporting actor for the film, but he is just as important as the main actor.
Next up on the list of nominees for supporting actor is Anthony Hopkins for playing Pope Benedict in The Two Popes. Hopkins delivers an excellent performance and gives us a sense of the nature of the character he plays. For those unaware, The Two Popes sees the introspective Pope Benedict and his harshest critic, Cardinal Bergoglio, engage in a deep, revelatory discussion about the state of the Catholic Church and their future as its leaders.
Next on the list we actually have two nominees for Best Supporting Actor from the same movie. The nominees are Al Pacino and Joe Pesci for their respective roles in the movie, The Irishman. They play Jimmy Hoffa and Russell Bufalino respectively and deliver on their roles as powerful figures of the mob. Due to their lauded performances, they managed to both make it onto the list of nominees for Best Supporting Actor.
Finally, also nominated for the award for Best Supporting Actor is Brad Pitt for his performance in Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood. Pitt plays the role of Cliff Booth, the stunt double for a TV actor during the Golden Age of Hollywood. His performance made him just as important to the film as co-star Leonardo DiCaprio and allowed him to be put on the list of nominees for Best Supporting Actor.
With the annual Academy Awards coming up in the very near future, we take a look back at various categories for the films of the past year. There are a variety of different categories that sees awards being given. We’ve already gone through the nominations for Best Picture and Best Actor, so now we of course move onto the nominations for Best Actress.
First on the list of nominations is Cynthia Erivo for her role as the titular Harriet Tubman in Harriet. Harriet Tubman escapes from a Maryland plantation and transforms into one of America’s most renowned freedom fighters. Erivo’s performance has landed her as one of the few actresses nominated for a Best Actress award.
Next on the list of nominations, we have Scarlett Johansson for her role in the movie Marriage Story. She plays one half of a married couple going through a coastal separation and an impending divorce. Her performance shows us what a real life situation involving divorce could actually look like. The powerful performance she gives puts her on the list of nominees for sure.
The next nominee for Best Actress is Saoirse Ronan for her role in the newest adaptation of Little Women. Ronan plays the main character Jo March a burgeoning author looking back on her and her three sisters’ Massachusetts childhoods. Her performance, of course managed to earn her a place on the nominations list.
Another Best Actress nominee is Charlize Theron, for her role in the movie Bombshell. Bombshell sees three women take on the controversial media empire Fox News and face off against the powerful man who created it. Theron’s performance as Fox News correspondent Megyn Kelly was powerful, and obviously that was noticed because she earned a nomination.
The final Best Actress nominee to grace the list is Renée Zellweger for her role in the movie Judy. Judy sees showbiz legend Judy Garland arriving in London to perform a five-week sold-out run of shows. As she prepares her act, fights with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Zellweger’s performance shines through just as well as her character’s does.
The annual Academy Awards, best known as The Oscars, is fast approaching. There are numerous categories, therefore numerous nominations. We have already covered the nominations for best picture, and now we will be covering nominations for best actor. Who was nominated, and for what role they played to be nominated for the award to begin with are what we will discuss.
First up on the list of nominees for Best Actor is Antonio Banderas for his role in the film Pain and Glory. Banderas plays Salvador Mallo, a renowned film director in physical decline who decides to revisit his past. The result of which is a performance that managed to captivate the audience, putting him on this list.
Next up on the list of nominees, we have Leonardo DiCaprio for his role in Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood. DiCaprio plays aging TV star Rick Dalton struggling to make his way around an industry and a city he hardly recognizes anymore. In the end, we get a TV star who just wants to be in the limelight and it is a great performance for DiCaprio.
Another actor who gave an Oscar worthy performance was Adam Driver for his role in Marriage Story. In Marriage Story, Driver plays one half of a couple who, with their son, must navigate their impending divorce. His performance as a man who is simply going through a divorce shows us what life can be like and reminds us of human nature. This performance makes it all just feel real, and that is what lands him on the list of nominees.
One of the most well-received performances of the year comes from the next nominee, Joaquin Phoenix, for his performance as the titular Joker. Joker sees Phoenix’s character trying to navigate Gotham’s society to try and become a stand-up comic. The result of which leads him down a road of increasingly bad decisions. Joaquin Phoenix gives an incredible performance that was lauded by audience and critics alike and puts him on this list.
The final nominee on this list for Best Actor is Jonathan Pryce for his role in The Two Popes. Pryce’s role in the film is that of Cardinal Bergoglio, who would go on to become Pope Francis after Pope Benedict retires from his papacy. They engage in a deep, revelatory discussion about the state of the Catholic Church and their future as its leaders. The resulting performance obviously putting Pryce on the list of nominees.
The annual Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are coming up again for the 92nd time. Off course, as always, there is plenty of competition for each category. The category I will be discussing now is the best picture category, and the films that have been nominated for it.
First of all we have Ford v. Ferrari, a biopic about the men who worked to create a car that could stand up to Enzo Ferrari’s race cars. Auto designer Carroll Shelby and race car driver Ken Miles aimed to beat Ferrari with a high-performance race car for the Ford Motor Company at the 1966 Le Mans endurance Grand Prix.
Next on the list of nominees, we have The Irishman, which sees World War II vet Frank Sheeran reflecting on his life as a hustler and mob hitman. The movie also shows him working alongside many notorious figures, including Jimmy Hoffa, the subject of one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history.
Up next, we have the dramedy that it Jojo Rabbit, a Taika Waititi film. The movie shows us the life of a lonely German boy being turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. The movie is set to the backdrop of WWII and, aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend Adolf Hitler, Jojo must confront his blind nationalism.
One of the biggest contenders for this year has to be Joker. We see a young man longing to be a stand-up comic, but finds the joke is always on him. Set to the backdrop of Gotham’s fractured society, we see the comedian making one bad decision after another, bringing about a chain reaction of escalating events. Joaquin Phoenix was praised heavily for his part in the film, and it definitely makes Joker one of the top films.
Releasing at the tail end of 2019, the movie Little Women has made its way onto the nomination list. It is a historical period drama and it is the seventh film adaptation of the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. Little Women tells the story of burgeoning author Jo March looks back on her and her three sisters’ Massachusetts childhoods and the events and relationships that helped shape them as adults in the 1860’s.
Following that is, Marriage Story, a film that shows us a young creative couple and their son navigating the tricky waters of bicoastal separation and impending divorce. It is a film that blatantly shows us how difficult real life can be sometimes. This gives it its place on the list of nominees for best picture.
Another film which released at the end of the year that made its way onto the best picture list was 1917. 1917 depicts two British soldiers being sent on a dangerous mission to stop an attack by the British 7th Division that will result in a massacre by the Germans during WWI. Their assignment takes on extra urgency as one of the young soldiers’ brothers is fighting in that Division.
Also among the nominees is Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino’s 9th film. It tells the story of aging TV star Rick Dalton and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth. In Los Angeles in 1969, they struggle to make their way around an industry and a city they hardly recognize anymore.
The final nominee for best picture for the 92nd Academy Awards is Parasite. Parasite shows the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan being threatened by greed, class discrimination and a mysterious interloper.
All of these films were nominated to receive the award for best picture of the year. My pick for which one it should be is definitely Joker, but I don’t make the decisions. We’ll just have to wait and find out exactly which one has managed to make the cut on Sunday, February 9, 2020.
Bloodshot, as stated by the title of this post, is a comic book series centered on the titular hero Bloodshot. After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. The RST Corporation brings him back with an army of nanotechnology in his veins, and he becomes an unstoppable force –stronger than ever and able to heal instantly. The only problem is that the corporation has complete control of his mind and memories, and they have ulterior motives.
As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he cannot recall anything from his former life. But when his memories flood back and he remembers the man that killed both him and his wife, he breaks out of the facility to get revenge, only to discover that there’s more to the conspiracy than he thought. Now, Ray doesn’t know what is real and what isn’t, but he intends to find out.
The movie is directed by David S. F. Wilson and the screenplay is written by Jeff Wadlow and Eric Heisserer. The story was written by Jeff Wadlow as well. Bloodshot is based entirely off of The Valiant Comic Book of the same name. The film is produced by Neal H. Moritz, Toby Jaffe, Dinesh Shamdasani, and Vin Diesel. The cast of the film is Vin Diesel, Eiza Gonzalez, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, and Guy Pearce. The movie will release to theaters on February 21, 2020.
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