Get Out Oscars
As the 90th Academy Awards quickly approaches, movie buffs are flocking to theaters to see all the nominated flicks. What it does is make it more challenging to figure out who will win. Greta Gerwig comes in 3rd for probability at 12/1, followed by Jordan Peele for Get Out and Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread at 40/1 and 66/1 respectively.
"The Shape of Water is about a woman who has sex with a sea monster".
The best of the rest: Sam Lee to win Best Film Editing for Dunkirk. I think del Toro has it.
This simple coming-of-age story received five Oscar nominations, making appearances in the categories of Best Picture and Best Director.
Will probably win: Toronto's very own GdT.
Denzel Washington, "Roman J. Israel, Esq". It is more than the actors who portray their characters with poise and conviction that inspires others.
Times movie critic Steve Persall did a deep dive into the data this year, performing an unscientific examination of all the best actress and best actor winners in Oscars 89 previous ceremonies.
So, what are Gary Oldman's odds?
First it was the Golden Globes, then the Grammys.
"The star of this year's Oscars is female empowerment".
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She was in attendance at the small affair, along with Larry David, Jennifer Aniston and Chelsea Handler. Schumer's love life is not the only thing booming since her new film is coming out this year.
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Shape had been the favourite after the nominees were announced, in part because Three Billboards' helmer Martin McDonagh is not shortlisted for Best Director. The website found that on average, an Oscar costs $81.7 million to win, but there's great variation among the movies.
Assuming no such gaffe happens again in 2018, who will win it this time around? Dafoe effortlessly supports his cast of non-actors breathing life into a story that is timely and heartbreakingly lovely. Because the Best Picture category has 10 nominees, its magic number is 1/11 plus 1 of the total votes. Her performance as Tonya Harding's abusive mother is unlike any real life portrayal we have ever seen.
"We all knew and still no arrests", a second one says. Both McDonagh and Peele continue to steal the lead from one another for Best Original Screenplay.
With four Oscar nominations, this adapted screenplay has sparked the interest of many. This is Ivory's fourth Oscar nomination.
Call Me By Your Name isn't a showy film. We hope that many of our local film festival attendees had a chance to catch this film at the festival last November. "This year promises to be even better with exclusive interviews and access you won't find anywhere else".
TPN: Do you think the Oscars are addressing its diversity problem in recent years with some of the nominations this year? And Spencer's role requires her to interpret Hawkins in most of her scenes, so if voters go to Hawkins she and Jenkins could also be carried along.
Meryl Streep is a regular attendee at the Academy Awards, and has been nominated 19 timesWhat is an Oscars statuette?
It appears that Las Vegas oddsmakers are not in total agreement with movie experts, as the online gambling site Bovada actually has Three Billboards (20/23) as the odds-on bet to win the Best Picture race over the likes of The Shape of Water (7/5), Get Out (11/2), and Lady Bird (14/1).
The eighth annual Napa Valley Film Festival takes place November 7-11.
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