Sandra Huller, who stars in two Best Picture nominees, "Anatomy of a Fall," and "The Zone of Interest," is also nominated for Best Actress for her role in the former. Movie critic Bruce Miller calls Huller's performances incredible and says her Best Actress nomination is one of the most dese…
Hollywood doesn't say 'Hi, Barbie' at Oscar nominations; 'Oppenheimer' towers
βOppenheimerβ looks like the film to beat.
Scoring 13 Oscar nominations, it has the strength in a number of categories to take it all.
Its biggest competition was expected to come from βBarbie.β Despite eight nods, the revisionist look at the Mattel doll didnβt get ones for Best Director (Greta Gerwig), Best Actress (Margot Robbie) or Best Score. It did, however, land a Supporting Actor bid for Ryan Gosling, a Supporting Actress bid for America Ferrera and a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination for Gerwig and Noah Baumbach. It also has two entries in the Best Song category (βIβm Just Kenβ and βWhat Was I Made For?β), which could guarantee at least one trophy with βBarbieβ on it.
'What if?' conversations intrigue Andrew Scott in 'All of Us Strangers'
When writer/director Andrew Haigh was working on the screenplay for βAll of Us Strangers,β he thought back on his own childhood, the people he had lost and the experiences he had had.
βWhile the film is not autobiographical, itβs certainly very, very personal to me,β he says. βPeople who know me can see myself on that screen like Iβm there.β
Even more surreal: The film was shot in Haighβs childhood home, one that brought its own memories.
Playing with reality: Charles Melton goes beyond the tabloids for 'May December'
To land a role in βMay December,β Charles Melton spent six hours doing a self-tape.
βI probably had seven days to do my self-tape and I just dove in immediately,β Melton says. βI was talking with my coach, watching films, talking to my therapist about human emotionsβ¦.and I completely exhausted myself.β
Getting it right: How Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone researched 'Killers' roles
Leonardo DiCaprio says he felt a great deal of responsibility getting βKillers of the Flower Moonβ right.
βThis was a very dark chapter in American history,β he says of the Osage Nation murders depicted in the film. βWe needed to tell the story correctly and that meant we had to listen.β
Before and during filming, DiCaprio, co-star Lily Gladstone and director Martin Scorsese sought the advice of the Osage community and pored over considerable research compiled by author David Grann.
βThe Osage are still affected by this moment in history,β he says. βWe just knew it was our job and our responsibility to listen and get their perspective. A lot of those meetings (resulted in) the movie that you see today.β
When βThe Marvelsβ turns up on DVD next month, itβll feel right at home. The latest superhero film resembles a TV show.
The special effects are fairly simple, the plot is right out of an afterschool special and the acting is, well, cable-level at best.
To make matters worse, there isnβt much for a newcomer to embrace. If you donβt know the backstory on Carol Danvers (Brie Larson), her uber-fan Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) or astronaut Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris), this isnβt going to help.