Blockbuster musical “Depraved” (Common) is gaining momentum heading into the vacations, spreading much-needed pleasure. That might be the zeitgeist recipe for this 12 months’s Greatest Image Oscar winner. No different contenders really feel as sturdy in the mean time, even when Jon M. Chu’s path and the movie’s visuals don’t cross muster. Upcoming critics group voting, Indie Spirit nominations, Gotham wins, and film openings within the subsequent weeks might change the awards story.
Display screen Discuss co-host Ryan Lattanzio caught up with “A Full Unknown” (Searchlight, December 25) however isn’t as impressed as Anne Thompson with James Mangold’s Bob Dylan origin story starring Timothée Chalamet, who convincingly performs 40 Dylan songs, dwell. Not sufficient narrative, says Ryan. Chalamet is good, say Anne, who thinks it’s going to play for the Academy, particularly the actors department.
Anne has come round on Daniel Craig’s possibilities for an performing nomination for Luca Guadagnino’s William Burroughs’ adaptation “Queer” (A24, November 27) though she doesn’t admire the film. He’s the strongest candidate for the fifth slot as a result of actors will admire his radical transformation from James Bond.
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