Not far behind is Kenneth Branagh’s keenly observed childhood memoir “ Belfast” fans of the filmmaker will spot a number of Easter eggs in it giving clues as to the artist the movie’s towheaded Irish lad would become. Jane Campion’s gaze down the barrel of toxic masculinity, “ The Power of the Dog,” is the early leader in the clubhouse and a likely top contender in several categories, including director, lead actor, supporting actress and actor and adapted screenplay. Here are the panel’s top 20 vote-getters. Delroy Lindo (“The Harder They Fall”)Īt this early stage, a whopping 31 features received votes.
Richard Ayoade (“The Souvenir Part II”)ġ5. Tony Leung (“Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”)ġ2. (tie) Corey Hawkins (“ The Tragedy of Macbeth”)ħ. Kodi Smit-McPhee (“ The Power of the Dog”)ĥ. Some of the intriguing names just under the Top 15: Bradley Cooper (“Licorice Pizza”), Colman Domingo (“ Zola”), Jared Leto (“House of Gucci”), Billy Porter (“Cinderella”), Jeffrey Wright (“The French Dispatch”) and Steven Yeun (“The Humans”).ġ. Masaki Okada also got votes as the handsome, but troubled, actor in “Drive My Car” and international superstar Tony Leung makes a bid for the first acting nomination for an MCU film in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” Simmons (“Being the Ricardos”), two-time nominee Richard Jenkins (“The Humans”), Corey Hawkins (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”) and Vincent Lindon (“Titane”). Other top contenders in the BuzzMeter panel’s Round-1 assessment include previous winner J.K. Longtime vet Ciarán Hinds, so good in “ Rome,” bounces back from “ Justice League” with an endearing turn as the beloved grandfather in “ Belfast.” He’s one of two contenders from Kenneth Branagh’s memory play - the other being Jamie Dornan, whom some of our panel also enjoyed in “ Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” (“The fact that Dornan will be nominated for ‘Belfast’ and not ‘Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar’ is everything wrong with the world in a nutshell,” says Justin Chang).
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“Speak Now,” One Night in Miami… - music and lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr.Kodi Smit-McPhee has teleported to the top of the list of supporting-actor contenders, and by a wide margin, for his portrayal of Kirsten Dunst’s sensitive son falling into the orbit of Benedict Cumberbatch’s brutish cowboy in “The Power of the Dog.” Panelist Claudia Puig says he “plays a delicate character with reserves of steely strength and grace, and it leaves a haunting impression that is likely to entrance Oscar voters” Glenn Whipp says he “turns in the kind of work that makes you rewind the movie in your mind to track the way he shaped the arc of his character.” Costar Jesse Plemons also makes the cut. “Io Si (Seen),” The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti A Se) - music by Diane Warren, lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini “Husavik,” Eurovision Contest: The Story of Fire Saga - music and lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Goransson
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