![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cooper has already gotten some of his best reviews yet for the film and his performance, as we’ve noted, ends with a bang: it would be easy to suggest Cooper has never been better than in the closing moments of “Nightmare Alley.” That work, coupled with his stellar comedic plus-sized cameo in “Licorice Pizza” suggests to me that Cooper will make a serious run at one of these five slots. Out in a much wider release on Friday is “ Nightmare Alley,” and while we’ve talked about how the Guillermo del Toro film should clean up in the crafts categories, I can’t help but feel like I’ve shortchanged its above-the-line chances - particularly here in Best Actor. But at the risk of throwing a monkey wrench into the proceedings - and with due respect to relative underdog contenders like Leonardo DiCaprio, Joaquin Phoenix, Javier Bardem, Nicolas Cage and Jude Hill - is it possible we’ve all been focused on the wrong Bradley Cooper performance when it comes to Oscar bona fides. Between today and Christmas, the final two top contenders for an Oscar nomination will make landfall - albeit in a pair of supremely limited releases: Peter Dinklage in “ Cyrano” and Denzel Washington in “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” Those actors have been hanging around the consensus since September and join Will Smith, Benedict Cumberbatch and Andrew Garfield to make up what feels like the chalk list of Best Actor nominees. This week, we take another look at the Best Actor race.Ĭhristopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! We’re back with Best Actor on the brain. Welcome to Oscar Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Oscar race - via Slack, of course. ![]()
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