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Is Tom Cruise heading towards a first-ever Best Actor Oscar?
Based connected nan footage conscionable shown coming astatine nan Warner Bros Cinemacon presentation, arsenic good arsenic nan ecstatic reception he sewage from nan packed crowd of theatre owners who were nan first to spot it, I would opportunity a nomination, astatine nan very least, is simply a no-brainer.
This is nan benignant of characteristic move nan star, introduced arsenic nan biggest movie prima successful nan world, has not done successful a while though I still person fond memories of his unrecognizable Les Grossman successful 2008’s Tropic Thunder, but that was conscionable a mini supporting role. This one, based connected nan Cinemacon footage and his quality arsenic a grey haired cookware bellied aged lipid man who destroyed nan satellite and now vows to hole it, is nan benignant of risk-taking unexpected capacity that Oscar voters love. And successful a movie from five-time Oscar victor Alejandro G. Inarritu that promises to beryllium wickedly chaotic and comic, but pinch thing pertinent to opportunity astir nan world, location tin beryllium nary mobility that this October merchandise will catapult Cruise backmost into nan race.
Cruise has been antecedently nominated 3 times for acting Oscars including his stellar move successful Born On The Fourth Of July, Jerry Maguire, and a supporting domiciled successful Magnolia. In November nan Academy conscionable decided they couldn’t hold anymore and gave him an Honorary Oscar astatine nan Governors Awards. He could travel some Henry Fonda who sewage an Honorary Oscar successful 1980 only to yet triumph Best Actor for On Golden Pond the very adjacent year, arsenic good arsenic perennial Oscar bridesmaid Paul Newman who likewise sewage an Honorary Academy Award successful 1985 only to return location that elusive Best Actor statuette nan adjacent twelvemonth for, ironically, The Color Of Money which co-starred – you guessed it = Tom Cruise. We whitethorn beryllium looking astatine that benignant of business should this domiciled and this movie deliver, what nan footage we each conscionable saw successful Vegas promises.
Cinemacon truthful acold hasn’t delivered galore evident Oscar contenders (although Dune Part 3 looks epic capable to onshore a 3rd Best Picture information for nan series). This normal is much astir commercialized boxoffice type movies, but astatine past night’s Sony Pictures position footage from Aaron Sorkin’s followup to his Oscar winning The Social Network, called The Social Reckoning looked for illustration a movie ripe for its time, and could beryllium Oscar fodder for that workplace and perchance Jeremy Strong who plays Mark Zuckerberg this time. Remember Jesse Eisenberg sewage a information arsenic nan Facebook founder, and Strong’s activity looks correct connected nan money.
Right now though Cruise is your first judge thing.
