The Best Actress prize is one of the most sought after awards and one that is among the greatest honors for a performance.This year the category is made up of two previous winners, one five-time nominee and two new nominees. While it is a competitive race, one actress is the clear favorite. Latin Post breaks down who will win Best Actress at the 2015 Academy Awards.
What were Latin Post.com film writer David Salazar's favorite films of 2014? Here is a run down including the honorable mentions which include "The Imitation Game," "A Most Wanted Man," "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," "Inherent Vice" and others.
For years, there has been a stigma that women do not get meaty roles in major films. And yet, 2014 is an example that there are a lot of wondrous female roles to behold on the silver screen. From films carried exclusively by female characters, to films in which they counter and work alongside their male protagonists, there was a truly great range of female leads on display.
Rosamund Pike will play Amy Dunne in the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn's bestselling novel Gone Girl. In a recent interview, both Pike and director David Fincher explained how Pike got the role of a lifetime.