The 10 Best Performances Of 2016 (So Far)

Because of how the cinematic calendar is laid out, it tends to be that many of the best film performances come in the second half of the year. Studios and the distributors just love to get in on the end-of-year awards season race, and the best way to do that is to release the Oscar contenders in the usual peak September to December period.

Brogan Morris

Published: Jun 21, 2016 11:58 pm

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4) Ben Foster – The Program

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The Program – a based-on-truth biopic about disgraced former American icon Lance Armstrong – was clearly designed to be an Oscar contender. Unfortunately, it was dumped this year on VOD and select few cinemas, in the middle of March. As strongly hinted by its release fate, the overall film is flimsy. Ben Foster, meanwhile, still very much deserves awards recognition for his transformation into the cunning world champion cyclist.

Sometimes, Foster’s method intensity can be ill-advised and even unintentionally amusing (see: Warcraft). In The Program, however, his dedication 100% pays off. He doesn’t just imitate Armstrong (the look, the body language and speech cadences are spot-on), he disappears into the part and convincingly becomes the man, to an almost creepily accurate degree.

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