‘Sinners’ Should Be a Major Player at the Oscars. Will It Be?

In a sense, Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan have been here before. Their first studio collaboration, Creed, hit theaters a decade ago under great scrutiny before outperforming expectations both with critics and at the box office. The boxing film marked a pivotal turning point after a series of flops for its distributor, Warner Bros., and thrillingly showcased Coogler’s big-scale filmmaking chops as well as Jordan’s leading-man bona fides. The buzz around the movie, a reimagining of…