The nominees for the 88th Academy Awards have just been announced in Los Angeles, bringing Leonardo DiCaprio ever closer to finally nabbing that Best Actor Oscar, so he can shut up about it already.
As far as the big award goes, fans hopeful that Star Wars: The Force Awakens would validate their life choices by snagging a Best Picture nomination will be disappointed, although it did pick up nods for Editing, Visual Effects, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and John Williams’ score. (Speaking of, The Hateful Eight was shut out except for Jennifer Jason Leigh for Best Supporting Actress, Robert Richardson’s cinematography and Ennio Morricone’s score, arguably the three best parts of the movie.) Instead, the Best Picture Category is filled with expected choices, like “Best Comedy” The Martian, The Revenant, Spotlight, Bridge Of Spies, and unexpected awards juggernaut Mad Max: Fury Road, the latter of which was nominated for an impressive 10 awards. (Witness!) The only film to pick up more is Golden Globes favorite The Revenant, which was nominated for 12 awards.
In the acting categories, DiCaprio will vie for the prize against newly branded “comedian” Matt Damon, Steve Jobs’ Michael Fassbender, Oscar-bait specialist Eddie Redmayne, and Trumbo’s Bryan Cranston. Cate Blanchett is once again up for Best Actress against Golden Globe winner Brie Larson, her fellow newcomer Saoirse Ronan, Jennifer Lawrence—who picked up Joy’s only nomination—and Charlotte Rampling, who gave a career-high performance in 45 Years.
Elsewhere on the list, Sylvester Stallone has once again been nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of Rocky Balboa, where he’ll square off against Tom Hardy (for The Revenant, not Fury Road), Mark Ruffalo, Christian Bale, and Mark Rylance. Rachel McAdams, who played a Boston Globe reporter in Spotlight, is up for Best Supporting Actress against Blanchett’s Carol companion Rooney Mara, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alicia Vikander, and Kate Winslet.
In conclusion, Fifty Shades Of Grey was nominated for an Oscar, but then again, so was World Of Tomorrow.
Best Picture
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Bridge Of Spies
Spotlight
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge Of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Director
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Best Adapted Screenplay
Adam McKay, Charles Randolph, The Big Short
Drew Goddard, The Martian
Emma Donoghue, Room
Nick Hornby, Brooklyn
Phyllis Nagy, Carol
Best Original Screenplay
Matt Charman, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Bridge Of Spies
Alex Garland, Ex Machina
Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Inside Out
Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer, Spotlight
Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman, Straight Outta Compton
Best Foreign Language Film
Embrace Of The Serpent (Colombia)
Mustang (France)
Son Of Saul (Hungary)
Theeb (Jordan)
A War (Denmark)
Best Production Design
Bridge Of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Best Visual Effects
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Editing
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Cinematography
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Mad: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Best Animated Feature
Anomalisa
Boy And The World
Inside Out
Shaun The Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
Best Documentary Feature
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look Of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter On Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom
Best Costume Design
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Best Makeup And Hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared
The Revenant
Best Original Score
Bridge Of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Original Song
The Weeknd, “Earned It,” 50 Shades Of Grey
J. Ralph & Sia, “Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
Sumi Jo, “Simple Song #3,” Youth
Lady Gaga, “Til It Happens To You,” The Hunting Ground
Sam Smith, “Writing’s On The Wall,” Spectre
Best Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Sound Mixing
Bridge Of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Animated Short Film
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World Of Tomorrow
Best Documentary Short Subject
Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond The Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres Of The Shoah
A Girl In The River: The Price Of Forgiveness
Last Day Of Freedom
Best Live Action Short Film
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok
Stutterer