OSCARS 2016 Nominations announced!

The OSCARS 2016 will take place on Sunday February 28th and will be broadcast on Sky in the middle of the night if you’re in the UK. The nominations are as follows:

Best Picture:

The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road (review)
The Martian (review)
The Revenant (review)
Room
Spotlight

Best Director:

The Big Short – Adam McKay
Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller
The Revenant – Alejandro G Iñárritu
Room – Lenny Abrahamson
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years (review)
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actor:

Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best Supporting Actress:

Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight (review)
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Animated Feature Film:

Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

Best Adapted Screenplay:

The Big Short
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

Best Original Screenplay:

Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina (review)
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton (review)

Best Foreign Language Film:

Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War

Best Original Song:

“Earned It” – Fifty Shades of Grey (review)
“Manta Ray” – Racing Extinction
“Simple Song #3” – Youth
“Til It Happens To You” – The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s On The Wall” – Spectre (review)

Best Original Score:

Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario (review)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (review)

Best Documentary Feature:

Amy (review)
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Best Documentary Short Subject:

Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
The Girl on the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Last Day of Freedom

Best Film Editing:

The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Make-up & Hairstyling:

Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

Best Short Film (Animated):

Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

Best Short Film (Live Action):

Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer

Best Production Design:

Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant

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 Visual Effects:

Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Costume Design:

Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant

Best Cinematography:

Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario