Oscar Nominations 2016

The 28th of February 2016 will see the year’s awards season come to a climax at the 88th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood California, although all award shows are subjective and we can endlessly debate over who should win what, this is a chance for films and their filmmakers to be globally recognized for another great year of work so let’s see who the principal nominees are this year;

 

Best Picture

• The Big Short

• Bridge of Spies

• Brooklyn

• Mad Max: Fury Road

• The Martian

• The Revenant

• Room

• Spotlight

Our Pick from the Nominees: Mad Max: Fury Road

Our Pick Overall: Sicario

 

 

Directing

• Lenny Abrahamson for Room
  

• Alejandro G. Inarritu for The Revenant

• Adam McKay for The Big Short

• George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road

• Tom McCarthy for Spotlight

Our Pick from the Nominees: George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road

Our Pick Overall: George Miller for Mad Max: Fury Road

 

 

Actor in a Leading Role

• Bryan Cranston for Trumbo
  

• Matt Damon for The Martian

• Leonardo Di Caprio for The Revenant

• Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs

• Eddie Redmayne for The Danish Girl

Our Pick from the Nominees: Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs

Our Pick Overall: Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs

 

 

Actress in a Leading Role

• Cate Blanchett for Carol
  

• Brie Larson for Room

• Jennifer Lawrence for Joy

• Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years

• Saoirse Ronan for Brooklyn

Our Pick from the Nominees: Brie Larson for Room

Our Pick Overall: Brie Larson for Room

 

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christian Bale for The Big Short
  

• Tom Hardy for The Revenant

• Mark Ruffalo for Spotlight

• Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies

• Sylvester Stallone for Creed

Our Pick from the Nominees: Mark Ruffalo for Spotlight

Our Pick Overall: Idris Elba for Beasts of No Nation

 

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Jennifer Jason Leigh for The Hateful Eight

• Rooney Mara for Carol

• Rachel McAdams for Spotlight

• Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl
  

• Kate Winslet for Steve Jobs
  

Our Pick from the Nominees: Kate Winslet for Steve Jobs

Our Pick Overall: Kate Winslet for Steve Jobs

 

 

Writing- Original Screenplay

• Bridge of Spies

• Ex Machina

• Inside Out

• Spotlight

• Straight Outta Compton

Our Pick from the Nominees: Inside Out

Our Pick Overall: The Lobster

 

 

Writing- Adapted Screenplay

• The Big Short

• Brooklyn

• Carol

• The Martian

• Room

Our Pick from the Nominees: Room

Our Pick Overall: Room

 

 

Music- Original Score

• Carter Burwell for Carol

• Jóhann Jóhannsson for Sicario
  

• Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight
  

• Thomas Newman for Bridge of Spies
  

• John Williams for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Our Pick from the Nominees: Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight

Our Pick Overall: Tom Holkenborg for Mad Max: Fury Road

 

 

Music- Original Song

• “Earned It” from 50 Shades of Grey

• “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction

• “Simple Song No. 3” from Youth

• “Till It Happens to You” from The Hunting Ground

• “Writing’s on the Wall” from Spectre

Our Pick from the Nominees: “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction

Our Pick Overall: “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction

 

 

Animated Feature Film

• Anomalisa
  

• Boy and the World

• Inside Out
  

• Shaun the Sheep Movie

• When Marnie Was There

Our Pick from the Nominees: Inside Out

Our Pick Overall: Inside Out

 

 

Foreign Language Film

• Embrace of the Serpent
  

• Mustang

• Son of Saul

• Theeb

• A War

Our Pick from the Nominees: Son of Saul

Our Pick Overall: Son of Saul

 

 

Cinematography

• Roger Deakins for Sicario

• Edward Lachman for Carol

• Emmanuel Lubezki for The Revenant

• Robert Richardson for The Hateful Eight

• John Seale for Mad Max: Fury Road

Our Pick from the Nominees: John Seale for Mad Max: Fury Road

Our Pick Overall: Adam Arkapaw for Macbeth

 

 

Film Editing

• The Big Short

• Mad Max: Fury Road
  

• The Revenant

• Spotlight

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Our Pick from the Nominees: Mad Max: Fury Road

Our Pick Overall: Mad Max: Fury Road

 

 

Visual Effects

• Ex Machina

• Mad Max: Fury Road

• The Martian

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

• The Revenant

Our Pick from the Nominees: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Our Pick Overall: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 

Rather expectedly ‘The Revenant’ leads the field with nominations in most of the major categories, followed thankfully by ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, plenty of nominations for ‘Spotlight’ and ‘The Big Short’, as well as Steven Spielberg’s ‘Bridge of Spies’.

As always there will be many eyebrows raised by some of the nominations and consequent exclusions, and plenty of disappointment to go around. For us it’s the continued trend this awards season of ignoring arguably the best film of the year ‘Sicario’ and subsequent snubs in most of the major categories.

Let’s see how things play out on the night, we’ve given our picks on who we think should win but there are as always many films in 2015 that are not nominated and deserve recognition.

Let us know what you think of the Oscar nominations and our picks by commenting here and on FilmPhonic at Facebook and Twitter.

 

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