We're here everyone- the moment of truth. And the truth turned out to be the utter dominance of Alejandro Inarritu's The Revenant, with 12, count 'em, 12 nominations. Following with 10 nods was George Miller's Mad Max, which pretty much hit everywhere, even in places like costumes and production design- I'm betting this is our tech favorite, destined to pick up six trophies in the below the line categories on Oscar night. Carol was shut out of Best Picture and Best Director, but both Room and Brooklyn made it into the top eight, with the shocker being Room's Lenny Abrahamson nodded in director, replacing Ridley Scott, who was snubbed for The Martian, which picked up seven nods, including Matt Damon. And Spotlight did exactly what it needed to, landing six nominations in all the key categories, and getting actors Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams in from the ensemble, which had been having trouble getting its actors nominated anywhere. The Big Short got five nominations too, but it looks to me like this race is between The Revenant and Spotlight, with Big Short as a possible upset? I'll go over the snubs and controversies later.
2015 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS
Best Picture
"The Big Short"
"Bridge of Spies"
"Brooklyn"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"The Revenant"
"Room"
"Spotlight"
Best Director
Lenny Abrahamson, "Room"
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "The Revenant"
Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight"
Adam McKay, "The Big Short"
George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, "Carol"
Brie Larson, "Room"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy"
Charlotte Rampling, "45 Years"
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"
Rooney Mara, "Carol"
Rachel McAdams, "Spotlight"
Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl"
Kate Winslet, "Steve Jobs"
'Spotlight' remains a strong contender for the win, but what will the PGA choose?
Best Original Screenplay
"Bridge of Spies"
"Ex Machina"
"Inside Out"
"Spotlight"
"Straight Outta Compton"
Best Adapted Screenplay
"The Big Short"
"Brooklyn"
"Carol"
"The Martian"
"Room"
Best Cinematography
"Carol"
"The Hateful Eight"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Revenant"
"Sicario"
Best Costume Design
"Carol"
"Cinderella"
"The Danish Girl"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Revenant"
Best Film Editing
"The Big Short"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Revenant"
"Spotlight"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared"
"The Revenant"
'Mad Max' seems to be the frontrunner for nearly every technical category
Best Production Design
"Bridge of Spies"
"The Danish Girl"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"The Revenant"
Best Score
"Bridge of Spies"
"Carol"
"The Hateful Eight"
"Sicario"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
Best Song
"Fifty Shades of Grey" - "Earned It"
"The Hunting Ground" - "Til it Happens to You"
"Racing Extinction" - "Manta Ray"
"Spectre" - "Writing's on the Wall"
"Youth" - "Simple Song #3"
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"
'The Martian' landed seven nominations, but Ridley Scott was shockingly left off the Best Director list
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 Foreign Language Film
"Embrace of the Serpent"
"Mustang"
"Son of Saul"
"Theeb"
"A War"
Best Animated Short
"Bear Story"
"Prologue"
"Sanjay's Super Team"
"We Can’t Live without Cosmos"
"World of Tomorrow"
Best Documentary Short
"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
"Ave Maria"
"Day One"
"Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)"
"Shok"
"Stutterer"
Having made the cut for the nomination, Amy is now the favorite for Best Documentary
