Oscar Nominations

Every year before the Academy Awards ceremony, I try my best to go to the cinema to see every feature length film that is nominated. Sometimes this is impossible to manage as not all movies are given a cinema release or some might be released after the Oscars are distributed. I think I've done very well this past year, only missing out on Ex Machina out of all the movies that have been released at the cinema. None of the Best Foreign Language Films have been released and I'm still waiting for Trumbo to be released on February 18. To make it easier for you to read my reviews of the Oscar nominated movies, I have typed up the list of nominees I have seen where you can click on the movies I have underlined to take you directly to their reviews.

Best Picture: The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett - Carol Brie Larson - Room Jennifer Lawrence - Joy Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn

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 Supporting Role: Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight Rooney Mara - Carol Rachel McAdams - Spotlight Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: 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 G. Inarritu - The Revenant Lenny Abrahamson - Room Tom McCarthy - Spotlight

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

Best Documentary Feature: Amy 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 A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness Last Day of Freedom

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

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

Best Original Score: Bridge of Spies Carol The Hateful Eight Sicario Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Foreign Language Film: Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia) Mustang (France) Son of Saul (Hungary) Theeb (Jordan) A War (Denmark)

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 Original Song: “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction “Simple Song No. 3” from Youth “Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground “Writing’s on the Wall” from Spectre