The 88th ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS

BEST PICTURE
1. The Big Short
2. Bridge of Spies
3. Brooklyn
4. Mad Max Fury Road
5. The Martian
6. The Revenant
7. Room
8. Spotlight

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Lenny Abrahamson, Room
2. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant
3. Adam McKay, The Big Short
4. Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
5. George Miller, Mad Max Fury Road

BEST ACTOR
1. Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
2. Matt Damon, The Martian
3. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
4. Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
5. Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

BEST ACTRESS
1. Cate Blanchett, Carol
2. Brie Larson, Room
3. Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
4. Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
5. Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Christian Bale, The Big Short
2. Tom Hardy, The Revenant
3. Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
4. Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
5. Sylvester Stallone, Creed

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
2. Rooney Mara, Carol
3. Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
4. Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
5. Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1. Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Bridge of Spies
2. Alex Garland, Ex Machina
3. Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, Inside Out
4. Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
5. Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, Straight Outta Compton

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1. Charles Randolph, Adam McKay, The Big Short
2. Nick Hornby Brooklyn
3. Phyllis Nagy, Carol
4. Drew Goddard, The Martian
5. Emma Donoghue, Room

BEST EDITING
1. The Big Short
2. Mad Max Fury Road
3. The Revenant
4. Spotlight
5. Star Wars The Force Awakens

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. A War, Denmark
2. Embrace of the Serpent, Columbia
3. Mustang, France
4. Son of Saul, Hungary
5. Theeb

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Carol
2. The Hateful Eight
3. Mad Max Fury Road
4. The Revenant
5. Sicario

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Bridge of Spies
2. The Danish Girl
3. Mad Max Fury Road
4. The Martian
5. The Revenant

BEST SOUND MIXING
1. Bridge of Spies
2. Mad Max Fury Road
3. The Martian
4. The Revenant
5. Star Wars The Force Awakens

BEST SOUND EDITING
1. Mad Max Fury Road
2. The Martian
3. The Revenant
4. Sicario
5. Star Wars The Force Awakens

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Carol
2. Cinderela
3. The Danish Girl
4. Mad Max Fury Road
5. The Revenant

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies
2. Carter Burwell, Carol
3. Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
4. Johann Johannsson, Sicario
5. John Williams, Star Wars The Force Awakens

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1. Amy
2. Cartel Land
3. The Look of Silence
4. What Happened Miss Simone
5. Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
1. Body Team 12
2. Chau, beyond the lines
3. Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
4. A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
5. Last Day of Freedom

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
1. Ave Maria
2. Day One
3. Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
4. Shok
5. Stutterer

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1. Anomalisa
2. Boy and the World
3. Inside Out
4. Shaun the Sheep The Movie
5. When Marnie Was There

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
1. Bear Story
2. Prologue
3.Sanjay’s Super Team
4. We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
5. World of Tomorrow

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Ex Machina
2. Mad Max Fury Road
3. The Martian
4. The Revenant
5. Star Wars The Force Awakens

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
1. Mad Max Fury Road
2. The 100-Year-Old Man Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
3. The Revenant

BEST ORIGINAL SONG (name the song, not just the film)
1. “Til It Happens to You” from The Hunting Ground
2. “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey
3. “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction
4. “Simple Song #3” from Youth
5. “Writing’s On the Wall” from Spectre

Here they are! The nominations for the 88th Academy Awards. I posted my predictions and they were closer than I had expected, especially in the acting categories! There are not a lot of surprises this morning with The Revenant leading the pack with 12 nominations and Mad Max Fury Road and The Martian scoring multiple nominations as well. I’m really surprised to see Ridley Scott left off the list for Best Director for his work on The Martian. He seemed to be a lock at this point. I was very happy to see Tom Hardy listed for Best Supporting Actor for The Revenant. He didn’t receive a Golden Globe or SAG nomination, but I knew The Revenant was gaining recent momentum. Frankly, I’d give the award to him. Bummed to see Paul Dano (Love & Mercy) left out in that category as well. I also expected see Carol nominated for Best Picture. It’s such a beautiful film that seemed like Oscar gold. It’s stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara were both nominated.

The Oscars will air on ABC on February 28 with Chris Rock hosting.

What are your first impressions? Who are you looking forward to seeing win that night? Feel free to sound off below.