The 88th Academy Awards are coming up in Tinseltown this Sunday (28 February) and should be worth a chuckle considering the fact that Chris Rock will be hosting. The dissing he gave Jude Law the last time he hosted was a sight to behold so we trust he's going to deliver some stonkers this year.
The ceremony will air live on M-Net Movies Premiere at 03h30 in the morning of Monday, 29 February and will rebroadcast later on M-Net, at 19h30.
Giuliana Rancic and her toothy crew of E! red carpet hosts will be on the carpet for
hours. Things start with a Red Carpet Countdown at 20h30 on Sunday night (28th), followed by Live from the Red Carpet at 00h30 on Monday morning which last until the ceremony starts at 03h30.
The Fashion Police do their thang on Wednesday, 2 March at 20h00.
Here's a recap of the nominees, followed by reviews of some of the nominated films by TVSA movie blogger Thabang:
Best motion picture of the year
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 in Carol
Brie Larson in Room
Jennifer Lawrence in Joy
Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn
Best actress in a supporting role
Jennifer Jason Leigh in The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara in Carol
Rachel McAdams in Spotlight
Alicia Vikander in The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet in Steve Jobs
Best actor in a leading role
Bryan Cranston in Trumbo
Matt Damon in The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant
Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl
Best actor in a supporting role
Christian Bale in The Big Short
Tom Hardy in The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo in Spotlight
Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone in Creed
Best animated feature film of the year
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
Best foreign language film of the year
Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia)
Mustang (France)
Son of Saul (Hungary)
Theeb (Jordan)
A War (Denmark)
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 animated short film
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow
Best live action short film
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer
Achievement in cinematography
Carol - Ed Lachman
The Hateful Eight - Robert Richardson
Mad Max: Fury Road - John Seale
The Revenant - Emmanuel Lubezki
Sicario - Roger Deakins
Achievement in costume design
Carol - Sandy Powell
Cinderella - Sandy Powell
The Danish Girl - Paco Delgado
Mad Max: Fury Road - Jenny Beavan
The Revenant - Jacqueline West
Achievement in directing
The Big Short - Adam McKay
Mad Max: Fury Road - George Miller
The Revenant - Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Room - Lenny Abrahamson
Spotlight - Tom McCarthy
Achievement in film editing
The Big Short - Hank Corwin
Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel
The Revenant - Stephen Mirrione
Spotlight - Tom McArdle
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road
Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
The Revenant
Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Bridge of Spies - Thomas Newman
Carol - Carter Burwell
The Hateful Eight - Ennio Morricone
Sicario - Jóhann Jóhannsson
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - John Williams
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Earned It from Fifty Shades of Grey
Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
Manta Ray from Racing Extinction
Music by J. Ralph and Lyric by Antony Hegarty
Simple Song #3 from Youth
Music and Lyric by David Lang
Til It Happens To You from The Hunting Ground
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
Writing’s On The Wall from Spectre
Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Achievement in production design
Bridge of Spies
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
The Danish Girl
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish
Mad Max: Fury Road
Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
The Martian
Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
The Revenant
Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy
Achievement in sound editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mark Mangini and David White
The Martian
Oliver Tarney
The Revenant
Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
Sicario
Alan Robert Murray
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Matthew Wood and David Acord
Achievement in sound mixing
Bridge of Spies
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
Mad Max: Fury Road
Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
The Martian
Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
The Revenant
Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
Achievement in visual effects
Ex Machina
Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
Mad Max: Fury Road
Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
The Martian
Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
The Revenant
Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
Adapted screenplay
The Big Short
Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Brooklyn
Screenplay by Nick Hornby
Carol
Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
The Martian
Screenplay by Drew Goddard
Room
Screenplay by Emma Donoghue
Original screenplay
Bridge of Spies
Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
Ex Machina
Written by Alex Garland
Inside Out
Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
Spotlight
Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Straight Outta Compton
Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff
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