Twelve years ago, I started this blog to
celebrate some of the brilliant films from 2012. From independent films like Beasts
of the Southern Wild to Silver
Linings Playbook, to more mainstream successes like Django
Unchained and Les
Miserables – I thought that it had been a great year for American films. I didn’t want to go back and review older
films, only to look forwards to 2013.
Much to everyone’s delight, this last
year has been widely accepted to have been even better for cinema… I have already written about my ten
favourite mainstream films, but today is the day where Hollywood insiders
announce their nominations for the most prestigious awards ceremony of the year
– the Oscars.
Below
is a list of the nominations for the big categories:
Best film
Nebraska
Philomena
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Christian Bale –
American Hustle
Bruce Dern –
Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – TheWolf Of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years A Slave
Matthew McConaughey –
Dallas Buyers Club
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Amy Adams –
American Hustle
Cate Blanchett – Blue
Jasmine
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Meryl Streep – August:Osage County
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Barkhad Abdi – CaptainPhilips
Bradley Cooper – American Hustle
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years A Slave
Jonah Hill – TheWolf Of Wall Street
Jared Leto – DallasBuyers Club
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting
Role
Sally Hawkins – Blue
Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence – AmericanHustle
Lupita Nyong’o – 12Years A Slave
Julia Roberts – August:Osage County
June Squibb – Nebraska
Best Documentary
20 Feet From Stardom
Best Foreign Language Film
The Broken Circle Breakdown - Belgium
The Great Beauty - Italy
The Hunt - Denmark
The Missing Picture - Cambodia
Omar - Palestine
The Great Beauty - Italy
The Hunt - Denmark
The Missing Picture - Cambodia
Omar - Palestine
Adapted Screenplay
Before Midnight
Philomena
Original Screenplay
Blue Jasmine
Nebraska
As usual there are a
number of films that dominated a number of categories, but it is undoubtedly a
strong shortlist across the board. By my count I make it 10 nominations each for Gravity and American Hustle and 9 for 12 Years a slave.
I will return with some predictions in a few weeks once I have seen the remaining big films to be released in the UK… watch this space.
I will return with some predictions in a few weeks once I have seen the remaining big films to be released in the UK… watch this space.
For the full list of nominations check here
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