The Revenant, directed door Alejandro G. Iñárritu has received 12 Oscar nominations this year, including one for the Best Picture. It has been partially adapted from the novel 'The Revenant' which in turn is based on the experiences of frontiersman Hugh Glass in the early 1800s.

Synopsis:
The Revenant is a story about the terrifying experiences of frontiersman Hugh Glass and his battle with the American wilderness. While on a dangerous expedition, Glass is mauled door a wild beer and abandoned door the members of his own hunting crew. Glass survives the attack and embarks on an immensely challenging...

The Big Short, directed door Adam McKay has received 5 Oscar nominations this jaar including one for the Best Picture. It is based on the novel 'The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine' door Michael Lewis which is based on the deep financial crisis caused door the housing market and credit bubble in the USA.

Synopsis:
In 2008, a group of four men with deep insight into the uithangbord straat scenario predict the collapse of several huge banks and housing market owing to their unethical and fraudulent practices. The four men bet on the upcoming disaster and manage to make a fortune while at the same time...

Bridge of Spies, directed door Steven Spielberg has received 6 Oscar nominations this year, including one for the Best Picture. It is based on the 1960 U-2 incident during the Cold War.

Synopsis:
When Francis Gary Powers, an American pilot is captured door Russians after his U-2 spy plane is shot down, an insurance lawyer from New York named James Donovan is sent to negotiate with the Soviets. The dangerous negotiations involved the release of Powers in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a Soviet KGB spy who was then under the custody of the USA.

Cast and Crew:

The film stars Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance and Amy...

Spotlight, directed door Tom McCarthy has received 6 Oscar nominations this year, including one for the Best Picture. It is based on a true story where a team of journalists investigate the widespread sexual abuse of children door numerous Roman Catholic priests.

Synopsis:
The film is set in 2001 where the Spotlight team of The Boston Globe begin to look into the cases of alleged sexual abuse of meer than 80 boys door a certain priest door the name of Father John Geoghan. As they investigate into the matter, they discover that the practice is widespread in the Roman Catholic Church and several lawyers...

Mad Max: Fury Road, directed door George Miller has received 10 Oscar nominations this jaar including one for the Best Picture. This film is the fourth instalment in the Mad Max franchise and is set in a post-apocalyptic world where vital resources are a scarcity.

Synopsis:
The film is set in post-apocalyptic Australia which has turned into a huge wasteland following a nuclear holocaust. Water and fuel have become scarce commodities and a tyrant named Immortan Joe has assumed control over whatever is left. A man named Max Rockatansky who is in captivity under Joe, joins hands with Imperator Furiosa...

Fanpop: First of all, congratulations, the team has received six Oscar nominations for “Bridge of Spies”, and we absolutely loved the film. Truth is often meer dramatic than fiction, and this had us on edge. How important was it for your team to present it accurately? It’s not a documentary, but how important was accuracy for your team?

Kristie Macosko Krieger: Accuracy is extremely important for our team. Every detail is crucial. Steven is meticulous in the way he presents history. So every detail was attended to door every department head, including our costume designer, Kasia Maimone,...

The Martian, directed door Ridley Scott has received 7 Oscar nominations this jaar including one for the Best Picture. It has been adapted from the novel 'The Martian' door Andy waterkering, weir and is set in the future when humans finally land on the planet Mars.

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The Martian is about an astronaut named Mark Watney who is left behind on Mars after his crew mistakenly presumes him to be dead. Despite being stranded on an alien planet, Watney makes use of the limited resources and his own incredible intelligence and will power to survive and contact the people on earth.

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this is just my opinion it is not to insult anyone
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Ok here it goes slumdog millionaire was nice ... enjoyable but not worthy of 8 oscars!!! The dark knight was one of the best films of the year.

As hugh jackman zei how come comic book films never get nominated, how does a million dollars seem unsofisticated

Heath Ledger for example was utterly brilliant...without him the movie wouldnt of been as good...he was the best baddy i have ever seen.
The movie captured me for every moment...slumdog millionaire was average.. the actors were average the...

Room, directed door Lenny Abrahamson has received 4 Oscar nominations this year, including one for the Best Picture. It has been adapted from the novel 'Room' door Emma Donoghue where a young woman and child after being in captivity for several years, finally escape.

Synopsis:
The film is about a young woman who has been imprisoned door a kidnapper who has been captive in an enclosed place for seven years during which she even gave birth to and raised a little boy. Finally, they manage to escape and the little boy gets to experience the outside world and its wonders for the first time in his life....

Brooklyn, directed door John Crowley has received 3 Oscar nominations this year, including one for the Best Picture. It has been adapted from the novel 'Brooklyn' door Colm Tóibín where a young Irish woman immigrates to Brooklyn and finds love.

Synopsis:
A young Irish woman named Eilis Lacey moves to Brooklyn in the 1950s, drawn door the charm of America. There, she falls in love with an Italian-American man which brushes her initial homesickness away. However, soon she finds another young man from Ireland in love with her and must choose between two countries and two people.

Cast and Crew:
The film...

The 88th Academy Awards, popularly known as The Oscars are scheduled to be held on 28th February 2016 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California. The ceremony which will be presented door the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will begin at 5.30 pm PST and 24 awards will be presented in various categories. The ceremony is being produced door David heuvel and Reginald Hudling and will be aired door ABC in USA.

Actor Chris Rock will host the award show.

On 14th January 2016, Academy President Cheryl Bone Isaacs, directors Guillermo del Toro, Ang Lee and actor John Krasinski announced...