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Another year, another Acadamy Awards.

Let’s take a look at the nominations, then

Netflix’s Power Of The Dog landed a very solid 12 nominations, taking the lead in the 94th annual Academy Awards’ list of nominees.

Those nominees include best picture, best director for Jane Campion, and acting nominations for Benedict Cumberbatch, as well as for the supporting roles played by Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Kodi Smit-McPhee.

Following with 10 nominations for best picture (surprisingly not including best director or actors) is Dune.

Denis Villeneuve took quite a risk bringing Frank Herbert’s Dune to the big screen, turning what many believed to be an unadaptable novel into a cinematic masterpiece, so it is odd that the film was nominated without the guy who made it happen.

Then there is West Side Story and Belfast, which each earned seven nominations, while King Richard was nominated in six categories.

Major snubs include Lady Gaga for best actress in House Of Gucci, which as Entertainment Weekly said, no amount of praying to father, son, and House of Gucci could manifest for the pop star.

In my not professional opinion that film was indeed long, drawn-out, and lacking, but Gaga was intriguing enough to hold the whole thing together. Next time then, Gaga.

Jared Leto was also snubbed for best supporting actor in that film, although, granted, his performance was a bit more divisive.

Here’s the list of nominations in major categories for this year’s Oscars, thanks to The Hollywood Reporter:

BEST PICTURE

• Belfast (Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, and Tamar Thomas, Producers)
• CODA (Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers)
• Don’t Look Up (Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers)
• Drive My Car (Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer)
• Dune (Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve, and Cale Boyter, Producers)
• King Richard (Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers)
• Licorice Pizza (Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers)
• Nightmare Alley (Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale, and Bradley Cooper, Producers)
• The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, and Roger Frappier, Producers)
• West Side Story (Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers)

BEST DIRECTOR

• Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
• Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
• Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
• Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)
• Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)

BEST ACTRESS

• Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
• Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
• Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers)
• Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
• Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

BEST ACTOR

• Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)
• Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
• Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick … Boom!)
• Will Smith (King Richard)
• Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
• Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
• Judi Dench (Belfast)
• Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
• Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
• Troy Kotsur (CODA)
• Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)
• J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos)
• Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Don’t Look Up (Nicholas Britell)
• Dune (Hans Zimmer)
• Encanto (Germaine Franco)
• Parallel Mothers (Alberto Iglesias)
• The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

For the list of nominees in the other categories (of which there are 23 in total), head here.

By the way, West Side Story, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, Parallel Mothers, and The Lost Daughter among others are still on at the Labia Theatre – so check them out while they’re still on the big screen.

The Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 27, to be aired on ABC.

[sources:hollywoodreporter&ew]