The Oscars 2016

I’m sure by now most of you know who the winners and losers are from this year’s 2016 Oscar ceremony.

The Oscars are probably the most prestigious awards bestowed upon Hollywoods finest creative talents. And although we may sometimes dismiss them as trivial and shallow, there is a part of us that can’t resist making our own choices of who we think deserves the 8.5lb, 13.5” tall britannium statuette.

I’m pleased to say the Foker On Film picked out the Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor in the following film’s reviewed on FOF.

Here are the winners of the top categories:

Best picture

"The Big Short"

"Bridge of Spies"

"Brooklyn"

"Mad Max: Fury Road"

"The Martian"

"The Revenant"

"Room"

"Spotlight" (WINNER)

Foker On Film (Best Picture choice) Spotlight Reviewed
 

Best actor

Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"

Matt Damon, "The Martian"

Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"

Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"

Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant" (WINNER)

Foker On Film (Best Actor choice) Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant" Reviewed check out the link in the review re- 'how they created the grizzly attack'

Best actress
Cate Blanchett, "Carol"

Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy"

Charlotte Rampling, "45 Years"

Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn"

Brie Larson "Room" (WINNER)


Brie Larson "Room"

Best supporting actor

Christian Bale, "The Big Short"

Tom Hardy, "The Revenant"

Mark Ruffalo, "Spotlight"

Sylvester Stallone, "Creed"

Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies" (WINNER)

Foker On Film (Best Supporting Actor) Mark Rylance "Bridge of Spies" Reviewed

Best supporting actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh, "The Hateful Eight"

Rooney Mara, "Carol"

Rachel McAdams, "Spotlight"

Kate Winslet, "Steve Jobs"

Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl" (WINNER)

Best director

"The Big Short," Adam McKay

"Mad Max: Fury Road," George Miller

"Room," Lenny Abrahamson

"Spotlight," Tom McCarthy

"The Revenant," Alejandro G. Iñárritu (WINNER)

Best original screenplay

"Bridge of Spies," by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen

"Ex Machina," by Alex Garland

"Inside Out," by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley; original story by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen

"Straight Outta Compton," by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff

"Spotlight," by Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy (WINNER)

Spotlight

Best costume design

"Carol," Sandy Powell

"Cinderella," Sandy Powell

"The Danish Girl," Paco Delgado

"The Revenant," Jacqueline West

"Mad Max: Fury Road," Jenny Beavan (WINNER)

Best production design

"Bridge of Spies," production design by Adam Stockhausen; set decoration by Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich

"The Danish Girl," production design by Eve Stewart; set decoration by Michael Standish

"The Martian," production design by Arthur Max; set decoration by Celia Bobak

"The Revenant," production design by Jack Fisk; set decoration by Hamish Purdy

"Mad Max: Fury Road," production design by Colin Gibson; set decoration by Lisa Thompson (WINNER)

Best makeup and hairstyling

"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

"Mad Max: Fury Road," Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin (WINNER)

Best cinematography

"Carol," Ed Lachman

"The Hateful Eight," Robert Richardson

"Mad Max: Fury Road," John Seale

"Sicario," Roger Deakins

"The Revenant," Emmanuel Lubezki (WINNER)

Best visual effects

"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

"Ex Machina," Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett (WINNER)

Best animated feature film

"Anomalisa," Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran

"Boy and the World," Alê Abreu

"Shaun the Sheep Movie," Mark Burton and Richard Starzak

"When Marnie Was There," Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura

"Inside Out," Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera (WINNER)

Well this year's Oscar winners were a little bit mixed. Any one of the Best Picture nominations could have won (Although Spotlight was also my choice).

Leonardo deserved his Oscar for best actor and I urge you to see The Revenant but make sure you don't drink too much coke during the film as it's quite long and you don't want to miss anything while making a trip to the loo.

I was sure the Grizzly scene from The Revenant would win best special effects. Check out FOF review with a link to 'How they made the bear attack'.

Inside Out was pretty much a given for the best animated feature and let's also not forget Mad Max: Fury Road won an incredible 6 Oscars. which for an action, adventure, fantasy sci-fi movie was a big achievement.

All in all some great movies were represented this year. So go see some great escapism at your local cinema.

Enjoy!