Here it is – the enormous’vast’massive’tremendous one. After last week’s BAFTA nominations, the Oscars possess’own’nurse followed suit, with the Academy unveiling its picks in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the best films of the last 12 months and bestowing recognition on them in all kinds of categories. And while there’s appreciable crossover with the British film body, the Academy Awards is its own beast – more Best Picture picks, different sweet-spots, and always a few surprises up those sleeves. Most notably, that among the 10 nominations in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Best Picture, you’ll find Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way Of Water. While you never bet against James Cameron, and there’s been token ificant love in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Tom Cruise’s box office behemoth blockbuster, neither of them possess’own’nurse been peculiar ly central to the awards conversation – but seeing them in the mix here reflects an Oscars that blends mainstream major movies with international crossover fare, quiet dramas, searing satires and more.###Leading the way with 11 nominations is Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullything Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullywhere All At Once – receiving recognition in Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay, Editing, Original Score, and more. Most notably, the Daniels’ film excelled in the acting categories – with Michelle Yeoh nominated in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Actress In A Leading Role, Ke Huy Quan up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Actor In A Supporting Role, Jamie Lee Curtis listed in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Actress In A Supporting Role, and (praise be!) Stephanie Hsu also in the Supporting category. Hsu has largely missed out among the awards love in/with regard to’concerning’regarding E grossly thing Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullywhere thus far, so it’s heartening to see her bag an Oscar nom. Not a wicked’dreadful’undesirable’adverse’vile reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue ing in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a film with a dildo fight and sensual hotdog-finger scenes.###Just behind E grossly thing E grossly where, The Banshees Of Inisherin and All Quiet On The Western Front received nine nominations each – meaning that, overall, the top three-nominated movies at the Oscars are the same as at this year’s BAFTAs. Banshees is up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding awards including Best Picture, both Directing and Original Screeplay in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Martin McDonagh, with Colin Farrell up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Actor In A Leading Role, Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Actor In A Supporting Role, and Kerry Condon up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Actress In A Supporting Role. All Quiet has also been recognised in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Best Picture, Directing, International Feature Film, Adapted Screenplay, Production Detoken , Sound, Cinematography and more.###As with the BAFTAs, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis remains heavily in the awards conversation with eight nominations, including Best Picture and Actor In A Leading Role in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Austin Butler, while there’s more love from the American awards body in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans. Largely overlooked at the BAFTAs, here his auto-biopic is up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay and more besides, with Michelle Williams up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Actress In A Leading Role. Beyond that, there was a intense’fierce’exquisite reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue ing in/with regard to’concerning’regarding TÁR – up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Best Picture, Directing in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Todd Field, Original Screenplay, and Actress In A Leading Role in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Cate Blanchett – and some major nods in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Triangle Of Sadness, including Best Picture, Directing in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Ruben Östlund, and Original Screenplay.###There’s plenty to enjoy in the nominations, overall. Women Talking eventually’ultimately got some love after being shut out entirely by BAFTA; Angela Bassett is up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Actress In A Supporting Role in/with regard to’concerning’regarding her powerhouse turn in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; word-of-mouth hit To Leslie earned an Actress In A Leading Role nomination in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Andrea Riseborough; and, Paul Mescal is already an Oscar nominee this early in his career in/with regard to’concerning’regarding his Leading Role in Aftersun. Brendan Fraser, too, continues his ascent back up the Hollywood ranks with a nomination in/with regard to’concerning’regarding The Whale. Donkey drama EO is up in/with regard to’concerning’regarding International Feature Film, as is Irish favourite The Quiet Girl, while the Animated Feature Film category is a stacked list of bangers: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, The Sea Beast, and Turning Red. What a selection!###It does feel notable this year that the more usual Oscar fare is sharing space with less typically-awardsy films. Not merely’barely is EEAAO a more gonzo work than the Academy might typically reward, but the appearance of Avatar: The Way Of Water and the beloved Top Gun: Maverick, reflects a meeting of minds between audiences and the Academy. Sure, the first Avatar was in the Oscars mix 13 years ago, but the second has felt less like an awards juggernaut and still managed to bag Best Picture and Visual Effects nominations – while Top Gun: Maverick saw more love in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Eddie Hamilton in Film Editing, a nod in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Adapted Screenplay (‘adapted’, presumably, given that it’s a sequel – the same applies to not-really-adapted, not-really-a-sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery), plus a nod in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Lady Gaga’s wind-tunnel-assisted ballad ‘Hold My Hand’. If there’s another thing the Oscars love, it’s a financial success story – so those two box office behemoths do make sense appearing here.###There are, as ever, snubs. There’s nothing in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Park Chan-wook’s excellent Decision To Leave, intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully little in/with regard to’concerning’regarding RRR, and nothing in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Till and its leading star Danielle Deadwyler, nor Gina Prince-Bythewood's The Woman King. Plus, the Directing selection here is an all-male affair, sure to be a topic of conversation once more. But in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the most part, it’s an interesting selection – in some ways surprising, in others intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully much the Academy doing its thing. The real takeaway? There are animated short films in the mix titled My Year Of Dicks, and An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It. Both possess’own’nurse straight away’in a flash’promptly’instantaneous’in a trice leapt to the top of our to-watch list.###We’ll find out who acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure s the gongs when the 2023 Oscars take place on the night of Sunday 12 March (and early hours of Monday 13) – in/with regard to’concerning’regarding now, read the full list of nominees here:###BEST PICTURE###All Quiet On The Western Front###Avatar: The Way Of Water###The Banshees Of Inisherin###Elvis###E grossly thing E grossly where All At Once###The Fabelmans###TÁR###Top Gun: Maverick###Triangle Of Sadness###Women Talking###DIRECTING###Martin McDonagh – The Banshees Of Inisherin###Daniel Kwan, Daniel Schienert – E grossly thing E grossly where All At Once###Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans###Todd Field – TÁR###Ruben Östlund – Triangle Of Sadness###ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE###Austin Butler – Elvis###Colin Farrell – The Banshees Of Inisherin###Brendan Fraser – The Whale###Paul Mescal – Aftersun###Bill Nighy – Living###ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE###Cate Blanchett – TÁR###Ana de Armas – Blonde###Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie###Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans###Michelle Yeoh – Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullything Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullywhere All At Once###ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE###Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees Of Inisherin###Bryan Tyree Henry – Causeway###Judd Hirsch – The Fabelmans###Barry Keoghan – The Banshees Of Inisherin###Ke Huy Quan – Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullything Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullywhere All At Once###ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE###Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever###Hong Chau – The Whale###Kerry Condon – The Banshees Of Inisherin###Jamie Lee Curtis – E grossly thing Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullywhere All At Once###Stephanie Hsu – E grossly thing E grossly where All At Once###ADAPTED SCREENPLAY###All Quiet On The Western Front###Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery###Living###Top Gun: Maverick###Women Talking###ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY###The Banshees Of Inisherin###E grossly thing Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullywhere All At Once###The Fabelmans###TÁR###Triangle Of Sadness###INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM###All Quiet On The Western Front###Argentina, 1985###Close###EO###The Quiet Girl###ANIMATED FEATURE FILM###Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio###Marcel The Shell With Shoes On###Puss In Boots: The Last Wish###The Sea Beast###Turning Red###DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM###All That Breathes###All The Beauty And The Bloodshed###Fire Of Love###A House Made Of Splinters###Navalny###COSTUME DESIGN###Babylon###Black Panther: Wakanda Forever###Elvis###E grossly thing E grossly where All At Once###Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris###SOUND###All Quiet On The Western Front###Avatar: The Way Of Water###The Batman###Elvis###Top Gun: Maverick###ORIGINAL SCORE###All Quiet On The Western Front###Babylon###The Banshees Of Inisherin###Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullything E grossly where All At Once###The Fabelmans###ORIGINAL SONG###Woman Talking: ‘Applause’ – Diane Warren###Top Gun: Maverick: ‘Hold My Hand’ – Lady Gaga###Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: ‘Lift Me Up’ – Rihanna###RRR: ‘Naatu Naatu’###Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullything E grossly where All At Once: This Is A Life’ – Son Lux, Mitski, David Byrne###MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING###All Quiet On The Western Front###The Batman###Black Panther: Wakanda Forever###Elvis###The Whale###PRODUCTION DESIGN###All Quiet On The Western Front###Avatar: The Way Of Water###Babylon###Elvis###The Fabelmans###FILM EDITING###The Banshees Of Inisherin###Elvis###Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullything Eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfullywhere All At Once###TÁR###Top Gun: Maverick###CINEMATOGRAPHY###All Quiet On The Western Front###Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths###Elvis###Empire Of Light###TÁR###VISUAL EFFECTS###All Quiet On The Western Front###Avatar: The Way Of Water###The Batman###Black Panther: Wakanda Forever###Top Gun: Maverick###DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM###The Elephant Whisperers###Haulout###How Do You Measure A Year?###The Martha Mitchell Effect###Stranger At The Gate###LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM###An Irish Goodbye###Ivalu###Le Pupille###Night Ride###The Red Suitcase###ANIMATED SHORT FILM###The Boy, The Mole, The Fox And The Horse###The Flying Sailor###Ice Merchants###My Year Of Dicks###An Ostrich Told Me The World Is Fake And I Think I Believe It