The Oscar nominations were announced this week, which rewards the best movies of the past year.
Here's 10 films our Mix Up Theatre families might want to check out before 10th March 2024.
Remember to rate what you see!
The full list of nominees follow...
Available to rent on Sky Cinema
13 Nominations:
WINNER: Best Picture
WINNER: Best Director - Christopher Nolan
WINNER: Best Leading Actor - Cillian Murphy
WINNER: Best Supporting Actor - Robert Downey Jr.
Best Supporting Actress - Emily Blunt
Best Adapted Screenplay - Christopher Nolan
WINNER: Best Original Score
WINNER: Best Cinematography
WINNER: Best Film Editing
Best Costume Design
Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
Best Production Design
Best Sound
The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Daniel - ★★★★★
"This was an absolutely amazing movie that is defo in my top 10.
The cinematography was stunning and the acting was perfect. My favourite scene was when they dropped the nuclear bomb because of how much tension there was before you could actually hear it. This movie is definitely the best I’ve seen as far as it goes cast wise with some of the greatest actors of our generation starring in the film. Even though this films run time was around 3 hours, because of the amazing pacing it felt like it passed very quickly. My favourite character was J. Robert Oppenheimer because of the great performance by Cillian Murphy.
Overall this was an amazing masterpiece of a film I could recommend to anyone who enjoys movies."
Available to rent on Sky Cinema
8 Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor - Ryan Gosling
Best Supporting Actress - America Ferrera
Best Adapted Screenplay - Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
Best Original Song - "I'm Just Ken" - Mark Ronson
WINNER: Best Original Song - "What Was I Made For?" - Billie Eilish
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
Euan (Age 12) - ★★★★
"I thought it was really funny when Barbie and Ken went to the real world and they wear wearing really weird neon outifts and they thought that the people were really liking their outfit but they were really just laughing at them. I also thought the moral of the story was great."
3. THE ZONE OF INTEREST
In Cinemas
5 Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Director - Jonathan Glazer
Best Adapted Screenplay - Jonathan Glazer
WINNER: Best International Film
WINNER: Best Sound
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
4. PAST LIVES
Available to rent on Sky Cinema
2 Nominations:
Best Picture
Best Original Screenplay - Celine Song
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
5. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE
2 Nominations:
Best Visual Effects
Best Sound
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.
6. THE CREATOR
Available on Disney+
2 Nominations:
Best Visual Effects
Best Sound
Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.
Available on Netflix
1 Nomination
Best Animated Film
Miles Morales catapults across the multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.
Jan (Age 12) - ★★★★1/2
"This movie was amazing, but in comparison to the first one was just not as good. The animation was brilliant!!!! But the story and some of the characters were kinda strange. Miles Morales was awesome, Gwen was okay, Peter wasn't used enough in this film (he was still really good), Miguel was not the best, Spider-Punk was just weird, and Spider-Ham was barely used throughout the film😭. Gwen's universe had weird animation, in some of the scenes the background (of what should be the inside of a flat) kept changing colour and style of animation. I think the cliff-hanger ending was great, I can't wait to see 'Spider-Man beyond the Spider-Verse'!!!
Overall, I enjoyed this film a lot, but I am kind of disappointed about the storyline, otherwise I think it was a nice movie."
1 Nomination:
WINNER: Best Visual Effects
Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
Stewart: ★★★★★
"An excellent reimagining of the Godzilla movie - a perfect monster/disaster movie with plenty of melodrama and allegory on the war. I do still kind of feel sorry for the monster itself - maybe because it looks like a giant dog! Still this is a fantastic film worth catching at the cinema."
Available on Disney+
1 Nomination:
Best Visual Effects
Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill rallies his team to defend the universe and one of their own - a mission that could mean the end of the Guardians if not successful.
Evan (Age 11) - ★★★★★
"It's sad and really pulls your heart strings but it's also funny and filled with action. I give it 5 stars."
10. PERFECT DAYS
In Cinemas
1 Nomination:
Best International Feature Film
A janitor in Japan drives between jobs listening to rock music.
How do you rate these films?
All the nominations of the Academy Awards 2024...
Best picture
"American Fiction"
"Anatomy of a Fall"
"Barbie"
"The Holdovers"
"Killers of the Flower Moon"
"Maestro"
WINNER: "Oppenheimer"
"Past Lives"
"Poor Things"
"The Zone of Interest"
Best actor
Bradley Cooper, "Maestro"
Colman Domingo, "Rustin"
Paul Giamatti, "The Holdovers"
WINNER: Cillian Murphy, "Oppenheimer"
Jeffrey Wright, "American Fiction"
Best actress
Annette Bening, "Nyad"
Lily Gladstone, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Sandra Hüller, "Anatomy of a Fall"
Carey Mulligan, "Maestro"
WINNER: Emma Stone, "Poor Things"
Best supporting actor
Sterling K. Brown, "American Fiction"
Robert De Niro, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
WINNER: Robert Downey Jr., "Oppenheimer"
Ryan Gosling, "Barbie"
Mark Ruffalo, "Poor Things"
Best supporting actress
Emily Blunt, "Oppenheimer"
Danielle Brooks, "The Color Purple"
America Ferrera, "Barbie"
Jodie Foster, "Nyad"
WINNER: Da'Vine Joy Randolph, "The Holdovers"
Best director
Jonathan Glazer, "The Zone of Interest"
Yorgos Lanthimos, "Poor Things"
WINNER: Christopher Nolan, "Oppenheimer"
Martin Scorsese, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Justine Triet, "Anatomy of a Fall"
International feature film
"Io Capitano," Italy
"Perfect Days," Japan
"Society of the Snow," Spain
"The Teachers' Lounge," Germany
WINNER: "The Zone of Interest," United Kingdom
Animated feature film
WINNER: "The Boy and the Heron"
"Elemental"
"Nimona"
"Robot Dreams"
"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse"
Adapted screenplay
WINNER: "American Fiction"
"Barbie"
"Oppenheimer"
"Poor Things"
"The Zone of Interest"
Original screenplay
WINNER: "Anatomy of a Fall"
"The Holdovers"
"Maestro"
"May December"
"Past Lives"
Visual effects
"The Creator"
WINNER: "Godzilla Minus One"
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3"
"Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One"
"Napoleon"
Original score
"American Fiction"
"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny"
"Killers of the Flower Moon"
WINNER: "Oppenheimer"
"Poor Things"
Original song
"It Never Went Away" from "American Symphony"
"I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie"
WINNER: "What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie"
"The Fire Inside" from "Flamin' Hot"
"Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" from "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Documentary feature film
WINNER: "20 Days in Mariupol"
"Bobi Wine: The People's President"
"The Eternal Memory"
"Four Daughters"
"To Kill a Tiger"
Cinematography
"El Conde"
"Killers of the Flower Moon"
"Maestro"
WINNER: "Oppenheimer"
"Poor Things"
Costume design
"Barbie"
"Killers of the Flower Moon"
"Napoleon"
"Oppenheimer"
WINNER: "Poor Things"
Animated short film
"Letter to a Pig"
"Ninety-Five Senses"
"Our Uniform"
"Pachyderme"
WINNER: "War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko"
Live action short film
"The After"
"Invincible"
"Knight of Fortune"
"Red, White and Blue"
WINNER: "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar"
Documentary short film
"The ABCs of Book Banning"
"The Barber of Little Rock"
"Island in Between"
WINNER: "The Last Repair Shop"
"Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó"
Film editing
"Anatomy of a Fall"
"The Holdovers"
"Killers of the Flower Moon"
WINNER: "Oppenheimer"
"Poor Things"
Sound
"The Creator"
"Maestro"
"Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One"
"Oppenheimer"
WINNER: "The Zone of Interest"
Production design
"Barbie"
"Killers of the Flower Moon"
"Napoleon"
"Oppenheimer"
WINNER: "Poor Things"
Makeup and hairstyling
"Golda"
"Maestro"
"Oppenheimer"
WINNER: "Poor Things"
"Society of the Snow"
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