Instead, it was Guillermo del Toro’s surreal fantasy romance The Shape of Water that led the Oscar nominations with 13 nods. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has traditionally disdained big action and superhero movies in favor of smaller art-house fare, like last year’s Oscar champion Moonlight and this year’s dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which landed seven nods. SUCCESS FOR GET OUTThis year’s surprises include four nominations – including best picture, and best actor for Daniel Kaluuya – for Jordan Peele’s Get Out, in which an African-American man finds himself trapped at his white girlfriend’s house with her strange family. Veteran actor Christopher Plummer, 88, was also a surprise contender in the supporting actor race for Sony Pictures’ Getty kidnapping film All the Money in the World. James Franco was excluded from the best actor race for The Disaster Artist after facing accusations of sexual misconduct earlier this month following his Golden Globe win.

Source: The Express Tribune January 24, 2018 05:20 UTC