"Mad Max: Fury Road" wins 6 Oscars 2016

 

George Miller's post-apocalyptic movie, Mad Max: Fury Road won six Oscars at the annual ceremony held February 28, 2016. It was nominated for ten, including Best Picture.  It took home most of the technical awards though. It won Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design, and Best Film Editing. It's other nominations were for Best Direction for George Miller, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects.

The Revenant garnered a whopping twelve nominations but only won three: Best Directing for Alejandro G. Inarritu, Best Actor in a Leading Role for Leonardo DiCaprio, and Best Cinematography.  Tom Hardy, who also starred in Mad Max: Fury Road, was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. 

Star Wars: The Force Awakens was nominated for five Academy Awards. John Williams was nominated for Best Music (Original Score), Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Film Editing, and Best Visual Effects. 

Leonardo DiCaprio's acceptance speech

"Mad Max: Fury Road" wins 9 Critics' Choice Awards 2016

George Miller's post-apocalyptic epic Mad Max: Fury Road took home 9 Critics' Choice Awards at the 21st annual ceremony held January 17, 2016.  It received 13 total nominations.

It was nominated for Best Picture and Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie but won for Best Action Movie. George Miller won Best Director.  Charlize Theron was nominated for Best Actress but won for Best Actress in an Action Movie.  Tom Hardy was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for The Revenant, but won Best Actor in an Action Movie.  

Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson won Best Art Direction.  Jenny Beavan won for Best Costume Design, and Margaret Sixel won Best Editing. Mad Max also won Best Hair and Makeup and Best Visual Effects. It was nominated for Best Cinematography but lost to The Revenant.

Jurassic World received 5 nominations but got beat by Mad Max every time.

Happy birthday, actor Tom Hardy!

One of the sexiest actors on screen, Tom Hardy, born September 15, 1977 in London, England, has won numerous awards for his acting, including an Oscar nomination.  He starred in Star Trek: Nemesis, Inception, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Venom.  His performance in The Revenant is the role for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.  

I came to love him when I saw him in Venom!