The Academy Award nominations were announced this morning by Tiffany Haddish and Andy Serkis. The Shape of Water leads with 13 nominations, with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri garnering nine and Dunkirk close behind with seven. Here are the nominees in the top categories, with links to Reader reviews of the films in contention:
  • Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water

  • Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

  • Margot Robbie, I, Tonya

  • Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird

  • Meryl Streep, The Post

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  • Dear Basketball, Glen Keane, Kobe Bryant

  • Garden Party, Victor Caire, Gabriel Grapperon

  • Lou, Dave Mullins, Dana Murray

  • Negative Space, Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata

  • Revolving Rhymes, Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer

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  • Edith+Eddie, Laura Checkoway, Thomas Lee Wright

  • Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405, Frank Stiefel

  • Heroin(e), Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Kerrin Sheldon

  • Knife Skills, Thomas Lennon

  • Traffic Stop, Kate Davis, David Heilbroner

  • DeKalb Elementary

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  • Blade Runner 2049, John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner, Dan Sudick
  • Kong: Skull Island, Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza, Mike Meinardus
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Chris Corbould, Neal Scanlan
  • War for the Planet of the Apes, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Joe Whist

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