Bright and early this morning, the Academy Awards announced the nominees for the 2019 Oscars, with the help of "The Big Sick" star Kumail Nanjiani and "Black-ish" star Tracee Ellis Ross (in between bantering about the absurdly early hour and their thoughts on breakfast). Most importantly, however, here are the films that you'll be catching up with for the next month before the actual awards hit on ABC on Feb. 24.
Best Picture
"Black Panther"
"BlacKkKlansman"
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
"The Favourite"
"Green Book"
"Roma"
"A Star is Born"
"Vice"
Best Director
Spike Lee, "BlacKkKlansman"
Pawel Pawlikowski, "Cold War"
Yorgos Lanthimos, "The Favourite"
Alfonso Cuaron, "Roma"
Adam McKay, "Vice"
Best Actor
Christian Bale, "Vice"
Bradley Cooper, "A Star is Born"
Willem Dafoe, "At Eternity's Gate"
Rami Malek, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Viggo Mortensen, "Green Book"
Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio, "Roma"
Glenn Close, "The Wife"
Olivia Colman, "The Favourite"
Lady Gaga, "A Star is Born"
Melissa McCarthy, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, "Green Book"
Adam Driver, "BlacKkKlansman"
Sam Elliott, "A Star is Born"
Richard E. Grant, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
Sam Rockwell, "Vice"
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, "Vice"
Marina de Tavira, "Roma"
Regina King, "If Beale Street Could Talk"
Emma Stone, "The Favourite"
Rachel Weisz, "The Favourite"
Best Adapted Screenplay
"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"
"BlacKkKlansman"
"Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
"If Beale Street Could Talk"
"A Star is Born"
Best Original Screenplay
"The Favourite"
"First Reformed"
"Green Book"
"Roma"
"Vice"
Best Cinematography
"Cold War"
"The Favourite"
"Never Look Away"
"Roma"
"A Star is Born"
Best Costume Design
"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"
"The Favourite"
"Black Panther"
"Mary Poppins Returns"
"Mary Queen of Scots"
Best Sound Mixing
"Black Panther"
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
"First Man"
"Roma"
"A Star is Born"
Best Sound Editing
"Black Panther"
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
"First Man"
"A Quiet Place"
"Roma"
Best Original Score
"Black Panther"
"BlacKkKlansman"
"If Beale Street Could Talk"
"Isle of Dogs"
"Mary Poppins Returns"
Best Editing
"BlacKkKlansman"
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
"The Favourite"
"Green Book"
"Vice"
Best Foreign Language Film
"Capernaum"
"Cold War"
"Never Look Away"
"Roma"
"Shoplifters"
Best Documentary Feature
"Free Solo"
"Hale County This Morning, This Evening"
"Minding the Gap"
"Of Fathers and Sons"
"RBG"
Best Production Design
"Black Panther"
"The Favourite"
"First Man"
"Mary Poppins Returns"
"Roma"
Best Visual Effects
"Avengers: Infinity War"
"Christopher Robin"
"First Man"
"Ready Player One"
"Solo: A Star Wars Story"
Best Makeup/Hair
"Border"
"Mary Queen of Scots"
"Vice"
Best Original Song
"All the Stars" from "Black Panther"
"I'll Fight" from "RBG"
"The Place Where Lost Things Go" from "Mary Poppins Returns"
"Shallow" from "A Star is Born"
"When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" from "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"
Best Animated Feature
"Incredibles 2"
"Isle of Dogs"
"Mirai"
"Ralph Breaks the Internet"
"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"
Best Animated Short Film
"Animal Behavior"
"Bao"
"Late Afternoon"
"One Small Step"
"Weekends"
Best Live Action Short Film
"Detainment"
"Fauve"
"Marguerite"
"Mother"
"Skin"
Best Documentary Short Subject
"Black Sheep"
"End Game"
"Lifeboat"
"A Night at the Garden"
"Period. End of Sentence."
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.