Leonardo DiCaprio's new blockbuster dominates 2016 Oscar nominations

The $135 million budget blockbuster "The Revenant" leads the 88th Oscar nominations with 12 nominations, followed by the blockbuster action film "Mad Max" with 10 nominations.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just announced the list of nominations for the 88th Oscars.The Revenantis the second consecutive film by directorAlejandro Inarritu has taken the Oscars by storm, following last year's Birdman. Among the 12 nominations are "Best Picture", "Best Director" for the 52-year-old Mexican filmmaker and "Best Actor" for Leonardo DiCaprio.

"The Revenant" sweeps 2016 Oscar nominations.

This is the Titanic actor's sixth Oscar nomination. He has never won before. In The Revenant, DiCaprio plays a 19th-century American West hunter who returns from the deep woods to carry out a plan of revenge. The filming process of the film was laborious, the crew worked in -30 degrees Celsius conditions, DiCaprio had toeat raw beef liverto act realistically. The film is justresounding victoryat the 73rd Golden Globes.

Behind The Revenant in terms of the number of Oscar nominations are action blockbusters Mad Max: Fury Road (10 nominations) and The Martian (7 nominations). While Mad Max: Fury RoadfeverSummer 2015 as a post-apocalyptic story, The Martian is considered the anthemRobinson in spaceThe Revenant, Mad Max and The Martian compete for "Best Picture" with five other works includingThe Big Short,Bridge of Spies,Brooklyn,Room andSpotlight.

"Mad Max: Fury Road" received 10 Oscar nominations.

Contrary to fans' expectations, Carol was not nominated for "Best Picture". Meanwhile, the independent film that emerged from the Toronto Film Festival -Room- has four important nominations including "Best Film", "Best Director" forLenny Abrahamson, "Best Actress" formuseBrie Larson and "Best Adapted Screenplay".

In the male actor category, DiCaprio competes with two strong opponents: Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs and Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl.

Besides Brie Larson (Room), Cate Blanchett (Carol), Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) are two prominent names in the nomination for "Best Actress". Cate Blanchett's silver screen lover -Rooney Mara - nominated for "Best Supporting Actress" withnSwedish beauty - Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl).

"Room" emerges as an impressive standalone work.

Son of Saul - the film that just won the "Best Foreign Language Film" award at the Golden Globes, did not surprise anyone when it was nominated for an Oscar. The Hungarian film competed with a French film (Mustang), a Spanish film (Embrace of the Serpent), movieJordan (Theeb), and Danish film (A War).

Son of Saul was previously known to audiences for winning the Grand Prix (Grand Prize) at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Embrace of the Serpent won the Art Cinema Award at Directors' Week also in Cannes in May.The Arabic-language film Theeb was screened in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival in September 2014 and won filmmaker Abu Nowar the "Best Film" award.Best Director".

The 88th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on the evening of February 28.

According to VNE