As tradition marks, The most emblematic night in the film industry will once again be held at the legendary Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. In fact, there are only a few hours left before the 2022 Oscar awards ceremony starts, which will be presented for the first time by Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes.
Any movie fan can follow her live on ABC (if you are in the United States) and in other media around the world from 5:00 p.m. (local time in Los Angeles), as explained from the website of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In the event that you reside in Spain and want to see the gala, the schedule changes. It will be 02:00 peninsular hours in the morning from Sunday 27 to Monday 28 and you can only follow it through the Movistar + cinema package.
Although the nominations were published in mid-February, there are still those who doubt what movies are nominated and how they can find them. We tell you what they are and on which streaming platforms you can see them.
Best films nominated for the Oscars 2022
Belfast
Director: Kenneth Branagh.
Main actors: Jude Hill, Lewis McAskie, Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, and Judi Dench.
What is it about: It is a dramatic film that is set in the riots that took place in Northern Ireland in the 1960s. The protagonist is Buddy, a boy who lives surrounded by working-class people and who sees radical cultural changes with his own eyes. While he dreams of having a future away from all these problems, he takes refuge in his passion for cinema, in happy talks with his grandparents and in the girl he likes in his class.
Where to see it: In movie theaters.
How many nominations do you have? It is nominated in 7 categories: Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay Adapted, Best Original Music, Best Film and Best Sound.
CODA
Director: Sian Heder.
Main actors: Marlee Matlin, Emilia Jones, Kevin Chapman, Amy Forsyth, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Eugenio Derbez, and Troy Kotsur.
What is it about: CODA is the acronym for “Child of Deaf Adults” and this film recreates the life of a deaf family. Ruby, the daughter of a fisherman father, a housewife mother and a fisherman brother, is the only hearing member of the family. Throughout this story, she will be forced to make a decision for her future: either her studies, or her family.
Where to see it: In movie theaters.
How many nominations do you have? It is nominated in 3 categories: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor and Best Screenplay Adapted.
Don’t Look Up
Director: Adam McKay.
Main actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett and Rob Morgan.
What is it about: It is a parody that addresses aspects such as ‘fake news’; the passivity of society; the falsehood of the political class and the obsession of social networks, among other aspects. Despite this, the main issue revolves around two protagonists, an Astronomy graduate student and her professor, who discover that a huge comet will have a direct collision with Earth. However, this problem at first seems to be that nobody cares.
Where to see it: Netflix.
How many nominations do you have? It is nominated in 4 categories: Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Original Music and Best Film.
Drive My Car
Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi.
Main actors: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Sonia Yuan, Satoko Abe, Masaki Okada, Perry Dizon, Ahn Hwitae.
What is it about: Yusuke Kafuku, an actor and theater director, finds himself going through a bad situation when he is asked to stage the play “Uncle Vanya” at a festival in Hiroshima. But he prefers to accept the proposal and meets Misaki, a young woman who has been assigned to him as a driver. Little by little, trust gains ground and during car journeys conversations about loneliness, loss and forgiveness arise.
Where to see it: In movie theaters.
How many nominations do you have? It is nominated in 4 categories: Best Film, Best Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best International Film.
dunes
Director: Denis Villeneuve.
Main actors: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgård, Zendaya, Javier Bardem, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Chang Chen, Stephen Henderson, Dave Bautista, Babs Olusanmokun, David Dastmalchian, Golda Rosheuvel, Benjamin Clementine, Souad Faress.
What is it about: It is a film adaptation of Frak Herbet’s novels. Everything happens on Arrakis, a planet, also called Dune, which has become the most important in the world and where a great power struggle will take place that will end with an interstellar war. The story of power between families from different galaxies will be related to finding ‘the species’, an absolutely necessary asset for progress and survival.
Where to see it: Available with subscription to HBO Max, Apple TV (rental), Rakuten TV (rental), Amazon Prime Video (rental), Apple TV, Google Play, and in select theaters.
How many nominations do you have? It is nominated in 10 categories: Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Music, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Sound and Best Visual Effects.
King Richard (The Williams Method)
Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green.
Main actors: Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Jon Bernthal, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Tony Goldwyn, Andy Bean, Kevin Dunn, Craig Tate, Dylan McDermott, Katrina Begin, Andy Hoff, and Jimmy Walker Jr.
What is it about: It is a biographical film about Richard Williams. He tells how he helped his daughters, two of the most extraordinary athletes of all time, to grow in the field of sports. Through risky and unconventional methods, he crafted a plan that ultimately led to Venus and Serena Williams becoming tennis icons.
Where to see it: In movie theaters.
How many nominations do you have? It is nominated for 6 categories: Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Editing and Best Original Song.
Licorice Pizza
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson.
Main actors: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper, Tom Waits, Ben Safdie, Joseph Cross, Skyler Gisondo, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Ryan Heffington, Nate Mann, John Michael Higgins, and Harriet Sansom Harris.
What is it about: It is related to love. Alana Kane and Gary Valentine are two young people who meet, grow up together and end up falling in love for the first time in their lives in the San Fernando Valley in 1973. Therefore, through her, the different obstacles they have to overcome are told. and the difficulties of a first relationship.
Where to see it: In movie theaters.
How many nominations do you have? It is nominated for 3 categories: Best Film, Best Direction and Best Original Screenplay.
Nightmare Alley (The alley of lost souls)
Director: William of the Bull.
Main actors: Bradley Cooper, Rooney Mara, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, David Strathairn, Richard Jenkins, Mark Povinelli, Ron Perlman, Holt McCallany, Jim Beaver, Mary Steenburgen, and Tim Blake Nelson.
What is it about: It is a new version of the same film that was released in 1947. It has been directed by Guillermo del Toro and tells the life of the swindler Stanton Carlisle, who joins other people to commit a great robbery. However, throughout the story, the group receives the help of a mysterious psychiatrist who has her own plan and her intentions could be different.
Where to see it: On Disney+ and movie theaters.
How many nominations do you have? It is nominated in 4 categories: Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design and Best Costume.
The power of the dog
Director: Jane Champion.
Main actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Frances Conroy, Keith Carradine, Geneviève Lemon, Peter Carroll, Adam Beach, Karl Willetts, Yvette Parsons, and Tatum Warren-Ngata.
What is it about: This Australian film is directed by Jane Campion and tells the story of two brothers, Phil and George Burbank, who own a ranch with cattle. Both have a totally different character, but everything begins to go wrong when George marries a widow from the town, Rose, and Phil begins to despise his new sister-in-law.
Where to see it: Netflix and in theaters.
How many nominations do you have? It is nominated in 12 categories: Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, two nominations for Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Music, Best Editing, Best Sound and Best Production Design.
West Side Story
Director: Steve Spielberg.
Main actors: Rachel Zegler, Ansel Elgort, David Alvarez, Ariana DeBose, Rita Moreno, Mike Faist, Josh Andrés Rivera, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, Maddie Ziegler, Ana Isabelle, Reginald L. Barnes, and Jamila Velazquez.
What is it about: This Broadway classic tells the story of two teenagers, Tony and Maria, who fall in love in New York City in the 1950s. In this musical movie, the main problem with their relationship is that each one is part of street gangs. different and that are rivals: the Jets and the Sharks
Where to see it: It’s in theaters and available on Disney+.
How many nominations do you have? It is nominated in 7 categories: Best Costume, Best Direction, Best Film, Best Production Design, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography.
Source: Lasexta
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