Before the nominees/story?id=36271826" target="_blank">nominations for the 88th Annual Academy Awards were released earlier today, fans were already certain that the new "Star Wars" film would get multiple nominations.

Brooklyn and Room were also nominated for best picture, as was Mad Max: Fury Road, dominated by another commanding female character played by Charlize Theron; Sicario, which featured Emily Blunt in the kind of tough, sensitive performance she has recently excelled at, received three nominations. Coogler's work in Creed is fantastic; a year ago, Ava DuVernay delivered a Best Picture nominee with Selma, only to be snubbed herself. Let us discuss it one by one.

"Straight Outta Compton" did receive recognition from the industry's guilds, which hand out awards that are considered clues to the Oscars because their memberships overlap with the Academy's. Both movies were shut out of the best picture, best lead actor and best director categories.

British director Ridley Scott failed to be nominated for Best Director for The Martian, despite critical acclaim for the movies.

The blockbuster Star Wars might be the highest grossing film of 2015, but its nods are mostly in the technical categories: Film Editing, Original Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. The academy could have chosen two more films for best picture, but chose to stick with eight. Only one Hispanic screenwriter has been recognised and only two Asian directors have received an award. Based on the true story of 19th century fur trapper Hugh Glass, "The Revenant" has brought DiCaprio close to the Oscars glory while director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is back in the game after winning big past year for "The Birdman". His movie, "The Revenant", got 12 Oscar nominations Thursday morning, including a Best Actor nomination.

The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite re-emerged after the nominations were revealed, with notable omissions including Will Smith for Concussion, Michael B. Jordan for Creed and Idris Elba for Beasts of No Nation failing to get a nod. "That's especially true for a best-picture front-runner like Spotlight".

Brie Larson, favorite victor for her role in Room, along with Jennifer Lawrence in Joy led in Best Actress category. But shockingly, the movie somehow was not named. Awards Circuit editor Clayton Davis told MSNBC on Friday that studios often don't promote awards contenders of color to prediction sites like his or Oscar voters, presuming bias will doom their chances for a nomination, and that can become a self-fulfilling prophesy. Surely, you have your own list of stars and movies which you believe should have been nominated.