The acclaim for the poker movie grows and grows with a nomination for the biggest award in Hollywood.

Jessica Chastain as Molly Bloom

Perhaps proving this writer's assertion that it's the first great poker movie since Rounders, Molly's Game is nominated for an Academy Award.

It has just been named as one of five contenders for Best Adapted Screenplay - and faces tough competition from Logan, Mudbound, The Disaster Artist and Call Me By Your Name.

It is a deserving category too as, even though it may not quite be competing with some of the Best Picture heavyweights, the movie feels not only very much like the book, interestingly the book itself is referenced in the movie (The movie continues the story after the book concludes, which is not a major spoiler, it's introduced very early).

While Rounders may be remembered as the definitive poker movie, this appears to be the first time a movie with poker as a central theme has been nominated for an Oscar since The Sting in 1974.

You can see the full list of Oscar nominees here.

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