J. Robert Oppenheimer

"Oppenheimer," the blockbuster biopic about the race to build the first atomic bomb, claimed seven Academy Awards including the prestigious best picture trophy on Sunday as Hollywood celebrated a triumphant year in film.

Oppenheimer and Poor Things to battle for major film awards

Actress Florence Pugh has revealed that director Christopher Nolan was very apologetic about her role in his latest film, "Oppenheimer."

Pugh, 27, stars as psychiatrist and physician Jean Tatlock in the film about the life of the "father of the atomic bomb," J. Robert Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy in the lead role.

The story of the invention of the atomic bomb told in the new film "Oppenheimer" is a "warning" to the world as we grapple with artificial intelligence, insists the movie's director Christopher Nolan.