The common refrain this season has been one of despair, of theatrical death by dearth.
The traditionalists view this as the “Best Picture-elect” category.
Two films here revolve around maladies affecting the lives of impoverished children in India.
Let’s not make this category any more difficult than it has to be.
We have to give this one to the veteran whose completely transformative performance enlivens the milquetoastiness of a film.
Dear AMPAS directors’ branch, we’re done now.
“Makes me want to dance, laugh, dream and cry at the same time!!!”
Taking Kate Winslet out of the equation seemed to turn this category into a dream scenario: an Oscar ripe for the taking in a veritable five-way contest.
Courtney Hunt is now an Oscar nominee thanks to the same AMPAS voters who don’t recoil into the fetal position at the sound of actors reading aloud from a Paul Haggis screenplay.
Are screenplays of acclaimed stage plays adapted by the authors of the original works cursed when it comes to Oscars?
In case you weren’t paying attention, given Sally Hawkins’s egregious snub and all, Werner Herzog is now an Oscar nominee—and not a moment too soon.
To quote Homer Simpson, it seems everything is all wrapped up in a neat little package.
No fuzzy, talking animals can possibly and unexpectedly tip this year’s Visual Effects contest like they recently did.
AMPAS finally elects an executive committee to give a second chance to films snubbed during this category’s first round of voting.
Annie, are you okay?
Even if people wanted to vote for a critics darling like Josh Brolin (Milk) in this category, to do so might seem akin to failing one of the Joker’s social experiments from The Dark Knight.
The brouhaha over The Dark Knight’s eligibility has been settled and found irrelevant.
Manon on the Asphalt is a whimsical evocation of a woman’s life flashing before her eyes, but On the Line is the real standout here.
Strange that the only time Pixar won here was the same year it lost—and tragically so—in the race for Animated Feature.
Duffy’s got a solid shot at all three of the categories she’s nominated in.
We’re betting that Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar goodwill continues here.