Tag Archives: POLLS

We don’t know, for the second year in a row, whether there will be five or more nominees.  Voters pick five of their favorites. The Academy then counts them down using the preferential system, as they’ve done for decades.  The only difference now is that they include movies that reach a certain threshold, or get very close to the five. ...

We’ll  add a second  poll  after the  cut. Choose the Best Oscar Year of the 21st Century.  (this is a sly way to find out which was the worst year too,) ...

The Guardian has built a slide-show listing 50 movies they claim are “strong Oscar contenders.” While a dozen or so are undeniably in the running for a Best Picture nomination, the best that can be said for most others named here is that they’re, um… eligible. In the dog days of August we can always doggedly gather the shiniest objects for lists...

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