10 Contenders For The Best Picture Oscar
Some naysayers wonder if winning an Academy Award really has that much impact in terms of box office, prestige or even being remembered a few months later, but no one at the studios seems to be listening, since the battle for Oscar gold continues to be a frenzied, all-consuming process, littering multiplex battlefields with also-rans and subjecting audiences to a year’s worth of “prestige” movies in a six-week period.
Yes, after months of mediocre and uninteresting Hollywood product, here comes the tidal wave of Oscar bait some of it will be mediocre and not worth the trouble, yes, but many of these titles will wind up being the most ambitious and challenging non-indie American movies of the year.
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