It’s as per usual: lots of films we haven’t seen, having been released for One Week Only in New York and LA in order to qualify. Interesting spots: the amazing Chiwetel Ejiofor for Best Comedic Actor (for Kinky Boots, which he was by far the best thing in), two Leo DiCaprios for Best Dramatic Actor (Blood Diamond and The Departed), two Clint Eastwoods for Director (his Iwo Jima pair), lots of nominations for Inarittu’s Babel, good nominations for Dreamgirls and The Departed, Apocalypto and Eastwood’s Japanese-language Iwo Jima film for Best Foreign Language (Pan’s Labyrinth should win) and Borat in the best musical/comedy section.
On this evidence, the Oscars should be interesting this year- and much harder to predict than usual (except Scorcese not getting it, which is becoming close to an unfortunate yearly event.)
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