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Oscar Race 2010: Best Short Film, Animated

Animated shorts > live action shorts

The Godfather

Cross this one off my list, finally

Where The Wild Things Are

Thanks, movie, for wounding my soul

A Serious Man

Can only improve on repeat viewings

An Education

Like Obama says: stay in school, kids

Valkyrie

Surprisingly suspenseful film about the pencil pushers who really ran the war

Pontypool

I’m not one for zombie flicks, but this worked for me

The Hurt Locker

In the immortal words of Keanu Reeves,

The Dark Knight

Hello, Commissioner

Wall·E

Kinda adorable

In Bruges

The last thing I expected was that I would come to adore Colin Farrell by the end of this

Charlie Wilson’s War

The edgy choice for the septuagenarians in the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences!

Juno

I don’t care if Diablo Cody is trying too hard, this movie is still fabulous

No Country for Old Men

Gone Baby Gone

I think I love Ben Affleck. What

3:10 to Yuma

Two words: UM,

Superbad

Super what? Super awesome!

Hairspray

I kind of love Zac Efron

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

There’s nothing better than fascist kids’ films

Transformers

Yes, Virginia, you can make a decent movie based on a 1980s toy

Nancy Drew

I am not ashamed to say I loved this movie

Helvetica

Hits all the right geek buttons!

Grindhouse

You missed something fabulous if you didn’t see this as a double bill

Letters From Iwo Jima

The stronger of Clint Eastwood’s two Iwo Jima films

Pan’s Labyrinth

Dreamgirls

Any resemblance to persons living or dead is strictly coincidental. Right

Rocky Balboa

If you’ve seen the first Rocky movie, you’ve seen this one already

The Good Shepherd

Matt Damon is A+++++++++++++

Happy Feet

Pretty cute

Bon Cop, Bad Cop

Canada is a bilingual country, in case you forgot

Snakes on a Plane

A work of staggering self-aware genius

A Prairie Home Companion

It’s an impressive feat to make a movie about a radio show

Lucky Number Slevin

Pleasantly surprising and funny as hell

V for Vendetta

I won’t attempt to write a summary comprised only of words starting with the letter

Walk The Line

The rare biopic that concentrates on the subject’s artistry rather than their personal demons