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"Atonement," "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood": A side-by-side, head-to-head look at strengths and weaknesses.

Forget Slumdog Millionaire and the rest. Here are five other films that are sure to offer much more worth thinking about as you leave the theater

The nominees for Best Foreign Film at the 80th annual Oscars are a varied group, and with La Vie en Rose out of the running, this year's crop has no clear front-runner.

You have to give Viola Davis credit for honoring her commitments to promote her latest film, Doubt. After being nominated most avoid the draining press tour.

An African-American actress nominated for her role in a musical and a man who was nominated twice as best actor after he had died were among the unusual Oscar highlights.

The AFI's 2007 updated list of top 100 American films has nearly two dozen great films that were not nominated for best picture Oscars. Here are a few.

Pixar has taken 13 of their best animated short films and compiled them onto a single DVD or Blu-Ray disc. Due in Region 2 October 8th.

Which 20 animated films are up for this year's Oscar race? And which one of these will win? Animation Boy™ handicaps the best feature-length cartoons of 2009.

Woods portrays an intense, hard-to-love character in Shark, a new drama series

Here's a quick listing of who won the nominations for the major film categories for the 2009 Academy Awards.

The Academy Awards chose two musicals in the 1930s as best picture. One has not aged well, but is still interesting. The other has survived mainly because of its acting.

Actor Viggo Mortensen could win an Oscar for his Russian mobster role in Eastern Promises. Daniel Day-Lewis is a major awards night threat to Mortensen.

A gay politician, a man who ages backwards and a slumdog are all subjects of some of the 2009 Oscar nominees for best picture. Who deserves the statuette on Feb. 22?

No other twenty year period in Academy Awards history probably had such a wide range of ages among its Oscar nominees. Here they are from Tatum O'Neal to Groucho Marx.

The 2007 AFI's 100 top movies has nearly two dozen great films that were not nominated for best picture by the Academy Awards. Here are a few of these.

Written by Aaron Sorkin, this 2007 film revolves around events in Afghanistan and the Soviet Union in the late 80s. Great performances, humor, mixed with serious events.

Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, and Penelope Cruz among 143 Academy Award-nominated celebrities who chatted during annual lunch

Movie buffs who love Oscar trivia and movies in general may already know all,or most, of these tidbits. For others, it may give new insight into Academy Awards history.

Based on a true story, Paul Haggis' gripping film about the psychological effects of war, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron and Susan Sarandon.

2008 Best Picture Oscar nominee and Best Actor winner, this movie is an amazing look at an oil tycoon's ambition and greed.

The 2009 Oscar winners include "Slumdog Millionaire" for best picture, Kate Winslet for best actress, Sean Penn for best actor and Danny Boyle for best director.

The Hottest State is the story of a young man's tumultuous relationship with a unique woman.

Hayao Miyazaki, Steve Box, John Canemaker among the 9 animators invited to join The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and vote for next year's Oscars.

This engaging true tale of an unlikely friendship between a journalist and a homeless musical prodigy comes to the big screen through the pages of a compelling book.

Broadcasting classics like Reading Rainbow and new favorites like Curious George, PBS has been nominated for more Daytime Emmy Awards than any other network.

Terrific acting by Danielle Catanzariti, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Toni Collette counters a shaky script in this quirky Australian underdog tale

Kristin Stewart is clearly not going to stick around with the teenyboppers, and is branching out from Twilight already. She is slated to play Joan Jett in next project.

Mickey Rourke's remarkable return to acting finds him in what could be described as a semi-autobiographical turn as "The Ram" Robinson in Aronofsky's "The Wrestler."

Whoopie Goldberg's Broadway revival stumbled after donors objected to title

Peter Berg's "Hancock" puts a darker and more creative spin on the "Super-Hero" genre

Ceremony was boring, ran too long and even the celebrities looked like they'd rather be eating pizza

Howard Stern uses his King of All Media status to affect the hottest show on television.

"From London with love," the London Symphony Orchestra, one of the world's leading orchestras headlines the inaugural Daytona Beach International Festival.

Look for these new dramatic movies from Lionsgate and Overture Films in theaters this fall.

Family movies make a wonderful gift or addition to a DVD collection. Any member of the family will enjoy these fresh ideas.

Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky won Sally Hawkins a Golden Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival 2008. Leigh calls his latest film a "reflection on life"

The Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" has led to an extraordinary surge in demand to sponsor children from India, says the charity ActionAid.

Every year millions of fans watch the Oscars, and every year just as many are disappointed with the nominees or results. The results aren't in yet, but the nominees are.

A Disney/Pixar film, WALL-E, has become the best-reviewed film of 2008, for a second year in a row.

The 1940s saw several firsts that became part of Academy Award history and trivia. From the first foreign film Oscar to the youngest director to receive a nomination.

After many successful movies in past years, Clint Eastwood does it again, with a tale of a mother desperate to find her missing son, in Depression Era Los Angeles.

In a feat many would have thought impossible 20 years ago, director Zack Snyder directs 'Watchmen', a tale of an alternate year 1985, filled with ex-superheroes. 9/10

War mongerer. Mass murderer. Merchant of death. Billionaire genius Tony Stark has been called all these things and he's okay with that.

The months of summer blockbuster are over, but there's a different movie season beast right around the corner full of intense characterizations and hopes of gold.

From costars to family trees, Jeff Bridges and George Clooney, the frontrunning competitors for the 2010 best actor Oscar, have more in common than acting chops.