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Before the Oscar nominations were announced, Variety took an early look at the contenders:
Before the Oscar nominations were announced, Variety took an early look at the contenders:
Clint Eastwood's imperfect world
Filmmaker struggles with vengeance
• Read full story'Button' reimagines F. Scott Fitzgerald
Film captures writer's magic
• Read full storyTough subjects a challenge for marketers
Poverty, sordid lives are hard sells
• Read full storyBiopics offer authentic tales of politics
Films try to avoid pop hagiography
• Read full storyFilms about ordinary people resonate
Dramas deal with common folk
• Read full storyNew films deal with anxiety and malaise
Ennui makes for potent fare
• Read full storyWWII dramas tell lesser-known tales
Films explore Holocaust
• Read full story'Australia' recalls vintage roadshows
Luhrmann revives H'wood spectacle
• Read full storyAdapting 'Doubt' a challenge for Shanley
Play riveting enough for the multiplex?
• Read full story'Dark Knight,' 'Iron Man' address serious issues
Films yield complex heroes
• Read full storyPixar raises the bar again with 'Wall-E'
Tale connects on an emotional level
• Read full storyFitzgerald adaptations get mixed results
Literary magic has never quite worked on Hollywood
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I've Loved You So Long
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Valkyrie
The Visitor
W.
Wall-E
Wendy and Lucy
The Wrestler
Australia
Ballast
Changeling
Che
The Class
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Dark Knight
Defiance
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Gran Torino
Iron Man
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