E: Here it is again, that time of year. It’s the culmination of a year’s worth of film (much of which, depending on where you live, probably still hasn’t come to a theater near you). It’s the culmination of a year’s worth of guesses, of anticipation, of pedigreed films which fell flat at the box office or with the critics, with festival darlings who may or may not make the grade, with movies flying under the general radar, but worth the search. Ready for a month of marathon movie watching? Ready to make those final guesses? Ready to get up early tomorrow and hear the news?
The nominations always bring greater surprises than the actual awards; that makes nomination day my favorite of the awards season. Let’s start with one of the worst categories – but I’m going to leave the very most important and very worst of all, Best Picture with its uncertain number of honorees, for last. And as always, I will be hoping to be wrong.
