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AVATAR vs. HURT LOCKER: The Historical Favourite Question
Scott Macaulay tries to explain the new Oscar voting system and how it works, with quotes from economist Justin Wolfers. Wolfers also provides some follow-explanation here. The use of ranked voting, familiar to those who follow sports MVP voting, means that a movie has the potential to win even if it doesn’t get the most first-place votes.
Hollywood’s big on psycho soldiers
Ramrod military men with impulse-control issues may be rare in real life but not onscreen
The Top 10 movies of the year are …
Our critic includes ‘Up in the Air,’ ‘Avatar,’ and ‘Bright Star.’ You may want to disagree.
Instead of a year-end list of my own
COLBY COSH dismisses the National Board of Review’s Top 10 Movies of 2009—none of which he’s seen
Giving the guys a lesson in true grit
Two female directors show their mettle with tales of war and terrorism