Welcome to the 2012 Academy Awards, a year just outside our ‘test-of-time’ range for judging the merits of the winners, non-winners, and forgotten gems. This year featured a lot of very good movies but no true odds-on favorite, which is why the eventual winner is seen as kind of a let down. So who or what should have won? What should have been nominated and wasn’t? Are there too many nominees in the first place leading to a paradox of choice (where it’s hard to even make a decision). Not to mention, what might be the best movie of the year wasn’t even considered for a Best Picture Oscar. Bruce and “Tex” get into it all as they try to make sense of a crazy year with Oscar imitating Art… Or in this case, The Artist.

Movies Mentioned

(*Recommended)

Tower Heist

*The Descendants

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

*The Help

*Midnight in Paris

*The Artist

*Hugo

*Moneyball

*Warhorse

The Tree Life

*Bridesmaids

*We Need to Talk About Kevin

J Edgar

*Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

*Drive

*A Better Life

*Bicycle Thieves

*Celebrity

*Take Shelter

My Week With Marilyn

The Prince and the Showgirl

*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

*Albert Nobbs

The Iron Lady

*Young Adult

Warrior

Beginners

*21 Jump Street

*Superbad

*Margin Call

*The Father

**A Separation

*The Ides of March

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