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Best Picture? You decide.
The hunt is on for the best movies of the year. In just two weeks, the Austin Film Critics Association votes on the top pictures and performances of the season. Over the weekend, I added three contenders to the list, all seen in preview or on review screeners: A novel adaptation smothered in anxiety (“Atonement”), another sweet comedy about a beyond-her-years wise kid (“Juno”), and an acting tour de force about a family dealing with an aged father (“The Savages”). The last could easily score Oscar nominations for Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Philip Bosco.
Trying to squeeze into the last days of the season: “The Golden Compass,” “Lars and the Real Girl,” “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead,” “Enchanted,” “Ratatouille,” “The Kite Runner,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Margot at the Wedding,” “There Will Be Blood,” “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” and “Charlie Wilson’s War.”
But seriously, if you think I’ve missed something …
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