As We Approach Oscar Season . . .

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These are the best picture winners of the past decade: GLADIATOR, A BEAUTIFUL MIND, CHICAGO, LORD OF THE RINGS 3, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, CRASH, THE DEPARTED, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE and THE HURT LOCKER.

Two, maybe three, great movies. Two or three very good movies, and a couple of mediocre ones, with SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE barely standing out as the decade's CHARIOTS OF FIRE.

So as we make our predictions, we shouldn't confine ourselves to what are actually the year's best pictures, because they are often not even nominated, and when nominated, they rarely win.

Posted By: Mick LaSalle (Email, Twitter) | January 06 2011 at 10:54 AM

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