7:28AM Kyle Buchanan | This year’s Oscars Best Picture race is still fluid enough to account for the presence of two films that would normally seem like longshots: the Pixar masterpiece
Wall-E and the box office blockbuster
The Dark Knight. One is the tale of a lonely hero who talks in a funny voice, and the other is
Wall-E, but both films have one thing in common: they’re huge, mainstream blockbusters, which Oscar voters don’t typically reward. However, the
New York Times reports that the studio behind each film is readying a big Academy Awards push, and they’ve got their eyes set on Best Picture. Which has the better shot, and should we expect either film to wrangle a nomination for Oscar’s biggest prize?
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