Academy Awards

So, when Oscar night comes and everybody’s waiting to hear the winner of Best Picture, we know it’s going to be either Movie A or Movie B. But what happens when it’s Movie C, Movie D, or Movie E? On numerous occasions, Hollywood has pulled a fast one and given the Best Picture award to a film that nobody expected to win. Sometimes, the pick is so far out of left field that we question how it was even nominated....

Winning an Academy Award statuette often infuses a movie with a reputation and sense of recognition that puts it above other movies—but the decisions made by the Academy aren’t always sensible. Sometimes, an Academy Award goes to a production that sticks out like a sore thumb and generates all kinds of controversy. Whenever this happens, it exposes the biases of the Academy and how inconsistent they can be when it comes to criteria and qualifications....