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10 Oscar Winners (and the Films They Should Have Won For)
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10 Oscar Winners (and the Films They Should Have Won For)

By
Bill Gibron
/ 26 February 2015
Sometimes, the Academy Awards a consolation prize of sorts for getting it wrong in a previous year. Here are 10 examples of this phenomenon.
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Tough and Tender – The Top 20 Female Performances of 2008

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 13 January 2009
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Shameful Exposure

By
Chris Barsanti
/ 11 December 2008
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Unclear Motives Make this ‘Reader’ Unrewarding

By
Bill Gibron
/ 11 December 2008
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By
Cynthia Fuchs
/ 10 December 2008
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Holo-Cost

By
Bill Gibron
/ 9 December 2008
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The Annihilating Feminine: Kate Winslet Gets Nasty in The Reader

By
Matt Mazur
/ 7 December 2008

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