Oscar Nominations Just Announced

White Woman Rescues Black Man Because He Can't Rescue Himself

Best Picture Nominations announced this morning. There are 10 of them this year.

• "Avatar" - Need to see it
• "The Hurt Locker" - Want to see it
• "Up in the Air" - Not sure what the big deal is
• "The Blind Side" - Have no desire to see it. A new Texas Monthly article, not online, explained why.
• "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" - Probably not bad
• "District 9" - No desire to see it but I've heard good things
• "Up" - I bet this is pretty good
• "A Serious Man" - I can't even remember hearing about this one
• "Inglourious Basterds" - Not bad. Not bad at all.
• "An Education" - What?