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Congrats to one of Mexico’s best director’s, Guillermo Del Toro

The Oscar nominations were announced today and as usual the number of sci-fi/fantasy nods are extremely lacking. Some notable nominations are: Pan’s Labyrinth (art direction, cinematography, foreign language, make-up, musical score, original screenplay), Children Of Men (cinematography, editing, adapted screenplay), Pirate’s of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (art direction, sound editing, sound mixing, visual effects), Superman Returns (visual effects). Otherwise, it’s business as usual.

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Yummy! Brittish hottie Clive Owen.

I’m disappointed that the The Fountain was not nominated. It was my favorite film of 2006.

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Hugh Jackman in his best perfromance.