The summer movie season is officially in full swing and you know what that means. Big blockbuster action movies. Sequels galore! Comic books and cartoons. Bruckheimer. On occasion however, you can find that rare high quality, Oscar-caliber film. Truth is, this used to be more common years and years ago. Remember Forrest Gump, or Apollo 13, or Saving Private Ryan and Gladiator? All were big, popular summer movies. In recent years, the summer flicks haven’t achieved as much impact on the Oscars, but you could still spot an occasional top line drama in the fray. Such as Road to Perdition…
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Here at Oscarfrenzy, it’s never too early to start looking ahead to next year’s awards. Whereas 2005/2006 marked the year of the socially-conscious, small budget independent film, this next year will likely signal a return to traditional big studio, big star, big budget Hollywood movie-making. We’ll take an in-depth look at Best Picture and offer bold predictions for all the major categories.

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The nominees will be…

Breaking and Entering (The Weinstein Company)
The Departed (Warner Bros)
Flags of Our…
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