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Brian D. Johnson predicts the Academy Award winners—and liveblogs tonight’s show

Scott Macaulay tries to explain the new Oscar voting system and how it works, with quotes from economist Justin Wolfers . Wolfers...

Ramrod military men with impulse-control issues may be rare in real life but not onscreen

A new documentary chronicles the absurd misrepresentation of native people onscreen

On almost every level, says this critic, ‘Avatar’ is a sub-prime performance

I suppose a lot of you have seen the astonishing video of the Intellectual Ventures Mosquito Death Ray . It’s a...

Kathryn and James spar for Oscar custody in a David and Goliath duel

James Cameron’s Golden Globe-winning movie has single-handedly brought back old-fashioned movie magic

Our critic includes ‘Up in the Air,’ ‘Avatar,’ and ‘Bright Star.’ You may want to disagree.

A strong late entry in the "significant word of 2009" sweepstakes would be the noun and verb "conlang". A conlang is any...