Oscar Nominations

Martin Scorsese's 3D adventure film Hugo, starring young Londoner Asa Butterfield in the title role, leads the pack at this year's Academy Awards with 11 nominations. The Artist, starring an incredibly cute Jack Russell terrier named Uggie nominated for the Golden Collar Award (CLICK), comes second with 10 nominations. CLICK for the rest. As regular readers know, I home in on the Best Animated Feature Films. Shock! Horror! No nomination for The Adventures Of Tintin or Arthur Christmas! The nominations are for A Cat in Paris, Chico and Rita, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots and Rango. Having viewed their trailers, I haven't the slightest interest in sitting through any of these poorly animated and/or unfunny feature films next Christmas. Groan! Click the title link for the full list of nominees. The Adventures Of Tintin appears under Best Original Score, a cracker by John Williams.