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24 January 2012 1:18 AM, PST | MTV Movie News | See recent MTV Movie News news »

We leave the Oscar odds up to the professionals, in Bigger Than the Sound.

By James Montgomery

George Clooney in "The Descendants"

Photo: 20th Century Fox

My buddy Corey (this is him; and no, I'm not sure why he's standing like that either) doesn't watch movies because "they're a waste of time," which sort of explains why, A) he once told me his favorite film of all time was "American Beauty," and B) he owns the "Jackass" trilogy on DVD. For years, I made fun of him for all of those things, but now, well, I'm not so sure he wasn't onto something this entire time.

Because on Tuesday (January 24), when nominations for the 2012 Academy Awards were announced, I was left feeling very Corey. The two most-nominated films, "Hugo" and "The Artist," were also perhaps the most anachronistic (in that they are a love letter to a long-deceased French filmmaker/illusionist and a silent movie, »

1 item from 2012