District 9 (2009)
(2 ratings)
Extraterrestrials become refugees in South Africa.
Actors: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Vanessa Haywood, Mandla Gaduka, Kenneth Nkosi, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Louis Minnaar, William Allen Young, Marian Hooman, Vittorio Leonardi, Tim Gordon, John Sumner, Nick Blake
Release Date: 08/14/2009
The Blind Side (2009)
(4463 ratings)
A well-to-do white couple adopts a homeless black teen.
Actors: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins, Ray McKinnon, Kim Dickens, Adriane Lenox, Kathy Bates, Catherine Dyer, Andrew Stahl, Tom Nowicki, Libby Whittemore, Brian Hollan, Melody Weintraub, Sharon Morris, Omar Dorsey, Paul Amadi, Irone Singleton
Release Date: 11/20/2009
Up, Up and Away
Superheroes' ordinary son pretends to have secret powers.
Actors: Michael J. Pagan, Robert Townsend, Alex Datcher, Sherman Hemsley, Kasan Butcher, Arreale Davis, Joan Pringle
Oscar nominations that are for the people
Date: 02-03-2010 3:00am
Source: The Envelope - Ultimate Awards Site More from The Envelope - Ultimate Awards Site
The expanded best picture category includes selections that appeal to everyday filmgoers, not just movie buffs.
They are precisely the kinds of movies hardly ever nominated for the best-picture Oscar -- a tear-jerker sports film, a space-alien thriller and an animated feature with a flying house and talking dogs -- but the populist pleasures "The Blind Side," "District 9" and "Up" all made the final cut for the top Academy Award.
