This is the part where I expound on the awesomeness of Speed Racer, right?

When it's stealing what should have been Wall-E's Best Picture nomination (or The Dark Knight or The Wrestler, though Wall-E was my favorite of the three snubees).

"But then I saw he was circumcised like Jew-rat."

World's End and maybe Act of Killing edge it out, and I still need to see 12 Years a Slave plus the late-coming Oscar contenders (Her, Llewyn Davis, etc.) but this is probably gonna be in my top 5 come the end of the year.

I'd argue for His Dark Materials as the YA masterpiece, but yeah, Book Thief's amazing.

The trailer was cut awfully, but I got some hope back when I saw Variety's review saying the movie was decidedly unsentimental.

He gets a lifetime pass in TV producing for Animaniacs/Pinky and the Brain/Freakazoid, though.

She kind of saved my sister's life so I have respect for her. She's done a few annoying/downright bad things and is certainly easy to make fun of, but I can't hate her.

Or with most of his late '80s DC Comics writer contemporaries (Grant Morrison's a serious druggie, supported ecoterrorists at one point, and according to a friend who served as his editor is a complete asshole, and then there's Frank Miller…).

I liked this a great deal more than this reviewer (my advanced review: http://the-lfb.com/2013/09/… ).

It's half-biopic, half-adaptation of a novel from the time.

In semi-related news, NEIL GAIMAN'S TEACHING AT MY COLLEGE NEXT YEAR!

I somehow doubt Palmer's actually involved in Scientology. If she was, how'd she get away with having a quote on the cover of Kate Bornstein's autobiography?

Of course, there's the question of how mundane his life was. I mean, growing up with a dad who's one of the heads of Scientology, that must lead to some pretty bizarre family life. I figure now that he's escaped the cult he's merely more open about his weird life whereas before he had to be very private.

Seeing as his wife was a Scientologist, leaving her was probably necessary to escape the cult.

That's the point; these are just the submissions, before the actual nomination.

Less Chomet and more Tati, who's a really big fucking deal in the film world outside of animation.

To be fair, it was a competitive year. How to Train Your Dragon and Toy Story 3 were both great mainstream options, and The Illusionist had more prestige (feel free to insert pun about 2006 dueling magician movies here). I liked Summer Wars more than any of those three, but I understand why it was overlooked in a…

I don't think this is about the Academy's savvy so much as FUNi's. When they were doing Summer Wars, they had GKids in charge of the awards campaigns. With Wolf Children, they're on their own, and seemingly they've messed up a great opportunity.

Not nominated, submitted.