best picture
On Nov. 7, 20th Century Fox will release "The Book Thief" hoping to gain Oscar momentum.
"12 Years A Slave" is now the front runner to win the Best Picture at the Oscars.
The Best Picture race is one of the most crowded in years with many predicting the Academy Awards will go for ten films this year.
"Amour" represents the biggest surprise in the Best Picture Category. The Michael Haneke directed film received five nominations for the Academy Awards.
"Zero Dark Thirty" has been under a lot of scrutiny as of late from political controversy to boycotts to snubs at the Oscars. The film won the box office this past weekend and looks to continue strong. However its chances of winning the Academy Award for Best Picture have faded.
On December 3rd the New York Film Critics Circle announced that their best film of the year was Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty. The critics marked the start of critic's awards which will be handed out throughout the months of December and January.