Sun, 01/29/2012 - 07:28 — Anonymous It's Oscar time again. The nominees
were announced this week and a pair of travel-themed movies are up for the
big awards. Midnight in Paris is Woody Allen's tale of a Hollywood
screenwriter (played by Owen Wilson) who visits contemporary Paris and finds
himself time-traveling back to the glory days of Hemingway and Picasso.
It's nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay
and Best Art Direction. On the other side of the planet, The Descendants
stars George Clooney as a Honolulu lawyer who takes his children to see land
held in a family trust on Kauai. It received nominations for Best Picture,
Best Director, Best Actor (for Clooney), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best
Film Editing. Of the two, I've seen only "Midnight in Paris," which I
liked—as a confirmed 1920s Paris nerd I laughed at the inside jokes and
enjoyed the scenery. "The Descendants" is on my To Do list. It won Best
Picture (Drama) at the Golden Globes last week, and Clooney won the Golden
Globe for Best Actor in a Drama, too, so it has to be considered a favorite
come Oscar night. World Hum
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