This is the first year in ages where I've seen most of the nominated films, thanks to the DGA screeners. The only major film I didn't see, I think, was 12 Years a Slave, and as brilliant or good as it may be, it is just not my kind of film. Of the ones I saw, the clear winner, for me, was Philomena. The Academy, however, will never respond to a film like that over the likes of Slave and Wall Street and Hustle. Gravity, which I enjoyed, is not in the league of Philomena, but it may just win the prize this evening.
