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From Billy Crystal's cringe-worthy act to the obvious winners, the Academy Awards felt old, tired and out-of-touch
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Following France\'s big Oscar triumph, a more commercial new wave aims at American theaters
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The idea of a "best" film is bad. That these films were honored as such is even worse.
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