A cranky critic talks about Oscar nominations. I haven't seen Mulholland Drive so I'm not with him on that point, but I do agree with his description of the Academy as "a small, conservative (aesthetically, I mean) group of Hollywood insiders". I'm really tired of worthy individuals being looked over while the same four people get nominated every so often. Just because a movie wasn't mainstream does not mean that it was not good, nor that the performances within them were not Oscar worthy. But then again, what does "Oscar worthy" mean anymore?