This week brings us the unofficial opening of Oscar season, with the indie-oriented Gotham Awards announcing their list of early-bird nominees on Thursday morning. (I have a pretty good idea what’s on the list, but no hints and no cheating.) Then again, last week was also the opening of Oscar season, with the release of “12 Years a Slave,” and so was the release of “Gravity” three weeks ago. When is it ever not Oscar season? During the Oscar telecast itself, perhaps? I won’t go back and try to figure out how long it took after Seth MacFarlane left the stage last February for someone to start posting unfounded awards speculation about this year’s movies. I'm guessing it probably happened before that.
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