Oscars guide 2011
Do your homework before the lights come up at the movie's biggest night with Time Out's own reviews and interviews with the nominees.
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Before you bust out the extra large popcorn, don that red carpet dress and mix a cocktail, you'll want to spend some time with us. Time Out Chicago has gathered a treasury of 2010 coverage of Oscar nominees—from reviews to interviews. Click through the slide show above to read TOC's original reviews of the Best Picture contenders. Then inspect our reviews of the Best Documentary and Best Animated Feature Film contenders, below. Keep scrolling down for the motherlode of nominee interviews. And don't forget the popcorn, it's no good unless its hot.
Best Documentary Feature
Restrepo, Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land, Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Gasland, Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Exit Through the Gift Shop, Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
Inside Job Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Best Animated Feature Film
Toy Story 3
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
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