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The annual Oscars are just two, three sleeps away and one of the nine nominated films selected from 2017’s numerous releases will join eighty-nine predecessors as the ninetieth film to be awarded Best Picture by the voting body of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. People will tune …

In a special super-sized edition of Weekend Watch, we delve into the complicated process of how the Academy chooses Best Picture, a wonderful series of of supercuts that show winners of several prominent categories through the years, and a duo of videos that delve into more Oscars history. Plus, more after the jump!

Now that the 90th Academy Awards are right around the corner, Screen Junkies have released their annual Honest Trailer highlighting all of the best picture nominees. Hit the jump to give it a watch!

It's that time of year everyone! We here at the Age of the Nerd really love movies, if you couldn't tell, and obviously want to be a part of any celebration of the form. What better way to do that than to predict the Oscars!

Fox Searchlight has released a handful of featurettes for 'The Shape of Water' the give a great behind-the-scenes look at the film. Guillermo Del Toro's opus was recently privy to 13 oscar nominations, and these featurettes give us an all too short look at several aspects of the making of the film.

The featurette provides a pretty in-depth look at what it took to make a film like 'Dunkirk', delving into the practicalities of shooting a film that takes place in the air, sea, and the ground. Hit the jump the give it a watch!

Alright, Serkis and Haddish stumbled through this well enough, let's get to the big stories. Stars(*) represent went I got a prediction correct, and you can see my Oscar predictions for this year after the jump!