urchicago:NEW FEATURE: The Best & Worst Films of 2014by...

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NEW FEATURE: The Best & Worst Films of 2014

by Justin Tucker

Everyone knows the Academy Awards ceremony is a sanctimonious, seemingly never-ending dog and pony show. Generally out of touch with audiences, the Academy will at times make questionable picks for Best Picture and ignore certain films altogether. I mean, does anybody actually believe Slumdog Millionaire is a better movie over The Dark Knight? Is Crash actually going to stand the test of time as a work of art?

I am here to cut through the crap and the pretentiousness to present the actual best pictures of 2014. Read on, reader…