Into the Wild: Emile Hirsch's performance as Christopher McCandless, aka Alexander Supertramp, was wrongly overlooked during the big award season. He carries this quiet, meditative film telling the true story of a guy who completely cut himself off from the prison of civilization to live without means. Hal Holbrook certainly deserved his Best Supporting Actor nomination as the old soul who's inspired to live again by McCandless' boundless energy, and who gives the young man a father figure he doesn't have to rebel against.
Things We Lost in the Fire: Early expectations for Oscar contention didn't hold true, but some, like Hollywood Elsewhere's Jeffrey Wells, continued to lament that Benicio Del Toro's performance wasn't considered for Best Actor in this drama about a family dealing with intense grief.
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium: Somebody obviously thought of that name and tried to force it to be a movie. Emporium is a cool word, but not that cool.
Awake: Jessica Alba and Hayden Christensen join forces to try and act their way out of that paper bag when Christensen remains awake during surgery and is thusly traumatized.
