I guess I'll have to wait for the DVD

Screenwriter Andrew Klavan, at the Libertas film blog, is on the Oscar voting viewing mill. But he has some suggestions for worthwhile films that the Academy unaccountably passed over, and which you might have missed too.

All the same, I can’t help feeling a little disgruntled about the movies the Academy decided to pass over. For instance, how could they ignore Heroes In The Sand, that incredibly stirring tribute to the fighting Americans who blasted the Taliban out of Afghanistan? And what were they thinking when they slighted Reason To Live, the biting drama about a once left-wing university professor who comes under fire when he accepts Jesus Christ as his savior? And what about Goodbye, You’re Out of Luck, the classy suspenser about a heroic 1950’s federal investigator who breaks up a ring of homegrown Communist spies?

Not only were these films ignored by the Academy, but their chances for critical recognition and box office success were severely hampered by the fact they were never made. Which is exactly why I didn’t see any of the Academy nominees when they first came out.

See, my problem with Hollywood is not about the movies it makes, it’s about the movies it never makes.

For why you're not likely to see such movies in the near future, I suggest reading the rest of his column.