Oscars countdown: movies you have to see and movies to skip

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A little over a week remains until Oscar night. With ten best picture nominees this year, not to mention a full roster of five animated features (on top of all the other categories), there’s not a lot of time to see what’s on the ballot. Newsday critic and Takeaway film contributor Rafer Guzman fills us in on which movies are must-sees and which are okay to avoid.

Read a blog post by Takeaway producer Kristen Meinzer and film critic Rafer Guzman about which Oscar movies to watch and which movies to skip.

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