“The Artist” won Best Picture at the Academy Awards – only my eighth favorite movie out of the nine nominees. The ceremony went down pretty much as expected too, with the biggest surprise being “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” winning Best Editing. Exciting, right?

“The Artist” is a tolerable choice for Best Picture, and the Academy at least gave five trophies to Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” in technical categories. “Hugo” is new this week on Blu-ray and DVD and is most certainly worth your time, by the way.

Rather than griping about the nominees that didn’t win, let’s gripe about the terrific movies and performances that weren’t nominated for anything. A few, in fact, are newly available for your home viewing pleasure. (more…)