Oscars: A Season of #MeToo, Guns, Oprah Winfrey and, Oh Yeah, Awards

Decades from now, film lovers will remember 2017 as the year of “Stronger,” Jake Gyllenhaal, Hong Chau in “Downsizing,” Chadwick Boseman in “Marshall,” and great work by Luca Guadagnino, James Mangold, Alexander Payne, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Giacchino.

These are just a few of the names who serve as a reminder: Everyone who received an Oscar nomination deserves it, but a lot of deserving people were left out, for whatever reason.For the entire 2017 awards season, Oscar remained a wide-open race.

There is usually a front-runner, maybe two, for best picture.

This year, at least five of the nine nominees seem like credible winners, which ensures suspense until the final envelope is opened on March 4.

The best-film race includes movies that had been part of the awards conversation for most of the year, such as “Call Me by Your Name” and “Get Out,” as well as 11th-hour entries “The Post” and “Phantom Thread.”But

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