Breaking Down the Oscar Nominations

This year's Oscar nominations were announced Thursday. From Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" to Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty," the choices always stir great interest, debate and offer a chance to look at the direction and quality of movies these days.

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This year's Oscar nominations were announced Thursday. From Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" to Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty," the choices always stir great interest, debate and offer a chance to look at the direction and quality of movies these days.

Earlier Friday, I spoke to Ann Hornaday, film critic of The Washington Post, about this year's nominees, the favorites to win, the dark horses and the movies that were deserving but were overlooked:

A transcript will be posted soon.