The power of the haunted past: secrets, passion and morality in the screen adaptation of Bernhard Schlink's "The Reader" (2008)

You may leave the prison, but the prison never leaves you: Jacques Audiard's "A Prophet" (2009)

Oscars: My Predictions

Leading actor: Jeff Bridges
Supporting actor: Woody Harrelson
Leading actress: Sandra Bullock
Supporting actress: Mo'Nique
Directing: Hurt Locker
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