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This week’s edition of Tuesday Blus includes the following titles: Dunkirk (2017) - Warner Bros., Detroit (2017) - Twentieth Century Fox, Letter from an...

It's always comes as a surprise to look back on some of the bottom-feeders on some of these Black Lists. In 2007, Oscar winner for Best Picture Slumdog Millionaire (Simon Beaufoy) had six votes, Robert Siegel's The Wrestler had five, an untitled Pharmaceutical script (later known as Love & other Drugs) by Charles Randolph would get four, with John Patrick Shanley's Doubt and Jon Lucas & Scott Moore's Hangover receiving three votes and Tony Gilroy's Duplicity receiving a pair. It's worth mentioning that those who received the least amount of votes could have simply not have been seen by enough eyes --- the Black List isn't perfect science.

Critics were less than enthused about Cages latest stagy offering but when has that ever deterred fans from seeing one of his films?

Call this a post-Oscars afterthought, but I think the inaugural 2005 blacklist for un-produced screenplays is working out to be a fairly good predictor/barometer in discriminating the output of quality films and misfires.

I don't think the crystal ball is that clouded this year...but the Oscar pools do end up getting a jolt. My picks aren't off...