A LITTLE PIECE OF HEAVEN: Academy A-Bored

For as good of a year as 2011 was for movies of all kinds, from the big summer blockbusters to award season contenders, I was extremely disappointed as I scrolled through the list of nominations for the 84th Academy Awards on my (currently beaten and bloodied) computer [pictured above]. I was disappointed at how neutered, clawless and uniformly routine most of the nominations were. Almost