He says the new Bond film Skyfall has attracted audiences "literally from eight to 80" and predicts that forthcoming releases Hyde Park on the Hudson, Hitchcock and Les Miserables will also have broad appeal.

BBC: Entertainment & Arts

Lastly, one the Academy missed: In an unjustly Oscar-ignored presidential portrayal, Bill Murray channeled FDR in "Hyde Park on Hudson, " showing the four-term president as a charming man in need.

CNN: Oscar likes his political flicks real