The nominations for the 2013 Writers Guild Awards have been announced, with Looper, The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Master getting bumps in their Oscar chances.
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Robert Zemeckis returns to live action filmmaking for the first time in a decade with Flight, a sometimes-thrilling account of an alcoholic airline pilot and one life-changing event. The problem here is the film can’t help but get in its own way at nearly every turn, despite a terrific performance from Denzel Washington and some exhilarating moments inside the cockpit.