21.   Both groups of critics bypassed several films that many Hollywood executives and producers view as potential candidates for best picture.

22.   Both films are also up for best picture.

23.   Both Soderbergh films were also nominated for best picture.

24.   A critically acclaimed nominee for best picture this year, the film follows a menagerie of characters as they become entangled in the hellish jungle of drugs in America.

25.   All five Globe nominees for best picture in the drama category stand pretty good shots at getting Oscar nods.

26.   All would seem to have a shot at a best picture Oscar nomination.

27.   But an Oscar for best picture of the year?

28.   But foreign films rarely make best picture.

29.   But every now and then, the Academy will veer wildly from the norm, instead honoring some well-admired auteur whose film has zilch chance of winning best picture.

30.   But Miramax is buying ads in the trades, including several wraparound, full-color best picture pieces in The Hollywood Reporter.