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Yes,Top Gun: MaverickandAvatar: The Way of Waterwere nominated for Best Picture.

It often feels as if the Academy has become allergic to recognizing and awarding blockbusters.

Vulture contributor Joe Reid says that conventional wisdom is sort of true but a lot more complicated.