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Warner Bros. Lands 3 Best Picture Nominees In One Year—A Rare Oscar Flex That Flatters Netflix’s Deal Narrative Oscar nomination mornings usually turn into a referendum on “the year in movies.” This time, though, the headline was also a rare industry stat stunner: Warner Bros. made Oscar history by landing three Best Picture nominations in the same year, off three completely different lanes of filmmaking; the first time that feat had been accomplished since 1975. Those three films spanned a remarkably wide range of sensibilities. Paul Thomas Anderson’s restless, big-swing provocation “One Battle After Another” sat on one end of the spectrum, Ryan Coogler’s genre-jukebox Southern nightmare “Sinners” on another, and the high-octane, premium-screen spectacle “F1” on the third. Continue reading Warner Bros. Lands 3 Best Picture Nominees In One Year—A Rare Oscar Flex That Flatters Netflix’s Deal Narrative at The Playlist. http://dlvr.it/TQWmCs