The Oscars! Read our reviews of the best picture nominees

Planning to watch the Academy Awards this weekend? We've got movie reviews for some of the best picture nominees, as well as plenty of other films that weren't nominated, but were considered top films for 2011 [1] by our regular culture columnist, Pat McCormick. 

Did you see a film that recieved a nomination but isn't reviewed here? Let us know what you thought of it in the comments. You can also send film reviews to onlineeditor@uscatholic.org [2] at any time.

Best picture nominees:

The Artist [3]

Moneyball [4]

War Horse [5]

The Help

Midnight in Paris [6]

The Descendants [7]

Hugo

The Tree of Life [8]

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close [9]