Ryan Seacrest’s jacket loses out big time.

Well, they have to learn about demoniacally possessed middle aged women some time.

THEY’RE HERE! The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards have been released, and as we predicted The Artist has basically bagsied all the categories like a fat greedy child in a tuckshop. Standard.

As we enter Oscar season it is easy to forget that, while cinema of course has a responsibility to impress and inform, it is ultimately at its best when making you laugh out loud at an anthropomorphised something-or-other in a screen shared by adults and children alike. When it’s a bit more animated, if you will. As such, here is a list of the ten most exciting animated movies heading to a cinema near you this year.

Take heart, noble citizens! YES, this might be the week where darkness descends, where hope is drained and where Garry Marshall farts on our very souls, but we must not let this defeat us! We can overcome this monster, using the twin ancient arts of 2 for 1 cinema and Not Watching New Year’s Eve.

Who knew cartoons were worthy of prizes?

Actors like cats! Banderas likes cats! Cats watch films! It’s all official!

Almodovar is a right minx.

2011 is the year of the toon, bringing us animated movies galore from Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks and their like whether we want it or not. Here’s our rundown of animations due to hit the box office in 2011. Think we missed one? Let us know. Our word for today is ‘completist’.

“Abandon all hope ye who enter here”. Such reads the sign that confronts Queen Lillian and King Harold as they approach the unfriendly terrain of Rumpelstiltskin’s land in the opening scene of Shrek Forever After. 93 minutes later and you are left wondering who the words were really directed at. Beneath the fireworks of what has been celebrated as the the final chapter of a universally adored franchise lies an apology for an exit that is more dogged than triumphant.