"Hugo" ended the night a big winner, with five awards, in the categories of cinematography, art direction, sound editing, visual effects and sound mixing.

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The movie's described as featuring enough dinosaurs to overrun JURASSIC PARK. It's been nominated for four Oscars, Best Art Direction, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects.

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The Avengers Another movie you probably guessed would make it onto my list, and one sure to rack up a lot of Oscar nominations for Best Visual Effects, Best Editing (both Film and Sound), Best Sound Mixing, as well as perhaps a few others.

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