12/13 Oscarweb Round-up

• How many Oscar Best Picture winners can you name in five minutes? [Jet Punk]

• David Poland responds to “Gran Torino” raves with another slap in the face for Clint Eastwood and his film. [The Hot Blog]

• Jeff Wells is a fan of “Good,” lost in the Oscar shuffle this year. [Hollywood Elsewhere]

• Yours truly talks Globe nods and more with John Campea, podcast style. [The Movie Blog]

• “The Dark Knight” tops Steven King’s list of the year’s best. [Entertainment Weekly]

• Tom Cruise might be reprising his Golden Globe-nominated turn as Les Grossman. [E! Online]

• Patrick Goldstein talks to Oscar telecast producer Larry Mark about the Jackman emcee pick. [The Big Picture]

• A brief back-and-forth with “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” star Taraji P. Henson. [Vulture]

• Yours truly profiles the actress. [Variety]

• David Carr makes some humorous observations about a few of the season’s movie posters. [The Carpetbagger]