A Pre-Pre-Oscar Malaise

Published January 10, 2003 4:00am ET



I WON’T SEE “CHICAGO.”

There, I said it. I’m sure it’s a wonderful movie. John Podhoretz says so. Everyone says so. And besides, it stars Renée Zellweger, who will always be dear to my heart because she was a scrappy point guard in high school. But “Chicago” is going to win the Oscar for Best Picture and once again Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” is going to be overlooked. We can all see it coming.

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