Our “Road to the Oscars” series is in full swing, ready to help you with your Oscar pools. This week, we looked at some of the more obscure categories like Best Live Action Short and Best Foreign Film, as well as the more mainstream Best Animated Film category. Adam Spunberg takes a look back.

Today is the first post in our “Road to the Oscars” series, in which we look at every single award. Kit Bowen reports on the nominees for the always difficult to guess Best Live Action Short category, an award which could impact any Oscar pool. Bowen thinks “The Door” may have what it takes.

From Manon on Asphalt to Toyland to The Pig, a collection of French, German, Irish, and Danish films provide a European flavor for Oscar pickers. Red Carpet bloggers Nate Freiberg and Adam Spunberg analyze this often misunderstood category for 2009.