It's not so much that Hollywood has passed over good movies for an Academy Award. I am more surprised at how Hollywood has praised some real sleazy movies lately. I'm heartened by what appears to me to be the growing disenchantment with movie and theater critics. I believe that they have an inordinate amount of power that they misuse too regularly. Now, it seems that many movies still make it in spite of negative reviews.
Word of mouth seems to be generating better attendance than a few years ago.
Among my colleagues, someone always quotes a critic indicating that they think it might not be worth seeing. And the same goes for live theater. It is good to see people telling others about performances they think are worthy of seeing. I have found this to me superior to paying much attention to almost all critics. It seems I have difficulty actually going to them nowadays.