Oscars - Visual Effects Finalists down to 10

The Academy has narrowed the finalist list from 15 down to 10 for the visual effects category. The 5 nominees will be chosen from this list...

• Captain America: The First Avenger
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
• Hugo
• Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• Real Steel
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• The Tree of Life
• X-Men: First Class

The five films eliminated from contention were Cowboys & Aliens, Sherlock Holmes 2, Sucker Punch, Super 8 & Thor.