‘Tis the Season: ‘Foxcatcher’, ‘Big Eyes’ Latest Oscar Contenders Under Attack

Oscar voting opened Monday, and like clockwork, the haters have come calling. As Deadline's Pete Hammond wrote on Monday, 'tis the season for controversy over fact-based awards contenders: Now, Bennett Miller's real-life Olympian tragedy Foxcatcher and Tim Burton's art exposé Big Eyes have joined MLK Jr. drama Selma, the Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game and Angelina Jolie's Unbroken in ducking for cover over accuracy issues in mixing fact-based stories with narrative…

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