Over the past few days, the general membership of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences received DVD screeners of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2," "The Prestige," "The Illusionist," "Superman Returns" and "Shadowboxer."

Previously, they'd received "The Queen," "Babel," "A Prairie Home Companion" "An Inconvenient Truth," "Volver," "Pan's Labyrinth," "Marie-Antoinette," "Running with Scissors," "The Da Vinci Code," "Little Children," "Little Miss Sunshine," "World Trade Center," "United 93," "The Last King of Scotland," "Half Nelson," "Friends with Money," "Thank You for Smoking," "Over the Hedge," and "Inside Man."

Photo: Hugh Jackman has buzz — but is it Oscar buzz? — in "The Prestige." (Disney)