BEST MOTION PICTURE:

• the artist
• the descendants
• extremely loud & incredibly close
• the help
• hugo
• midnight in paris
• moneyball
• the tree of life
• war horse

BEST ACTOR:

• a better life (demian bichir)
• the descendants (george clooney)
• the artist (jean dujardin)
• tinker tailor soldier spy (gary oldman)
• moneyball (brad pitt)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

• my week with marilyn (kenneth branagh)
• moneyball (jonah hill)
• warrior (nick nolte)
• beginners (christopher plummer)
• extremely loud & incredibly close (max von sydow)

BEST ACTRESS:

• albert nobbs (glenn close)
• the help (viola davis)
• the girl with the dragon tattoo (rooney mara)
• the iron lady (meryl streep)
• my week with marilyn (michelle williams)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

• the artist (berenice bejo)
• the help (jessica chastain)
• bridesmaids (melissa mccarthy)
• albert nobbs (janet mcteer)
• the help (octavia spencer)

BEST ANIMATED FILM:

• a cat in paris
• chico & rita
• kung fu panda 2
• puss in boots
• rango

ART DIRECTION:

• the artist
• harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2
• hugo
• war horse

CINEMATOGRAPHY:

• the artist
• the girl with the dragon tattoo
• hugo
• the tree of life
• war horse

COSTUME DESIGN:

• anonymous
• the artist
• hugo
• jane eyre
• w.e.

BEST DIRECTOR:

• the artist
• the descendants
• hugo
• midnight in paris
• the tree of life

BEST DOCUMENTARY:

• hell and back again
• if a tree falls: a story of the earth liberation front
• paradise lost 3: purgatory
• undefeated

BEST DOCUMENTARY - SHORT:

• the barber of birmingham: foot soldier of the civil rights movement
• god is the bigger elvis
• incident in new baghdad
• saving face
• the tsunami and the cherry blossom

EDITING:

• the artist
• the descendants
• the girl with the dragon tattoo
• hugo
• moneyball

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:

• bullhead (belgium)
• monsieur lazhar (canada)
• a separation (iran)
• footnote (israel)
• in darkness (poland)

MAKEUP:

• albert nobbs
• harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2
• the iron lady

ORIGINAL SCORE:

• the adventures of tintin
• the artist
• hugo
• tinker tailor soldier spy
• war horse

ORIGINAL SONG:

• the muppets (man or muppet)
• rio (real in rio)

ANIMATED FILM - SHORT:

• dimanche/sunday
• the fantastic flying books of mr. morris lessmore
• la luna
• a morning stroll
• wild life

LIVE ACTION FILM - SHORT:

• pentecost
• raju
• the shore
• time freak
• tuba atlantic

SOUND EDITING:

• drive
• the girl with the dragon tattoo
• hugo
• transformers: dark of the moon
• war horse

SOUND MIXING:

• the girl with the dragon tattoo
• hugo
• moneyball
• transformers: dark of the moon
• war horse

VISUAL EFFECTS:

• harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2
• hugo
• real steel
• rise of the planet of the apes
• transformers: dark of the moon

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

• the descendants
• hugo
• the ides of march
• moneyball
• tinker tailor soldier spy

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

• the artist
• bridesmaids
• margin call
• midnight in paris
• a separation

so, my to-watch list is as follows!:

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LET’S. DO. THIS.

so. oscar noms I still have to watch:

• biutiful - playing at a local theater until thursday at least
• the tempest - can’t find a copy anywhere
• inside job - have a streaming copy
• waste land - playing in the city until thursday at least
• dogtooth - have a copy
• in a better world - can’t find a copy anywhere
• incendies - can’t find a copy anywhere
• outside the law - can’t find a copy anywhere
• barney’s version - playing at a local theater until thursday at least
• the way back - have a streaming copy
• country strong - can’t find anywhere BUT only the song is nominated so really I don’t need to find it
• another year - playing at a local theater until thursday at least

if all goes according to plan, I may be able to see 52 of the 56 movies aaaah :D

EITHER FROM EXCITEMENT OVER TICKETS FOR THE SHORTS MARATHONS GOING ON SALE WHILE I’M AT WORK TOMORROW :D

…OR BECAUSE I’M WATCHING ‘BURIED’ AND IT IS FREAKING MY SHIT OUT (AND I AM NOT USUALLY CLAUSTROPHOBIC)

this is what I do at 2am. HERE IS THE PLAN. if I can manage to get tickets for THIS GLORIOUS EVENT (and even if I can’t, I’m pretty sure the IFC center runs marathons of the shorts in february), there would only be 12 oscar nominated movies that I haven’t seen/possess a copy of. 7 of those 12 are currently playing in a theater either locally or in the city, and I have 13 ‘weekend nights’ between now and the ceremony when I’d theoretically be able to go to the movies.

which means that if everything goes according to plan I will only have issues finding/watching FIVE films:

• the tempest
• waste land
• in a better world
• incendies
• outside the law (hors-la-loi)

oh shit this is long, sorry.

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AND BLUE VALENTINE

AND ANIMAL KINGDOM

AND LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS