Thus far, the films that have been weighed in on were films that I went to in the theater, not knowing that I would eventually challenge my self to see all the Oscar nominated films. Not a bad start, but leaving 33 films to see.

As a film student for three years, I would watch the Academy Awards every year and never know half the films nominated. I would see them later (Michael Clayton & No Country For Old Men come to mind as two I saw after the awards) and I wished I would have viewed them before.

Looking at the list remaining, I was worried I would not find half of them or go broke seeing them for 8 bucks a pop in the theater. Imaginarium and Nine disappeared from theaters just as soon as they appeared (at least around the Minnesota/North Dakota area). Marcus Theaters brought some of the films back (Precious, Blind Side, Crazy Heart, & Lovely Bones). Fargo Theatre got Up In The Air, Young Victoria, and now A Single Man.

A good chunk of the films were released on DVD already, so those would be the easiest to view, since I work at a video store after all.

Online streams of the remaining films and wishful thinking would have to cover the rest of the films on the list.

I thought it would be easiest to break them up into sections and take them out that way.

DVD/Blu Ray

• Coraline
• A Serious Man
• (the only short I have access to): Wallace & Gromitt: A Matter of Loaf and Death
• Bright Star
• Food Inc.
• Julie & Julia
• Paris 36
• The Cove
• Coco Before Chanel
• In The Loop
• Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince

Theaters

• Crazy Heart (West Acres)
• A Single Man (Fargo Theatre)
• Up In The Air (Fargo Theatre)
• Avatar (Century)
• Blind Side (West Acres)
• Lovely Bones (West Acres)
• Precious (Century)
• Princess & Frog (Safari)
• Secret of Kells (@ Fargo Film Festival – Wednesday March 3rd)

Not on DVD/Blu Ray -or- in Theaters

• Burma VJ
• An Education
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Il Divo
• Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
• Invictus
• Last Station
• Messenger
• Most Dangerous Man in America
• Nine
• Which Way Home
• White Ribbon
• Young Victoria

(33 FILMS TO GO)