Trying to catch all of the Oscar nominated films before the big night?  You've only got 18 days til Oscar Night!

Come Oscar night, I will hopefully have seen 25 of the 50 nominated movies (provided Vicky Cristina Barcelona is available at Blockbuster and The Wrestler finally comes to Wilmington.  Of the remaining 25 movies, 21 are either Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Foreign Language Film, Animated Short Film or Live Action Short Film, so give me a little break on those.  The remaining 4 films are Rachel Getting Married (was only in Wilmington for 3 or 4 days), Bolt (couldn't get anyone to go with me), Australia (not enough interest among fellow moviegoers), and Happy-Go-Lucky (not really interested in that one).  I'll be posting my picks for Oscars soon, including some movies I think were overlooked.

A few movies that sort of slipped by that I'd recommend:  In Bruges and The Visitor (available on DVD) and Defiance (currently in theaters).