30 Movies You May Want to Watch Before the Oscars

Here is a list of 30 movies you may -- or may not -- want to see before Oscar night, according to early award nominees and winners, and my semi-outrageous predictions. Also, I've included how/where you can watch them.

1. 12 Years a Slave -- now playing
2. Gravity -- now playing
3. Captain Phillips -- now playing
4. All is Lost -- now playing
5. Inside Llewyn Davis -- now playing
6. American Hustle -- in theatres 12/13
7. Dallas Buyers Club -- now playing
8. Nebraska -- now playing
9. Her -- in theatres 12/18
10. The Wind Rises -- now playing
11. Saving Mr. Banks -- in theatres 12/13
12. Blue Jasmine -- on DVD 1/20
13. Fruitvale Station -- on DVD 1/14
14. Lee Daniels' The Butler -- DVD release date TBD
15. Prisoners -- on DVD 12/10
16. Frozen -- now playing
17. Stories We Tell -- on DVD
18. Before Midnight -- on DVD
19. Philomena -- now playing
20. The Past -- in theatres 12/20
21. Enough Said -- now playing
22. Blue is the Warmest Color -- now playing
23. The Wolf of Wall Street -- in theatres 12/25
24. Mud -- on DVD
25. The Act of Killing -- on DVD
26. Frances Ha -- on DVD
27. Short Term 12 -- in theatres 1/14
28. Rush -- on DVD 1/28
29. The Spectacular Now -- on DVD 1/14
30. 42 -- on DVD

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Review: Ready Player One

Tye Sheridan and Lena Waite Director: Steven Spielberg Screenwriters: Zak Penn, Ernest Cline (author as well) Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, Mark Rylance MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action violence, bloody images, some suggestive material, partial nudity, and language Genres: Action, Adventure, Science-Fiction, Fantasy Theatrical Release Date: March 31, 2018 Rotten Tomatoes Score : 75% Clip: "The Prize Awaits" Ready Player One is, to sum up in two words, a "geek's dream." And that is, honestly, a compliment, as I consider myself at least somewhat of a geek and adore pop culture and pop culture references. (Why else would I have a blog?) And Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg -- with whom you may be familiar -- has surely created an adaptation of Ernest Cline's best-selling science-fiction that is rampant with pop culture references. I will admit that I have not read ...

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Review: Gifted

McKenna Grace and Chris Evans Director: Marc Webb Screenwriter: Tom Flynn Starring: Chris Evans, McKenna Grace, Jenny Slate, Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, language, and some suggestive material Genre: Drama Theatrical Release Date: April 7, 2017 On DVD/Streaming: July 25, 2017 Rotten Tomatoes Score : 73% Clip: "Mary Solves the Math Problem" Gifted is practically manufacturing to make you weepy, to make you feel something deep. And, for the most part, it succeeds. From the opening scene, that displays the great chemistry between leads Chris Evans and McKenna Grace, you know what kind of movie this is going to be, and you're okay with that. Or, at least, I was. Smartly, the movie does not begin with unnecessary backstory/exposition or an awkward flashback. Instead, it begins with the aforementioned scene with Evans' Frank, who is Mary's (Grace) uncle. We don't yet ...

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