Since you all were happy about the return of "Posterized" last week, we should do it weekly as intended. So herewith, the current Oscar nominated field (links go to reviews or articles of note or Oscar charts). It's 38 movies wide.
HOW MANY HAVE YOU SEEN? And did you see them in anything like chronological order or release?
Mirror Mirror - March 30th, 1 nom (Costume Design)
The Pirates! Band of Misfits - April 27th, 1 nom (Animated Feature)
Marvel's The Avengers - May 4th, 1 nom (Visual Effects)
Moonrise Kingdom - May 25th, 1 nom (Original Screenplay)
5 Broken Cameras - May 30th, 1 nom (Documentary Feature)
Snow White and... - June 1st, 2 noms (Visual Effects, Costume)
Prometheus- June 8th, 1 nom (Visual Effects)
Brave - June 22nd, 1 nom (Animated Feature)
The Invisible War - June 22nd, 1 nom (Documentary)
Beasts of the Southern Wild - June 22nd, 4 noms
(The Earliest and Shortest Best Picture: Picture, Director, Actress, Screenplay)
Ted - June 29th, 1 nom (Original Song)
Searching for Sugar Man - July 27th, 1 nom (Documentary)
ParaNorman - Aug 17th, 1 nom (Animated Feature)
The Master - Sept 14th, 3 noms
(Earliest Release with Multiple Acting Nods: Actor, Supp. Actor, Supp. Actress)
How to Survive a Plague - Sept 21st, 1 nom (Documentary)
Frankenweenie - Oct 5th, 1 nom (Animated Feature)
Argo - October 12th, 7 noms
(Pic, Screenplay, Supp. Actor, Editing, Score, Sound Categories)
The Sessions - October 19th, 1 nom (Supporting Actress)
Flight -Nov 2nd, 2 noms (Actor, Screenplay)
Wreck-It Ralph - Nov 2nd, 1 nom (Animated Feature)
Skyfall - Nov 9th, 5 noms
(Most Nominated Bond Picture of All Time: Cinematography, Score, Song, Sound Categories)
Lincoln - Nov 9th, 12 noms (Nomination Leader!)
A Royal Affair -Nov 9th, 1 nom (Foreign Film)
Chasing Ice - Nov 9th, 1 nom (Original Song)
Anna Karenina -Nov 16th, 4 Noms (Eye & Ear Candy Prizes)
Silver Linings Playbook - Nov 16th, 8 Noms
Hitchcock - Nov 21st, 1 nom (Makeup)
Life of Pi - Nov 21st, 11 noms
(Most Nominated Ang Lee Picture Ever)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Dec 14th, noms
Amour - Dec 19th, 5 noms (Pic, Dir, Screenplay, Actress, Foreign)
The Impossible - Dec 21st, 1 nom (Actress)
Zero Dark Thirty - Dec 21st, 5 noms
Django Unchained - Dec 25th, 5 noms
Les Misérables - Dec 25th, 8 noms
the rest are sort of 2013 movies but Oscar has lots of complicated rules involving documentaries and foreign films. These release dates are tentative. Particularly with foreign films they are sometimes never released (especially if they lose the Oscar)
The Gatekeepers - Feb 1st, 1 nom (Documentary)
No - Feb 15th, 1 nom (Foreign)
War Witch - Mar 1st, 1 nom (Foreign Film)
Kon-Tiki - April 19th, 1 nom (Foreign Film)
Do you try to see all of the Oscar nominees each year?