Yesterday we saw huge increases in theater counts for several of the 37 Oscar nominated films (marked by up arrows below). If you've missed any of them, this is the week for it. The titles marked with an asterisk below were already on their way out of the theaters and did not add screens, so you'd best hurry up if you can find them!
- 🔺 The Favourite -10 nominations. (back in wide release)
- 🔺 A Star is Born - 8 nominations. (back in wide release)
- 🔺 Vice - 8 nominations
- 🔺 BlacKkKlansman - 6 nominations. (re-release, limited only. It's also on dvd/streaming)...
- 🔺 Green Book - 5 nominations
- 🔺Bohemian Rhapsody - 5 nominations
- Mary Poppins Returns - 4 nominations
- 🔺 Cold War - 3 nominations (still expanding)
- If Beale Street Could Talk* - 3 nominations
- Mary Queen of Scots* - 2 nominations
- 🔺Never Look Away - 2 nominations (NEW. NYC only so far)
- Ralph Breaks the Internet - 1 nomination
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse -1 nomination
- Shoplifters- 1 nomination
- 🔺 Capernaum - 1 nomination (still expanding)
- The Wife* -1 nomination (also on DVD/streaming)
- Free Solo* - 1 nomination (DVD in March)
Infinity War, Black Panther, Buster Scruggs, Solo, and Roma... with 22 nominations between them are all currently on Netflix
Streaming and/or DVD
Roma - 10 nominations (on Netflix), Black Panther - 7 nominations (on Netflix), First Man - 4 nominations, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - 3 nominations (on Netflix), Isle of Dogs -2 nominations (on HBO), Avengers: Infinity War (on Netflix), First Reformed, RBG (on Hulu), Solo: A Star Wars Story (on Netflix), Christopher Robin, Ready Player One (on HBO), A Quiet Place, Incredibles 2, Minding the Gap (on Hulu) - 1 nomination each
At Eternity's Gate hits blu-ray on February 12thDifficult to See
Documentary nominee Hale County This Morning This Evening is playing at Metrograph in NYC this week but that's the only way we know of to see it. Another doc nominee Of Fathers and Sons isn't available on DVD til March but if you have Kanopy, through your public library, it's said to be available to stream there. Japan's Animated Feature nominee Mirai was at just 5 theaters last week so it's likely gone now. Sweden's Oscar submission Border, nominated for Best Makeup and Hair (and deservedly so) left theaters a few weeks ago and unfortunately will not be on DVD until a couple of days after the Oscars, so you'll have to catch up with that one after the fact. Two films with acting nominations At Eternity's Gate and Can You Ever Forgive Me? had rapidly been losing theaters and were in under 2 dozen last weekend so you might have a long drive to the nearest theater. At Eternity's Gate will be on DVD soon, though.
They weren't nominated but JUST expanded
Stan & Ollie, the Laurel & Hardy biopic about the comedy duo's semi-retirement years, added 641 theaters yesterday after missing its one real shot at a nomination (Best Makeup) -- Great timing! But it's a cute movie and Nina Arianda and John C Reilly are both marvelous in it so definitely see it if you love movies about movies. Destroyer starring Nicole Kidman added 27 screens to take it up to 77. Why they didn't push harder and faster given a marketable genre and star we'll never know because without that Best Actress nomination it's likely toast since it chose the platforming route.