On a sleepy Tuesday morning last month, Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross charmingly talked a lot about their breakfast – oh, and also named the much-anticipated nominees for the 2019 Academy Awards. (But seriously, can we not do these asleep o'clock in the morning anymore?) And for just a few more weeks, we'll argue about what Best Picture movies are awful (looking at you, "Vice"!) and rejoice when a cinephile pick wins a guild award and lament the snubs that won't even be at the ceremony and love our favorites and loathe their competitors even more. (Still looking at you, "Vice"!)
And it'll be EXHAUSTING.
There is bright side to all of this hoopla: We get to watch a bunch of good movies. (And also "Vice" – OK, OK, enough!) But with more than 30 nominees to get around to by Sunday, Feb. 24, it's easy to feel overwhelmed – or at least to wonder what the heck is "Never Look Away" and where the heck you're supposed to find it.
To help out, here's a list of all the nominees and where you can find them – whether on DVD, on a streaming service or even still in theaters – before Hollywood's biggest night. A reminder: Several Marcus and AMC theaters are hosting Best Picture marathons, so check your local theater's listings to see which movies and showings are scheduled. And don't think I spaced on the nominated short films; the Downer Theatre is showing both the animated and live-action shorts, while the Oriental Theatre is screening the nominated documentary shorts.
Now it's time to feast on all these films like they're an entire pizza folded in half. Dig in!
"A Quiet Place"
Nominations
- Best Sound Editing
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on Epix
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
"A Star is Born"
Nominations
- Best Picture
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Sound Mixing
- Best Original Song
Where you can find it
- Now playing at the Marcus Showtime
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
- Available to rent on iTunes, Vudu, YouTube and Google Play
"At Eternity's Gate"
Nominations
- Best Actor
Where you can find it
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
- Available to rent on iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, Google Play and Vudu
"Avengers: Infinity War"
Nominations
- Best Visual Effects
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on Netflix
- Available to rent on Amazon, iTunes, YouTube, Google Play and Vudu
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"
Nominations
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Costume Design
- Best Original Song
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on Netflix
"Black Panther"
Nominations
- Best Picture
- Best Costume Design
- Best Production Design
- Best Sound Editing
- Best Sound Mixing
- Best Score
- Best Original Song
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on Netflix
- Available to rent on iTunes, YouTube, Google Play and Vudu
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
"BlacKkKlansman"
Nominations
- Best Picture
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Director
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Editing
- Best Score
Where you can find it
- Available to rent on Amazon, iTunes, YouTube, Vudu and Google Play, as well as most cable on-demand services
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
Nominations
- Best Picture
- Best Actor
- Best Editing
- Best Sound Editing
- Best Sound Mixing
Where you can find it
- Now playing at the Marcus Hillside, Marcus Saukville and Marcus Showtime
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
- Available to rent on iTunes, YouTube, Vudu, Google Play and Amazon
"Border"
Nominations
- Best Makeup/Hair
Where you can find it
- Available to rent on Amazon, iTunes and Vudu
- Available on Blu-ray on Feb. 26
"Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
Nominations
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Adapted Screenplay
Where you can find it
- Currently available on DVD
- Available to rent on iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, Google Play and Vudu
"Capernaum"
Nominations
- Best Foreign Film
Where you can find it
- Currently showing at the Times Cinema
"Christopher Robin"
Nominations
- Best Visual Effects
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on Netflix starting March 5
- Available to rent on iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, Vudu and Google Play, as well as most cable on-demand services
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
"Cold War"
Nominations
- Best Director
- Best Cinematography
- Best Foreign Film
Where you can find it
- Now playing at the Marcus North Shore, Marcus Ridge and Oriental Theatre
"The Favourite"
Nominations
- Best Picture
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actress (Rachel Weisz)
- Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone)
- Best Director
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Best Costume Design
- Best Production Design
Where you can find it
- Now playing at the Marcus Showtime, AMC Mayfair and Oriental Theatre
- Available on Blu-ray/DVD on March 5
"First Man"
Nominations
- Best Production Design
- Best Sound Editing
- Best Sound Mixing
- Best Visual Effects
Where you can find it
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
- Available to rent on iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, Vudu and Google Play, as well as most cable on-demand services
"First Reformed"
Nominations
- Best Original Screenplay
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on Amazon Prime and Kanopy
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
- Available to rent on iTunes, YouTube, Amazon, Vudu and Google Play
"Free Solo"
Nominations
- Best Documentary
Where you can find it
- Now showing at the Marcus Hillside
- Available on DVD on March 5
"Green Book"
Nominations
- Best Picture
- Best Actor
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Editing
Where you can find it
- Currently showing at the Marcus Hillside, Marcus Majestic, Marcus Menomonee Falls, Marcus Ridge, Marcus Saukville and AMC Mayfair
- Available on Blu-ray/DVD on March 5
"Hale County This Morning, This Evening"
Nominations
- Best Documentary
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on PBS
- Available to rent on iTunes and Vudu
"If Beale Street Could Talk"
Nominations
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Score
Where you can find it
- Available on Blu-ray/DVD on March 26
"The Incredibles 2"
Nominations
- Best Animated Film
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on Netflix
- Available to rent on Amazon, YouTube, iTunes, Vudu and Google Play, as well as most cable on-demand services
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
"Isle of Dogs"
Nominations
- Best Score
- Best Animated Film
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on HBO GO, HBO Now and HBO with Amazon
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
"Mary Poppins Returns"
Nominations
- Best Production Design
- Best Costume Design
- Best Score
- Best Original Song
Where you can find it
- Currently showing at the Marcus Menomonee Falls and Marcus Ridge
- Available on DVD/Blu-ray on March 19
"Mary Queen of Scots"
Nominations
- Best Makeup/Hair
- Best Costume Design
Where you can find it
- Available on Blu-ray/DVD on Feb. 26
"Minding the Gap"
Nominations
- Best Documentary
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on Hulu
"Mirai"
Nominations
- Best Animated Film
Where you can find it
- Available on Blu-ray/DVD on April 9
"Never Look Away"
Nominations
- Best Cinematography
- Best Foreign Film
Where you can find it
- Currently showing at the Oriental Theatre
"Of Fathers and Sons"
Nominations
- Best Documentary
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on Kanopy
- Available on DVD on March 5
- Available to rent on Amazon, iTunes and Vudu
"Ralph Breaks the Internet"
Nominations
- Best Animated Film
Where you can find it
- Currently showing at the Marcus Showtime and AMC Mayfair
- Available on Blu-ray/DVD on Feb. 26
"RBG"
Nominations
- Best Documentary
- Best Original Song
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on Hulu and Hoopla
- Available to rent on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Vudu and YouTube
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
"Ready Player One"
Nominations
- Best Visual Effects
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on HBO GO, HBO Now and HBO with Amazon
- Currently available on Blu-Ray/DVD
"Roma"
Nominations
- Best Picture
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Director
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Production Design
- Best Sound Editing
- Best Sound Mixing
- Best Foreign Film
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on Netflix
"Shoplifters"
Nominations
- Best Foreign Film
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on Hoopla
- Currently available on DVD
- Available to rent on iTunes, Google Play, Vudu and YouTube
"Solo: A Star Wars Story"
Nominations
- Best Visual Effects
Where you can find it
- Available to stream on Netflix
- Available to rent on iTunes, YouTube, Vudu, Amazon and Google Play
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse"
Nominations
- Best Animated Film
Where you can find it
- Currently showing at the Marcus South Shore and AMC Mayfair
- Available on Blu-ray/DVD on March 19
"Vice"
Nominations
- Best Picture
- Best Actor
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Director
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Editing
- Best Makeup/Hair
Where you can find it
- Currently showing at the Marcus Showtime
- Available on Blu-ray/DVD on April 2
"The Wife"
Nominations
- Best Actress
Where you can find it
- Currently available on Blu-ray/DVD
- Available to rent on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, YouTube and Vudu, as well as most cable on-demand services
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.