OK, that got your attention. A few days ago, Jenna over at A Mom for All Seasons wondered aloud how she can see Oscar-nominated movies that aren’t in the theaters or aren’t on DVD yet. I have a partial answer: rent a cheap hotel room that has the LodgeNet or other On Demand system boasting current selections. Perhaps the hotel will cut you a deal for a marathon. That’s how the Mr. and I saw No Country For Old Men, also known in our household as the “pretentious Cormac McCarthy novel made-into-a-made-for-Oscar flick.”
Of course, that doesn’t help if you are trying to see The Savages, the best Oscar-nominated movie no one has seen in C-U (to my knowledge, it hasn’t appeared in a theater here yet but is “coming soon” to the Art; I saw it on another out-of-town jaunt).
And speaking of Oscars, don’t forget to head over to Champaign Taste, where there is a special Oscar-themed contest going on right now.
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Lisa // February 28, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Thanks for mentioning my contest!
The Savages is finally here. Not in time so that we could see it before the Oscars, of course. Sheesh.
In other movie notes: Guess I won’t have read The Other Boleyn Girl before seeing the movie (I have the book and was thinking of starting it earlier this week, but that didn’t happen).
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