Where to See the Oscar Nominees in Ottawa

Kristen Stewart as Lydia and Julianne Moore as Alice in Still Alice.
Photo by Jojo Whilden, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

There is exactly one week until the Oscars are handed out February 22^nd! It’s been tricky to see all the nominees this year since the ceremony’s happening a full ten days earlier than it did last year, but try to cross off on as many of the nominees as you can to have an advantage in your annual Oscar pool. I’m in Summer-Movie-Mode, catching up on nominees I missed this summer like Guardians of the Galaxy (I think this is the fun campy excess to which Jupiter Ascending so disastrously aspires) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (decent, but it can’t compare in the VFX department if watched back-to-back with Guardians). Both these movies okay, but are probably a lot better on the big screen. Fortunately, though, the back-loaded awards bunch 2014 means that contenders are mostly still in theatres, so there’s still a chance to see many of the nominees as they were meant to be seen: in a theatre. Here’s where you can catch the Oscar nominees in Ottawa:

American Sniper

-6 nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor (B.Coop)

-Review

Playing at:

-Landmark Kanata

-Silvercity Gloucester

-South Keys

-Cineplex Coliseum

-Barrhaven

-Landmark Orleans

Birdman­

­-9 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (Michael Keaton)

-Top Ten Films of 2014: #4

-Review

Playing at:

-Rainbow Cinemas

-CinéStarz Orleans

The Imitation Game

-8 nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Best Supporting Actress (Keira Knightley)

-Review

Playing at:

-Landmark Kanata

-Silvercity Gloucester

-South Keys

-Cineplex Coliseum

-Barrhaven

-Landmark Orleans

Selma

-2 nominations – Best Picture and Best Song (‘Glory’)

-Review

Playing at:

-The ByTowne (Sunday, March 1 – Tuesday, March 3)

-South Keys

-CinéStarz Orleans

The Theory of Everything

-5 nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor (Eddie Redmayne), Best Actress (Felicity Jones)

-Review

Playing at:

-The ByTowne (today and tomorrow)

-Landmark Kanata

-Rainbow Cinemas

-CinéStarz Orleans

Whiplash

-5 nominations including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor (JK Simmons)

-Review

Playing at:

-The Mayfair (today – Thursday)

Wild

-2 nominations – Best Actress (Reese Witherspoon) and Best Supporting Actress (Laura Dern)

-Review

-Top Ten Films of 2014: #1

- Playing at:

-The Mayfair (Friday, Feb 20 – Thursday, Feb 26)

-Landmark Kanata

-Silvercity Gloucester

Still Alice

-1 nomination – Best Actress (Julianne Moore)

-Review

Playing at:

-The Mayfair (Monday, Feb 16 – Thursday, Feb 26)

-Landmark Kanata

-Rainbow Cinemas

Two Days, One Night

-1 nomination – Best Actress (Marion Cotillard)

-Review

Playing at:

-The ByTowne (Friday, Feb. 20 – Thursday, Feb. 26)

Foxcatcher

-4 nominations including Best Director (Bennett Miller) and Best Actor (Steve Carell’s fake nose)

-Review

Playing at:

-The ByTowne (Saturday. Feb. 21 – Monday, Feb. 23.)

Into the Woods

-3 nominations including Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep)

-Review

 Playing at:

-Landmark Kanata

Inherent Vice

-2 nominations – Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Costumes

-Review

Playing at:

-The Mayfair (Feb 16 & 17, Feb 21, Feb 23-24)

Leviathan

-1 nomination – Best Foreign Language Film (Russia)

Playing at:

-The ByTowne (Friday, Feb. 20 – Thursday, Feb. 26)

*Best Foreign Language Film nominees Wild Tales and Timbuktu open at The ByTowne in March. (Dates TBA)

Big Hero 6

-1 nomination – Best Animated Feature

Playing at:

-TheMayfair (today-Monday)

-Rainbow Cinemas

-CinéStarz Orleans

The Hobbit: It’s Finally Over!

-1 nomination: Best Production Design

-Playing at:

-Silvercity Gloucester

-Cineplex Coliseum

Home Video

Most of the nominees that aren’t listed above (except for Mr. Turner and Unbroken) are widely available are available on home video unless they’re foreign, documentaries, or shorts. However, here are a few nominees of note that you can catch at home:

-The Grand Budapest Hotel

-9 nominations including Best Picture and Best Director

-Top Ten Films of 2014: #7

-Review

-Available on all home video forms including Netflix

Boyhood

-6 nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette)

-Review

-Available on Blu-ray, DVD, iTunes.

Virunga

-1 nomination – Best Documentary Feature

-Review

-Available on Netflix

Finding Vivian Maier

-1 nomination – Best Documentary Feature

-Top Ten Films of 2014: #10

-Review

-Available on DVD and iTunes

The Tale of Princess Kaguya

-1 nomination – Best Animated Feature

-Review

-Available on iTunes

*Note: Best Animated Feature nominee Song of the Sea screens in Ottawa at the Irish Film Festival in March.

How to Train Your Dragon 2

-1 nomination – Best Animated Feature

-Review

-Available on Blu-ray/DVD, iTunes

Ida

-2 nominations – Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography

-Review

-Available on DVD and iTunes

Feast

-1 nomination – Best Animated Short

-Review

-Available on iTunes

A Single Life

-1 nomination – Best Animated Short

-Available on iTunes

*More short films including Me and My Moulton, Joanna, and more will be available on iTunes on the 17^th.

Happy Oscar watching!