By: Julia Oatey By: Julia Oatey | February 18, 2022 | Movies, Awards,
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With the Academy Awards date around the corner, you want to be in the loop when they're announcing the big winner of the night: Best Picture. To help you out, we've gathered a list of all of the best picture nominees and where you can watch them.
Where to watch: In theaters or Rent ($19.99 Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Youtube, Vudu and Google Play)
Take a look into the chaotic era of Northern Ireland during the 1960s. Through the eyes of a young, innocent boy, he and his working-class family experience daily struggles and major decisions.
Where to watch: Apple TV Plus
Ruby has big dreams and these dreams don’t include helping her family with their fishing business every morning before school. Ruby, the only hearing member in a deaf family, wants to go to college to pursue her singing career, but when her parents’ fishing business starts falling apart, she’s consumed by the guilt to stay.
Where to watch: Netflix
This movie is full of adventure, humor and all your favorite stars, including Leonardo Decaprio, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill and Jennifer Lawrence. An astronomy grad student and her professor make a shocking discovery of a comet that’s on a direct path towards earth. They embark on a journey towards capturing the attention of the public who doesn’t seem to care that they’re all going to die.
Where to watch: In theaters
Based on a Haruki Murakami short story, this film explores the way two people can find comfort in their shared pain. Despite their skepticism at first, a widowed actor and a 20-year-old girl form a beautiful bond when she becomes his chauffeur. The movie hits HBO Max on March 2.
Where to watch: In theaters or Rent ($5.99 on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Youtube, Vudu and Google Play)
Paul Atreides would do anything to protect his family and his people — even journey to the most treacherous planet in the universe. He follows through with courage as a dispute over the planet’s restricted supply of the most valuable resource that exists causes malicious forces to take over.
Where to watch: In theaters
In the true story of how Venus and Serena Williams became the best tennis players in the world, you can discover how these girls’ perseverance brought them to the top. None of it would be possible without their father (Will Smith), who had a master plan to write them into history as they began practicing on the tennis courts of Compton.
Where to watch: In theaters
Licorice Pizza brings us a beautiful, romantic comedy-drama with a hint of peculiarity. Taking place in the San Fernando Valley during the 1970s, watch Alana Kane and Gary Valentine discover their love for each other while growing up and exploring what the world has to offer.
Where to watch: In theaters, HBO Max, Hulu
This movie is as suspenseful as its name suggests. It centers around Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) who finally gets a chance to succeed when he meets psychic Zeena and her mentalist husband, Pete, at a traveling carnival. Stanton embarks on a mission to con a menacing tycoon with his new expertise on the wealthy people of 1940s New York society.
Where to watch: Netflix
In this western drama, wealthy brothers Phil and George Burbank live on a ranch together in Montana in the year of 1925. When George meets a widower during the cattle drive, they instantly fall in love, but savage Phil has other plans for her and her son whom he takes a strong dislike to.
Where to watch: In theaters, Disney Plus, HBO Max
This classic musical tells the story of two people, Maria and Tony, who experience love at first sight. The only problem is that they belong to rival New York City gangs. Available to stream starting March 2, watch as Maria and Tony’s love intensifies the controversy between the Jets and the Sharks.
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