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Academy award-nominated movies available to check out

March 3, 2024 By Shannon Harris

The 96th Academy Awards are approaching and if you are like me, and try to watch the nominations for Best Picture, you are in luck! A.K. Smiley Public Library has some of the Best Picture nominees available on DVD for check out. So, get your comfortable clothes on and grab your favorite snacks, I am taking you all out for a quadruple feature. Let’s go to the movies!

Our first feature film is Barbie. Barbie is nominated for eight Oscars including, Best Picture, Best-Supporting Actor (Ryan Gosling), and Best-Supporting Actress (America Ferrera). Check out this film and see what happens to Barbie and Ken when they leave Barbieland and visit the ‘real’ world.

Our second film in our quadruple feature is Past Lives, which is nominated for two Oscars, Best Picture and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Celine Song. Past Lives is a romantic drama and explores the concept of unrequited first love.

Our third film, The Holdovers, has been nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Paul Giamatti), and Best Supporting-Actress (Da’Vine Joy Randolph). The Holdovers is a comedy drama about a cantankerous teacher and a rebellious student who are required to stay together at school during the Christmas holiday. During their time together, an unlikely friendship is formed.

Our last film of the quadruple feature is Oppenheimer which has been nominated for 13 Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor (Cillian Murphy), and Best Director (Christopher Nolan), just to name a few. Oppenheimer is a biopic about J. Robert Oppenheimer’s involvement with the Manhattan Project and his invention of the atomic bomb.

Come and check out these DVDs at A.K. Smiley Public Library. Popcorn not included.

-Shannon Harris is a Library Specialist at A.K. Smiley Public Library who wants Cillian Murphy to win for Best Actor.

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