Oscars Announced

The Oscars were announced this morning. I've listed some of the noms below. In green I've highlighted the performances I've seen. It looks like I've got a lot of movies to see.

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• George Clooney in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
• Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)-Ed says this sucks so I'll skip it.
• Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
• Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah" (Warner Independent)
• Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises" (Focus Features)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (Warner Bros.)-I'm interested to see what Ben's little bro can do besides rob casino's
  
• Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War" (Universal)-I think I've seen every thing this guy can do. I'll skip it.
  
• Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
• Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" Love Elizabeth Love Cate got to see it.
  
• Julie Christie in "Away from Her" (Lionsgate)
• Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose" (Picturehouse)
• Laura Linney in "The Savages" -I love Laura Linney I'll try to find this one
  
• Ellen Page in "Juno" (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There" (The Weinstein Company)
• Ruby Dee in "American Gangster" (Universal)
• Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement" (Focus Features)
• Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone" Looks like I need to see this movie
  
• Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton" And this one too
  

Achievement in directing

• "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn), Julian Schnabel
• "Juno" (Fox Searchlight), Jason Reitman
• "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.), Tony Gilroy
• "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson

Best motion picture of the year

• "Atonement" (Focus Features) A Working Title Production: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
• "Juno" (Fox Searchlight) A Dancing Elk Pictures, LLC Production: Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
• "Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.) A Clayton Productions, LLC Production: Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
• "No Country for Old Men" (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production: Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
• "There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production: JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

So I looks like I need to see No Country for Old Men, Michael Clayton, Gone baby gone, Th Savages and Elizabeth the Golden Age. Any one want to join my quest?