Oscars 2015: Where to Watch Best Picture Nominees Around Boston This Weekend
If you missed out on seeing any of this year’s Best Picture nominees, there’s still time to catch up before Sunday’s big ceremony.
The 2015 Oscars has a stacked list of nominated films, and you can still see many of them at theaters around Boston.
And if you don’t feel like leaving your warm and cozy couch for a cold trip on the T, there are a number of nominees already available on video streaming services. Cue the popcorn and Snuggie.
American Sniper
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The controversial biopic about decorated U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is nominated in six categories including Best Actor for star Bradley Cooper.
Where to watch: AMC Assembly Row 12, AMC Loews Boston Common 19, Apple Cinemas, Regal Fenway Stadium 13, and Showcase Superlux The Street.
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
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Good news couch potatoes: if you don’t feel like navigating the cold Boston weather to see this front runner for Best Picture, you can stream it at home!
Where to watch: AMC Loews Boston Common 19, Kendall Square Cinema, and Somerville Theatre. Also available on Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, iTunes, and other video rental services.
Boyhood
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Nominated in six categories, it took director Richard Linklater 12 years to film this coming-of-age story about a boy growing up with divorced parents in Texas.
Where to watch:Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, iTunes, Redbox, and other video rental services.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
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Another quirky masterpiece from the mind of director Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel is nominated in eight categories at this year’s Academy Awards.
Where to watch:Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, iTunes, and other video rental services.
The Imitation Game
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British heartthrob Benedict Cumberbatch turns in another fine performance, this time as Alan Turning, the cryptanalyst who helped Allied forces solve the Nazi’s Enigma code during World War II.
Where to watch: AMC Loews Boston Common 19, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Kendall Square Cinema, Regal Fenway Stadium 13, Showcase Superlux The Street, and Somerville Theatre.
Selma
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A lot of people were bummed that director Ava DuVernay’s biopic on Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t get more love from the Academy. Regardless, the film is still nominated in two categories, including Best Original Song.
Where to watch: AMC Loews Boston Common 19 and Apple Cinemas.
The Theory of Everything
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Eddie Redmayne earned a Best Actor nomination this year for his impeccable portrayal of famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
Where to watch:Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, iTunes, and other video rental services.
Whiplash
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Who would’ve thought a movie starring that guy from those Farmers Insurance commercials and that bro from high school party movies like Project X would be such a hit with critics? Whiplash is nominated in five categories this year, including a Best Supporting Actor nod for J.K. Simmons.
Where to watch: Coolidge Corner Theatre and Kendall Square Cinema.
Bonus: If you can stomach all 8 nominees in a row, check out the AMC Assembly Row 12’s Best Picture marathon on Saturday.
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