I’m in the middle of my annual January Oscar frenzy where I try to see as many nominated movies as possible.  I’m doing pretty well, but still have a few major contenders left.  I thought I’d share my progress by breaking down the nominees into three categories:

• Movies I’ve seen
• Movies I plan to see before Oscar night
• Movies everyone is telling me I should see, and I know they’re probably very good movies, but at the end of the day, all I can muster up for interest when I think about them is a halfhearted “eh.”

I mean, those are the same categories that everyone keeps, right?

Movies I’ve seen

• American Sniper (Best Picture, Best Actor)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (Best Picture, Best Director)
• The Imitation Game (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director)
• The Judge (Best Supporting Actor)
• Into the Woods (Best Supporting Actress)

Movies I plan to see

• Birdman (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director)
• Boyhood (Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director)
• Selma (Best Picture)

Movies I should see, but… eh

• The Theory of Everything (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director)
• Whiplash (Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director)
• Foxcatcher (Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director)
• Wild (Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress)
• Still Alice (Best Actress)