You Can See Every Best Picture Nominee At One Charlotte Movie Theater For $40

The 2024 Academy Award nominations were announced last week and, once again, I'm gong to have to play catch-up. I don't know what happened to me. There was a time when I went to movie theaters at least once a week. I even worked in one while I was in high school. Now, I'm not even 100% sure where the closest movie theater is anymore.

Of the ten films nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, I've seen one: Maestro. I didn't even see Barbie, the biggest movie of 2023. That's probably because Maestro was released on Netflix right from the beginning. It's much more convenient to watch a movie at home whenever I want than going out to a theater at a specific time. This is what I've become -- a creature of convenience. However, I am going to make an effort to see some of the other nominees on the big screen. Luckily, that's also going to be more convenient soon.

Cinemark is bringing all the nominees for Best Picture for this year’s Academy Awards back to theaters. The price is right, too! According to CNBC, the movie theater chain's Oscar Movie Week festival returns March 4th to March 10th. For the budget-friendly price of $40, you can see all of the films up for Best Picture in the week leading up to the 96th Oscars, which take place on Sunday, March 10th. If you manage to watch all ten, that works out to just $4 per flick! Then again, seeing ten movies in seven days might be tough.

The festival is happening at Cinemark's theaters across the country. The only one in the Charlotte area is the Cinemark Bistro Charlotte at 9630 Monroe Road. With your $40 pass, you'll also get 50% off any size popcorn during the festival week. Passes are on sale now and you can get yours here. If you don’t buy the pass, you can still go see any of the nominated films at the theater for regular price.

I'm especially looking forward to seeing The Holdovers. For my money, Paul Giamatti is the best actor working in Hollywood today. You can see the more of the major 2024 Academy Award nominees below.

With the 96th annual Academy Awards taking place on March 10, nominations for the coveted awards show have been announced Tuesday morning (January 23).

Jack Quaid and Zazie Beetz announced the nominees live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. In addition to the Oscars airing live on March 10 from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, the ceremony will start an hour earlier at 7 p.m. ET. Jimmy Kimmel is returning as the host for the second year in a row, his fourth time hosting the event overall. Watch the show on ABC, streaming on Hulu Live TV, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV and FuboTV, or on ABC.com and the ABC app by authenticating with your provider.

Fantastic films are nominated for this year's Oscars, with Oppenheimer, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things, The Holdovers, The Color Purple, Maestro, American Fiction, and Past Lives taking a lot of nominations in the major categories. This year, 321 feature films were eligible for the Oscars, and 265 of those qualified for the Best Picture category. For the first time in history, three of the ten movies nominated for best picture were directed by a female, the most in Oscars history. Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, and Celine Song’s Past Lives are battling it out against directors Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, and Bradley Cooper. Only four years have included films directed by women for best picture: Lone Scherfig’s An Education, Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right, Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone, Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman, Siân Heder’s CODA, and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. Three of these women-directed films won best picture in their respective Oscar-nominated years: The Hurt Locker, Nomadland, and CODA.

Take a look below at this year's Oscar nominations:

Sterling K. Brown -- American Fiction

Robert De Niro -- Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert Downey Jr. -- Oppenheimer

Ryan Gosling -- Barbie

Charles Melton -- May December

Mark Ruffalo -- Poor Things

Emily Blunt — Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks — The Color Purple

America Ferrera -- Barbie

Jodie Foster -- Nyad

Da’Vine Joy Randolph — The Holdovers

"The Fire Inside" -- Flamin' Hot

"I'm Just Ken" -- Barbie

"It Never Went Away" -- American Symphony

"Wahzhahzhe" -- Killers of the Flower Moon

"What Was I Made For?" -- Barbie

The Boy and the Heron

Elemental

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Bradley Cooper -- Maestro

Colman Domingo -- Rustin

Paul Giamatti -- The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy -- Oppenheimer

Jeffrey Wright -- American Fiction

Annette Bening -- Nyad

Lily Gladstone -- Killers of the Flower Moon

Sandra Huller -- Anatomy of a Fall

Carey Mulligan -- Maestro

Emma Stone -- Poor Things

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

The Zone of Interest