In your quest for the ultimate cheap DVD player, don’t overlook HD-DVD players. They are no longer being produced, so you can find great deals on the secondary market. When you’re ready to enjoy movies in high definition perfection, banish your children’s Hannah Montana the Movie and DVDs of The Simpsons. For the ultimate viewing experience, you should watch the films nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture.
Black Swan is a beautiful, dark psychological mindbender about a perfectionist ballerina who is chosen to play the lead in “Swan Lake.” She is perfectly cast as the White Swan, but starts to lose her mind under pressure to prove that she has what it takes to embody the Black Swan as well.
The Fighter tells are heroic tale based on a true story. Mark Wahlberg plays boxer “Irish” Mickey Ward, whose boxer brother helps him train before going pro.
Inception is a gorgeous film about the technology to invade and manipulate people’s minds while they’re dreaming. A master thief is given an invaluable opportunity, but it involves an invasion so complicated no one believes it can be done.
The Kids are All Right tells a complicated yet endearing story about two teenagers who were conceived by artificial insemination and raised by a lesbian couple who find their biological father.
The King’s Speech tells the story of King George VI of Britain and the speech therapist who changed his life.
127 Hours is about a mountain climber who becomes trapped and resorts to desperate, extreme measures to stay alive.
The Social Network tells the story of the founding of Facebook.
Toy Story 3 finds the toys mistakenly delivered to a day care centre instead of to the attic before Andy leaves for college. Woody has to convince the other toys they need to return home.
True Grit is the remake of the gritty U.S. Marshal who helps a young girl find her father’s murderer.
Winter’s Bone is about a girl from the Ozark Mountains who has to hunt down her drug-dealing father while keeping her family together.
