And the nominees are....

http://www.oscar.com/nominees/

"Oscar" nominations are out, which means the House of Gordon will go on an even greater movie spree than we usually do to see as many nominated films as we can. We'd like to be "informed viewers" on the big night. We've seen a smattering, but there are plenty left to see.

Here is the list of the major categories:

Actor in a leading role:
George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp. "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah"
Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises"

Actress in a leading role:
Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie, "Away from Her"
Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"
Laura Linney, "The Savages"
Ellen Page, "Juno"

Actor in a supporting role:
Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"
Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"
Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton"

Actress in a supporting role:
Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"
Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"
Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton"

Best picture:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood

We've got some movie-going to do! Thoughts and what-not coming to this space soon...