We had our fun with summer blockbusters, but along with pumpkin spice lattes and a steadily rising Book Culture tab, fall brings good movie season. At the end of every year, studios fill theaters with as many of their most intelligent and well-made films as possible before the Academy Award nomination window closes—which, of course, works out great for us, as a sure-to-be-spectacular movie comes out nearly every weekend. Here are some films that are sure to be up for a few nominations this February that you can still see in theaters.
Lincoln
Created by Steven Spielberg (who seems to make an Academy-baiting film nearly every year) and starring Daniel Day-Lewis of There Will Be Blood as well as Joseph Gordon-Levitt of Tumblr fame, this biopic follows Abraham Lincoln through the end of the Civil War. Biopics are notoriously popular at the Oscars (think all the ones about Queen Elizabeth, along with Julie and Julia and Hooper’s King’s Speech), and this one has been receiving Oscar hype since its announcement. Release date: November 16, 2012.
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