See Oscar's Shorts at the Normal Theater

The Normal Theater is keeping up with Oscar! Starting tonight, they'll be showing programs of all the Oscar-nominated short films.

First up, it's Documentary Short Subjects, playing tonight and tomorrow night, beginning at 7 pm. The nominees are KILLING IN THE NAME, POSTER GIRL, STRANGERS NO MORE, SUN COME UP and THE WARRIORS OF QIUGANG.

On February 17 and 18, the Normal Theater will screen the Live Action Shorts, again at 7 pm. Those films are THE CONFESSION, THE CRUSH, GOD OF LOVE, NA WEWE and WISH 143.

Saturday and Sunday, the 19th and 20th, they'll switch to Animated Short Films, including DAY & NIGHT, THE GRUFFALO, LET'S POLLUTE, THE LOST THING and MADAGASCAR, CARNET DE VOYAGE.

For more information about all of these movies, including synopses, visit the official Academy Awards site. When I visited to get the nominees in this category, it told me there were 12 days, 3 hours, 14 minutes and 59 seconds to go till the big day!