See all five best picture nominees in one sitting

AMC Theaters is serving up all five best picture nominees -- "The Curious Case of Benjaming Button," "Frost/Nixon." "Milk," "The Reader," and "Slumdog Millionaire" -- the day before one of them will win the Oscar for that prize. Passes for the event are $30, which iseems like a bargain to me, and the passes allow you to come and go as you please. So if you would not care to see, for example, "The Reader," you can duck out while that one is playing and return to see the next film in the series. I have absolutely no idea in which order the films will be shown, but you might be able to call the individual theaters to get more information.

The theaters in this area that will be displaying this marathon are the AMC NorthPark 15 (214-360-4262), AMC Firewheel 18 (972-496-5473), AMC Stonebriar Mall 24 (972-377-0144), AMC Grapevine Mills 30 (972-539-5909), and the AMC Parks at Arlington 18 (817-505-4517).