I'm a list maker. In the months before the Oscars, that means I make a list of all the movies people are predicting will be nominated (in all categories except foreign films, short films and documentaries) and start trying to check them off the list.

The movies I probably won't like ('Crazy Heart,' I'm talking to you) or that will make me cry ('Precious') are saved for the very end of the season.

Tonight's movie is "A Single Man," which received three Golden Globe nominations.

To add a level of difficulty, this year, I'm on a little bit of a weight-loss kick, so if I lose at least one pound each week, I'm putting a little money aside. If there's enough money by Oscar day, I want to buy a new TV for my red carpet viewing.

I'm still working on which movies to see in which order. Any favorites out there? At this point, I'm looking at the following (mostly Golden Globe nominees and winners). The list will change when the Oscar nominations come out on Feb. 2.

(R means it is or will be available for rental, M means I've got plans to see it on the calendar, E means it's an emergency because I'm worried it might not be in theaters long and it's not coming out on video in time, SEEN obviously means - seen it.)

E-Nine
Avatar
R-The Hurt Locker
Invictus
It's Complicated
Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire
A Single Man
Brothers
Crazy Heart
R-The Informant!
The Last Station
The Blind Side
R-Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
M-An Education (Jan. 21)
Everybody's Fine
The Lovely Bones
The Messenger
A Serious Man
E-Where The Wild Things Are
M-The Young Victoria (Jan. 28)

SEEN-Up In The Air
SEEN-Inglourious Basterds
SEEN-(500) Days Of Summer
SEEN-Julie & Julia
SEEN-Up
SEEN-Coraline
SEEN-District 9
SEEN-Duplicity
SEEN-Fantastic Mr. Fox
SEEN-The Hangover
SEEN-The Princess And The Frog
SEEN-The Proposal
SEEN-Sherlock Holmes
SEEN-Star Trek

About 20 movies to go...

And here's a link to my favorite awards-season blog, the New York Times' Carpetbagger: http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/