Every week, we’ll take a look back in 5-year intervals at the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office each weekend historically. All data is collected from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees during that weekend at the…
The Academy has announced 26 films submitted for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. What’s most interesting here is some of the titles that weren’t submitted. Throughout the year, I try to keep track of new animated releases and add them to the Hopefuls list. Five films that were on that list…
Return Links Polls Remaking Best Actor, 2006 In our second pass of the Oscar nominees from 1997 through 2016, we take a look at the nominees for Best Actor. Each week, we’ll present a list of contenders from which you can select five to make up the Best Actor slate. There will be an “Other”…
Page Revisions: (November 5, 2017) Original Release Date: December 8, 2017 Synopsis: From IMDb: “A two-hander action comedy in the vein of Midnight Run about an ex-FBI agent (Jones) and an ex-mob lawyer in the witness protection program (Freeman) having to put aside their petty rivalry on the golf course to fend off a mob…
Born August 11, 1965 in St. Matthews, South Carolina, the fifth of six children whose father was a horse trainer and whose mother was a maid. Two months after she was born, her parents moved her and three of her siblings to Cedar Falls, Rhode Island, leaving her two oldest siblings with her grandparents. She…
Page Revisions: (November 5, 2017) Original (Jun. 10, 2018) New Release Date (changed from 12/15/17) Release Date: June 15, 2018 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The story of crime boss John Gotti and his son.” Poster Rating: C SEE ALL POSTERS BELOW Review: The idea of a mobster walking through a pool of blood is an interesting…
June 2, 2017 Captain Underpants Oscar Prospects: What I said: “None.” Oscar Results: Still None. Box Office Prospects: $85 M Box Office Expectations: What I Said: “Uncertain. DreamWorks has a strange history with audiences. Even movies that are trashed by critics still do well and some that aren’t do poorly. It’s almost a crap-shoot whether…
There isn’t much selection this weekend, which means Thor: Ragnarok will be taking a second tour at the top of the chart. Likely coming in second is the “anticipated” sequel to the box office hit Daddy’s Home. It’s only competition is Murder on the Orient Express, which isn’t likely to have a lot of broad…
As is our tradition, May began our first predictive look at the year’s Oscar hopefuls. A lot of factors will play into how well our guesses hold up. Expect many of them to fall by the wayside as the year progresses and new contenders to rise into their places. November is the month where we…