For a full list of rules, click here: 2013 Spring Box Office Predictions Game Rules. Submit Your Predictions for This Week Top Ten Films at the U.S. Box Office of the week in order from most money to least. Individual monetary predictions for each film. Final box office tally for all new wide releases. Awards…
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It’s a good thing they put “The Avengers Cast” in quotes…this is barely the cast. No Scarlett Johansson, no Chris Hemsworth, no Tom Hiddleston and no Clark Gregg, all of whom would have been great to see there. Were they ask? In the case of Gregg, I doubt it. But wouldn’t have also been great…
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There are no other moronic comedies currently in release, so there should be little competition for Identity Thief. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: None of the trailers for these films excite me, but Steven Soderbergh’s reputation alone makes me recommend Side Effects. Peter J. Patrick: The new Soderbergh (Side Effects) looks fairly interesting. The other two…
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August 3, 2012 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Box Office Prediction: $45 M Box Office Expectations: What I Said: “A franchise like this tends to slowly diminish over time and after the second film failed to meet the original’s box office tally, a third go-round will probably share the same fate.” Box Office…
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For our fourth Rundown article, the youngest Oscar category shows the big boys how it’s done…sometimes. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Animated Feature as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover one of the few categories this year where most prognosticators have declared the race…
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The Visual Effects Society has announced their awards and by their count, Life of Pi should be the hands-down winner of this year’s Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. With four prizes including Best Visual Effects, There appears to be no real competition for the film among this year’s crop of nominees. Award Tallies (4)…
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Genre conventions won’t be turned upside down with this film. Upside Down Plot Summary: Twin planets bring two young people together, but their disparate societies find the concept terrifying and work to prevent it. Release Date: March 15, 2013 Poster Trailer Rating: B- Commentary: It’s a nice design, but a bit predictable. It touches on…
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Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look…
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It is an annual tradition (infrequently violated) that the prior year’s winners in Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress are asked to return to the show to present the opposite gender’s category the following year. While the winners have sometimes been unavailable (or deceased), the tradition has held firm for along time. We…
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New This Week British drama or American made films about the British have been a mainstay of film as long as film has been around. The British TV series, Downton Abbey has been a phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic for the last three years. Following the formula of the 1970s British series, Upstairs…
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Only one of the twelve categories presented by the Visual Effects Society will have any bearing on Oscar, but the strength of a film’s performance here often indicates the strength of its chances with Oscar. The VES will present its awards on tonight (Tuesday), though I probably won’t get the results until tomorrow morning.
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For our third Rundown article, two short film categories where fiction reigns. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Animated Short Film and Best Live-Action Short Film as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover the youngest Oscar category.
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Return Links Poll Archives Now That You’ve Seen Warm Bodies…? Cinema Sight Asks: Now that you’ve seen Warm Bodies, what’s your favorite Nicholas Hoult performance? Public OpinionPoll Results
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