Every week, we’ll take a look back 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years into the box office past to explore how Oscar’s nominees were doing at the box office that weekend historically. All data is taken from Box Office Mojo. The first section under each year is the positioning of all Oscar nominees…
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I like Ang Lee as a director, but this just doesn’t look that interesting. Perhaps another trailer will excite me more. Life of Pi Plot Summary: Based on the popular children’s book, a young man finds himself shipwrecked with a hostile tiger as they float through the ocean hoping to find land. Release Date: November…
Here are the results of last week’s poll. In the Bedroom (2001) The Insider (1999) The Quiet American (2002) Quills (2000) In the Bedroom wins and goes into my queue.
Born June 1, 1926, Norma Jeane Mortenson’s father abandoned her mother before she was born. Her mentally ill mother abandoned her to foster care resulting in her almost being smothered to death at two; nearly raped at six and put to work at nine for which she was paid a nickel a month for kitchen…
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Teen dramas aren’t my niche, but this one looks particularly engaging. The Perks of Being a Wallflower Plot Summary: An awkward teen finds friendship in an unlikely pair of social outcasts. Release Date: September 14, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C+ Commentary: Too much headspace creates an distancing effect, leaving the audience with too little imagination…
For a full list of rules, click here: 2012 Summer 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…
There isn’t much in the landscape that could topple Total Recall. The Dark Knight Rises has been performing poorly as a holdover, but that may have more to do with the shooting than any perceived weakness, but since most seem to feel this is an inferior product to the prior film, that could explain it.…
Welcome to our eleventh monthly Cinema Sight Film Club. We start on the first day of each month with one selection based on the order people signed up to be part of the club. Site regular Michael Furlong has selected Alan Parker’s Mississippi Burning. The film is available on Netflix instant only. Here’s how this…
I’m wondering if the engraving company has started working on the Oscar statuette plaque for this one? The Intouchables Plot Summary: A white invalid takes on a poor, impatient black caregiver to help push him to his limits and provide the kind of companionship a more modest and submissive nurse wouldn’t be able to provide.…
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…