For a full list of rules, click here: 2011 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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For our sixth Rundown article, we have two categories where the shortest Oscar winners will be crowned. 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 newest Oscar category, one of…
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It’s hard to know just where audiences’ expectations will be. I expect this to be a fight between family audiences, couples and action enthusiasts with sci-fi geeks possibly playing the spoiler. Ahead of Valentine’s Day next week, I’m going to suggest that a lot of VD dates will be going on this weekend, which could…
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I’m rather astounded that Rango was so well loved. When comparing effects between Rango and several other films, I never would have expected it to win this big, especially not over The Adventures of Tintin. I guess Tintin wasn’t really that well loved. On the Effects-Driven Visual Effects from Rise of the Planet of the…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1943: 15th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1942}
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This is definitely a trailer even though this is not a film. This Is Not a Film Plot Summary: Jafar Panahi, the jailed Iranian filmmaker forbidden from making movies for 20 years, finds a way to craft a documentary about his incarceration and the story he has rolling around in his head. Release Date: February…
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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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For our fifth Rundown article, a category where making oneself look completely alien is a good thing. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Makeup as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll cover a pair of categories where being powerful and compact leads to victory.
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New This Week With the Oscars less than three weeks away, many of this year’s nominees are available on DVD with others either announced for release or soon to be announced. In decades past, the public, critics and Oscar more or less agreed on each year’s best films. That pretty much changed with the success…
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Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Ceremonies 1936: 8th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1935} 1937: 9th Annual Academy Awards (Nominations Announcement) {for the films of 1936}
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Return Link Now That You’ve Seen… Poll Archive Now That You’ve Seen Chronicle… Now that you’ve seen Chronicle, what’s your favorite top Super Bowl Weekend opener? Public OpinionView Results
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The general description of the film seems rather innocuous compared to what the trailer suggests. Bullhead Plot Summary: An unscrupulous veterinarian attempts to convince a young cattle farmer to make an unfair deal with a shady beef trader only to become embroiled in a sinister plot. Release Date: February 17, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: C-…
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Peter has said he isn’t terribly confident about his predictions here, largely because the minds of the VES voters are so foreign to us. I have a tendency to agree with this as they have made some off-the-wall selections in the past. Still, we will give it a go and while I have a bit…
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Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what I’ve seen over the past week either in film or television. On the film side, if I have written a full length review already, I will post a link to that review. Otherwise, I’ll give a brief snippet of my thoughts on the film…
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For our fourth Rundown article, a category least in line with general expectations. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Foreign Language Film as well as general commentary about the race. Tomorrow, we’ll discuss a category that has many different faces.
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