Box Office History (Week 43, 2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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This Day in Oscar History: February 17
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1890: Sol Lesser (90 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award –0 Noms, 1 Win} 1898: Fred Guiol (66 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Adapted Screenplay – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1904: Milton Krasner (84 at death) {Oscar Winner: Cinematography (Color);Oscar Nominee: Cinematography, Cinematography (Black-and-White), Cinematography…
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Game: Week 7 – 2011 Spring Box Office Predictions
Time for another week of box office predictions. Submit yours below. Don’t remember the rules or need a refresher? Check them out here: Game Rules. Submit the Following for this Week
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The Rundown: Animated Feature
Our humpday coverage of this year’s Oscar race covers the predictions for Animated Feature, a category where Pixar dominates year-after-year.
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Looking at the Weekend: February 18-20, 2011
A large lot of new releases hit the cineplex this weekend. Here are our thoughts on all ten of them: the three new wide releases and the seven going out in limited release. (Update, 2/16/11, 5:31p: Added Wes’ commentary on the Wide releases) Consensus Below is a list of what we have come to a…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 16
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1884: Bert Kalmar (63 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1884: Robert Flaherty (67 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Motion Picture Story – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1896: Carl Dreher (80 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Sound/Sound Mixing – 2 Noms, 0 Wins} 1899: Leland…
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5 Favorites #13: 5 Favorite Best Actress Winners
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. More Oscar themed polls this week with…
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The Rundown: Cinematography
Today’s Rundown article takes a look at the Best Cinematography award, one of the few tech categories where name recognition is a big deal.
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The DVD Report #195: February 15, 2011
New This Week The on-line prognosticators who seem to spend all their waking hours handicapping current Oscar races act as though the world is coming to an end because early critics’ favorite The Social Network has suddenly been usurped by The King’s Speech at certain Guild Awards presentations. This is not the first time, allowing…
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This Day in Oscar History: February 15
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born 1893: Walter Donaldson (54 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Song – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1896: William H. Pine (59 at death) {Oscar Nominee: Documentary Feature – 1 Nom, 0 Wins} 1899: Gale Sondergaard (86 at death) [Pictured] {Oscar Winner: Supporting Actress –2 Noms, 1 Win} 1905: Harold…
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Review: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood Rating Director Michael Curtiz, William Keighley Screenplay Norman Reilly Raine, Seton I. Miller Length 102 min. Starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, Alan Hale, Melville Cooper, IanHunter, Una O’Connor, Herbert Mundin MPAA Rating Approved (original); PG for adventure violence (re-rated, 2003)
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Review: The Social Network (2010)
The Social Network Rating Director David Fincher Screenplay Aaron Sorkin (Book: Ben Mezrich) Length 120 min. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Bryan Barter, Brenda Song, Dustin Fitzimons, Patrick Mapel, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara, Joseph Mazzello, Armie Hammer, Josh Pence, Max Minghella, David Selby, Justin Timberlake MPAA Rating PG-13 for sexual content, drug and alcohol use…
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Game: Week 6 – Box Office Predictions: Results & Standings
A weak weekend was led by the poorly performing religious horror flick The Rite. Don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for Week 5. Original rules can be found here: Game Rules. #1 Film at the U.S. weekend box office Correct Response: Just Go With It, $30,514,732 Mike, Yusuf & Zach each…
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The Morning After: February 14, 2011
Not much got done this weekend, so there’s very little to highlight today. Though, Netflix was finally able to send out the last Best Picture nominee I needed to see. So, in addition to my Feed the Queue review of The Adventures of Robin Hood, here are also my thoughts on The Social Network. So,…
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The Rundown: Visual Effects
We start off this week with the newly-fived Best Visual Effects category which we’re agreed will go to Inception. To come this week, we have predictions for Cinematography, Animated Feature, Actor & Actress. Stay tuned. (Update (6:20a CT): added Tripp’s commentary)
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Precursor: American Society of Cinematographers (CORRECTED)
While attempting to find the winner of the American Society of Cinematographers award, I had incorrectly found an update that showed Roger Deakins having won for True Grit. I didn’t see the result where I should have and posted before I could verify. My apologies to anyone who took Deakins’ win as truth based on…
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