The 15 documentaries still competing for nominations this year at the Academy Awards are: “The Act of Killing,” Final Cut for Real “The Armstrong Lie,” The Kennedy/Marshall Company “Blackfish,” Our Turn Productions “The Crash Reel,” KP Rides Again “Cutie and … Continue reading Awards Watch: ‘Bridegroom’ fails to make the Documentary shortlist
After what first seemed like another death hoax, Paul Walker’s death has been confirmed by every major news outlet. The star was attending a charity event earlier today when a car driven by a friend was involved in an accident … Continue reading RIP Paul Walker
STARRING: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Michelle Fairley, Mare Winningham, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Peter Hermann, Anna Maxwell Martin WRITTEN BY: Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope DIRECTED BY: Stephen Frears I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve seen a … Continue reading Movie Review: Philomena
1) Hunger Games: Catching Fire- 20.7M Wednesday, 100M Projected 5-Day 2) Frozen- 15.3M Wednesday, 85M Projected 5-Day Frozen is opening a bit stronger than I had projected, even with Hunger Games still doing banner business. Good for them. 3) Thor: … Continue reading Wednesday Box Office: ‘Black Nativity’ & ‘Oldboy’ Bomb
Interestingly, Bridegroom I think serves as a reminder that the MPAA ratings system is a little challenged these days. When I saw the R rating, I was baffled. I don’t really remember there being any profanity, maybe one F-bomb. I … Continue reading Bridegroom
Best Picture 1) 12 Years A Slave 2) Gravity 3) Captain Phillips 4) American Hustle 5) Saving Mr Banks 6) The Butler 7) Inside Llewyn Davis 8) Nebraska 9) Her 10) The Wolf Of Wall Street 11) All Is Lost … Continue reading Awards Watch #5
1) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire- 70M 3 Day Weekend, 105M 5 Day Weekend, 275M Total Sundance fave The Hunger Games, starring unknown actress Jennifer Lawrence, opened to a surprising #1 last week… oh alright. I’ll retire my snark. Catching … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Surprise Hit ‘Hunger Games’ Looks To Repeat #1
1) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire- 170M Weekend, 170M Total Obviously, my topic is in jest. The Hunger Games is tracking to be the biggest opening in November, ever. Simply put, it is tracking to do better than the original, … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: Indie Film ‘Hunger Games’ Looks To Crack Top 10
After the massive surprise opening of The Best Man Holiday, Universal is asking director Malcolm Lee to make another. The sequel has a very rare (and very coveted) A+ Cinemascore, which means the legs on the film should be quite … Continue reading Sequel Alert! Universal wants more ‘Best Man’, Focus needs more ‘Insidious’
MTV’s Awkward finally got some validation. MTV has ordered 10 more episodes of Awkward as the “back half” of season 4. Season 4 hasn’t set a premiere date yet, but when they do, they now have 20 episodes to air. … Continue reading TV News: ‘Awkward’ Gets 10 More Episodes
STARRING: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Lupita Nyong’o, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Paul Dano, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Giamatti, Alfre Woodard, Garrett Dillahunt, Adepero Oduye, Michael K Williams, Taran Killam, Scoot McNairy, Quevenzhane Wallis.
DIRECTED BY: Steve McQueen
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Charmed (CBS)– Yes. CBS is working on rebooting Charmed. Of course, Aaron Spelling is dead, so it has a new team of producers. And, it isn’t being produced on the logical CW (though CBS may pass, and The CW may … Continue reading Coming Next Season? A Brief Look At Shows You Might See Soon (part 2)
The Best Man Holiday managed to gross 12.5 million on Friday, actually taking first place for the day. Thor grabbed 10.5 million. The two films will battle it out, neck and neck. I’m really surprised how much The Best Man … Continue reading Friday Box Office: ‘Best Man Holiday’ dramatically overperforms
1) Thor: The Dark World- 40M Weekend, 145M Total With no real direct competition, and good word of mouth, Thor is still “the movie to see” this weekend. It will likely dip in half, and still do far more than … Continue reading Box Office Predictions: ‘Thor’ Will Repeat At #1
STARRING: Michael Douglas, Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, Mary Steenburgen, Jerry Ferrara, Romany Malco, Roger Bart, Michael Ealy, Joanna Gleeson
DIRECTED BY: Jon Turteltaub
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