FUNNIEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR 5) This Is Where I Leave You Depending on how you felt about this ensemble comedy, it might also represent how few “laugh out loud” comedies we actually had in 2014. The fact that I’m … Continue reading 2014 In Review: Comedy, Breakthrough, Underrated
ORIGINAL SONG Everything Is Awesome (The Lego Movie) Glory (Selma) Grateful (Beyond The Lights) I’m Not Gonna Miss You (Glen Campbell) Lost Stars (Begin Again) BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Captain America: The Winter Soldier Dawn of The Planet Of The Apes … Continue reading Oscar Nominees
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Juno Temple, Lesley Manville, Brenton Thwaites, Kenneth Cranham Directed By Robert Stromberg So where did this Robert Stromberg come from? Maleficent is his first feature, and he spent time … Continue reading Maleficent
The good people over at Awards Daily have asked their readers to vote on the most likely Oscar candidates for the upcoming cycle. Here’s what their readers have decided: Best Picture: Foxcatcher- 10.1% Boyhood- 10% Gone Girl- 9.1% Interstellar- 8% … Continue reading Super Duper Early Oscar Predictions
Maleficent has been a big winner overseas, where it has made 482M. It’s been a big hit in China, where it has raked in 47M, Mexico at 45M, and the UK at 30M. Transformers 4 is also a big winner … Continue reading How Are This Summer’s Movie Fairing Overseas?
1) Transformers 4- 37M 3 Day Weekend, 54M 5 Day Weekend, 175M total Transformers is going to see quite a large drop, around 60% from last weekend. However, it is still far and away the largest draw in theatres. Tammy … Continue reading Weekend Box Office Tracking: ‘Transformers’ and ‘Tammy’ above the rest
1) The Fault In Our Stars- 48.2M Weekend, 48.2M Total With a solid 15K PSA, The Fault In Our Stars won the weekend. It had a steep drop off on Saturday, so it wasn’t quite able to reach 50M heights. … Continue reading Weekend Box Office: ‘Fault’ In Our Theatres
1) The Fault In Our Stars- 26.1M Friday, 54-57M Weekend Technically, the 26.1M on Friday includes 8M from Thursday night, meaning the film really made about 18M on Friday. Allowing for a larger than normal Friday box office, because of … Continue reading Friday Box Office: No ‘Fault’ In These Stars
Maleficent managed 4.2M on Thursday night from late shows for an early opening. That’s pretty incredible for a kids show. On the flip side, A Million Ways To Die In The West opened to only 891K on Thursday night. That’s … Continue reading ‘Maleficent’ Has Strong Late Shows, ‘A Million Ways To’ Bomb
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