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Limited and VOD Releases: A Lot to Love on This Week’s List

September 27th, 2019

There are a lot of excellent films on this week’s list. Not only that, but there are a wide selections of films as well. Do you want to watch a documentary?Anthropocene: The Human Epoch is your best bet. Want to watch a potential Oscar-winning performance? ThenJudy is for you. Want a Neo-Noir love story?First Love has what you need. Want to stay home and watch something on VOD? There are several choices there, both big and small.More...

2018 Preview: July

July 1st, 2018

June was amazing, with twoabsolutemonster hits and a solid$100 million hit. By the end of the month, 2018’s lead over 2017 will be well over $500 million, or close to 10%. Even if 2018 only managed to maintain this lead in terms of raw numbers for the rest of the year, it will be a massive jump at the box office. As for July, there are a couple of potential monster hits,Ant-Man and the Wasp andMission: Impossible—Fallout, plus four potential $100 million hits. LastJuly, there was only one monster hit,Spider-Man: Homecoming, andthree$100 millionhits. I don’t think 2018 will match 2017 at the top, but 2018 appears to have more depth and that should put it a little ahead over the full month.More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars: And the Winner is... The Shape of Water for Best Picture

March 4th, 2018

It’sOscar night and we will be live blogging the show. We will announce the winners and have our reactions as they happen, while keeping track of how our readers did in predicting the outcomes.More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations: Final Look

March 4th, 2018

It’sOscar night and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations.Nominees inItalics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in our Oscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!).Bold films are those films I think will win. Meanwhile, those that areUnderlined are those I want to win. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between. For example, I will be happy no matter who wins Best Supporting Actress. One last note: The contest is still going and the leading for Best Picture Switched fromThe Shape of Water toThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to tied over the time I was writing this story. This is the closest I’ve ever seen it. Guessing the best picture correctly will go a long way to winning.More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Lead Actress

February 22nd, 2018

With our annualOscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at thenominees and try to figure out who the favorites are and who should just feel honored to be nominated. This week we have been looking at the four acting categories, ending with Best Lead Actress. In this category, there is an overwhelming favorite. ... Most of the categories we will talk about next week are much more competitive.More...

2017 Awards Season: Oscars Nominations

January 23rd, 2018

TheOscar nominations were announced starting at just after 5 am Pacific time. They do this every year and no one has been able to adequately explain why to me. At least there were some interesting results this year.The Shape of Water led the way with 13 nominations, which is one below the current record and nearly as many as the next two films combined. Overall, there were seventeen films that earned two or more nominations.More...

2018 Preview: January

January 1st, 2018

2017 wasn’t a good year. It started out well andended on a high note, but the summer was a disaster and that proved to be too much for the rest of the year to overcome. Fortunately,The Last Jedi andJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle are still doing very well and will help January get off to a fast start. Unfortunately, the biggest new release of January isPaddington 2 and it isn’t expected to match itspredecessor at the box office; it certainly won’t top $100 million domestically. It is unlikely any of the Oscar contenders will hit the century mark in January either. This is really bad news, as lastJanuary, we had a new release,Split and an Oscar contender,Hidden Figures, which both topped that milestone with ease. 2018 should get off to a faster start in the first two weeks, but overall, this month will end with a loss.More...

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again Trailer

December 21st, 2017

Musical starringAmanda Seyfried,Meryl Streep,Lily James,Christine Baranski,Jessica Keenan Wynn,Julie Walters,Alexa Davies,Pierce Brosnan,Jeremy Irvine,Colin Firth,Hugh Skinner, and Stellan Skarsgård opens July 20, 2018 ...Full Movie Details.More...

2017 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Nominations

December 11th, 2017

TheGolden Globes nominations are the second major Awards Season set to come out. Sort of. (WGA announced the nominations for TV, radio, etc., but not their theatrical nods.) It is still very early in the year, so it is hard to say if there are any real snubs, or if there are any real favorites.The Shape of Water led the way with seven nominations, whileThe Post andThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri were right behind with six a piece.More...

The Post Trailer

November 8th, 2017

Real-life drama starringTom Hanks andMeryl Streep, directed bySteven Spielberg, opens December 22 in select theaters, goes nationwide January 12 ...Full Movie Details.More...

2016 - Awards Season - And the Oscar Goes to...La La Land Moonlight!

February 26th, 2017

It’sOscar night and we were live blogging the show. Read on the the highlights of what turned out to be a crazy night.More...

2016 - Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations - Final Look

February 26th, 2017

It’sOscar night and we will be live blogging the show. Before that, let’s take a last look at the nominations with a few annotations. Nominees initalics are those that have received the most votes from our readers so far in ourOscar contest (which is open to new entries until noon, Pacific, today—enter now!).Bold films are those films I think will win. Meanwhile, those that areUnderlined are those I want to win. Not all categories have underlined nominees, because not all categories have someone I’m cheering for, or because there are two nominees I couldn’t pick between.More...

2016 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Leading Actress

February 17th, 2017

With our annualOscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at thenominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at Best Leading Actress, which is not competitive. There’s an overwhelming favorite, a long shot with a shot, and then everyone else.More...

2016 Awards Season: Oscar Nominations

January 24th, 2017

TheOscar nominations were announced starting at 5:18 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, it’s a boring year for nominations with very few surprises worth talking about, especially in the biggest categories. Leading the way wasLa La Land with 14 nominations, tying the record.More...

2016 - Awards Season: BAFTA - Nominations

January 11th, 2017

TheBAFTA nominations were announced and it should come as no surprise what film lead the way...La La Land with 11 nominations,Nocturnal Animals andArrival are tied for second with nine nominations a piece.More...

2016 - Awards Season: SAG - Nominations

December 14th, 2016

TheScreen Actors Guild were the third group to announce their nominations for this awards season. So far there have been three different films earning the most nominations. This could mean the Oscar race will be a lot closer than in past years. This time aroundManchester by the Sea led the way with four nominations.More...

2016 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Nominations

December 12th, 2016

TheGolden Globes nominations were announced and we are starting to see a few names pop up over and over again.La La Land led the way with seven nominations, butMoonlight was right behind with six andManchester by the Sea earned five. You will be hearing those three names over and over and over again this Awards Season.More...

Home Market Releases for December 13th, 2016

December 12th, 2016

This is a strange week on the home market. We have one of the biggest domestic hits of the year,Suicide Squad, but it is one of theworst movies I’ve seen this year. (Granted, I’ve done fewer reviews this year and skipped a lot of terrible looking movies, likeIndependence Day: Resurgence,Warcraft,Gods of Egypt,Allegiant...Ben Hur,The Huntsman,The Legend of Tarzan. I could keep going. Wow! It was a bad year for $100 million movies.) AfterSuicide Squad, the next biggest release according to Amazon is theChicago Cubs 2016 World Series Collector's EditionBlu-ray. That’s a huge drop in sales. As far as quality is concerned, I have to give a shout out to that World Series Blu-ray. Real fans want full games and this one provides them. On the other hand, I personally find baseball boring to watch. Unfortunately, there’s no one release that stands out as an obvious Pick of the Week, but instead we have a lot of releases that are close, but wouldn’t be close enough during a good week.The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series onBlu-ray is the best, assuming you didn’t grab the individual seasons when they came out.More...

Friday Estimates: Sausage Squad

August 13th, 2016

Sausage Party actually earned first place onFriday with $13.5 million, putting it just ahead ofSuicide Squad. That lead won’t last, as new releases almost never has an internal multiplier as big as holdovers do. The film does haveexcellent reviews, but only earned a B CinemaScore. This could mean critics liked the film more than its target audience and it will have short legs. Or it could mean it is a more niche market release and it will be a cult classic in a few years. Regardless, a $33 million opening is in the works, which is excellent for a film that cost $19 million to make.More...

Thursday Night Previews: Sausages get the Drop on the Dragon

August 12th, 2016

Sausage Party got off to a fast start with $3.25 million in previews. By comparison,Bad Moms earned $2 million during its previews two weeks ago, on its way to a $23.82 million opening weekend. If the two films had the same legs for their opening weekends, then we would be looking at a $38 million debut.Sausage Party does havebetter reviews thatBad Momsearned, butBad Moms is aimed at a female demographic and generally speaking, women are less likely to rush out to see a movie during previews. So I think it is wise to be a little more cautious, but an opening weekend of over $30 million is still reason to celebrate.More...

Weekend Predictions: Party Time

August 11th, 2016

Before we talk about the weekend predictions... If you can read this, it means my transfer worked well enough and I can do work from my parents house while pet-sitting. I will be at my parents place for three weeks looking after their dog and cat. I was at their house for less than 30 minutes before stepping into a puddle of dog drool. It is going to be a very long three weeks. ... As for the releases for the week, they are all amazing. The film earning the weakest reviews at the moment isSausage Party, which is earning82% positive reviews. 82% positive is the weakest of the three wide releases. That's amazing. On the other hand, it won't be the biggest release of the week.Pete’s Dragon has a better than 50/50 chance at reaching $100 million in total; however, as a family film, it will start relatively slow, but have good legs. Finally, there’sFlorence Foster Jenkins, which is an early Oscar contender. It is not opening in a lot of theaters, so it is going to need great word-of-mouth to thrive. None of these new releases will matchlast year’s number one film,Straight Outta Compton, so it will be up toSuicide Squad to keep 2016 on the winning track. I think it will collapse by more than 60%, but 2016 has a lot better depth than 2015 and it will come out on top.More...

2016 Preview: August

August 1st, 2016

July did reasonably well, thanks mostly toThe Secret Life of Pets, which will top $300 million shortly and could earn double its nearest competitor when all is said and done. That said, there were also a quartet of $100 million hits as well, so the month had good depth as well. August isn’t as lucky. There is one film that is expected to earn $100 million during its opening weekend,Suicide Squad, and one more that is expected to reach $100 million in total,Pete’s Dragon. There could be a surprise hit among the rest of the releases, (my long shot with a shot isSausage Party) but for the most part, the rest of the wide releases would be happy with just $50 million at the box office. LastAugust was a disaster andStraight Outta Compton was the only hit of the month. UnlessSuicide Squad bombs compared to expectations, 2016 will come out ahead in the year-over-year comparison.More...

2015 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations

January 15th, 2016

TheOscar nominations were announced at 5:30 am Pacific time. Nothing is good that early in the morning. Worse still, this was a terrible year for snubs, especially when it comes to diversity of the nominees. The voters for the Oscars are 94% white and 77% male... but that's still more diverse than the list of nominees.The Revenant led the way with 12 nominations and it is expected to win a few of those, while it is a serious contender in most of the categories it was nominated in.More...

Home Market Releases for November 24th, 2015

November 24th, 2015

This weekend is Thanksgiving weekend, which means Black Friday and Cyber Monday. While the sales usually mean a massive increase in units sold, the sales also tend to scare away new releases. This is certainly the case here and this week's list is very short as a result. That's not to say there are no releases worth picking up. In fact, there are several Pick of the Week contenders, led byShaun the Sheep on Buy from Amazon:Blu-ray Combo Pack. Meanwhile, for the second week in a row, we have a Puck of the Week, for best Canadian release,Guidance onDVD.More...

Limited and VOD Releases: Vote for the Best Limited Release

October 23rd, 2015

There's quite a few strong limited releases on this week's list, includingSuffragette, which is earning by far the loudest buzz. Itsreviews are good, but not great. On the other hand,Difret'sreviews are great, but it has far less mainstream appeal.Bone Tomahawk has the potential to become acult favorite, but it is playing onVideo on Demand, so it likely won't make an impact at the box office.More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Compton Makes the Competition Cry U.N.C.L.E.

August 18th, 2015

Straight Outta Compton destroyedexpectations earning even more than the outlier prediction I saw. Sadly, our predictions forThe Man From U.N.C.L.E. turned out to be too optimistic, but overall the box office was still very strong. In fact, it grew 12% from last week to $148 million. Growth like that almost never happens at this time of year. Compared tolast year, the box office was also strong, albeit by a smaller 3.7% margin. That said, a win is a win and worth celebrating, especially after a couple of strong declines. Year-to-date, 2015 maintains a strong lead over 2014 at $7.09 billion to $6.73 billion. A 5.4% lead year-over-year is a great margin for this time of year and it would take a really serious collapse to put that lead at risk. I don't think that's going to happen. In fact, there are three potential $1 billion hits yet to open in theaters, which is actually better than it was last year. Add in the number of potential $100 million hits and the lead could grow through till the end of the year.More...

Weekend Predictions: How Long till Marvel Gets the Fantastic Four Back?

August 7th, 2015

There could be a close race on top of the box office chart withFantastic Four trying to unseatMission: Impossible - Rogue Nation as box office champion. This should be the number one story of the weekend; however, if I'm right andFantastic Four does as poorly as I think it will, then the franchise will be in the hands ofMarvel Studios by the end of the weekend. None of the other three wide releases are guaranteed to top $10 million over the weekend. In fact, it is very likely that one of them,Shaun of the Sheep, will miss the top five. This weekendlast year was led byTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with $65.58 million.Guardians of the Galaxy was second with $42.12 million. I don't think any film opening this weekend will matchGuardians of the Galaxy, while there's a chance all four combined won't matchTMNT. 2015 is going to take a beating on the year-over-year comparison.More...

2015 Preview: August

August 1st, 2015

It is still a little too soon to tell howJuly will finish, as we don't have any numbers for the final weekend at the time of writing. We knowMinions was a monster hit and thatAnt-man will be a financial success. However, until we see howMission: Impossible - Rogue Nation does, it will be impossible to call the month a true success. IfRogue Nation bombed this weekend, then the month is only a partial success. It would also mean the summer of 2015 could be coming to an abrupt end. As for August, onlyFantastic Four has a better than 50/50 chance of reaching $100 million; although some people thinkStraight Outta Compton also has a shot at that milestone. Besides those two, only a couple of other films even have a realistic shot at becoming midlevel hits. Worse still, lastAugust was amazing withGuardians of the Galaxy breaking records.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles also did better than expected with a domestic haul of nearly $200 million. No release this August is going to match that figure. There's a good chance the top two releases combined won't do so. Fortunately, 2015 has a sizable lead over 2014, so even a soft month will keep 2015 ahead in the year-over-year comparison.More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Into the Woods

March 23rd, 2015

Into the Woods first debuted 30 years ago in 1985 starting itsBroadway run a year later. The show's original Broadway run earned three Tony Awards and five Drama Desk Awards, while the 2002 revival was nearly as well received with award voters. It is not a surprise that the film was turned into a big budget musical. However, does the theatrical version ofInto the Woods live up to the source material? Will fans of musicals who haven't seen the original like it?More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Supporting Actress

February 12th, 2015

With our annualOscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at thenominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Today we look at the two supporting actor categories, starting with Best Supporting Actress. Three of the four acting categories have almost no suspense to them, as there is an overwhelming favorite amongst the five nominees. This isnot the exception.More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscars - Nominations

January 17th, 2015

TheOscar nominations were announced early in the morning, when all sensible people were asleep. There were some surprises, as well as some results that would have been surprises had it not been for the previous Awards Season nominations. Seventeen films earned two or more nods, led byBirdman andThe Grand Budapest Hotel, both of which picked up nine nominations, whileThe Imitation Game was right behind with eight.More...

2014 - Awards Season: Golden Globes - Nominations

December 11th, 2014

TheGolden Globes nominations were announced this morning, at three in the morning, because the people at Golden Globes are under the delusion that news announced at 3:00 a.m. is somehow more important if it is announced before anyone is awake. As for the actual nominations, like with theIndependent Spirit Awards and theSAG nominations,Birdman led the way. It earned seven nominations, whileBoyhood andThe Imitation Game tied for second with five apiece. Starting to notice a pattern here? This could be a really dull Awards Season with very few surprises. On the other hand, predictable means less work for me. Plus, predictable probably means the Awards Season voters are making the right choices, as surprises usually mean someone made the wrong choice.More...

2014 - Awards Season: SAG - Nominations

December 10th, 2014

TheScreen Actors Guild nominations were announced Wednesday morning. Are there surprises worth mentioning? Is the Oscar picture beginning to take shape? Like with theIndependent Spirit Awards,Birdman led the way this time earning four nominations from six categories, whileBoyhood,The Imitation Game, andThe Theory of Everything had three nods each.

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2014 Preview: December

December 1st, 2014

November is over and there are not a lot of positive things to say about what happened during the month. There were a couple of films that matched expectations, but there were no breakout hits and a few that missed expectations by wide margins. Granted,The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 will top $300 million with relative ease, but that's still nearly $100 million lower than some people were predicting. The month ends with 2014 about $300 million behind 2013's pace and there's really no chance to catch up in December. That doesn't mean there are no films that will be worth watching in December.The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies should at least earn $200 million, while $300 million is not out of the question. Additionally, there are several films that at least have a shot at $100 million at the box office, but not all will get there. At least this December and lastDecember are on par with each other.The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug topped $250 million while there were three others that topped $100 million. I think we will get the same result this month. Last year there were a lot more wide releases, but many of them bombed. I think this year the lack of competition will help more films reach their potential.More...

2014 Preview: August

August 1st, 2014

July was... well... let's just pretend it didn't happen.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes did well, but week after week 2014 fell further behind 2013 in the year-to-date comparison. At the moment, we are roughly $400 million behind last year's pace and while I don't think August will continue the losing streak, there's really no chance August will put a dent in that number. It looks more and more likely thatGuardians of the Galaxy will be a hit, especially given itsearly reviews, but it could be the last $100 million hit till October, if the bad buzz surroundingTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles turns into bad ticket sales. LastAugust there were two films that reached $100 million, plus two others that came close. This August might match that, while the biggest film this year should top thebiggest film from last year. I think the slump 2014 is suffering through will end the first weekend and overall I think it will cut the deficit a little bit. That said, summer 2014 will still end as one of the worst recent summers at the box office.More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscar Highlight: Best Lead Actress

February 20th, 2014

With our annualOscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at thenominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. This week we will look at the four acting categories, finishing with Best Lead Actress. Unlike last year, this year the race is far more competitive in nearly all of the of the four acting categories this year. The person seen as the favorite has switched, more than once, and at the moment, I'm not sure who is going to win.More...

2014 Awards Season: Oscars Understand the Gravity of the Situation

January 16th, 2014

TheOscar nominations were announced this morning and there are some surprises mixed in with the predictable results.Gravity andAmerican Hustle led the way with ten nominations each while12 Years a Slave was right behind with nine. The fact that12 Years a Slave wasn't the leader is the first of the surprises.More...

2014 Awards Season: Slave Hustles to the Top

December 14th, 2013

Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their Golden Globe nominations this week, and a clear picture is forming.12 Years a Slave was again the recipient of the most nominations, but this time it was a tie, as it andAmerican Hustle both grabbed seven nominations. If you look down the list of other multi-nominated films, you will find a number of familiar faces.More...

2014 Awards Season: SAG a Slave to Slave

December 14th, 2013

SAG handed out nominations over the week, and like with theIndependent Spirit Awards,12 Years a Slave led the way and earned four nominations. It wasn't the only film that was singled out.More...

Featured Blu-ray / DVD Review: Disneynature: Wings of Life

May 16th, 2013

The latest film in theDisneynature line isWings of Life. However, unlikeEarth orOceans or most of the rest, this one didn't get a big theatrical release, but instead came out direct-to-DVD. Is there a reason it wasn't released in theaters?More...

Awards Season: Lincoln Shows a United Front at the Golden Globes

December 13th, 2012

TheHollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominations and the same list of films that have been mentioned since the beginning of Awards Season were rewarded today.Lincoln led the way with seven nods, whileArgo andDjango Unchained were close behind with five.More...

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