Mid-Week Oscar Poll: Best Actor 2011
February is Oscars Month here at The Bonus View. Let’s kick things off with a poll about your predictions for this year’s Best Actor award.
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Statuesque: DGA Spells D-O-O-M For ‘Social Network’
Just a couple of weeks ago, I was saying that the Oscar race had been pretty much wrapped up. Based on the nearly unanimous critics’ awards and Top 10 lists, as well as the about-to-be-revealed Academy Award nominations, I t...
Weekend Box Office: ‘Rite’ = Might
This weekend only offered up a pair of junky new genre movies to entice multiplex audiences to leave their snow-besieged homes. However, with the Oscar nominations announced on Tuesday morning, the nominated films did get a notice...
Statuesque: Oscar Nominations Analysis – Part 1
Yesterday was the big day, the day I’ve been speculating about and pondering over and wasting many sleepless nights thinking about: Oscar nomination day! While a lot of the nominees were foregone conclusions, there were some...
And So It Begins – 2011 Oscar Nominations
The 2011 Oscar Nominations were announced this morning. Follow after the break for a look at which movies the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences believes were last year’s best. We’d also like to use this oppor...
Statuesque: The Geeks Shall Inherent the Earth
Originally, when I began plotting this post last week (yes, there is some forethought associated with my writing, as hard as that may be to fathom), it was to be called “King vs. Dweebs,” about the rivalry between the ...
Weekend Box Office: ‘Green Hornet’ Buzzes Past the Co
I have mixed emotions about this week’s box office. On the one hand, a pair of absolutely awful films topped the chart. On the other hand, there are a bunch of little, Academy-friendly movies up there too. So it’s with...
Weekend Box Office: A Witch’s Brew
Well, some people came out to the movies this weekend. It wasn’t a huge couple of days, but there were still humans buying tickets to various movies. What might be the most surprising part of the weekend’s box office (...
Weekend Movies: Just Go See ‘Harry Potter’ Again
Drew’s taking the day off to sleep through his tryptophan coma, so it looks like I’ll be filling in on the Weekend Movies summary. Long story short: I doubt that Hogwarts’ favorite young wizard has much to worry ...