2014 Oscar Winners
Now that it’s all said and done, this year’s Academy Awards ceremony ended largely as expected. ’12 Years a Slave’ won Best Picture, ‘Gravity’ swept the technical achievements, and Matthew McCon...
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Weekend Roundtable: 2014 Oscar Snubs
Regardless of whether they win or not on Sunday, all of this year’s Academy Award nominees have already earned the respect of their peers in the industry and the privilege of announcing that fact on their résumés. (You just ...
Oscar Poll: Best Supporting Actor and Actress 2014
Supporting actors and actresses often don’t get nearly as much respect as lead actors and actresses. To that end, we’re consolidating the polls for both Supporting categories into one blog post.
Oscar Poll: Best Picture 2014
The TV advertisements for this weekend’s Academy Award ceremony claim that it’s the tightest race in years. Is that really the case? Which movie do you think will win the Best Picture Oscar this year? More importantly,...
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 19th, 2014 – I Am the C
Happy MLK Day, everyone. I suppose that I could have used the holiday as an excuse to take another long weekend, but this week actually brings us a few new Blu-rays of interest. Let’s take a look.
Statuesque: 2014 Oscar Nominations
A lot of movie award ceremonies happen this time of year, but let’s be honest that the only one anybody really takes seriously is the Oscars. This morning, ‘Thor’ star Chris Hemsworth and Academy of Motion Pictur...
Statuesque: 2014 Golden Globe Nominations Announced
Here we are almost at the end of the year, which means that awards season has officially begun. Several regional critics’ groups have already named their best-of picks for 2013, but let’s be honest; the only movie awar...
Weekend Box Office: ‘Thor’ Still Almighty
It was obvious from the get-go which movie would hold onto the top spot at the box office this weekend. What comes as a surprise is how much heat its counter-programming competition was able to bring.
Full Metal Jackets: Hammer Hits Steel
By this point, it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that every Marvel superhero blockbuster will receive the SteelBook treatment on Blu-ray. In fact, the latest franchise entry barely just premiered in theaters, and its St...
Weekend Box Office: ‘Game’ Winner
While one movie topped the domestic box office (which we’ll get to shortly) this weekend, the international opening of ‘Thor: The Dark World’ really made some noise. Marvel’s Nordic superhero threw his hamm...
Weekend Box Office: Great ‘Grandpa’
After three straight weeks at the top of the charts, ‘Gravity’ was finally dethroned this week by an unlikely R-rated comedy. Even so, the space thriller’s decline was still light (32%) and it went on to earn ano...
Weekend Box Office: They’re All Gonna Laugh at You
For the third weekend in a row, ‘Gravity’ held strong atop the box office. Not only did it crush the other new movie releases, the sci-fi drama barely slipped in attendance, dropping only 28%. (Last weekend, it fell 23...