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2014 Oscar Winners

Josh Zyber — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 06:40:39 +0000

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 McConaughey gave an utterly incomprehensible acceptance speech. How did you do in your Oscar pool? Read this post if you’d like a shot at winning...

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Weekend Roundtable: 2014 Oscar Snubs

Josh Zyber — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:00:44 +0000

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 know that Jonah Hill will never let anyone forget that he’s a two-time Oscar nominee.) The...

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Oscar Poll: Best Supporting Actor and Actress 2014

Josh Zyber — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:00:54 +0000

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. Best Supporting Actor Wouldn’t it be hilarious if Jonah Hill actually won an Oscar? Not gonna happen. Jared Leto has this in the bag....

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Oscar Poll: Best Picture 2014

Josh Zyber — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 14:00:35 +0000

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, which movie do you think should win? I’ve created two polls here. Be sure to vote in both....

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 19th, 2014 – I Am the Captain Now

Josh Zyber — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:00:20 +0000

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. New Releases ‘Captain Phillips‘ – Tom Hanks takes on Somali pirates in Paul Greengrass’ latest based-on-real-events thriller. The...

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Statuesque: 2014 Oscar Nominations

Josh Zyber — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:00:36 +0000

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 Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the 2014 Oscar nominations. Although I didn’t personally get out...

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Statuesque: 2014 Golden Globe Nominations Announced

Josh Zyber — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:00:11 +0000

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 awards that anyone really cares about are the Oscars and, to a much lesser extent, the Golden Globes...

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Thor’ Still Almighty

Luke Hickman — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:00:19 +0000

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. Marvel’s hammer-wielding superhero beat another $38.4 million out of moviegoer’s wallets, bringing its domestic ten-day total to $146.9 million....

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Full Metal Jackets: Hammer Hits Steel

Josh Zyber — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:00:00 +0000

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 SteelBook has already been announced. This week’s metal case update brings us the god of thunder and several other recent theatrical...

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Game’ Winner

Luke Hickman — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 16:00:54 +0000

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 hammer pretty hard, earning $109.4 million from 36 markets. The character’s sequel is already performing 27% higher than his first solo bout. We’ll...

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Weekend Box Office: Great ‘Grandpa’

Luke Hickman — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:00:58 +0000

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 another $20.3 million. After 24 days on the big screen, ‘Gravity’ has now grossed $199.8 million domestically and...

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Weekend Box Office: They’re All Gonna Laugh at You

Luke Hickman — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:00:39 +0000

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%.) The additional $31 million pushed its 17-day domestic total to $170.5 million. All told, ‘Gravity’ now...

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