Game: 2012 Spring Box Office Week 5 & Week 4 Results
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Submit Your Predictions for This Week
- Top Ten Films at the U.S. Box Office of the week in order from most money to least.
- Individual monetary predictions for each film.
- Final box office tally for all new wide releases.
- Awards predictions for any film you think has a shot at an end-of-year awards nomination.
This Week's New Wide Releases
Big Miracle (1,900 screens)
Chronicle (2,800 screens)
The Woman in Black (2,700 screens)
Last Week's Results
The Rundown 2011: Best Original Score / Best Original Song
Every year, Cinema Sight's contributors submit their selections for who they think will win this year's Oscars. In addition, we handicap the race for you. Today is our inaugural post and we're covering two categories for you today. After the jump, you'll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Original Score and Best Original Song as well as general commentary about the races. Thursday, we'll cover two categories alike in name, but divergent in results.
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The Cinema Sight Film Club #5: Selection
Welcome to our fifth monthly Cinema Sight Film Club. We start on the first day of each month with one selection based on the order people signed up to be part of the club. Frequent box office prediction game participant Mike Furlong has selected 1978's Blue Collar. The film is available on both Netflix standard and instant.
Here's how this will work. After the announcement of the selection on the first, you'll have three weeks to arrange to watch the selected film. Then, on the 21st of the month, I'll post a discussion thread here on the site where everyone can share their thoughts and opinions about the film and discuss its varied impacts on film history, culture and personal tastes. You are not required to write a dissertation, but you should at least share your opinions about the film and join us in any discussion that takes place. Now discussion topic about the film is taboo, but hateful language and name-calling (fellow Film Club participants) will not be tolerated.
Looking at the Weekend: Feb. 3-5, 2012
Will Daniel Radcliffe show the Twilight trio how to open a movie? Very likely, though more for the fact that the film will target a sizable fanbase than for the fact that Radcliffe is in it.
Consensus
Below is a list of what we have come to a general consensus on. The number in parens represents the percentage of our contributors who agree with the statement.
Big Miracle: Predictable crowd pleaser may be more the former than the latter.
Chronicle: An interesting concept that needs excellent execution to be a success.
The Woman in Black: Atmospheric. Creepy. It's the kind of movie that should do well out of the gate.
The Innkeepers: A limited release to build up word of mouth may work for some films, but horror doesn't tend to permit that type of release schedule.
This Day in Oscar History: February 1
Here's what happened today in Oscar History.
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84th Presenters: Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks to Present at 84th Academy Awards®
Beverly Hills, CA (January 31, 2012) – Two-time Academy Award®-winning actor Tom Hanks will present at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today.
Hanks, who is a governor of the Academy, won consecutive Oscars® in 1993 and 1994 for his lead performances in "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump." He was also nominated for his leading roles in "Big," "Saving Private Ryan" and "Cast Away." Hanks can currently be seen in the Best Picture-nominated "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close." His other film credits include "Larry Crowne," "Toy Story 3," "Charlie Wilson's War," "The Da Vinci Code," "The Terminal," "Catch Me If You Can," "Road to Perdition," "Apollo 13" and "A League of Their Own."
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar® presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Feb. 3-5, 2012)
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Trailer Watch: Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds
Occasionally, the man makes a film that doesn't look too bad.
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
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Plot Summary: A regimented businessman thrust into his career by a family business turns over a new leaf when he must step outside of his comfort zone and let his heart guide his every move. Release Date: February 24, 2012 |
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Rating: D+ Commentary: I know Tyler Perry's a selling tool in and of himself, but this type of self-promotion is far too crass. |
Rating: B- Commentary: Although I probably won't catch the film, Thandie Newton alone makes this one look like one that could be worth watching. It still has far too many cliched elements, but it might be palatable diversion. |
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5 Favorites #63: 5 Favorite Non-Nominated Performances
Every week, we'll pose a new "five favorites" question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you're welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look back at our past articles to comment or enjoy, here is a post set aside to track all of our articles.
With the heavy number of performances that weren't nominated for Oscars this year, I'd like to pose the following question. What are your 5 favorite non-nominated performances. And while I'm only looking for five names, let's do five lists. The first list will be your five favorite performances from 2011 that weren't nominated this year. Then, do your 5 favorite non-nominated performances in each category: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. And these should be from 2010 and prior so as not to muddle the two.
What are your 5 Favorite non-nominated performances?
This Day in Oscar History: January 31
Here's what happened today in Oscar History.
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84th Presenters: Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez to Present at 84th Academy Awards®
Beverly Hills, CA (January 30, 2012) – Jennifer Lopez will present at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, telecast producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced today.
Lopez, who serves as a judge on "American Idol," will be seen next in the feature "What to Expect When You're Expecting" and recently completed work on "Parker" and "Ice Age: Continental Drift." Her other film credits include "The Back-Up Plan," "El Cantante," "Monster-in-Law," "Maid in Manhattan," "Enough," "The Wedding Planner," "Out of Sight" and "Selena."
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen The Grey…
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Trailer Watch: The Vow
I guess this will be my Valentine's Day recommendation this year even if i'm sure it will be undeniably pedestrian.
The Vow
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Plot Summary: A woman loses her recent memory, forgetting the man she married and he must win her heart again. Release Date: February 10, 2012 |
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Rating: C+ / B- Commentary: Trailer 1: The first trailer is a bit too informal. It sets up the premise, but doesn't make it look like anything special. / Trailer 2: Whatever tweaking they did to the first trailer, however mininmal, ended up making this a much better trailer and looking more like a watchable film. |
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Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 9
As the precursor awards continue unabated through the month of December, I'm going to be providing a weekly update highlighting the films that have won and lost momentum through the precursor awards (this will be in place of my prior weekly article "Oscar Preview". Today, we look back at the results of the New York Film Critics Circle, National Board of Review, Satellite Awards nominations, Spirit Awards nominations and the Producers Guild of America nominations. This is a healthy spread of award bodies from indie to big budget, and a nice broad spectrum of critics groups.
But, before we get into this week's winners and losers, let's take a look at what's coming up this week:
Week 10
Feb. 1 - Academy Awards Ballots Mailed
Feb. 4 - Annie Awards
Feb. 4 - Art Directors Guild Awards
Feb. 5 - Online Film & Television Association Awards
Feb. 6 - Oscar Nominees Lunch
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The Morning After: Jan. 30, 2012
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what I've seen over the past week either in film or television. On the film side, if I have written a full length review already, I will post a link to that review. Otherwise, I'll give a brief snippet of my thoughts on the film with a full review to follow at some point later. For television shows, seasons and what not, I'll post individual comments here about each of them as I see fit.
So, here is what I watched this past week:
Beauty and the Beast 3D
(Original Film Version)
(3D Conversion Version)
Watching the 3D re-issue of Beauty and the Beast, I'm struck by just how little the film has aged in terms of story quality, excitement and musical aptitude. Sure the animation feels a bit dated now despite being rather revolutionary at the time (it was one of the first hand-drawn animated features to employ computer animation), but the film itself is almost timeless.
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