Oscar News Glenn Close could be returning to the Oscar field this year with Albert Nobbs. Roadside Attractions has purchased the film, which features Close as a woman posing as a man in 19th century Ireland. Review Round-Up No possible Oscar contenders were released this week. Oscar Box Office Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger…
One of two Spielberg Oscar contenders for year-end. War Horse Plot Summary: Based on the popular novel about a boy and his horse thrust into the midst of The Great War. Release Date: December 28, 2011 Poster Trailer Rating: None Commentary: I don’t review placeholders. Rating: C Commentary: It looks all too familiar. The music…
On Wednesdays, we preview all of the upcoming new wide and limited releases hitting the theaters the coming weekend. On Fridays, we’ll now tell you what you should see. We pose two questions each week to our contributors and their responses are posted below. Wesley Lovell 1. Which of the two new wide releases would…
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We’ve been there, done that, and we’re doing it again soon. The Change-Up Plot Summary: Two friends envy the life the other leads and make a wish that they have the other’s existence. The wish is granted. Release Date: August 5, 2011 Poster Trailer Rating: C+ Commentary: There is so much here that’s old hat…
The lower vote-getters were closer in totals, but the top two were the clear favorites. Tied for 7th place are Picnic and The Snake Pit with 11 points each. In sixth with 13 points is Forbidden Planet followed two points higher by Lust for life which in turn is two points lower than fourth-place The…
Can it live up to the brilliance of the second film or will it suffer like the third? Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol Plot Summary: Blamed for blowing up the Kremlin, Ethan Hunt and his team must go on the lam and ferret out the perpetrators in order to clear their names. Release Date: December 16,…
For a full list of rules, click here: 2011 Summer Box Office Predictions Rules. 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. This Week’s New Wide Releases Horrible Bosses (2,900+ screens) Zookeeper (3,300+…
The placebo of the masses is family comedy. Zookeeper will not likely top the second weekend of Transformers 3, but it’s sure to be the number one new release. 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…
Cars 2 more than doubled the next highest film, which happened to be the surprisingly strong debut of Bad Teacher. Don’t forget to come back Wednesday to submit your predictions for our next week of the 2011 Summer Box Office Predictions Game. The full rules are linked in the Wednesday articles. Top 10 Films Transformers…