Month: April 2014
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Poll: What Are You Watching? (May 2-4, 2014)
Return Links Poll Archives What Are You Watching? (May 2-4, 2014) Cinema Sight Asks: What are you watching? (May 2-4, 2014) Public OpinionPoll Results
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Looking at the Weekend: May 2-4, 2014
The top film at the box office this week will be The Amazing Spider-Man. In other news, water is wet. Individual Commentaries Wesley Lovell: Having found the reboot The Amazing Spider-Man better than all but the second film of the original trilogy, I’m looking forward to this one. However, I’m going to suspect it will…
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Film Preview: Let’s Be Cops (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: August 13, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party and become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.” Poster: – Review:…
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Game: 2014 Summer Box Office Week 1
For a full list of rules, click here: 2014 Summer Box Office Predictions Game 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. Final box office tally for all new wide releases. #…
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Game: 2014 Summer Box Office Predictions: Rules
We begin our third Summer Box Office prediction game today. We’re keeping the rules from our prior incarnation intact. I can’t think of anything to really improve upon it. The first predictions post will go live at 2pm Central. This contest begins the weekend of May 2-4, 2014 and continues through the weekend of Aug.…
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Game: 2014 Spring Season Oscar Box Office Results
Our new game begins in one hour. Before then, here are the results for last week along with the final rankings:
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Game: 2014 Oscar Season Oscar Box Office Results (FINAL)
Before we get to the partial results for our most recent box office prediction game, here are the results from our prior game for the 2013 Oscar Season. Note: there are a handful of films still in limited release, but their additional monetary increases should not change the below results and even if they made…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 30 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Film Preview: A Long Way Down (2014)
Poster Additional posters can be found below. Trailer Link Release Date: July 11, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “Four people meet on New Year’s Eve and form a surrogate family to help one another weather the difficulties of their lives.” Poster: C / C- / C / C- Review: The same or similar images spread across…
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5 Favorites #179: 5 Favorite Leading Men, Part II
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…
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The DVD Report #358
New This Week William Friedkin was riding high. His last two films, The French Connection and The Exorcist were world-wide box-office hits and multiple awards magnets. His next film, a reimagining of Henri-Georges Clozot’s 1953 French film classic, The Wages of Fear was intended to be his masterpiece. Instead, that film, titled Sorcerer was a…
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This Day in Oscar History: April 29 (2014)
Here’s what happened today in Oscar History. Born Died
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Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “The Other Woman”
Return Links Poll Archives Now That You’ve Seen The Other Woman…? Cinema Sight Asks: Now that you’ve seen “The Other Woman,” which is your favorite Cameron Diaz performance? Public OpinionPoll Results
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Film Preview: Boyhood (2014)
Poster Trailer Link Release Date: July 11, 2014 Synopsis: From IMDb: “The life of a young man, Mason, from age 5 to age 18.” Poster: C+ Review: It’s simple, but so is childhood. With a movie like this you don’t have to sell it, but being more creative wouldn’t hurt. Trailer: B Review: The concept…
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Oscar Preview: Weekend of Apr. 25-27, 2014
We had one film release this past weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Locke Screenwriter Steven Knight, who received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for Dirty Pretty Things and whose Eastern Promises screenplay helped lead to an Oscar nomination for Viggo Mortensen has made his second feature as a director and it’s possible…
