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Weekend Box Office Predictions: 2/10-2/12

February 9, 2017 Alex Brannan

Three high-profile releases are on the horizon for this upcoming weekend: Warner Bros.’ The LEGO Batman Movie, Universal’s Fifty Shades Darker, and Lionsgate’s John Wick 2. These three movies all open on a pre-Valentine’s Day weekend with a lot of box office potential.

With the January reign of M. Night Shayamalan’s Split coming to a close (the film pulled in $14.4 million last weekend, still a #1 finish), these three films are vying to take its place.

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2017 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies, Movie News

2017 Oscar Movie Season Preview

September 11, 2016 Alex Brannan

The first weekend of September 2016 has brought us two major disappointments (The Disappointments Room and When the Bough Breaks) and one movie with some early Oscar buzz. Clint Eastwood’s biopic Sully is earning attention, particularly for Tom Hanks’ usual strong performance. With Summer behind us and the mediocre lot of September ahead, I feel the need to look a few months down the line at some movies that promise to be some of the best of the year.

Oscar-nominated movies can come around at any time during the calendar year. We will more than likely see Continue reading 2017 Oscar Movie Season Preview →

2015 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2015 Academy Award Predictions — Live Action Short Film

February 7, 2015 Alex Brannan

The Nominees:

Aya — Oded Binnum, Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo and Graham — Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
Butter Lamp — Wei Hu, Julien Feret
Parvaneh — Talkhon Hamzavi, Stefan Echenberger
The Phone Call — Mat Kirkby, James Lucas

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2015 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies, Documentary

2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Documentary

February 7, 2015 Alex Brannan

The Nominees:

Citizenfour — Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefor, Dirk Wilutzky
Finding Vivian Maier — John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Last Days in Vietnam — Rory Kennedy, Keven McAlester
The Salt of the Earth — Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, David Rosier
Virunga — Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara

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2015 Academy Awards, Award Ceremonies

2015 Academy Award Predictions — Best Visual Effects

February 7, 2015 Alex Brannan

The Nominees:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier — Dan Deleeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill, Daniel Sudick
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes — Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Erik Winquist
Guardians of the Galaxy — Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould
Interstellar — Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott R. Fisher
X-Men: Days of Future Past — Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer

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