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Antebellum
Antebellum was such a letdown. This film had so much potential only to be squandered by a lack of execution. The premise promised so much that we didn’t get. The marketing for this team deserves […]
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Film News
Disney To Stop Releasing Films Under The Fox 2000 Banner
It’s the end of an era. In the midst of the Disney-Fox merger, it looks like the Fox 2000 banner will be the first casualty of the takeover. The label was run by Elizabeth Gabler […]
MTV Movie & TV Award Nominations Announced
MTV is changing the MTV Movie Awards in several ways this year. In addition to the previously announced expansion to cover television and streaming, the awards will mix film, TV and streaming nominees together in some categories, […]
Reel Box Office
Beauty and the Beast Breaks Records With $170 Million Opening
Disney’s live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast delivered box office numbers that are worthy of summer greatness with a massive number one opening of $170 million. This is an early estimate but some are […]
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Kong: Skull Island Roars Its Way To The Top Of The Box Office
Warner Bros and Legendary’s Kong: Skull Island delivered a strong opening weekend performance, topping the weekend box office and becoming the third film in as many weeks to outperform expectations. The film opened to $61 […]
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Logan Gives Hugh Jackman A Number One Send Off
Hugh Jackman’s last hurrah as Wolverine dominated the weekend box office with an impressive $85.3 million opening. Some estimates have it coming in even higher with about $87 million but we won’t have confirmation until […]
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Get Out Scares Up Number One Opening
Blumhouse has done it again! When I wrote the predictions last week, I said I wouldn’t be surprised if Get Out went above my $20-25 million predictions and here we are on Monday with the […]
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Gaius’ Oscar Predictions
Hollywood’s biggest night is this Sunday and it’s time for me to put my two cents in on who will be taking home the gold. I’ve gone through this multiple times and probably changed my […]
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La La Land Named This Year’s Top-Grossing Oscar Movie
Forbes has announced that La La Land is this year’s highest grossing Oscar film. The modern musical directed by Damian Chazelle and starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling has earned $340.5 million at the worldwide box office. […]
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The Lego Batman Movie Tops President’s Day Weekend
The holdovers from last weekend proved to be the top choice for moviegoers as the rookies stumbled a bit over the holiday weekend. The Lego Batman Movie topped the box office once again with an […]
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The LEGO Batman Movie Tops The Weekend Box Office
A sizeable trifecta of new wide releases went into battle at the weekend box office but The LEGO Batman Movie proved to be victorious over them all with a solid $55.6 million opening. I actually […]
Reel Box Office
Split Threepeats At Number One While Newcomers Fumble Over Super Bowl Weekend
Split maintained its number one position for the third weekend in a row over the relatively sleepy Super Bowl weekend with a gross of $14.5 million. Its domestic gross is now up to an impressive […]
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Split Scares Off Competition To Stay Number One
I figured Split would most likely remain the top spot this weekend but I was really surprised by how well it held up in week two. With a gross of $26.26 million, the film drops […]
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SAG Awards: The Complete Winners List
The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards celebrated the best actors and actresses in film and TV tonight and while some of the winners were business as usual, a few surprises might have you adjusting […]
Oscars: A Record Of Six Black Actors Nominated For Academy Awards
Last year’s Academy Award nominations sparked the much debated #OscarsSoWhite controversy but it appears the Academy took a step in the right direction this morning when six black actors were nominated today which is a […]
Oscar Nominations Announced, La La Land Leads With 14
The Academy Award nominations have been announced and La La Land leads the way with 14 total nominations. It ties the record for most nominations with All About Eve and Titanic. Oscar nominees for the 89th […]
Reel Box Office
Split Scares Up Massive First Place Opening
M. Night Shyamalan is back in a big way with Split blowing by all expectations with a $40.18 million first place finish. The opening makes Split the fourth largest January opening of all time, putting […]
Reel Box Office Predictions: January 20-22
Despite a strong second weekend showing from Hidden Figures, the normally robust MLK weekend was a bit muted this year but a couple of films enter the marketplace this weekend that should make a bit […]
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Hidden Figures Wins MLK Weekend With An Impressive Week Two Hold
When estimates rolled out last week, Rogue One appeared to win the weekend but due to a strong showing on Sunday, Hidden Figures leaped ahead of the Star Wars prequel and won the weekend once […]
Reel Box Office Predictions: MLK Weekend
It’s going to be a tight race for number one with the top three (and possibly four) spots all potentially grossing in the $20 million plus range over the four day weekend. Usually the four […]
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Reel Review: Hidden Figures
I happened to watch Underworld: Blood Wars and Hidden Figures on the same day and the experience with both films was vastly different. Underworld left me completely underwhelmed while Hidden Figures left me feeling completely […]
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Hidden Figures Wins Tight Race For Number One Finish (Updated)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was the number one movie in America when estimates were released but there was a possibility this could change once the final numbers came out because Hidden Figures wasn’t too […]
Reel Box Office Predictions: January 6-8
The holidays are over and it’s time for the box office to snap back to reality this weekend. We have a couple of new offerings that could leave a bit of an impression but holdovers […]
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2017 Golden Globes Nominations: La La Land Leads with Seven and The People v. O.J. Simpson Lead TV with Five
The Golden Globes nominations were announced this morning around 8:15 a.m. EST. La La Land and Moonlight lead the way in motion picture comedy and drama categories with 7 and 6 nominations respectively, while The People v. O.J. […]
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Coming Soon: Hidden Figures (Trailer 2)
The second trailer for the upcoming Hidden Figures has been released. It stars Empire’s Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Johnson, the African American physicist, space scientist, and mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for Project Mercury and the […]
Coming Soon: Hidden Figures
With the summer concluding, the annual Oscar Season is upon us. With that being said, the trailer to the upcoming Hidden Figures has been released. The film recounts the story of the African-American mathematician Katherine Johnson and her […]