With everything we have available at the local box office, it's tempting to think that every movie worth seeing will make it onto those local screens...eventually. But when the Oscars roll around each year, that pesky Foreign Film category compels us to...
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Frozen Still Taking World By Storm
Blanketing the worldwide box-office, this movie just won't let up... Lego took first place domestically and worldwide over the weekend, as expected, but Frozen continued to dominate as well. In just 35 territories, but thanks to a stellar $69m domestic, Lego...
Regal Betting Hard On Lego Movie, Monuments Men
Update (Sunday, Feb 9th): The Lego Movie opened to $69.1 million (estimated) according to tracking company Rentrak, while Monuments Men opened to $22.7. Both are very respectable, with Men marking the highest opening ever for a George Clooney directed film, and...
Academy Doubles Down on Song Disqualification
Last Wednesday, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the people behind the Oscars) rescinded their nomination for Best Song contender "Alone Yet Not Alone," after it was discovered the composer (an AMPAS executive) may have exerted undue influence lobbying for his...
Bombshell: Academy Rescinds Oscar Nomination!
When the Oscar nominations were announced, January 16th, some noticed an unusual entry in the Original Song category. The song "Alone Yet Not Alone," from the film of the same name, was composed by Bruce Broughton, with lyrics by Dennis Spiegel. One...
Oscars Nominations Announced Live, Right Here At 8:30am
Oscar season officially starts with Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs cohosting the official nominations announcement, live at 8:30am EST, Thursday morning. With hundreds of media representatives from around the world in attendance at the Academy's...
Literary Ad(cr)aptations
It took me forever to slog through the trilogy that is the Fifty Shades series. I'd heard from so many acquaintances and friends how awful it was but I wanted to read it first hand because I didn't want to...
Jimmer Fredette Still A Nice Guy
Many might remember local hoops prodigy Jimmer Fredette who went on to join the NBA. Well, he still seems to be the down-to-earth guy he came off as when local news stations were just speculating at his prospects. Jimmer's nice...
Doctor Who, Diagnosis: Mania.
Updated (11/27, 4:45am): Doctor Who event breaks records, according to distributor NCM/Fathom Events. Grossing approximately $4.77 million (avg. $7,155 per theater), as reported by Rentrak, TDOTD took 2nd place in the North American box office, setting the record for highest take for a...
The Government Knows You’re Reading This…
Oliver Stone, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Phil Donahue, Mark Ruffalo, and Wil Wheaton. These are just a few of the Hollywood notables who have joined politicians, veterans, and public interest groups to endorse the StopWatching.Us coalition's opposition of "wide spread, suspicionless...