Oscars 2018: ‘The Shape of Water’ Dominates with 13 Nominations!! Check Out the Full List!!

The Oscar nominations are here! At long last, the list of nominees for the 90th annual Academy Awards have been unveiled. The Shape of Water leads the pack with 13 nominations overall, including Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Actress, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actor. Guillermo del Toro‘s fairy tale is pretty far ahead, as Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri comes closest with 9 nominations, while Dunkirk scored 7 nominations including a first-ever … Continue reading Oscars 2018: ‘The Shape of Water’ Dominates with 13 Nominations!! Check Out the Full List!!

‘Darkest Hour,’ ‘The Post’ Conquer Year-End Holidays Awards BO!!!

Filmmaker Joe Wright‘s Darkest Hour — starring Gary Oldman as the iconic Winston Churchill — is showing notable strength at the U.S. box office, beating out several major studio offerings during the Christmas-New Year corridor. The Focus Features title is the latest awards contender to succeed despite the overall strain facing the indie marketplace, which is essentially flat year-over-year. Fall releases Lady Bird ($31.9 million), … Continue reading ‘Darkest Hour,’ ‘The Post’ Conquer Year-End Holidays Awards BO!!!

‘The Shape of Water’, ‘The Post’, & ‘Three Billboards’ Lead 2018 Golden Globe Nominations!!!

Nominations for the 75th Golden Globe Awards have been announced, and in keeping with this year’s incredibly fluid race, the love was spread to a variety of films and performers. The Shape of Water came away with the most nominations with seven in total, including Best Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress, and Supporting Actor. But it was followed close behind by Steven Spielberg‘s timely The Post and the … Continue reading ‘The Shape of Water’, ‘The Post’, & ‘Three Billboards’ Lead 2018 Golden Globe Nominations!!!

Blumhouse’s ‘Happy Death Day’ Debuts with Excellent $26.5 Million as ‘The Foreigner’ also opens well at the BO!!

Universal and Blumhouse score yet again, this time with Happy Death Day. The horror film easily topped the weekend box office, adding to the production house’s impressive stable of original horror films including the likes of The Visit, Split and Get Out. At the same time, Blade Runner 2049 dropped over 50% in its second weekend, STX‘s The Foreigner topped Mojo‘s weekend forecast, Open Road‘s … Continue reading Blumhouse’s ‘Happy Death Day’ Debuts with Excellent $26.5 Million as ‘The Foreigner’ also opens well at the BO!!

‘Blade Runner 2049’ Disappoints with just $31.5 Million Opening at the BO!!

Warner Bros.‘s release of Blade Runner 2049 isn’t getting October off to the kind of start September saw one month ago. The dystopian sequel, arriving 35 years after the original, crash landed over its three-day opening, falling well below even the most modest of expectations. At the same time, Fox‘s The Mountain Between Us didn’t exactly light the world on fire in its attempt at … Continue reading ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Disappoints with just $31.5 Million Opening at the BO!!

‘It’ Narrowly Beats ‘American Made’ to the Top Spot as ‘Flatliners’ flops at the BO!!

As a record September comes to an end, it’s a race for number one with three films separated by a mere $310k. Based on estimates, it’s a return to #1 for WB and New Line‘s It, but hot on its heels is Universal‘s American Made along with Fox‘s Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Otherwise, Sony‘s Flatliners debuted on life support, Novus‘s Til Death Do Us Part … Continue reading ‘It’ Narrowly Beats ‘American Made’ to the Top Spot as ‘Flatliners’ flops at the BO!!

‘Kingsman 2’ Finishes #1 while ‘The LEGO Ninjago Film’ Disappoints as September Grosses Near Record High at the BO!!

The weekend’s new releases fell shy of Mojo‘s weekend forecast, but Kingsman: The Golden Circle still managed to debut larger than the original, finishing in the #1 spot. Unfortunately, The LEGO Ninjago Film fell well short of expectations as did Friend Request, which delivered a mere $2.4 million opening. There were, however, some bright spots among limited release titles as Battle of the Sexes and … Continue reading ‘Kingsman 2’ Finishes #1 while ‘The LEGO Ninjago Film’ Disappoints as September Grosses Near Record High at the BO!!

‘Victoria and Abdul’ Trailer: the Queen Strikes an Unlikely Friendship with a Clerk!! Check It Out!!

Synopsis – Queen Victoria strikes up an an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim. Directed – Stephen Frears Starring – Olivia Williams, Judi Dench, Michael Gambon Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Victoria and Abdul’ Trailer: the Queen Strikes an Unlikely Friendship with a Clerk!! Check It Out!!

CinemaCon: Over 50 Posters Including ‘Alien: Covenant’, ‘Atomic Blonde’, ‘The Dark Tower’, and ‘GOTG2′!!! Check It Out!!

For those who don’t know, CinemaCon is a convention where theater owners get a look at what the studios have to offer for the rest of the year, and where vendors can show new products for theaters to buy. It’s basically Comic-Con for theater owners. Besides showing off never before seen footage, the studios often bring the cast and the filmmakers. Over the course of a few days, … Continue reading CinemaCon: Over 50 Posters Including ‘Alien: Covenant’, ‘Atomic Blonde’, ‘The Dark Tower’, and ‘GOTG2′!!! Check It Out!!