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  1. Ray G
    382K/47M (that seems to have Oscar bait all over it) An animated comedy adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, featuring a nebbishy Anteater. Bones of the North
  2. Ray G
    I don't know, the movie only likely had an additional 20% drop from what its Monday likely would have been. With New York and Philly shut down, as well as the rest of the Northeast, that doesn't sound too extreme.
  3. Ray G
    Given the weather, that's not a shocking drop. Either way, it's not stopping now.
  4. Ray G
    Exactly. If Redmayne wins best actor, and Linklater wins best director, what's the build-up to Birdman's win? Although it's worth noting that the last two Best Picture winners only won a few other awards. New trend?
  5. Ray G
    Yeah, the storm will likely cause somewhat depressed Monday/Tuesday numbers, but not enough to cause any significant long-term impact. Likewise, Sunday will be lower next week, especially for this movie given the demographics. But President's day will make up for it.
  6. Ray G
    Oh, I meant out of 2016. It's moved to winter 2017 at the earliest - and frankly, I'm skeptical we'll see it then if the script still isn't finished.
  7. Ray G
    I'm pretty sure American Sniper will soon have outgrossed the other 7 Best Picture nominees combined.
  8. Ray G
    With Avatar 2 out, I would give the early odds on winning the year as roughly 75% for Disney's contenders, 25% for Batman vs. Superman.
  9. Ray G
    My picks for best picture: The Revenant St. James Place The Martian The Hateful Eight Trumbo Joy Suffragette The Walk In the Light Between Oceans
  10. Ray G
    I mean, just looking at critical ratings, even half of the critics who gave Boxtrolls a positive review just nudged it over the line to positive. It's very clearly playing the role of The Reader in a field of four other nominees with 90%+ ratings and the Lego Movie, which was as high as any of them.
  11. Ray G
    So barring a sudden massive drop, 340 is almost locked, huh?
  12. Ray G
    I would probably give that the nod over Big Hero 6, actually. I haven't seen either of the two indie ones, so I can't judge either way.
  13. Ray G
    I'm not certain that without the controversy and releasing on schedule, it would have made much more than 46M.
  14. Ray G
    I do think there's a good chance that if that one is another breakout hit like Frozen, it could become the first non-Pixar movie to get nominated since Beauty and the Beast.
  15. Ray G
    I think it's based on a near-plotless children's book. And by children's book, I mean one of those cardboard board books for toddlers.
  16. Ray G
    That year was insanely loaded. I could make a case for any of TS3, Inception, True Grit, or The Social Network as the best film of the year, and The King's Speech and Winter's Bone aren't far behind.
  17. Ray G
    It's probably in post-production already or close. They just moved it back a few months to get it out from under the buzz saw of Star Wars and have a chance of making money. Plus, it's also likely the close to the trilogy like HTTYD 3.
  18. Ray G
    It really is the animated equivalent of The Reader getting nominated over The Dark Knight - a clear case where the audience and critics widely prefer one of the two, but the voting base only cares about genre and "craft", deeming the inferior one to be superior based on criteria that have little to do with the overall quality.
  19. Ray G
    No way does HTTYD3 get canned. 2 was a bit disappointing, but still profitable, and they need all the franchise money they can get right now. I fully expect we'll never see Boss Baby, though. I can't imagine what they were thinking when they greenlit it,
  20. Ray G
    The subject matter makes me doubtful it'll be a big contender either way. Of course, any movie could wind up disappointing, but St. James Place seems to have the best pedigree this coming year, with Trumbo not far behind.
  21. Ray G
    Given the creative pedigree involved here, I could easily see this having a GOTG-like critical reception and breaking out at the box office. I doubt even that would be enough for the Academy to nominate a sci-fi blockbuster released on Memorial Day, though.
  22. Ray G
    Well, clearly for this to happen, Crimson Peak has to be both excellent and a box office breakout. I just think the Academy might be more likely to bite in that case than they would for Tomorrowland.
  23. Ray G
    Coens will be up for Screenplay this year already for St. James Place, if it's good. Tomorrowland, I expect will be one of the year's best reviews blockbusters, but it won't be nominated. Now the big-budget film that I think might have an outside chance? Crimson Peak. Sure, a horror movie getting nominated is unlikely, but it has happened before - The Exorcist, even a winner in Silence of the Lambs - and Crimson Peak is a gothic period piece ghost story with an all-star cast. That's my dark horse.
  24. Ray G
    I would say Cranston vs. DiCaprio vs. Hanks.
  25. Ray G
    American Sniper and Spielberg would have been a disastrous mismatch. I'll always wonder what his Interstellar would have been like, though.
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