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I'm not sure I understand what this is implying, and not sure I want to know either. But carry on.

I'm not sure. Apparently it's coming out on DVD February 14, so it'll probably fall just short ala The Social Network.

I don't know, I'm looking more at the trend of the Academy's habit of not skewing that young in the male categories. I very much doubt we're going to end up with three under-30 actors (Hedges, Johnson, Patel) in one category and Hedges is the one who appears most vulnerable.

I loved this. Sure, it's manipulative at times, but the story packs such an emotional wallop that it's hard not to get swept up in it. Sunny Pawar (can I adopt him please?) and Dev Patel are both excellent as the child/adult versions of Saroo, and Nicole Kidman is marvelous as a warm adoptive mother. Rooney Mara is kinda wasted here though; she's good in the role but her stuff could've been cut to no ill effect. That's really the only complaint I had with it though. This should connect strongly with anyone who gives it a chance. A-

I finally saw this on Netflix the other day, what a cute movie. John Carney has definitely carved out a solid corner for himself between Once, Begin Again, and now this. B+

A Arrival La La Land Love & Friendship Manchester by the Sea Moonlight A- The Edge of Seventeen Eye in the Sky Fences Finding Dory Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water Lion Moana Zootopia B+ 10 Cloverfield Lane Bridget Jones's Baby Captain America: Civil War Deadpool Doctor Strange Don't Breathe Everybody Wants Some!! Ghostbusters Hello, My Name is Doris Hidden Figures The Jungle Book The Nice Guys Sausage Party Silence Sing Street B Bad Moms Central Intelligence Deepwater Horizon Eddie the Eagle Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them How to Be Single Jackie Kung Fu Panda 3 Me Before You Money Monster Nocturnal Animals The Secret Life of Pets The Shallows Sing Star Trek Beyond Sully B- Allied Florence Foster Jenkins Jason Bourne The Magnificent Seven Nerve Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Rogue One: A Star Wars Story War Dogs Whiskey Tango Foxtrot X-Men: Apocalypse C+ 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi The Accountant The Boss The Girl on the Train Hail, Caesar! The Legend of Tarzan Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Patriots Day Swiss Army Man C Alice Through the Looking Glass Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Office Christmas Party Passengers Snowden Triple 9 C- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Now You See Me 2 Why Him? D+ Suicide Squad D Collateral Beauty The Divergent Series: Allegiant Independence Day: Resurgence

Depends on how much theater losses hit it in the weeks ahead. $45M looks like a good target at the moment.

The Sad Affleck meme is perfect for a moment such as this.

At least @That One Guy could claim one victory.

I'm really getting a strong feeling that ATJ is gonna kick Hedges out, unfortunately.

I don't understand where the somewhat large predictions xXx are coming from. This feels at least 12 years too late.

The Help opened in the summer when it didn't really have Oscar buzz to piggyback on so no.

It was moved all the way up from October to January and then was given a qualifying December release to make it look like WB still had an Oscar contender in their wings (since they usually have at least one every year and it was becoming apparent that Sully was fading) to save face. Alas, they are now all but guaranteed to sit out completely this year for once in a rare off year for them.

I'm so excited for this movie's remaining run. It could be past $150M by Oscar night.

It's gonna make less in its entire run than Gangster Squad did opening weekend. Embarrassing for all involved.

Hidden Figures and La La Land are the big winners. The latter is headed for $150M at a minimum, and the former is on track for at least $125M. Nice to see quality getting so heavily rewarded.

Taylor Swift's brother is actually in the movie, and Scott Eastwood was originally until he got cut from it. That should have told us right then and there this would be a flop.

Live by Night wouldn't have done well no matter where it opened, but I think it could've at least put up an okay $15M opening had it opened an April. The stench of "failed awards bait" is just too much to overcome.

Two of those movies are well on their to $100M+ and the other was a tough sell. Next.

I think it's a given that this isn't meant to be a serious or realistic depiction of mental illness lol.

The Jillian Bell character was based on BOT (since both constantly like to make old jokes at Jonah Hill/Tele's expense).

Of course your parents did.

I saw Patriots Day today and I'm really not surprised that audiences aren't really going out of their way to catch it. Unless you were completely blacked out during that April week nearly 4 years ago, there's little reason to see it.

Eh. It's a certainly a movie with moments of power and tension (the bombing itself is suitably harrowing, and the shootout in Watertown is especially well-done), but the main problem with the movie is that there's really no reason for it to exist, especially when these events that occurred less than four years unfolded like an actual movie in real time with the whole world watching. We don't learn anything that we didn't already know going in, and Peter Berg seems unsure if he wants to make a documentary (real footage is often used) or a Hollywood-ized account of the events that transpired. Mark Wahlberg is fine, but his completely fictionalized character's only purpose seems to be to have a famous face that the audience can latch on to. In fact, this has to be one of the bigger wastes of an ensemble cast in all of 2016 cinema, as J.K. Simmons, Kevin Bacon, and John Goodman are given little to nothing to do and poor Michelle Monagahn might as well had been excised from the movie completely. The actors playing the bombers are pretty good and create a chilling presence, though, and Melissa Benoist (aka Supergirl) gets by far the best scene in the movie (the interrogation scene with Khandi Alexander). It's certainly a well-meaning movie that was clearly made with noble intentions (although can we please retire this recent trend of showing interviews with the real people at the end of the movie? Here it proves especially excessive), but if you unless you were living in a cave in April 2013, there isn't much of a reason to seek this out. I thought this was on par with Lone Survivor; Deepwater Horizon is the only one of the Berg/Wahlberg collaborations to date that I've cared about. C+

Also, it'll be interesting to see what happens to Ben Affleck's career as a director now after the strong run he had going for him. First he made a strong debut with Gone Baby Gone, a critical hit that made little at the box office but got some nominations and found a following on DVD. Then he struck with a critical and box office hit that also got some nominations with The Town. Then he got a critical and box office hit that would not only also got nominations but won Best Picture with Argo. And he follows it up with...Live by Night, a critical flop and an even bigger box office bomb. Hopefully this doesn't mark the beginning of a downturn.