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75% any time of the day, any day of the week is fantastic. Unless it's a tiny screen or you only got like two screens in the cinema.

What do you mean by "only 75% full"?

what the FUCK

Imagine a scruffy-faced Gerard Butler yelling, "ALL THE ACTION!" and that's how much action there is in the movie.

LHF and Zootopia both doing slightly better than I predicted, that's good. (17 & 64 respectively)

Sorry, what? You are expecting Zootopia to do stronger evening performance and London Has Fallen to do stronger afternoons? What ? That makes no sense whatsoever.

Performance at box office after OW: Twilight: 2.77x 50 Shades: 1.95x Not really the same. 50 Shades was an event movie, and wasn't particularly well received by its target audience. Sequel will see a huge drop.

Well, I enjoyed it. There's a great montage at the start of the movie that introduced all the world leaders, each represented by hilarious stereotypes of their country. With regard to budget, I would be surprised if it was as cheap as 60M. The first one was 70M and this looks much more expensive. (But there are so many factors in a films cost so hard to tell just by watching the film)

I would complain about your taste in movies but you give PRIDE 97/100 so you are redeemed. Your artwork is making me giggle, keep that up

I think they have to be approved before creation(?) otherwise people will just start WWW/R threads for anything they find disappointing.

Based on our opening day numbers, expect a very underwhelming opening for London Has Fallen.

stupid article spoiling one of the funniest moments in the film That article is waaaaaaay too long though. It's a visual gag that lasts a whole four seconds or so. Nothing more.

31. True Story TRUE STORY is a powerful film about justice and testimony. After Christian Longo is jailed for murdering his family, journalist Michael Finkel is drawn to investigate this alleged psychopath, hoping to find a new big story for himself after he is fired from the New York Times. What follows is a gripping drama between two men, each trying to decipher the other one. James Franco is truly creepy as Christian Longo, and Jonah Hill's natural naivety is used to great effect by director Rupert Goold. The film takes place in the harsh landscape of winter in Montana, and Nietzschean ideas of looking into the abyss make for an effective, chilling movie. It's Goold's first theatrical film, and I have heard arguments that it feels like a TV movie, but I saw it in the cinema and I'm very glad I did. It's a small film that in another year I might have missed.

32. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. I haven't liked any of Guy Ritchie's movies, to be honest. His films have always been shallow, pretentious or just plain dull. As such, I went into this film with just a little cynicism. What a pleasure, then, to be proven so wrong. This is a terrific blockbuster action-spy movie, and bests any attempt James Bond has made on screen. It's fun, it's funny, it's vibrant and colourful, the performances are all-around wonderful - put simply, Ritchie has upped his game by several steps. I fell in love with the characters of Illya Kuryakin and Napoleon Solo, both of whom were utterly convincing characters and performances from Hammer and Cavill. There's no crass sexism, there's no feeling that it's looking down on its audience, but instead inviting them to join in the fun. This is how all blockbusters should be!

33. Life LIFE tells the story behind Dennis Stock's now-iconic photo shoots with James Dean. It's the relationship between these two young men both trying to find their way in the world, told through two terrific, pure performances. The soft, almost damp cinematography makes the film feel delicate, much like a freshly printed photograph. Equally, the film is presented like a photoessay - we are taken from iconic frame to iconic frame, interchanged with tense, passionate conversations. Dane DeHaan is marvellous as Dean himself, although Robert Pattinson is just as good as the photographer trying to follow Dean around and expose his genius to the world.

feels really strange that a British production of a British story gets released in America one month before Britain.

people will still go see it. It doesn't cost anything to keep the movie going so why wouldn't you do it?

Cool. I remember last year (or year before, whenever the previous countdown was) there were bunch of actors (including ones I voted) that were actors who were in things like a loooong time ago. I think there was even one guy who was dead(?)

Eligibility of TV actors?

He still made a cheap hit in CHRONICLE, he will be able to keep making movies if he wants to. (But from the sound of it, he may not actually want to)

Cranston/Franco? I'm in.

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Dishonourably Discharged And now the not-so-good. Okay, starting with the obvious here. #MORTDECAI really is as terrible as it looks. One minute into the film, you ask yourself if Johnny Depp is really going to talk through the film like this, and you realise that, unfortunately, indeed he will. Its "jokes" are preposterous, the actors are revolting, and everyone involved should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves. I lost any expectations of Depp several years ago, but Paul Bettany, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Goldblum(!) and Olivia Munn should know better. NO ESCAPE is a zombie flick except the zombies are just Asian people. I mean, all Asian people want to do is kill us foreigners, right? This film is absurd, laughably offensive and simultaneously a pretty shoddy B-movie thriller. Even Pierce Brosnan can't save this stinker. It's such a shame to place this here. I love Star Wars - I love its characters, I love its worlds, I love its melodrama. Unfortunately, none of what I like was to be found in THE FORCE AWAKENS - a dull, uninspired cash-in that did nothing more than rehash George Lucas's masterful original film. Aside from the money, there is no point in this film. Like Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean and other franchises, this movie is the epitome of Hollywood simply making films for audiences that will lap up any old shit as long as it's got a brand on it. There are nearly no merits to this disappointing entry to the saga; all I can hope for is that future films can improve. THE VISIT. Oh my. Words can't describe this film. All I can say is that it is neither a comedy nor a horror; there is nothing in this film that makes any sense; and that this is M. Night Shyamalan's worst film yet. From Ed Oxenbould's ear-scraping rapping to the embarrassing attempt at a plot twist, this makes LADY IN THE WATER look like a masterpiece. I used to like Cameron Crowe very much. I've even tried to defend him in recent years despite some of his past few films. But ALOHA is the nail in the coffin - proof that Cameron Crowe not only should not be making films, but should probably be locked in a mental institution. This clusterfuck of a movie is hilariously terrible (Bill Murray's nuclear terrorist!?), yet kind of depressing at the same time (Emma Stone giving an awful performance?!). None of it makes sense, it's like Crowe made 15 different movies and then chopped them up and put them in any order and put this out without any additional editing. THERE IS A SCENE IN WHICH TWO MEN LOOK AT EACH OTHER SILENTLY AND THEIR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS ARE SUBTITLED IN FLUID ENGLISH DIALOGUE. THIS BUILDS CHARACTER, APPARENTLY. Can there be any doubt that this is the worst film of the year?

Honourable Mentions Firstly I want to just mention a few movies that I enjoyed more than other people. These are films that, at least on this forum, provoked something of a negative backlash, and although they didn't make it into my list of favourites, I will defend each of these films to the death. BLACKHAT is not one of the finest films from almost anyone involved, and hunky Chris Hemsworth as a world-class hacker is about as believable as Meg Ryan as a helicopter pilot. But Michael Mann's trademark knack for piecing together thrilling action sequences still shines, and decent performances from its diverse cast hold this together as a really solid genre movie. I have no idea what JUPITER ASCENDING was about. From the astral wolf romance to planetary invasions, I have no clue what any of the characters were doing or why any of the utter nonsense on-screen was going on. But you know what? I enjoyed it. There's some lovely, intricate design of worlds and ships and costumes, and the vivid imaginations of the Wachowskis is evident in every shot. I can't deny that I had fun - and who can say no to Eddie Redmayne as Emperor Ming? I'm not ashamed; I laughed all the way through MINIONS. It's cute and innocent and it has at least three billion references to British pop culture. It's pure slapstick joy. I've seen it three times and if I were stuck on a desert island with only this movie? You know, that would be okay. I was never a big fan of the Terminator films, and maybe that's why I liked this, but TERMINATOR GENISYS was at least fun. It's great to see Arnie back in the role after such a long gap, and the performances from Emilia Clarke and Lord Jai are not as terrible as they should be. In fact, that's the resounding theme here - it's nowhere near as rubbish as it ought to be. No, it doesn't add much if you've already seen the previous movies, but if you want to spend 2 hours watching Schwarzenegger's "Pops" reel off one-liners in machine-gun fashion, look no further. TOMORROWLAND is hugely flawed. Its ending is completely out of place, it's got plot holes you could fit an alternative universe in, and I don't quite buy into all of its characters. But you have to give it to Brad Bird for having the balls to make a movie like this, for making a film that looks down upon its audience for paying to watch this action blockbuster rather than going out and making their own. If you've seen the film, it won't surprise you why so many people dislike it, but it has values (from both a philosophical and cinematic point of view) that I can get behind, and the central cast are great. And any film that can pull off a relationship between a 10 year old and a 50 year old and not make it creepy is a film to be admired. Enslaved miners singing Nirvana. Flying pirate ships fighting Nazi bombers. PAN is the craziest version of J. M. Barrie's legendary story ever put to film, and as a result it's the best. This is how a fantasy dream world should be, and this should be the standard to which live-action kids movies adhere. My only complaint is that it ended. This was the first time I'd ever seen a dinosaur movie at the cinema. Needless to say, I was sceptical that JURASSIC WORLD could match the original, but after watching it three times on the big screen, it's safe to say it holds its own. Colin Trevorrow's cynical vision of what this theme park would be is brilliantly realised, and it's this picture of the park that makes the film stand on its own. It's absolutely accurate, and just seeing the attractions in working order is really something to marvel at. Of course, this is just the background - the real fun is the central family drama and the terrific action scenes. Watching this, I felt a vibe that made me giddy like a child, and for that it earns a place in this list.

I generally like to wait until everyone else has done their end of year lists before writing mine. It gives me a little more time to think about the past year and I don't like being swept up by awards hype. For me, the past year has been something of a revelation in cinema. I went to the cinema about three times a week and I got a job working in my local independent multiplex. I've seen more films from 2015 than I have from the previous 5 years combined. I've loved seeing a vast array of new films, and I just want to share a bit of my experiences. So I have compiled a list of my 33 favourite films of the year, and I'll throw in a few broad achievement categories too. I know I am prone to take weeks or months with my lists but I shall try to get through this at a relatively quick pace.