At first glance, 2010 seems to have been a profitable year in the movie business. According to Box Office Mojo, 2010 was the second highest-grossing year of all time, preceded by 2009 when Avatar captured our hearts and wallets. With $10.57 billion in ticket sales one could say Tinseltown made off pretty good. That would be incorrect. Actual attendance was 1.27 billion, the lowest attendance in 15 years.
This week on Player Affinity we have a quartet of films that may have been flying under your movie radar including Saw III and Saw IV director Darren Lynn Bousman’s Mother’s Day and the dramedy A Little Bit of Heaven starring Kate Hudson. Interested in upping your cinematic cred? Well read on, it’s Trailer Tracker.
I’ve decided to make this the first article in a series; a series whose entries will appear in these unique situations where the releases of the week are not worth commenting on further or preclude me from giving a recommendation that I’d like. Basically, I will spotlight a favorite film of my own. This allows me to continue the goal of recommending good cinema, instead of half-heartedly saying “hey, you liked The Dilemma with Kevin James? Check out Paul Blart: Mall Cop.” It’ll allow me to give you better recommendations and have more fun while doing so.
Entering is and always has been simple. You read through this post and leave a comment with, in order, what you think the top five box office finishers will be that weekend. Finish out 2011 on top and you will win something COOL.
Ron Howard, though he doesn’t have quite the pull that Scorsese or Spielberg or Tarantino does, has enough to make me hand over the cash equivalent of 42 minutes of working time to see his film. The man shows a true zest for his profession, which in turn is manifested in his movies. He reminds me oddly enough of the Coen Brothers, each seemingly trying to successfully attack every genre film has to offer.
Over the next three years almost all of the major superhero resources will have been strip-mined with the exception of Wonder Woman, The Flash and Aquaman, and it should not take long for these entries to see the light of the silver screen if trends continue, but where do they go from there?
Even with the downtime that accompanies January at theaters, Trailer Tracker may still have some clips that tickle your fancy, so to speak. John Carpenter’s The Ward and the third installment in Martin Lawrence’s “Big Mommas House” franchise are among this week’s trailers, so if the post Christmas blues have you down, don’t fret, its Trailer Tracker.
There are a couple of films that Nic Cage is in that are watchable, but this is in spite of his presence, not because of it. Nonetheless, since I’m tasked with recommending cinematic fodder in this column, I suppose I will throw at you a couple of Cage movies that I found less than reprehensible.
Welcome to the NEW Box Office Wizard, Player Affinity’s premiere movie box office prediction competition and your chance every week to feel like a flippin’ genius – nay – wizard. Entering is and always has been simple. You read through this post and leave a comment with, in order, what you think the top five box office finishers will be that weekend.
As exciting as it is to start 2011 with a clean slate of movies, if you know anything about the annual movie calendar, studios dump films with low expectations into January (usually) with hopes of making whatever money they can. So in figuring out what to see at the theaters, there’s always this giant shadow of doubt because the film was released in January. So tip-toeing cautiously, we present to you our January Movie Preview.
