Monday, April 22, 2019 at 5:24PM by Murtada Elfadl & Nathaniel R
With the weekend bringing so few movies to theaters we opted for an all listener questions episode of the podcast. You can listen to the podcast here at the bottom of the post or download from iTunes. We hope you enjoy our answers and provide some of your own in the comments.
So many good questions, thank you. Comment party in 3...2...1... Go!
Friday, March 1, 2019 at 7:00PM by Nathaniel R
Woman at War -- see it before the American remake dumbs it down!
Consider this weekend a warm-up to the 2019 Film Year! Yes, yes, we've technically had 2 full months of releases but for us each new year begins once we've recuperatd from the Oscars. So our personal rebirth begins next weekend with a double dose of Best Actresses Brie Larson and Julianne Moore (in Captain Marvel and Gloria Bell, respectively) -- Actressexuality forevah!
But if you're ready to dive into 2019 already, there are a lot of films opening this weekend and we happen to have covered three of them already so check it out. ★ = highly recommended...
Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 9:54AM 
Yesterday we saw huge increases in theater counts for several of the 37 Oscar nominated films (marked by up arrows below). If you've missed any of them, this is the week for it. The titles marked with an asterisk below were already on their way out of the theaters and did not add screens, so you'd best hurry up if you can find them!
Monday, November 26, 2018 at 6:39PM by Nathaniel R
What did you see over the long holiday weekend? Some of the movies got a two day headstart opening on Wednesday, others on Friday but awards season is most definitely upon us; almost everything has now screened for someone and there's only one month of the year left to get through. We've expanded the two charts to include all 14 films in wide release (over 800 screens) and the corresponding top players in limited release. There's a glut of titles out there at the moment.
Here's how the box office went down for the holidays. There is a lot to ponder after the jump...
| Weekend Box Office (ACTUALS) (Nov 23rd-25th) |
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| W I D E 800+ screens |
PLATFORM / LIMITED excluding prev. wide |
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| 1 🔺 Ralph Breaks the Internet $56.2 on 4017 screens (cum. $84.7) *NEW* |
1 🔺 Boy Erased $1.5 on 672 screens (cum. $4.5) Podcast |
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| 2 🔺 Creed 2 $35.5 on 3441 screens (cum. $56) *NEW* Michael B Jordan, Podcast |
2 Can You Ever Forgive Me $598k on 426 screens (cum. $6) Review, Podcast ❤️ |
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 1:00PM Nathaniel R and Murtada Elfadl talk new films and the Oscar race
Index (58 minutes)
00:01 The story of Gary Hart in The Front Runner starring Hugh Jackman
16:25 El Angel starring Lorenzo Ferro and Chino Darín which is Argentina's Oscar submission
27:22 Sidebar: My Fair Lady on Broadway
34:24 Best Adapted Screenplay: Bradley Cooper, Barry Jenkins, Gillian Flynn, Nicole Holofcener, Spike Lee, Armando Iannucci, Paul Dano & Zoe Kazan could all compete here but which of them will?
45:23 Best Original Screenplay: Roma, The Favourite and Green Book and...?
54:40 Beck claims he's recording a score for Roma... which has no score.
References / Further Reading
• The horror of Beck's Tweet about Roma
• Chris's review of The Front Runner
• Foreign Language Film Submission Chart
• Screenplays Oscar Chart
You can listen to the podcast here at the bottom of the post or download from iTunes. Continue the conversations in the comments, won't you?
