Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest- $350-380 million 2. Superman Returns- $315-340 million 3. Cars- $275-290 million 4. The Da Vinci Code- $260-280 million 5. Over the Hedge- $230-245 million 6. X-Men: The Last Stand- $205-215 million 7. Eragon- $185-200 million 8. Ice Age 2: The Meltdow...

Well, it is kind of weird that you list Free Willy as a failure when it made $200,000 more than Philadelphia in the same year (and Philadelphia was more of a Mass Market film than Free Willy anyway.. c'mon! Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington vs. Michael Madsen, a kid, and a whale?). Also, The Birdcage...

I did some research on other family films... Because of Winn Dixie - 32.6 mil Holes - 67.4 mil Fly Away Home - 25.1 mil Free Willy - 77.6 mil Beethoven - 57.1 mil Black Stallion - 37.7 mil My Dog Skip - 34.1 mil Oh and those Christian films: Passion and Chronicles are certainly above 200 mil but wh...

1. King Kong (d. Peter Jackson) **** 2. Brokeback Mountain (d. Ang Lee) **** 3. March of the Penguins (d. Luc Jacquet) **** [NEW] 4. Good Night, and Good Luck (d. George Clooney) *** ½ 5. Munich (d. Steven Spielberg) *** ½ 6. Batman Begins (d. Christopher Nolan) *** ½ 7. War of the Worlds (d. Steve...

1. King Kong (d. Peter Jackson) **** 2. Brokeback Mountain (d. Ang Lee) **** 3. Good Night, and Good Luck (d. George Clooney) *** ½ 4. Munich (d. Steven Spielberg) *** ½ 5. Batman Begins (d. Christopher Nolan) *** ½ 6. Crash (d. Paul Haggis) *** ½ 7. War of the Worlds (d. Steven Spielberg) *** ½ 8....

01. King Kong (d. Peter Jackson) **** [NEW] 02. Good Night, and Good Luck (d. George Clooney) *** 1/2 03. Crash (d. Paul Haggis) *** 1/2 04. Batman Begins (d. Christopher Nolan) *** 1/2 05. War of the Worlds (d. Steven Spielberg) *** 1/2 06. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (d. Mike Newell) *** ...

Finally I see something else! 01. Good Night, and Good Luck (d. George Clooney) *** 1/2 02. Crash (d. Paul Haggis) *** 1/2 03. Batman Begins (d. Christopher Nolan) *** 1/2 04. War of the Worlds (d. Steven Spielberg) *** 1/2 05. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (d. Mike Newell) *** 06. Wedding Cr...

God.. my list looks like a damn fanboy list. I finally see a new movie after more than three months, and it's Harry Potter . Perhaps I should order Crash off the Pay-Per-View. 01. Batman Begins (d. Christopher Nolan) *** 1/2 02. War of the Worlds (d. Steven Spielberg) *** 1/2 03. Harry Potter and t...

Oscars to honour screen great Olivia de Havilland LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Oscars organisers will honour Academy Award-winning screen legend Olivia de Havilland at a special ceremony next year, they announced. The 89-year-old actress -- who starred in such classic films as 1939's "Gone with the Win...

I just realized I never posted my list... 1. Schindler's List (1993, Steven Spielberg) 2. Pulp Fiction (1994, Quentin Tarantino) 3. Goodfellas (1990, Martin Scorsese) 4. Unforgiven (1992, Clint Eastwood) 5. Braveheart (1995, Mel Gibson) 6. Before Sunrise (1995, Richard Linklater) 7. L.A. Confidenti...

I voted for L.A. Confidential , probably because it's my favorite movie of the bunch, but he was, IMO, also the best thing (actually, come to think of it, the only good thing) about the bland The Quick and the Dead , which you didn't list for some reason. I thought that he actually made the movie s...

Gawd!! I NEED to go to the movies... my parents have been more often than I have, and some of the movies I've seen this year were ones my mom dragged me to (most of which I hated). 1. War of the Worlds (d. Steven Spielberg) *** 1/2 2. Batman Begins (d. Christopher Nolan) *** 1/2 3. Wedding Crashers...

Anyone care to guess what name they will choose for the baby? They are celebrities, after all, and you know how celebrities love to name their children weird things. Here's a few names that I'd like to throw out there... Bloogs Clam Elron Entheta Heber Jentzsch Marcabs Narconon Teegeeack Terl Theta...

1. War of the Worlds (d. Steven Spielberg) **** [NEW] 2. Batman Begins (d. Christopher Nolan) *** 1/2 3. Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith (d. George Lucas) *** 4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (d. Garth Jennings) *** 5. Kingdom of Heaven (d. Ridley Scott) ** 1/2 6. Sin City (d. Ro...