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Trailer Park: The Amazing Spider-Man
Spider-Man returns to the big screen this May sans Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire. Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) guides the wall-crawler on a new set of adventures with Sony Pictures’ The Amazing Spider-Man. With their February 5th “The Untold Story Begin Here” promotional marketing campaign, Sony and Webb have revealed their latest trailer for this summer’s highly anticipated...
The Light and Dark Side of Star Wars Commercial Marketing [Editorial]
The signs have appeared: it’s time for Star Wars to return to theaters. No, I’m not talking about the sudden abundance of advertisements announcing the upcoming release of The Phantom Menace in 3D. Instead it’s the burst of commercials using the classic Star Wars characters and music to shill other products.
Ever since the Star Wars saga found its initial burst of popularity, every time it has...
Box Office Results: Chronicle Soars High
Part of looking at movies does involve the business side of show business. We try to have a little fun with it, as each week Tim makes his predictions as to how movies will perform at the Box Office. Then, on Sundays, we look at how Tim’s predictions fared.
This whole box office prediction thing is a little scary sometimes. You have weeks like last week where Tim was completely off, and then turn...
Tim Takes on the Box Office: Throwing Darts and Finding Chronicle
You’ve heard Tim make his weekly predictions on our podcast, guessing how the box office numbers are going to play out as we discuss each week’s estimates. Now we’re putting them down in text just to see how good Tim’s track record winds up. Tune in each week as we compare Tim’s predictions against the actual numbers from the box office weekend, as Tim takes on the Box Office.
Here we go...
In Theaters: Big Miracle, Chronicle, and The Woman in Black [Feb 3rd]
What better way to kick off February than with the return of an old friend? “In Theaters” is our weekly look at what is coming out in theaters each week. I’ll add in a little commentary and some of the Widescreen Warrior staff offer up their picks for the week – this is not the movie we think will be the most successful, but what movie we would (or will) shell out money to see...
Box Office Returns: Liam Neeson Brings Green with Grey
Part of looking at movies does involve the business side of show business. We try to have a little fun with it, as each week Tim makes his predictions as to how movies will perform at the Box Office. Then, on Sundays, we look at how Tim’s predictions fared.
Tim warned us when he made his picks: the week was a total crapshoot. Sure enough, our box office guru had a large success when it came to picking...
Tim Takes on the Box Office: Grey is the New Gold
You’ve heard Tim make his weekly predictions on our podcast, guessing how the box office numbers are going to play out as we discuss each week’s estimates. Now we’re putting them down in text just to see how good Tim’s track record winds up. Tune in each week as we compare Tim’s predictions against the actual numbers from the box office weekend, as Tim takes on the Box Office.
Tim’s...
2012 Oscar Nominations Announced: Hugo Leads the Way
I love Oscar nomination day. Usually I’ll take off time from work and watch as the announcements are made live – the feeling of wonder, amazement, and sycophantic glee is almost tangible as the names are listed off. Then, it’s quick to the website to post the nominations along with (not-so)witty commentary as to where the nominations are good and bad.
Unfortunately, this year, I am way too far...
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Box Office Results: Underworld Awakening Slays Competitors
Part of looking at movies does involve the business side of show business. We try to have a little fun with it, as each week Tim makes his predictions as to how movies will perform at the Box Office. Then, on Sundays, we look at how Tim’s predictions fared.
As I pointed out mid-week, Tim has long been a fan of the Underworld franchise, so I was very surprised when he announced Haywire was his pick...
Tim Takes On the Box Office: Rise of the Lycans and Vampires
You’ve heard Tim make his weekly predictions on our podcast, guessing how the box office numbers are going to play out as we discuss each week’s estimates. Now we’re putting them down in text just to see how good Tim’s track record winds up. Tune in each week as we compare Tim’s predictions against the actual numbers from the box office weekend, as Tim takes on the Box Office.
Tim has long...
