For the first time in all of my years of doing this, I’m not incredibly thrilled with my end of the year list. As usual, there are movies appearing on other people’s lists that I haven’t gotten to see, and unfortunate timing means I won’t be seeing them for another couple of weeks at the best. Rather than hold out on my “Best of” list for 2011 until the point that... 

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. Earlier this week, Tim returned with his weekly predictions. I’ll admit I was a bit surprised by Tim’s choices, particularly his estimate... 

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... 

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. No, you didn’t miss Tim’s predictions earlier this week. Our absent actor has simply been too busy to get his information to me. The truth... 

Oh, Netflix. When will we finally have something good to say about you? It turns out, we have something good to say in this episode, although we have to get through the foolishness that is Reed Hastings before we get to it. We also offer up a review of Moneyball, discuss some favorite Emmy moments, talk a little bit about the new television season, and celebrate Jim Henson’s birthday. Wow –... 

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. Earlier this week, Tim made his predictions for the week. Taking last weekend into account, our Box Office oracle decided a seventeen-year-old... 

There are two important pieces of context you need to know in order to understand my take on Moneyball. First, I am not a huge sports fan. Occasionally I pay attention to various sports, and when I do pay attention to baseball the Oakland Athletics, the team portrayed in Moneyball, are one of my favorite teams, but I’m what you would call a “dabbler” at best when it comes to sports. Secondly,...