Recent content by Tom Ryan

Well, I don't quite win since I predicted around $80 million it looks like it will achieve more around $70 million :). It's lower than I expected, but then again it is possible that more people will be seeing it Saturday and Sunday. Incidentally, I actually saw the film at a 9:15 a.m. showing...

I predict double that for the opening weekend, and probably more than double that for the overall run. Don't underestimate this film, it's got an enormous built-in audience from the books (85 million copies sold, the second-biggest selling series in history), and the Christian factor cannot be...

1. The Lord Of The Rings - Extended Editions 2. The Ultimate Matrix Collection 3. The Ultimate Toy Box 4. The Godfather Collection 5. E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial - Ultimate Box Set 6. Fight Club 7. Terminator 2 - Ultimate Edition 8. Se7en - Platinum Edition 9. Citizen Kane 10. The...

With MSRP's of $49.95, these should end up costing about the same as the Simpsons season sets, $30-$35 apiece, which is great news.

I heard the same thing from Moriarty of Ain't It Cool News, he said that there would not be an extended cut of Reloaded on this set.

Personally, I don't believe there to be a double standard concerning violence at all. The only standard is that, if violence is present, it shouldn't be gratuitous. Gratuitous, wanton, pointless violence is what gets complained about by conservatives. I don't recall much complaint over the...

Tino, I feel great that this film is: A. A very well made film, and very in line with actual Christian beliefs B. Being so widely embraced by the Christian audience out there that would never put up these kinds of numbers for films like Megiddo and Left Behind Let's hope this ushers in...

Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role Sean Penn - Mystic River Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role Tim Robbins - Mystic River Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role Charlize Theron - Monster Performance By An Actress In A Supporting Role Renee Zellweger - Cold...

Kevin, what I meant by a TRULY objective figure is one that takes into account all the special situations like re-releases, home video, national pastimes, etc. Something that could take EVERYTHING into account to truly gauge the ultimate popularity of a film. I just...don't know how you'd do it.

Regarding inflated box office figures...it's true that there are factors affecting box office today that didn't exist in the past, but really all of that is irrelevant if you're just concerned with butts in seats. In that regard, older films reign supreme. Inflation adjustment is not a...

Interestingly, ROTK only has to make about $6 million more before it breaks into the top 50 inflation-adjusted box office grosses of all time. To me, this is more significant, since the current grosses are basically meaningless if not compared to inflation, and puts ROTK more in the perspective...

Lin, I think the easy answer here is that since FOTR already won for cinematography, the Academy decided not to nominate ROTK. Going with the "reward the films as a trilogy" thing, you'll notice they didn't nominate it for sound editing either, an award TTT won last year. There are a few...

FYI, all of the LOTR films grossed more worldwide than Spider-Man did.

It's probably been noted before, but as rare as the picture/director split at the Oscars is, it's happened every other year since 1998. 1998 - Spielberg director, but Shakespeare In Love picture 2000 - Soderbergh director, but Gladiator picture 2002 - Polanski director, but Chicago...

I just checked my X2 disc, and the one scene that I definitely remembered was on there. After Pyro blows up the policemen at Iceman's house and they've all gotten into the jet, Wolverine looks at Nightcrawler and says "Who's this?" Nightcrawler says "My name is Kurt Wagner, but in the Munich...