On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (February 29th, 2016) Mark Ellis, Jon Schnepp, Dennis Tzeng and Kristian Harloff discuss the following:
Last night wasthe 2016 Academy Awards and the winners were a mix of locks with a ton of surprises.Spotlightwon best picture over favoredThe Revenant.Though it missed out on best picture,The Revenantdidn’t go home empty handed. It won best director forAlejandro G. Iñárritu, best cinematography forEmmanuel Lubezkiand finally, best actor for its starLeonardo DiCaprio. The other big winners of the night: Best Actress went toBrie LarsonforRoom, best supporting actress went toAlicia VikanderforThe Danish GirlandMark Rylancewon for Best Supporting Actor forBridge of Spies.For best Adapted ScreenplayThe Big Shortwon top honors withSpotlightwinning best original screenplay.Inside Outtook home best animated movie.
It’s Monday which means it’s time for the weekend box office report brought to you by our friends at AMC Theaters. Continuing its domination at the box office,Deadpool,was No. 1 in its third weekend in a row bringing in $31.5 million dollars. Taking the No. 2 spot wasGods of Egyptwith $14 million.Kung Fu Panda 3took the No. 3 spot with 9 million.Risenat No 4 with 7 million and at No 5,Eddie the Eaglebringing in 6.3 million. The other wide release,Triple 9, couldn’t crack the top 5, bringing in only 6.1 million.
There seems to be a number of problems surrounding 20th Century Fox’s soloX-MenFilmGambitthatFox has now decided to pull it completely from its 2016 release schedule, dating two unnamed Marvel films instead. The movie starringChanning Tatum, went through a number of directors before finally settling onEdge of Tomorrow’sDoug Liman. No word on when the movie will be released now. The two mystery Marvel films will now drop on June 16, 2025 and August 23, 2025.
Speaking of release dates, whileGambitstruggles to the starting gate,Fox is moving forward on their Alien and Predator films.Ridley Scott’sAlien:Covenantwill now debut on July 17, 2025 going up againstPitch Perfect 3in theatres.The Predator, the highly-anticipated movie with a script byShane BlackandMonster SquaddirectorFred Dekker, will arrive in theaters on June 29, 2025.
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As the hype forBatman V Superman Dawn of Justicehits a fever pitch, US Weekly is now reporting that Batman himself,Ben Affleck, would tweak the script while on set and dressed as the Batman. The report also claims that Affleck wasn’t thrilled with the script in question so he would find the time on multiple occasions to rework it.
Now that his work onAsh vs. Evil Deadis over,Sam Raimiis on to his next directing gig. Variety is reporting that theSpider-ManandEvil Deaddirector will helm the featureWorld War 3based on predictions fromGeorge Friedman’snonfiction best-selling book“The Next 100 Years.”In the 2009 book, the author and renowned strategist predicts the future of our world based on existing intelligence and data that includes a new Cold War with new technologies that will change the way we live and fight our wars. There is no release date as of yet.
Kevin Rockhead writes,
Long time watcher from London in the UK. I love all the shows you do and look forward to the Schmoes being official part of the family.
My question is regarding movies ageing. I was following the Oscars ceremony on The Guardian newspaper website as they were tweeting regular updates as to what was happening. When Inarritu won, one of the journalists commented thatBirdmanhas aged badly in the past year (an opinion I totally disagree with). In your opinion which movies have aged badly (or not at all) and what is it that makes some movies age badly while others are almost timeless?
Alex Caviness writes,
Hey guys, love the show. Been watching since Schnepp was just a disembodied head on a webcam. I was wondering who you would choose to give an honorary Oscar to for their career in film?
