Club 50 - 2015 Progress

By now. if you read my blog at all, you must know about my Club 50 project. On the off chance that you don't, here's the gist: Years back, I decided that I was tired of how often people were bringing up popular movies that I hadn't seen, so I came up with this project. I took the top 50 grossing movies of each year since I was born (tracking only goes back to about 1980 on BoxOfficeMojo, so 1987 seemed like a good arbitrary cutoff) and decided I would see them all.
When I began, I was around 47%. I posted an update a couple years ago that only had me at 57%. I was slow to catch up for a while. I picked up steam and got to 80% when I posted an update last year. Now it's time for another.

Out of now 1400 movies, I've seen a total of 1306. That puts me at 93.29%, for a 13% increase over last year. That's 225 movies. That's a lot, especially when you consider that I've seen a lot of other movies too. It's would probably be even more, but I'm starting to hit a real wall. It's getting harder to find these movies. There's even a dozen or so that Netflix doesn't have, which I didn't know was possible.

As I predicted, I've finished a couple years up entirely (2003, 2010). Better yet, I'd be shocked if I'm not caught up by next year. Better yet, I'll be getting to other movies. Better movies, so maybe people won't think this is "A blog for bad movies". I've heard this a lot and I'm really worried about what people think of my taste in movies. That's a problem for the future though. Let's review what I've seen and have left.

A couple things to note:
1) Re-issues, even if I didn't see them in theaters, I'm counting as having seen if I've seen a version of it before since it would be impossible to see that in theaters now.
2) Having seen a movie and remembering it well are two very different things.
3) If you are really attentive, you may notice a couple movies from last year aren't marked off anymore. I go back and look at the list on occasion. In a few cases, I decided that maybe I haven't seen enough of a movie to really count it. No one's testing me on this, so there's no point in cheating by not seeing full movies. I'm keeping myself honest.
4) If anyone reading this has a higher tally, let me know. I'm curious, also, we should probably be friends

	1987	(48/50)
1	Three Men and a Baby	$167,780,960
2	Fatal Attraction	$156,645,693
3	Beverly Hills Cop II	$153,665,036
4	Good Morning Vietnam	$123,922,370
5	Moonstruck	$80,640,528
6	The Untouchables	$76,270,454
7	The Secret of My Success	$66,995,879
8	Stakeout	$65,673,233
9	Lethal Weapon	$65,207,127
10	The Witches of Eastwick	$63,766,510
11	Dirty Dancing	$63,446,382
12	Predator	$59,735,548
13	Throw Momma From the Train	$57,915,972
14	Dragnet	$57,387,516
15	La Bamba	$54,215,416
16	Robocop	$53,424,681
17	Outrageous Fortune	$52,864,741
18	Broadcast News	$51,249,404
19	The Living Daylights	$51,185,897
20	Eddie Murphy Raw	$50,504,655
21	Planes Trains and Automobiles	$49,530,280
22	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Re-issue) (1987)	$46,594,212
23	Full Metal Jacket	$46,357,676
24	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	$44,793,222
25	The Last Emperor	$43,984,230
26	Wall Street	$43,848,069
27	Mannequin	$42,721,196
28	Roxanne	$40,050,884
29	Blind Date	$39,321,715
30	The Running Man	$38,122,105
31	Spaceballs	$38,119,483
32	Summer School	$35,659,098
33	No Way Out	$35,509,515
34	Like Father Like Son	$34,377,585
35	Adventures in Babysitting	$34,368,475
36	Cinderella (Re-issue) (1987)	$34,101,149
37	* batteries not included	$32,945,797
38	The Lost Boys	$32,222,567
39	Can't Buy Me Love	$31,623,833
40	Nuts	$30,950,002
41	The Princess Bride	$30,857,814
42	Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	$30,063,289
43	Harry and the Hendersons	$29,760,613
44	Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol	$28,061,343
45	Overboard	$26,713,187
46	Baby Boom	$26,712,476
47	Innerspace	$25,893,810
48	Tin Men	$25,411,386
49	Black Widow	$25,205,460
50	Ernest Goes to Camp	$23,509,382
	1988	(46/50)
1	Rain Man	$172,825,435
2	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	$156,452,370
3	Coming to America	$128,152,301
4	Big	$114,968,774
5	Twins	$111,938,388
6	Crocodile Dundee II	$109,306,210
7	Die Hard	$83,008,852
8	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	$78,756,177
9	Cocktail	$78,222,753
10	Beetlejuice	$73,707,461
11	Working Girl	$63,779,477
12	A Fish Called Wanda	$62,493,712
13	Scrooged	$60,328,558
14	Willow	$57,269,863
15	Beaches	$57,041,866
16	Rambo III	$53,715,611
17	Oliver & Company	$53,279,055
18	Bull Durham	$50,888,729
19	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	$49,369,899
20	The Land Before Time	$48,092,846
21	Colors	$46,616,067
22	Young Guns	$45,661,556
23	Biloxi Blues	$43,184,798
24	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels	$42,039,085
25	The Great Outdoors	$41,455,230
26	Tequila Sunrise	$41,292,551
27	Big Business	$40,150,487
28	Bambi (Re-issue) (1988)	$39,047,150
29	Midnight Run	$38,413,606
30	The Dead Pool	$37,903,295
31	Red Heat	$34,994,648
32	Dangerous Liaisons	$34,670,720
33	Mississippi Burning	$34,603,943
34	Child's Play	$33,244,684
35	The Accidental Tourist	$32,632,093
36	The Accused	$32,078,318
37	Shoot to Kill	$29,300,090
38	Ernest Saves Christmas	$28,202,109
39	Betrayed	$25,816,139
40	Funny Farm	$25,537,221
41	Alien Nation	$25,216,243
42	Gorillas in the Mist	$24,720,479
43	The Fox and the Hound (re-issue)	$23,556,988
44	License to Drive	$22,433,275
45	Short Circuit 2	$21,630,088
46	Married to the Mob	$21,486,757
47	Punchline	$21,042,667
48	The Presidio	$20,324,096
49	Action Jackson	$20,256,975
50	Tucker: The Man and His Dream	$19,652,638
	1989	(46/50)
1	Batman	$251,188,924
2	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	$197,171,806
3	Lethal Weapon 2	$147,253,986
4	Look Who's Talking	$140,088,813
5	Honey I Shrunk the Kids	$130,724,172
6	Back to the Future Part II	$118,450,002
7	Ghostbusters II	$112,494,738
8	Driving Miss Daisy	$106,593,296
9	Parenthood	$100,047,830
10	Dead Poets Society	$95,860,116
11	When Harry Met Sally...	$92,823,546
12	The War of the Roses	$86,888,546
13	The Little Mermaid	$84,355,863
14	Steel Magnolias	$83,759,091
15	Christmas Vacation	$71,319,526
16	Turner & Hooch	$71,079,915
17	Born on the Fourth of July	$70,001,698
18	Uncle Buck	$66,758,538
19	Field of Dreams	$64,431,625
20	Tango & Cash	$63,408,614
21	Harlem Nights	$60,864,870
22	Sea of Love	$58,571,513
23	Pet Sematary	$57,469,467
24	The Abyss	$54,222,310
25	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	$52,210,049
26	Major League	$49,797,148
27	See No Evil Hear No Evil	$46,908,987
28	Black Rain	$46,212,055
29	Always	$43,858,790
30	K-9	$43,247,647
31	Three Fugitives	$40,586,886
32	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	$40,485,039
33	The Karate Kid Part III	$38,956,288
34	The 'Burbs	$36,601,993
35	Fletch Lives	$35,150,960
36	License to Kill	$34,667,015
37	Lean on Me	$31,906,454
38	The Bear	$31,753,898
39	Weekend at Bernie's	$30,218,387
40	Road House	$30,050,028
41	Peter Pan (Re-issue) (1989)	$29,445,131
42	The Dream Team	$28,890,240
43	Do the Right Thing	$27,545,445
44	All Dogs Go to Heaven	$27,100,027
45	Glory	$26,828,365
46	sex lies and videotape	$24,741,667
47	A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child	$22,168,359
48	Dad	$22,103,037
49	Lock Up	$22,099,847
50	Cousins	$22,026,369
	1990	(41/50)
1	Home Alone	$285,761,243
2	Ghost	$217,631,306
3	Dances with Wolves	$184,208,848
4	Pretty Woman	$178,406,268
5	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	$135,265,915
6	The Hunt for Red October	$122,012,643
7	Total Recall	$119,394,840
8	Die Hard 2: Die Harder	$117,540,947
9	Dick Tracy	$103,738,726
10	Kindergarten Cop	$91,457,688
11	Back to the Future Part III	$87,727,583
12	Presumed Innocent	$86,303,188
13	Days of Thunder	$82,670,733
14	Another 48 HRS.	$80,818,974
15	Three Men and a Little Lady	$71,609,321
16	Bird on a Wire	$70,978,012
17	The Godfather Part III	$66,666,062
18	Flatliners	$61,489,265
19	Misery	$61,276,872
20	Edward Scissorhands	$56,362,352
21	Problem Child	$53,470,891
22	Arachnophobia	$53,208,180
23	Awakenings	$52,096,475
24	Look Who's Talking Too	$47,789,074
25	Hard to Kill	$47,410,827
26	Goodfellas	$46,836,394
27	Marked for Death	$46,044,396
28	Robocop 2	$45,681,173
29	The Jungle Book (re-issue) (1990)	$44,645,619
30	Young Guns II	$44,143,410
31	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	$41,482,207
32	Rocky V	$40,946,358
33	Joe Versus the Volcano	$39,404,261
34	Postcards from the Edge	$39,071,603
35	Mermaids	$35,419,397
36	Darkman	$33,878,502
37	Air America	$31,053,601
38	Predator 2	$30,669,413
39	Green Card	$29,888,235
40	Pacific Heights	$29,381,956
41	Child's Play 2	$28,501,605
42	The Rescuers Down Under	$27,931,461
43	Internal Affairs	$27,734,391
44	Cadillac Man	$27,627,310
45	Memphis Belle	$27,441,977
46	House Party	$26,385,627
47	Jacob's Ladder	$26,118,851
48	The Exorcist III	$26,098,824
49	Fantasia (Re-issue) (1990)	$25,363,371
50	Navy Seals	$25,069,101
	1991	(40/50)
1	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	$204,843,345
2	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	$165,493,908
3	Beauty and the Beast	$145,863,363
4	The Silence of the Lambs	$130,742,922
5	City Slickers	$124,033,791
6	Hook	$119,654,823
7	The Addams Family	$113,502,426
8	Sleeping with the Enemy	$101,599,005
9	Father of the Bride	$89,325,780
10	The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear	$86,930,411
11	Fried Green Tomatoes	$82,418,501
12	Cape Fear	$79,091,969
13	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II	$78,656,813
14	Backdraft	$77,868,585
15	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	$74,888,996
16	The Prince of Tides	$74,787,599
17	JFK	$70,405,498
18	Hot Shots!	$69,467,617
19	What About Bob?	$63,707,829
20	101 Dalmatians (Re-issue) (1991)	$60,830,285
21	The Last Boy Scout	$59,509,925
22	My Girl	$59,489,799
23	Boyz N the Hood	$57,504,069
24	Doc Hollywood	$54,830,779
25	Bugsy	$49,114,016
26	New Jack City	$47,624,353
27	The Rocketeer	$46,704,056
28	Thelma and Louise	$45,360,915
29	Point Break	$43,218,387
30	Regarding Henry	$43,001,500
31	The Fisher King	$41,895,491
32	Out for Justice	$39,673,161
33	The Doctor	$38,120,905
34	Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey	$38,037,513
35	Dead Again	$38,016,380
36	Soapdish	$36,489,888
37	Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare	$34,872,033
38	White Fang	$34,793,160
39	The Doors	$34,416,893
40	King Ralph	$34,002,045
41	Curly Sue	$33,691,313
42	Dying Young	$33,669,178
43	Grand Canyon	$33,243,020
44	Jungle Fever	$32,482,682
45	Double Impact	$30,102,717
46	L.A. Story	$28,862,081
47	Deceived	$28,738,096
48	Necessary Roughness	$26,255,594
49	The Hard Way	$25,895,485
50	Other People's Money	$25,682,090
	1992	(43/50)
1	Aladdin	$217,350,219
2	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	$173,585,516
3	Batman Returns	$162,831,698
4	Lethal Weapon 3	$144,731,527
5	A Few Good Men	$141,340,178
6	Sister Act	$139,605,150
7	The Bodyguard	$121,945,720
8	Wayne's World	$121,697,323
9	Basic Instinct	$117,727,224
10	A League of Their Own	$107,533,928
11	Unforgiven	$101,157,447
12	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	$88,036,683
13	Under Siege	$83,563,139
14	Patriot Games	$83,351,587
15	Bram Stoker's Dracula	$82,522,790
16	White Men Can't Jump	$76,253,806
17	The Last of the Mohicans	$75,505,856
18	Boomerang	$70,052,444
19	Scent of a Woman	$63,095,253
20	The Crying Game	$62,548,947
21	Far and Away	$58,883,840
22	Honey I Blew Up the Kid	$58,662,452
23	Housesitter	$58,500,635
24	Death Becomes Her	$58,422,650
25	Unlawful Entry	$57,138,719
26	Beethoven	$57,114,049
27	Forever Young	$55,956,187
28	Alien 3	$55,473,545
29	My Cousin Vinny	$52,929,168
30	Sneakers	$51,432,691
31	The Mighty Ducks	$50,752,337
32	Malcolm X	$48,169,910
33	Single White Female	$48,017,402
34	The Distinguished Gentleman	$46,666,502
35	Medicine Man	$45,500,797
36	Passenger 57	$44,065,653
37	A River Runs Through It	$43,440,294
38	Encino Man	$40,693,477
39	Mo' Money	$40,227,006
40	Universal Soldier	$36,299,898
41	Honeymoon in Vegas	$35,208,854
42	The Lawnmower Man	$32,100,816
43	Sleepwalkers	$30,524,763
44	3 Ninjas	$29,000,301
45	Final Analysis	$28,590,665
46	Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!	$28,411,210
47	The Muppet Christmas Carol	$27,281,507
48	Howards End	$25,966,555
49	Candyman	$25,792,310
50	The Cutting Edge	$25,105,517
	1993	(47/50)
1	Jurassic Park	$357,067,947
2	Mrs. Doubtfire	$219,195,243
3	The Fugitive	$183,875,760
4	The Firm	$158,348,367
5	Sleepless in Seattle	$126,680,884
6	Indecent Proposal	$106,614,059
7	In the Line of Fire	$102,314,823
8	The Pelican Brief	$100,768,056
9	Schindler's List	$96,065,768
10	Cliffhanger	$84,049,211
11	Free Willy	$77,698,625
12	Philadelphia	$77,446,440
13	Groundhog Day	$70,906,973
14	Grumpy Old Men	$70,172,621
15	Cool Runnings	$68,856,263
16	Dave	$63,270,710
17	Rising Sun	$63,179,523
18	Demolition Man	$58,055,768
19	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit	$57,319,029
20	Tombstone	$56,505,065
21	The Three Musketeers (1993)	$53,898,845
22	Rookie of the Year	$53,615,089
23	Beethoven's 2nd	$53,443,066
24	Dennis the Menace	$51,270,765
25	Sommersby	$50,081,992
26	Last Action Hero	$50,016,394
27	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas	$50,003,043
28	Addams Family Values	$48,919,043
29	Wayne's World 2	$48,197,805
30	Malice	$46,405,336
31	Made in America	$44,942,695
32	The Good Son	$44,789,789
33	The Beverly Hillbillies	$44,029,386
34	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III	$42,273,609
35	Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey	$41,833,324
36	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Re-issue) (1993)	$41,634,471
37	Falling Down	$40,903,593
38	The Piano	$40,157,856
39	Hocus Pocus	$39,514,713
40	What's Love Got to Do with It	$39,100,956
41	Hot Shots! Part Deux	$38,922,972
42	Carlito's Way	$36,948,322
43	Alive	$36,733,909
44	Son-in-Law	$36,448,400
45	Sliver	$36,300,000
46	Robin Hood: Men in Tights	$35,739,755
47	Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story	$35,113,743
48	The Joy Luck Club	$32,901,136
49	Hard Target	$32,589,677
50	The Sandlot	$32,434,006
	1994	(44/50)
1	Forrest Gump	$329,694,499
2	The Lion King	$312,855,561
3	True Lies	$146,282,411
4	The Santa Clause	$144,833,357
5	The Flintstones	$130,531,208
6	Dumb and Dumber	$127,175,374
7	Clear and Present Danger	$122,187,717
8	Speed	$121,248,145
9	The Mask	$119,938,730
10	Pulp Fiction	$107,928,762
11	Interview with the Vampire	$105,264,608
12	Maverick	$101,631,272
13	The Client	$92,115,211
14	Disclosure	$83,015,089
15	Star Trek: Generations	$75,671,125
16	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	$72,217,396
17	Stargate	$71,567,262
18	Legends of the Fall	$66,638,883
19	Wolf	$65,002,597
20	The Specialist	$57,362,582
21	Four Weddings and a Funeral	$52,700,832
22	The Little Rascals	$52,125,282
23	The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult	$51,132,598
24	The Crow	$50,693,129
25	Natural Born Killers	$50,282,766
26	Angels in the Outfield (1994)	$50,236,831
27	Little Women (1994)	$50,083,616
28	When a Man Loves a Woman	$50,021,959
29	The River Wild	$46,816,343
30	D2: The Mighty Ducks	$45,610,410
31	Timecop	$44,853,581
32	City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold	$43,622,150
33	The Jungle Book (1994)	$43,229,904
34	Beverly Hills Cop III	$42,614,912
35	Nobody's Fool	$39,491,975
36	The Paper	$38,824,341
37	On Deadly Ground	$38,590,458
38	Richie Rich	$38,087,756
39	It Could Happen to You	$37,939,757
40	Junior	$36,763,355
41	Nell	$33,683,817
42	Street Fighter	$33,423,521
43	The Shadow	$32,063,435
44	I Love Trouble	$30,806,194
45	Major League II	$30,626,182
46	Blank Check	$30,577,969
47	Blown Away	$30,156,002
48	A Low Down Dirty Shame	$29,392,418
49	In the Army Now	$28,881,266
50	Drop Zone	$28,735,315
	1995	(48/50)
1	Toy Story	$191,796,233
2	Batman Forever	$184,031,112
3	Apollo 13	$172,071,312
4	Pocahontas	$141,579,773
5	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	$108,385,533
6	GoldenEye	$106,429,941
7	Jumanji	$100,475,249
8	Casper	$100,328,194
9	Seven	$100,125,643
10	Die Hard: With A Vengeance	$100,012,499
11	Crimson Tide	$91,387,195
12	Waterworld	$88,246,220
13	Dangerous Minds	$84,919,401
14	Mr. Holland's Opus	$82,569,971
15	While You Were Sleeping	$81,057,016
16	Congo	$81,022,101
17	Father of the Bride Part II	$76,594,107
18	Braveheart	$75,609,945
19	Get Shorty	$72,101,622
20	Grumpier Old Men	$71,518,503
21	The Bridges of Madison County	$71,516,617
22	Mortal Kombat	$70,454,098
23	Nine Months	$69,684,532
24	Outbreak	$67,659,560
25	Heat	$67,436,818
26	Waiting to Exhale	$67,052,156
27	Bad Boys	$65,807,024
28	Babe	$63,658,910
29	The American President	$60,079,496
30	Species	$60,074,103
31	12 Monkeys	$57,141,459
32	Clueless	$56,631,572
33	Sabrina	$53,672,080
34	Something to Talk About	$50,865,589
35	The Net	$50,727,965
36	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory	$50,024,083
37	A Walk in the Clouds	$50,008,143
38	The Brady Bunch Movie	$46,576,136
39	Sense and Sensibility	$43,182,776
40	Casino	$42,512,375
41	Man of the House	$40,070,995
42	Dead Man Walking	$39,363,635
43	French Kiss	$38,896,854
44	Higher Learning	$38,290,723
45	Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers	$38,187,431
46	First Knight	$37,600,435
47	Just Cause	$36,853,222
48	To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar	$36,474,193
49	The Indian in the Cupboard	$35,656,131
50	Money Train	$35,431,113
	1996	(45/50)
1	Independence Day	$306,169,268
2	Twister	$241,721,524
3	Mission: Impossible	$180,981,856
4	Jerry Maguire	$153,952,592
5	Ransom	$136,492,681
6	101 Dalmatians (1996)	$136,189,294
7	The Rock	$134,069,511
8	The Nutty Professor (1996)	$128,814,019
9	The Birdcage	$124,060,553
10	A Time to Kill	$108,766,007
11	The First Wives Club	$105,489,203
12	Phenomenon	$104,636,382
13	Scream	$103,046,663
14	Eraser	$101,295,562
15	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	$100,138,851
16	Michael	$95,318,203
17	Star Trek: First Contact	$92,027,888
18	Space Jam	$90,418,342
19	The English Patient	$78,676,425
20	Broken Arrow (1996)	$70,770,147
21	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America	$63,118,386
22	Jingle All the Way	$60,592,389
23	The Cable Guy	$60,240,295
24	Courage Under Fire	$59,031,057
25	Jack	$58,620,973
26	Executive Decision	$56,569,216
27	Primal Fear	$56,116,183
28	Tin Cup	$53,854,588
29	Sleepers	$53,315,285
30	Dragonheart	$51,367,375
31	Up Close and Personal	$51,088,705
32	Evita	$50,047,179
33	The Preacher's Wife	$48,102,795
34	Romeo + Juliet	$46,351,345
35	One Fine Day	$46,151,454
36	The Mirror Has Two Faces	$41,083,864
37	Happy Gilmore	$38,824,099
38	The Ghost and the Darkness	$38,619,405
39	Mars Attacks!	$37,771,017
40	Set It Off	$36,461,139
41	Shine	$35,892,330
42	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	$34,861,807
43	A Thin Line Between Love and Hate	$34,767,836
44	Muppet Treasure Island	$34,327,391
45	Matilda	$33,459,416
46	The Long Kiss Goodnight	$33,447,612
47	Striptease	$33,109,743
48	Daylight	$33,023,469
49	Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	$32,772,492
50	Black Sheep	$32,417,995
	1997	(48/50)
1	Titanic	$600,788,188
2	Men in Black	$250,690,539
3	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	$229,086,679
4	Liar Liar	$181,410,615
5	Air Force One	$172,956,409
6	As Good as It Gets	$148,478,011
7	Good Will Hunting	$138,433,435
8	Star Wars (Special Edition)	$138,257,865
9	My Best Friend's Wedding	$127,120,029
10	Tomorrow Never Dies	$125,304,276
11	Face/Off	$112,276,146
12	Batman and Robin	$107,325,195
13	George of the Jungle	$105,263,257
14	Scream 2	$101,363,301
15	Con Air	$101,117,573
16	Contact	$100,920,329
17	Hercules	$99,112,101
18	Flubber	$92,977,226
19	Conspiracy Theory	$75,982,834
20	I Know What You Did Last Summer	$72,586,134
21	The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)	$67,597,694
22	Dante's Peak	$67,127,760
23	Anaconda	$65,885,767
24	L.A. Confidential	$64,616,940
25	In & Out	$63,856,929
26	The Fifth Element	$63,820,180
27	Mouse Hunt	$61,917,389
28	The Saint	$61,363,304
29	The Devil's Advocate	$60,944,660
30	Kiss the Girls	$60,527,873
31	Jungle 2 Jungle	$59,927,618
32	Anastasia	$58,406,347
33	The Jackal	$54,930,280
34	Spawn	$54,870,175
35	Starship Troopers	$54,814,377
36	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	$53,883,989
37	Breakdown	$50,159,144
38	Absolute Power	$50,068,310
39	Volcano	$49,323,468
40	Speed 2: Cruise Control	$48,608,066
41	The Game	$48,323,648
42	G.I. Jane	$48,169,156
43	Alien Resurrection	$47,795,658
44	The Full Monty	$45,950,122
45	The Rainmaker (1997)	$45,916,769
46	Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)	$45,470,437
47	Bean	$45,319,423
48	Cop Land	$44,862,187
49	Nothing to Lose	$44,480,039
50	Amistad	$44,229,441
	1998	(46/50)
1	Saving Private Ryan	$216,540,909
2	Armageddon	$201,578,182
3	There's Something About Mary	$176,484,651
4	A Bug's Life	$162,798,565
5	The Waterboy	$161,491,646
6	Doctor Dolittle	$144,156,605
7	Rush Hour	$141,186,864
8	Deep Impact	$140,464,664
9	Godzilla	$136,314,294
10	Patch Adams	$135,026,902
11	Lethal Weapon 4	$130,444,603
12	The Truman Show	$125,618,201
13	Mulan	$120,620,254
14	You've Got Mail	$115,821,495
15	Enemy of the State	$111,549,836
16	The Prince of Egypt	$101,413,188
17	The Rugrats Movie	$100,494,675
18	Shakespeare in Love	$100,317,794
19	The Mask of Zorro	$94,095,523
20	Stepmom	$91,137,662
21	Antz	$90,757,863
22	Everest (IMAX)	$87,178,599
23	The X-Files	$83,898,313
24	The Wedding Singer	$80,245,725
25	City of Angels	$78,685,114
26	The Horse Whisperer	$75,383,563
27	Six Days Seven Nights	$74,339,294
28	Star Trek: Insurrection	$70,187,658
29	Blade	$70,087,718
30	Lost in Space	$69,117,629
31	A Perfect Murder	$67,638,368
32	The Parent Trap	$66,308,518
33	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	$65,705,771
34	Hope Floats	$60,053,195
35	Life Is Beautiful	$57,247,384
36	U.S. Marshals	$57,167,405
37	The Man in the Iron Mask	$56,968,902
38	A Civil Action	$56,709,981
39	Snake Eyes	$55,591,409
40	What Dreams May Come	$55,382,927
41	Halloween: H20	$55,041,738
42	Small Soldiers	$54,682,547
43	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX)	$53,161,885
44	Mighty Joe Young	$50,632,037
45	Practical Magic	$46,683,377
46	Meet Joe Black	$44,619,100
47	The Negotiator	$44,547,681
48	Ronin	$41,616,262
49	The Siege	$40,981,289
50	Mysteries of Egypt (IMAX)	$40,593,486
	1999	(48/50)
1	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	$431,088,301
2	The Sixth Sense	$293,506,292
3	Toy Story 2	$245,852,179
4	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	$206,040,086
5	The Matrix	$171,479,930
6	Tarzan	$171,091,819
7	Big Daddy	$163,479,795
8	The Mummy	$155,385,488
9	Runaway Bride	$152,257,509
10	The Blair Witch Project	$140,539,099
11	Stuart Little	$140,035,367
12	The Green Mile	$136,801,374
13	American Beauty	$130,096,601
14	The World Is Not Enough	$126,943,684
15	Double Jeopardy	$116,741,558
16	Notting Hill	$116,089,678
17	Wild Wild West	$113,804,681
18	Analyze This	$106,885,658
19	The General's Daughter	$102,705,852
20	American Pie	$102,561,004
21	Sleepy Hollow	$101,071,502
22	Inspector Gadget	$97,403,112
23	The Haunting	$91,411,151
24	Entrapment	$87,704,396
25	Pokemon: The First Movie	$85,744,662
26	Payback	$81,526,121
27	The Talented Mr. Ripley	$81,298,265
28	Any Given Sunday	$75,530,832
29	Deep Blue Sea	$73,648,142
30	Galaxy Quest	$71,583,916
31	The Thomas Crown Affair	$69,305,181
32	Blue Streak	$68,518,533
33	End of Days	$66,889,043
34	The Bone Collector	$66,518,655
35	Bowfinger	$66,384,775
36	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	$65,538,755
37	Life	$63,886,029
38	She's All That	$63,366,989
39	Three Kings	$60,652,036
40	Bicentennial Man	$58,223,861
41	The Cider House Rules	$57,545,092
42	Eyes Wide Shut	$55,691,208
43	Never Been Kissed	$55,474,756
44	Varsity Blues	$52,894,169
45	Forces of Nature	$52,888,180
46	Message in a Bottle	$52,880,016
47	South Park - Bigger Longer and Uncut	$52,037,603
48	The Hurricane	$50,699,241
49	Stigmata	$50,046,268
50	House on Haunted Hill	$40,846,082
	2000	(45/50)
1	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$260,044,825
2	Cast Away	$233,632,142
3	Mission: Impossible II	$215,409,889
4	Gladiator	$187,705,427
5	What Women Want	$182,811,707
6	The Perfect Storm	$182,618,434
7	Meet the Parents	$166,244,045
8	X-Men	$157,299,717
9	Scary Movie	$157,019,771
10	What Lies Beneath	$155,464,351
11	Dinosaur	$137,748,063
12	Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon	$128,078,872
13	Erin Brockovich	$125,595,205
14	Charlie's Angels	$125,305,545
15	Traffic	$124,115,725
16	The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	$123,309,890
17	Big Momma's House	$117,559,438
18	Remember the Titans	$115,654,751
19	The Patriot	$113,330,342
20	Chicken Run	$106,834,564
21	Miss Congeniality	$106,807,667
22	Gone in 60 Seconds	$101,648,571
23	Unbreakable	$95,011,339
24	Me Myself and Irene	$90,570,999
25	Space Cowboys	$90,464,773
26	The Emperor's New Groove	$89,302,687
27	Scream 3	$89,143,175
28	U-571	$77,122,415
29	Rugrats in Paris: The Movie	$76,507,756
30	The Family Man	$75,793,305
31	Hollow Man	$73,209,340
32	Chocolat	$71,509,363
33	Shaft	$70,334,258
34	Disney's The Kid	$69,691,949
35	Vertical Limit	$69,243,859
36	Road Trip	$68,540,777
37	Bring It On	$68,379,000
38	102 Dalmatians	$66,957,026
39	Rules of Engagement	$61,335,230
40	The Cell	$61,334,059
41	Mission to Mars	$60,883,407
42	Coyote Ugly	$60,786,269
43	Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)	$60,655,420
44	Snow Day	$60,020,107
45	Next Friday	$57,328,603
46	The Whole Nine Yards	$57,262,492
47	Shanghai Noon	$56,937,502
48	Romeo Must Die	$55,973,336
49	Final Destination	$53,331,147
50	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	$52,260,454
	2001	(48/50)
1	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	$317,575,550
2	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	$313,364,114
3	Shrek	$267,665,011
4	Monsters Inc.	$255,873,250
5	Rush Hour 2	$226,164,286
6	The Mummy Returns	$202,019,785
7	Pearl Harbor	$198,542,554
8	Ocean's Eleven	$183,417,150
9	Jurassic Park III	$181,171,875
10	Planet of the Apes (2001)	$180,011,740
11	A Beautiful Mind	$170,742,341
12	Hannibal	$165,092,268
13	American Pie 2	$145,103,595
14	The Fast and the Furious	$144,533,925
15	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	$131,168,070
16	Dr. Dolittle 2	$112,952,899
17	Spy Kids	$112,719,001
18	Black Hawk Down	$108,638,745
19	The Princess Diaries	$108,248,956
20	Vanilla Sky	$100,618,344
21	The Others	$96,522,687
22	Legally Blonde	$96,520,674
23	America's Sweethearts	$93,607,673
24	Cats & Dogs	$93,385,515
25	Save the Last Dance	$91,057,006
26	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	$84,056,472
27	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	$80,936,232
28	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	$78,616,689
29	Training Day	$76,631,907
30	Along Came a Spider	$74,078,174
31	Bridget Jones's Diary	$71,543,427
32	Scary Movie 2	$71,308,997
33	The Score	$71,107,711
34	Shallow Hal	$70,839,203
35	Swordfish	$69,772,969
36	The Mexican	$66,845,033
37	Down to Earth	$64,186,502
38	Spy Game	$62,362,560
39	The Wedding Planner	$60,400,856
40	Behind Enemy Lines	$58,856,790
41	Ali	$58,203,105
42	The Animal	$57,743,062
43	Moulin Rouge!	$57,386,607
44	Rat Race	$56,618,055
45	A Knight's Tale	$56,569,702
46	Don't Say a Word	$55,001,642
47	Blow	$52,990,775
48	The Royal Tenenbaums	$52,364,010
49	Exit Wounds	$51,758,599
50	Enemy at the Gates	$51,401,758
	2002	(47/50)
1	Spider-Man	$403,706,375
2	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	$339,789,881
3	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	$302,191,252
4	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	$261,988,482
5	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$241,438,208
6	Signs	$227,966,634
7	Austin Powers in Goldmember	$213,307,889
8	Men in Black II	$190,418,803
9	Ice Age	$176,387,405
10	Chicago	$170,687,518
11	Catch Me If You Can	$164,615,351
12	Die Another Day	$160,942,139
13	Scooby-Doo	$153,294,164
14	Lilo & Stitch	$145,794,338
15	XXX	$142,109,382
16	The Santa Clause 2	$139,236,327
17	Minority Report	$132,072,926
18	The Ring	$129,128,133
19	Sweet Home Alabama	$127,223,418
20	Mr. Deeds	$126,293,452
21	The Bourne Identity	$121,661,683
22	The Sum of All Fears	$118,907,036
23	8 Mile	$116,750,901
24	Road to Perdition	$104,454,762
25	Panic Room	$96,397,334
26	Maid in Manhattan	$94,011,225
27	Two Weeks Notice	$93,354,851
28	Red Dragon	$93,149,898
29	The Scorpion King	$91,047,077
30	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	$85,846,429
31	Blade II	$82,348,319
32	Space Station 3-D (IMAX)	$81,947,841
33	Snow Dogs	$81,172,560
34	We Were Soldiers	$78,122,718
35	Gangs of New York	$77,812,000
36	Barbershop	$75,782,105
37	The Rookie	$75,600,072
38	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	$73,280,117
39	John Q.	$71,756,802
40	Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	$69,599,016
41	Insomnia	$67,355,513
42	Changing Lanes	$66,818,548
43	About Schmidt	$65,016,287
44	Stuart Little 2	$64,956,806
45	Jackass: The Movie	$64,255,312
46	The Time Machine	$56,832,494
47	Drumline	$56,399,184
48	The Count of Monte Cristo	$54,234,062
49	Unfaithful	$52,775,765
50	Like Mike	$51,432,760
	2003	(50/50)
1	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$377,027,325
2	Finding Nemo	$339,714,978
3	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	$305,413,918
4	The Matrix Reloaded	$281,576,461
5	Bruce Almighty	$242,829,261
6	X2: X-Men United	$214,949,694
7	Elf	$173,398,518
8	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	$150,371,112
9	The Matrix Revolutions	$139,313,948
10	Cheaper by the Dozen	$138,614,544
11	Bad Boys II	$138,608,444
12	Anger Management	$135,645,823
13	Bringing Down the House	$132,716,677
14	Hulk	$132,177,234
15	2 Fast 2 Furious	$127,154,901
16	Something's Gotta Give	$124,728,738
17	Seabiscuit	$120,277,854
18	S.W.A.T.	$116,934,650
19	Spy Kids 3D: Game Over	$111,761,982
20	The Last Samurai	$111,127,263
21	Freaky Friday	$110,230,332
22	Scary Movie 3	$110,003,217
23	The Italian Job	$106,128,601
24	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	$105,813,373
25	American Wedding	$104,565,114
26	Daddy Day Care	$104,297,061
27	Daredevil	$102,543,518
28	The Cat in the Hat	$101,149,285
29	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	$100,830,111
30	Cold Mountain	$95,636,509
31	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	$93,927,920
32	Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde	$90,186,328
33	Mystic River	$90,135,191
34	Brother Bear	$85,336,277
35	Freddy Vs. Jason	$82,622,655
36	School of Rock	$81,261,177
37	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	$80,571,655
38	The Haunted Mansion	$75,847,266
39	Old School	$75,585,093
40	Kill Bill Vol. 1	$70,099,045
41	Holes	$67,406,573
42	Kangaroo Jack	$66,934,963
43	Big Fish	$66,809,693
44	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	$66,465,204
45	Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	$65,660,196
46	Mona Lisa Smile	$63,860,942
47	Shanghai Knights	$60,476,872
48	Bad Santa	$60,060,328
49	Love Actually	$59,696,144
50	Gothika	$59,694,580
	2004	(49/50)
1	Shrek 2	$441,226,247
2	Spider-Man 2	$373,585,825
3	The Passion of the Christ	$370,274,604
4	Meet the Fockers	$279,261,160
5	The Incredibles	$261,441,092
6	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	$249,541,069
7	The Day After Tomorrow	$186,740,799
8	The Bourne Supremacy	$176,241,941
9	National Treasure	$173,008,894
10	The Polar Express	$162,775,358
11	Shark Tale	$160,861,908
12	I Robot	$144,801,023
13	Troy	$133,378,256
14	Ocean's Twelve	$125,544,280
15	50 First Dates	$120,908,074
16	Van Helsing	$120,177,084
17	Fahrenheit 9/11	$119,194,771
18	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	$118,634,549
19	DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	$114,326,736
20	The Village	$114,197,520
21	The Grudge	$110,359,362
22	The Aviator	$102,610,330
23	Collateral	$101,005,703
24	Million Dollar Baby	$100,492,203
25	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	$95,170,481
26	Starsky and Hutch	$88,237,754
27	Along Came Polly	$88,097,164
28	Mean Girls	$86,058,055
29	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	$85,417,988
30	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	$85,288,303
31	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed	$84,216,833
32	The Notebook	$81,001,787
33	Alien Vs. Predator	$80,282,231
34	Man on Fire	$77,911,774
35	The Terminal	$77,872,883
36	Garfield: The Movie	$75,369,589
37	Ray	$75,331,600
38	Ladder 49	$74,541,707
39	Christmas with the Kranks	$73,780,539
40	Sideways	$71,503,593
41	White Chicks	$70,831,760
42	Hidalgo	$67,303,450
43	The Forgotten	$67,133,509
44	Kill Bill Vol. 2	$66,208,183
45	The Manchurian Candidate	$65,955,630
46	Barbershop 2: Back in Business	$65,111,277
47	Miracle	$64,378,093
48	Friday Night Lights	$61,255,921
49	Hellboy	$59,623,958
50	The Stepford Wives	$59,484,742
	2005	(44/50)
1	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	$380,270,577
2	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe	$291,710,957
3	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	$290,013,036
4	War of the Worlds	$234,280,354
5	King Kong	$218,080,025
6	Wedding Crashers	$209,255,921
7	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	$206,459,076
8	Batman Begins	$205,343,774
9	Madagascar	$193,595,521
10	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	$186,336,279
11	Hitch	$179,495,555
12	The Longest Yard	$158,119,460
13	Fantastic Four	$154,696,080
14	Chicken Little	$135,386,665
15	Robots	$128,200,012
16	Walk the Line	$119,519,402
17	The Pacifier	$113,086,868
18	Fun with Dick and Jane	$110,332,737
19	The 40-Year-Old Virgin	$109,449,237
20	Flightplan	$89,707,299
21	Saw II	$87,039,965
22	Brokeback Mountain	$83,043,761
23	Monster-in-Law	$82,931,301
24	Are We There Yet?	$82,674,398
25	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	$82,571,173
26	The Dukes of Hazzard	$80,270,227
27	March of the Penguins	$77,437,223
28	The Ring Two	$76,231,249
29	Constantine	$75,976,178
30	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	$75,072,454
31	Four Brothers	$74,494,381
32	Sin City	$74,103,820
33	The Interpreter	$72,708,161
34	Guess Who	$68,915,888
35	Sahara	$68,671,925
36	Coach Carter	$67,264,877
37	Herbie: Fully Loaded	$66,023,816
38	The Amityville Horror (2005)	$65,233,369
39	Sky High	$63,946,815
40	Bewitched	$63,313,159
41	Jarhead	$62,658,220
42	Cinderella Man	$61,649,911
43	The Family Stone	$60,062,868
44	Red Eye	$57,891,803
45	Memoirs of a Geisha	$57,490,508
46	White Noise	$56,386,759
47	Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	$56,110,897
48	Be Cool	$56,046,979
49	Crash	$54,580,300
50	Yours Mine and Ours	$53,412,862
	2006	(45/50)
1	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$423,315,812
2	Night at the Museum	$250,863,268
3	Cars	$244,082,982
4	X-Men: The Last Stand	$234,362,462
5	The Da Vinci Code	$217,536,138
6	Superman Returns	$200,081,192
7	Happy Feet	$198,000,317
8	Ice Age: The Meltdown	$195,330,621
9	Casino Royale	$167,445,960
10	The Pursuit of Happyness	$163,566,459
11	Over the Hedge	$155,019,340
12	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	$148,213,377
13	Click	$137,355,633
14	Mission: Impossible III	$134,029,801
15	The Departed	$132,384,315
16	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	$128,505,958
17	The Devil Wears Prada	$124,740,460
18	The Break-Up	$118,703,275
19	Dreamgirls	$103,365,956
20	Scary Movie 4	$90,710,620
21	Failure to Launch	$88,715,192
22	Inside Man	$88,513,495
23	Open Season	$85,105,259
24	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	$84,500,122
25	Charlotte's Web (2006)	$82,985,708
26	The Pink Panther (2006)	$82,226,474
27	Eight Below	$81,612,565
28	Saw III	$80,238,724
29	Nacho Libre	$80,197,993
30	You Me and Dupree	$75,628,110
31	Eragon	$75,030,163
32	Monster House	$73,661,010
33	Jackass: Number Two	$72,778,712
34	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	$72,637,803
35	RV	$71,726,025
36	V for Vendetta	$70,511,035
37	World Trade Center	$70,278,893
38	Rocky Balboa	$70,270,943
39	Big Momma's House 2	$70,165,972
40	Step Up	$65,328,121
41	Flushed Away	$64,665,672
42	Deja Vu	$64,038,616
43	Miami Vice	$63,450,470
44	Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion	$63,257,940
45	The Holiday	$63,224,849
46	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	$62,514,415
47	Underworld: Evolution	$62,318,875
48	The Shaggy Dog	$61,123,569
49	Poseidon	$60,674,817
50	The Good Shepherd	$59,952,835
	2007	(49/50)
1	Spider-Man 3	$336,530,303
2	Shrek the Third	$322,719,944
3	Transformers	$319,246,193
4	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	$309,420,425
5	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	$292,004,738
6	I Am Legend	$256,393,010
7	The Bourne Ultimatum	$227,471,070
8	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	$219,964,115
9	Alvin and the Chipmunks	$217,326,974
10	300	$210,614,939
11	Ratatouille	$206,445,654
12	The Simpsons Movie	$183,135,014
13	Wild Hogs	$168,273,550
14	Knocked Up	$148,768,917
15	Juno	$143,495,265
16	Rush Hour 3	$140,125,968
17	Live Free or Die Hard	$134,529,403
18	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	$131,921,738
19	American Gangster	$130,164,645
20	Enchanted	$127,807,262
21	Bee Movie	$126,631,277
22	Superbad	$121,463,226
23	I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry	$120,059,556
24	Hairspray (2007)	$118,871,849
25	Blades of Glory	$118,594,548
26	Ocean's Thirteen	$117,154,724
27	Ghost Rider	$115,802,596
28	Evan Almighty	$100,462,298
29	Meet the Robinsons	$97,822,171
30	Norbit	$95,673,607
31	The Bucket List	$93,466,502
32	The Game Plan	$90,648,202
33	Beowulf	$82,280,579
34	Bridge to Terabithia	$82,272,442
35	Disturbia	$80,209,692
36	No Country for Old Men	$74,283,625
37	Fred Claus	$72,006,777
38	1408	$71,985,628
39	The Golden Compass	$70,107,728
40	Charlie Wilson's War	$66,661,095
41	Saw IV	$63,300,095
42	Stomp the Yard	$61,356,221
43	Surf's Up	$58,867,694
44	Halloween (2007)	$58,272,029
45	Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?	$55,204,525
46	TMNT	$54,149,098
47	P.S. I Love You	$53,695,808
48	3:10 to Yuma (2007)	$53,606,916
49	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	$52,898,073
50	Atonement	$50,927,067
	2008	(48/50)
1	The Dark Knight	$533,345,358
2	Iron Man	$318,412,101
3	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	$317,101,119
4	Hancock	$227,946,274
5	WALL-E	$223,808,164
6	Kung Fu Panda	$215,434,591
7	Twilight	$192,769,854
8	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	$180,010,950
9	Quantum of Solace	$168,368,427
10	Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!	$154,529,439
11	Sex and the City	$152,647,258
12	Gran Torino	$148,095,302
13	Mamma Mia!	$144,130,063
14	Marley and Me	$143,153,751
15	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	$141,621,490
16	Slumdog Millionaire	$141,319,928
17	The Incredible Hulk	$134,806,913
18	Wanted	$134,508,551
19	Get Smart	$130,319,208
20	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	$127,509,326
21	Four Christmases	$120,146,040
22	Bolt	$114,053,579
23	Tropic Thunder	$110,515,313
24	Bedtime Stories	$110,101,975
25	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	$102,491,776
26	Journey to the Center of the Earth	$101,704,370
27	Eagle Eye	$101,440,743
28	Step Brothers	$100,468,793
29	You Don't Mess with the Zohan	$100,018,837
30	Yes Man	$97,690,976
31	10000 B.C.	$94,784,201
32	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	$94,514,402
33	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	$90,559,416
34	Pineapple Express	$87,341,380
35	Valkyrie	$83,077,833
36	21	$81,159,365
37	What Happens in Vegas	$80,277,646
38	Jumper	$80,172,128
39	Cloverfield	$80,048,433
40	The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)	$79,366,978
41	27 Dresses	$76,808,654
42	Hellboy II: The Golden Army	$75,986,503
43	Vantage Point	$72,266,306
44	The Spiderwick Chronicles	$71,195,053
45	Fool's Gold	$70,231,041
46	Seven Pounds	$69,951,824
47	Role Models	$67,294,270
48	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour	$65,281,781
49	The Happening	$64,506,874
50	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	$63,172,463
	2009	(47/50)
1	Avatar	$749,073,100
2	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$402,111,870
3	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$301,959,197
4	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	$296,623,634
5	Up	$293,004,164
6	The Hangover	$277,322,503
7	Star Trek	$257,730,019
8	The Blind Side	$255,951,749
9	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	$219,614,612
10	Sherlock Holmes	$209,028,679
11	Monsters Vs. Aliens	$198,351,526
12	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	$196,573,705
13	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	$179,883,157
14	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	$177,243,721
15	2012	$166,112,167
16	The Proposal	$163,958,031
17	Fast and Furious	$155,064,265
18	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	$150,201,498
19	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	$146,336,178
20	Taken	$145,000,989
21	A Christmas Carol (2009)	$137,855,863
22	Angels & Demons	$133,375,846
23	Terminator Salvation	$125,322,469
24	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	$124,870,275
25	Inglourious Basterds	$120,540,719
26	G-Force	$119,436,770
27	District 9	$115,646,235
28	It's Complicated	$112,735,375
29	Couples Retreat	$109,204,945
30	Paranormal Activity	$107,918,810
31	Watchmen	$107,509,799
32	The Princess and the Frog	$104,400,899
33	Public Enemies	$97,104,620
34	Julie & Julia	$94,125,426
35	He's Just Not That Into You	$93,953,653
36	Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail	$90,508,336
37	The Ugly Truth	$88,915,214
38	Up in the Air	$83,823,381
39	Knowing	$79,957,634
40	Hannah Montana The Movie	$79,576,189
41	Where the Wild Things Are	$77,233,467
42	Zombieland	$75,590,286
43	Coraline	$75,286,229
44	Law Abiding Citizen	$73,357,727
45	Hotel for Dogs	$73,034,460
46	Michael Jackson's This Is It	$72,091,016
47	I Love You Man	$71,440,011
48	Obsessed	$68,261,644
49	Race to Witch Mountain	$67,172,594
50	The Final Destination	$66,477,700
	2010	(50/50)
1	Toy Story 3	$415,004,880
2	Alice in Wonderland (2010)	$334,191,110
3	Iron Man 2	$312,433,331
4	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	$300,531,751
5	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1	$295,001,070
6	Inception	$292,576,195
7	Despicable Me	$251,513,985
8	Shrek Forever After	$238,736,787
9	How to Train Your Dragon	$217,581,231
10	Tangled	$199,584,484
11	The Karate Kid	$176,591,618
12	Tron Legacy	$172,062,763
13	True Grit	$170,958,879
14	Clash of the Titans (2010)	$163,214,888
15	Grown Ups	$162,001,186
16	Little Fockers	$148,438,600
17	Megamind	$148,415,853
18	The King's Speech	$135,453,143
19	The Last Airbender	$131,772,187
20	Shutter Island	$128,012,934
21	The Other Guys	$119,219,978
22	Salt	$118,311,368
23	Jackass 3-D	$117,229,692
24	Valentine's Day	$110,485,654
25	Black Swan	$106,935,642
26	Robin Hood	$105,269,730
27	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	$104,386,950
28	The Expendables	$103,068,524
29	Due Date	$100,539,043
30	Yogi Bear	$100,246,011
31	Date Night	$98,711,404
32	The Social Network	$96,962,694
33	Sex and the City 2	$95,347,692
34	The Book of Eli	$94,835,059
35	The Fighter	$93,617,009
36	The Town	$92,186,262
37	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	$90,759,676
38	Red	$90,380,162
39	Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief	$88,768,303
40	Paranormal Activity 2	$84,752,907
41	Unstoppable	$81,562,942
42	Eat Pray Love	$80,574,010
43	Dear John	$80,014,842
44	The A-Team	$77,222,099
45	Knight & Day	$76,423,035
46	Dinner for Schmucks	$73,026,337
47	The Tourist	$67,631,157
48	The Bounty Hunter	$67,061,228
49	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	$64,003,625
50	The Sorcerer's Apprentice	$63,150,991
	2011	(48/50)
1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	$381,011,219
2	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	$352,390,543
3	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1	$281,287,133
4	The Hangover Part II	$254,464,305
5	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	$241,071,802
6	Fast Five	$209,837,675
7	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	$209,397,903
8	Cars 2	$191,452,396
9	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	$186,848,418
10	Thor	$181,030,624
11	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	$176,760,185
12	Captain America: The First Avenger	$176,654,505
13	The Help	$169,708,112
14	Bridesmaids	$169,106,725
15	Kung Fu Panda 2	$165,249,063
16	Puss in Boots	$149,260,504
17	X-Men: First Class	$146,408,305
18	Rio	$143,619,809
19	The Smurfs	$142,614,158
20	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	$133,089,088
21	Super 8	$127,004,179
22	Rango	$123,477,607
23	Horrible Bosses	$117,538,559
24	Green Lantern	$116,601,172
25	Hop	$108,085,305
26	Paranormal Activity 3	$104,028,807
27	Just Go With It	$103,028,109
28	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)	$102,515,793
29	Bad Teacher	$100,292,856
30	Cowboys & Aliens	$100,240,551
31	Gnomeo and Juliet	$99,967,670
32	The Green Hornet	$98,780,042
33	The Lion King (in 3D)	$94,242,001
34	The Muppets	$88,631,237
35	Real Steel	$85,468,508
36	Crazy, Stupid, Love.	$84,351,197
37	Battle: Los Angeles	$83,552,429
38	Immortals	$83,504,017
39	The Descendants	$82,584,160
40	Zookeeper	$80,360,843
41	War Horse	$79,884,879
42	Limitless	$79,249,455
43	Tower Heist	$78,046,570
44	The Adventures of Tintin	$77,591,831
45	Contagion	$75,658,097
46	We Bought a Zoo	$75,624,550
47	Moneyball	$75,605,492
48	Jack and Jill	$74,158,157
49	Hugo	$73,864,507
50	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never	$73,013,910
	2012	(50/50)
1	Marvel's The Avengers	$623,357,910
2	The Dark Knight Rises	$448,139,099
3	The Hunger Games	$408,010,692
4	Skyfall	$304,360,277
5	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	$303,003,568
6	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2	$292,324,737
7	The Amazing Spider-Man	$262,030,663
8	Brave	$237,283,207
9	Ted	$218,815,487
10	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	$216,391,482
11	Dr. Seuss' The Lorax	$214,030,500
12	Wreck-It Ralph	$189,422,889
13	Lincoln	$182,207,973
14	MIB 3	$179,020,854
15	Django Unchained	$162,805,434
16	Ice Age: Continental Drift	$161,321,843
17	Snow White and the Huntsman	$155,332,381
18	Les Miserables (2012)	$148,809,770
19	Hotel Transylvania	$148,313,048
20	Taken 2	$139,854,287
21	21 Jump Street	$138,447,667
22	Argo	$136,024,128
23	Silver Linings Playbook	$132,046,640
24	Prometheus	$126,477,084
25	Safe House	$126,373,434
26	The Vow	$125,014,030
27	Life of Pi	$124,875,279
28	Magic Mike	$113,721,571
29	The Bourne Legacy	$113,203,870
30	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	$103,860,290
31	Rise of the Guardians	$103,412,758
32	Zero Dark Thirty	$95,720,716
33	Flight	$93,772,375
34	Think Like a Man	$91,547,205
35	The Campaign	$86,907,746
36	The Expendables 2	$85,028,192
37	Wrath of the Titans	$83,670,083
38	Jack Reacher	$80,070,736
39	Dark Shadows	$79,727,149
40	Parental Guidance	$77,267,296
41	John Carter	$73,078,100
42	Act of Valor	$70,012,847
43	This Is 40	$67,544,505
44	Contraband	$66,528,000
45	Looper	$66,486,205
46	Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection	$65,653,242
47	Battleship	$65,422,625
48	Pitch Perfect	$65,001,093
49	Mirror Mirror	$64,935,167
50	Chronicle (2012)	$64,575,175
	2013	(50/50)
1	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	$424,668,047
2	Iron Man 3	$409,013,994
3	Frozen	$400,738,009
4	Despicable Me 2	$368,061,265
5	Man of Steel	$291,045,518
6	Gravity	$274,092,705
7	Monsters University	$268,492,764
8	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	$258,366,855
9	Fast & Furious 6	$238,679,850
10	Oz The Great and Powerful	$234,911,825
11	Star Trek Into Darkness	$228,778,661
12	Thor: The Dark World	$206,362,140
13	World War Z	$202,359,711
14	The Croods	$187,168,425
15	The Heat	$159,582,188
16	We're the Millers	$150,394,119
17	American Hustle	$150,117,807
18	The Great Gatsby (2013)	$144,840,419
19	The Conjuring	$137,400,141
20	Identity Thief	$134,506,920
21	Grown Ups 2	$133,668,525
22	The Wolverine	$132,556,852
23	Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues	$125,168,368
24	Lone Survivor	$125,095,601
25	G.I. Joe: Retaliation	$122,523,060
26	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	$119,793,567
27	Now You See Me	$117,723,989
28	The Wolf of Wall Street	$116,900,694
29	Lee Daniels' The Butler	$116,632,095
30	The Hangover Part III	$112,200,072
31	Epic	$107,518,682
32	Captain Phillips	$107,100,855
33	Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa	$102,003,019
34	Pacific Rim	$101,802,906
35	This is the End	$101,470,202
36	Olympus Has Fallen	$98,925,640
37	42	$95,020,213
38	Elysium	$93,050,117
39	Planes	$90,288,712
40	The Lone Ranger	$89,302,115
41	Oblivion	$89,107,235
42	Insidious Chapter 2	$83,586,447
43	Saving Mr. Banks	$83,301,580
44	Turbo	$83,028,128
45	2 Guns	$75,612,460
46	White House Down	$73,103,784
47	Mama	$71,628,180
48	Safe Haven	$71,349,120
49	The Smurfs 2	$71,017,784
50	The Best Man Holiday	$70,525,195
	2014	(45/50)
1	American Sniper	$349,973,107
2	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	$337,135,885
3	Guardians of the Galaxy	$333,176,600
4	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	$259,766,572
5	The LEGO Movie	$257,760,692
6	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	$255,119,788
7	Transformers: Age of Extinction	$245,439,076
8	Maleficent	$241,410,378
9	X-Men: Days of Future Past	$233,921,534
10	Big Hero 6	$222,527,828
11	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	$208,545,589
12	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	$202,853,933
13	Godzilla (2014)	$200,676,069
14	22 Jump Street	$191,719,337
15	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)	$191,204,754
16	Interstellar	$188,020,017
17	How to Train Your Dragon 2	$177,002,924
18	Gone Girl	$167,767,189
19	Divergent	$150,947,895
20	Neighbors	$150,157,400
21	Ride Along	$134,938,200
22	Rio 2	$131,538,435
23	Into the Woods	$128,002,372
24	Lucy	$126,663,600
25	The Fault in our Stars	$124,872,350
26	Unbroken	$115,637,895
27	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	$113,668,526
28	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	$111,506,430
29	300: Rise of An Empire	$106,580,051
30	The Maze Runner	$102,427,862
31	The Equalizer	$101,530,738
32	Noah	$101,200,044
33	Edge of Tomorrow	$100,206,256
34	Non-Stop	$92,168,600
35	Heaven is for Real	$91,443,253
36	The Imitation Game	$91,125,683
37	Dumb and Dumber To	$86,208,010
38	Annie (2014)	$85,911,262
39	Fury (2014)	$85,817,906
40	Tammy	$84,525,432
41	Annabelle	$84,273,813
42	The Other Woman (2014)	$83,911,193
43	Penguins of Madagascar	$83,350,911
44	Let's Be Cops	$82,390,774
45	The Monuments Men	$78,031,620
46	Hercules (2014)	$72,688,614
47	The Purge: Anarchy	$71,962,800
48	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day	$66,954,149
49	Think Like a Man Too	$65,182,182
50	Exodus: Gods and Kings	$65,014,513

The Emmy B-Team: Variety Series and Special

It looks like I have yet another tradition on my blog. Last year, I had the idea of coming up with what I called my Emmy B-Team. The idea was to create an alternate ballot of all the leftover shows and people from the nomination list that weren't nominated by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Last year, I did this as an experiment to determine how badly the Academy picked their nominees. As it turns out, the B-Teams were altogether embarrassed by the actual nominees and I learned that the Academy doesn't do such a bad job. I've decided to make this list again this year. The main difference this time is that the goal is to highlight other deserving names that were submitted to the list more than proving that the B-Team is better, although that will still be a part of it. Thankfully, the Academy did a pretty good job picking this year, so my job is even harder this time.

On the plus side, the Variety Series category has been split up so that worthy nominees finally get a shot at victory. On the negative side, have we learned nothing from the TV Movie and Mini-Series categories? Diluting the field only makes the race less exciting. Then again, over a decade of Daily Show dominance with a slight Colbert Report interruption sucked a lot of fun out already.

Previously:
The Scruff
Reality Shows

* Indicates a show that I haven't watched this season.
# Indicates a show I've seen before, not this season.

Variety Talk Series

Actual Nominees:
#The Colbert Report
#The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
#Jimmy Kimmel Live
Last Week Tonight
#Late Show with David Letterman
#The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

B-Team:
@Midnight
#CONAN
*The Late Late Show With James Corden
*Late Night With Seth Meyers
*The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore
#Real Time With Bill Maher

The Nightly Show is poor man's Colbert Report. Late Late Show with James Corden is poor man's Late Show with David Letterman. Late Night With Seth Meyers is poor man's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Last Week Tonight is the HBO golden child in a way the Real Time with Bill Maher never was. @ Midnight is no Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Maybe I'd go with Conan over Jimmy Kimmel Live, but it's it moot by now.
Winner: Actual Nominees. What can I say? They get it right.

Variety Sketch Series

Actual Nominees:
*Drunk History
#Inside Amy Schumer
#Key & Peele
#Portlandia
Saturday Night Live

B-Team:
*Comedy Bang Bang!
*The Grace Helbig Show
#The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
#The Soup
Tosh.0

Basically, any variety sketch series that I regretted not watching this year was nominated. I do like a lot of the B-Team. They are either still too rough (Grace Helbig, Meltdown) or secure in how much they don't care (The Soup, Tosh.0).
Winner: Actual Nominees. This is the year of Amy Schumer and Key and Peele.

Variety Special

Actual Nominees:
*Bill Mahar: Live From D.C.
*The Kennedy Center Honors
Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store
*Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
*Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek LIVE!

B-Team:
Aziz Ansari: Live At Madison Square Garden
Bill Burr: I'm Sorry You Feel That Way
Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber
Jim Jeffries: BARE
*Key & Peele Super Bowl Special
*Night of Too Many Stars

I just went with a B-Team of things that's I've seen and things that I have a good enough idea what to expect. That means a lot of stand up specials. Given that this wasn't C.K.'s strongest set, I'd say that one of those specials probably beats it. Beyond that, it's comparing a telethon to the SNL 40 celebration and a Comedy Central Roast to the Kennedy Center Honors.
Winner: Actual Nominees. Variety of nominations plays strongly into this. And, I'll admit, had I seen other specials, I'd have a better B-Team.

Directing - Variety Series

Actual Nominees:
#The Colbert Report
#The Daily Show
Inside Amy Schumer (Episode: "12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer")
#Late Show with David Letterman
#The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

B-Team:
#CONAN
#Key & Peele
Last Week Tonight
#Portlandia
Saturday Night Live

This is a confusing category because only a single episode is selected. I'm not looking all those up. It always strikes me as ridiculous when SNL doesn't get nominated, which is a big plus for the B-Team. That Amy Schumer 12 Angry Men parody was incredible though.
Winner: Actual Nominees. Because, Amy Schumer spoofed one of my favorite movies.

Directing - Variety Special

Actual Nominees:
*Annie Lennox: Nostalgia Live in Concert
*The Kennedy Center Honors
The Oscars
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
*68th Annual Tony Awards

B-Team:
*Bill Maher: Live From D.C.
Bill Burr: I'm Sorry You Feel That Way
Peter Pan Live!
*Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (Live From Lincoln Center)
*Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek LIVE!

Two Awards shows (including the one celebrating live stage performances), a massive anniversary special, the Kennedy Center Honors, and a concert is tough to beat. Considering my B-Team includes the lethargic Peter Pan Live!, that should tell you all you need to know about the B-Team.
Winner: Actual Nominees. They include the best and the most directing.

Writing - Variety Series

Actual Nominees:
#The Colbert Report
#The Daily Show
#Inside Amy Schumer
#Key & Peele
Last Week Tonight

B-Team:
#CONAN
#Jimmy Kimmel Live
#Portlandia
Saturday Night Live
#The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

No. I can't even invite an alternative. I'd pick every show in the Actual Nominees over the B-Team.
Winner: Actual Nominees. Completely correct.

Writing - Variety Special

Actual Nominees:
The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
*Key & Peele Super Bowl Special
Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store
*Mel Brooks Live At The Geffen
Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special

B-Team:
Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden
Bill Burr: I'm Sorry You Feel That Way
*Bill Maher: Live From D.C.
Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber
Jim Jeffries: BARE

I tend to lean toward the stand up specials for this category because writing is everything for those. The Actual Nominees make a compelling case though. There's stand-up (Live at the Comedy Store), a one man show (Live At the Geffen), and the best written of the awards shows this year (Golden Globes with Tina and Amy).
Winner: Actual Nominees. None of the standup specials from the B-Team stuck out enough to tip it.

Like last year, the B-Teams didn't stand a chance. If anything, it was more one sided with the Talk/Sketch split in the Series category. The reason for this is easy: there aren't enough good variety series. This is the most there's been in a very long time and it is still woefully thin. Again, splitting talk and sketch certainly doesn't help. Even if they were combined though, the B-Team wouldn't've won.

September Movie Preview

As expected, August was pretty dull if not an outright disappointing. That might be an understatement. It was pretty bad. At least September will be full of options. Not many look great. They are options though.

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9/4

The Transporter Refueled
Working For It: The Transporter series is a simple one that doesn't need a lot of mythology or continuity to stay entertaining.
Working Against It: It's been seven years since the last movie and they aren't replacing Jason Statham with any sort of a known quantity. I don't see this going well.
Interest Level: Low

A Walk in the Woods
Working For It: Robert Redford and Nick Nolte hiking the Appalachian Trail. So, it'll be like a buddy movie version of Wild, but on the other side of the country, and without the flashbacks to Reese Witherspoon philandering.
Working Against It: I sort of read the book this is based off in high school, and by "soft of", I mean, I read some of it, got very bored despite Bill Bryson having an interesting voice, and never finished it. Back when it premiered at Sundance, I heard things like "The only reason this made it to Sundance is because Robert Redford started the festival". I'll probably wait until I'm in the right mood to watch this, then watch Grumpy Old Men instead.
Interest Level: Only very slightly curious in the most minimal way

Before We Go [Limited]
Working For It: It has Chris Evans and Alice Eve as leads. I like them both. The plot description sounds like a Manhattan Before Sunrise, which could be good or bad based completely on execution. It's Chris Evans' directorial debut. That adds some curiosity.
Working Against It: Anytime the plot is "two strangers meet one night and get to know one another", it's entirely dependent on how interesting the conversation is and the people are. I haven't seen Evans or Eve is this mode and I don't know what the material they are working with is. That's a wildcard.
Interest Level: Pretty decent, but I don't expect to see it offered in theaters by me anyway.

9/11

Not much variety in the image results. That's not a good sign.

90 Minutes in Heaven
Working For It: You know the movie Heaven is Real? Imagine that with Anakin Skywalker and the woman from Blue Crush. There's If I Stay last year and Charlie St. Cloud a couple years before that. I think the studios are required to put out a movie like this between the Summer and Holiday seasons every year.
Working Against It: Did you notice how I didn't actually say anything positive about this in the "Working For It" section? I could be very wrong about how forgettable this is, but I'd bet money on it being close to exactly what I'm expecting.
Interest Level: Lower than seeing Hayden Christensen reprise his most famous role.

The Perfect Guy
Working For It: It's a Screen Gems movie (think, Obsessed, with Beyonce and Ali Larter) so you know the drill. Sanaa Lathan (looking incredible for being in her 40s) dumps her longtime boyfriend and starts dating a new one. He's not what he seems. The old boyfriend comes back. Drama!
Working Against It: It's as simple as you either like Screen Gems movies or you don't. They are pretty generic thrillers with mostly black casts. It's nice to see the diversity and all, but I'm generally not interested in the stories enough to care, even with actors like Lathan, Michael Ealy, and Morris Chestnut, who I often like.
Interest Level: It would have to be a VERY slow week.

The Visit
Working For It: It's a PG-13 M. Night Shyamalan horror movie about kids with creepy grandparents. Shyamalan has become a punchline these days, but some of those early movies are pretty good. The Visit looks like a return to the kind of movies he's best at.
Working Against It: It has been a very long time since he's made what I would call a good movie. After Earth was ok. Before that, maybe Signs, and that was 2002. A Shyamalan movie works best with low expectations though.
Interest Level: Moderate

Sleeping With Other People [Limited]
Working For It: It's an indie movie about dating in the vein of When Harry Met Sally... (kind of). Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis headline it with people like Natasha Lyonne, Adam Scott, and Amanda Peet in supporting roles. It doesn't even have to be that good for me to be very likely to see it. This is Leslye Headland's follow up to Bachelorette, which I didn't love, but I did think did a lot of very interesting things with the characters.
Working Against It: With the pitch and Sudeikis being a moderately bankable star, I would've thought this could get a wider initial release. I don't know how the hell Alison Brie isn't a big star yet (the same goes for nearly anyone from Community). That's a rant for another day though. The release date and limited release worry me only a little bit.
Interest Level: Pretty damn high.

Time Out of Mind [Limited]
Working For It: Richard Gere plays a homeless man who tries to reconnect with his daughter, played by Jena Malone. Steve Buscemi's in there too. The director/co-writer has made a lot of movies that I've been told that I should see (Rampart, The Messenger, I'm Not There).
Working Against It: The world will forget about this movie before I have a chance to. I'm leaving it up to word of mouth and a persistent Netflix feature to get me to see this. If not that, I'd rather just think about why Jena Malone isn't in more movies/shows.
Interest Level: I can't even remember the title, and it, like, six lines up, so...

9/18

Black Mass
Working For It: This is supposed to be Johnny Depp's return to prominence as a serious actor. He plays a famous criminal in South Boston in the 1970s who becomes an FBI informant. It also has people like Bendict Cumberbatch, Joel Edgarton, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, and Adam Scott - Really? All those people? Ok, now I'm getting excited.
Working Against It: Scott Cooper is known for directing the movie that finally got Jeff Bridges his Oscar (Crazy Heart). He followed that up with Out of the Furnace which was the odd man out that Oscar season. I'm not sure which way this movie will go. It's one of those that has a little too much sight-unseen hype.
Interest Level: Excited, but I could see how this could go very badly.

Captive
Working For It: This is a surprisingly good cast. David Oyelowo plays a man who escapes prison and holds a single mother, Kate Mara, hostage. It's based on a true story.
Working Against It: The reason I find the cast, which also includes Michael K. Williams and Mimi Rogers, surprisingly good is that this looks like a stealth religious movie. And, it's not really stealth. The Purpose Driven Life plays a significant role in the movie. I'm not saying that that immediately makes it bad, but when was the last movie you saw with strong religious themes that didn't get derailed by them?
Interest Level: Considerably low

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Working For It: I saw the first movie. This one brings the kids out of the maze and to another series of obstacles. Go figure. It looks like The Scorch Trials won't be quite the same sausage fest bringing in people like Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones), Katherine McNamara (Happyland), and Rosa Salazar (remember the pregnant girl from Parenthood?) to go along with Dylan O'Brient, Aidan Gillen, Kaya Scodelario, and the others returning.
Working Against It: The only thing really hurting this is the saturation of the market for these kinds of movies. This moves away from the gimmick (The Maze) and that's where these movies normally fall apart. You see, coming up with a hook and world-building are very different skills.
Interest Level: I mean, I imagine I'll be seeing this.

About Ray [Limited]
Working For It: Elle Fanning plays a teenager transitioning from a female to a male. Also features Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon. I like those three.
Working Against It: This is going to depend entirely on how much I believe in Fanning's ability to pull this off. 
Interest Level: Mild

Everest [Limited]
Working For It: Another retelling of the disastrous storm in 1996 that killed many hikers trying to summit Everest. It's a blockbuster movie cast with Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, Sam Worthington (If you have a square jaw, you are getting in this movie), John Hawkes, Elizabeth Debicki, and Robin Wright. The source material makes for an entertaining movie.
Working Against It: I've read the book. I've seen the documentary. I've watched the TV movie. I know the story of this disaster pretty well. As an audience, I'm getting tapped out. It's curious that this is starting with a limited release, because this looks like a big movie. I'm not sure if this should concern me.
Interest Level: Not as high as the mountain.

Pawn Sacrifice [Limited]
Working For It: Tobey Maguire plays Bobby Fischer preparing to face Boris Spassky in the famous match. I'm no good at chess, so I find people that are good at it pretty interesting. I'm almost certain to see this at some point.
Working Against It: I run hot (The Last Samurai, Glory, Courage Under Fire) and cold (Love & Other Drugs, The Siege, Legends of the Fall) on Edward Zwick's movies. I'm pretty sure this is closer to hot, but we'll see.
Interest Level: Higher than average

9/25

Sicario [Expanding]
Working For It: This looks like Traffic 2. It's about an FBI agent (Emily Blunt) working for a special task force against the Mexican drug cartels. It's from the director of Prisoners, Enemy, and Incendies. It's supposed to have Benicio Del Toro's best performance in years. I don't expect this to be anything truly special, but I'm very interested in this topic.
Working Against It: There isn't much that I can find to convince me not to see this. I'm looking and I don't see anything.
Interest Level: Not sky high, but I'm certain to see it.

Before I Wake
Working For It: Kate Bosworth and Thomas Jane adopt a child whose nightmares come to life while he sleeps. It sounds like a generic enough idea. The selling point is that it's from Mike Flanagan, who made Oculus which is one of my favorite recent horror movies.
Working Against It: In general, the idea isn't the determining factor for whether or not a horror movie is good. It's all about the execution. I have little concern over if Flanagan can make a good movie. I don't have repeated evidence of that, which it the smallest of sticking points.
Interest Level: High, despite being based on little evidence

The Green Inferno
Working For It: It's an Eli Roth movie about college students who go to the Amazon to protest, and things don't go so well for them. I don't recognize any of the actors by name, which is fine, because most of them are going to be redshirts anyway.
Working Against It: Eli Roth movies are kind of fun sometimes (I got more enjoyment out of Cabin Fever than I expected). Normally though, the hyper-violence isn't quite my tempo.
Interest Level: Low

Hotel Transylvania 2
Working For It: The first Hotel Transylvania was a hit back in 2012. I enjoyed it well enough in its limited aspirations. This has another solid voice cast of Happy Madison regulars and Selena Gomez, Andy Samburg, and Nick Offerman.
Working Against It: I have no ill will towards this movie. The first didn't wow me. The second looks very similar. I'll take my time.
Interest Level: Middling

The Intern
Working For It: Robert De Niro is a retiree who decides to become an intern for a fashion magazine run by Anne Hathaway. Let's start with this. I'll be watching this as a stealth sequel to The Devil Wears Prada. That's happening. Don't fight it. I've apparently seen almost all of Nancy Meyers' movies (including What Women Want, The Holiday, and It's Complicated). This is a face-value movie that looks genial enough to eventually see. I like Hathaway. I like De Niro. There's not much more to it than that.
Working Against It: I wouldn't say I've loved any of Meyers' movies (although she did write the Father of the Bride screenplays, which comes close). It's more accurate to say that I don't mind seeing them.
Interest Level: Mild. There's no urgency.

99 Homes [Limited]
Working For It: Andrew Garfield plays a father who gets evicted from his home and starts working for the man who evicted him, played by Michael Shannon, who has a very 2010s Gordon Gecko vibe to him. It's a theoretical awards player for this year.
Working Against It: I absolutely have no desire to see this movie. Until someone comes up with a new or interesting angle on the "evil businessman" trope, I simply don't care. It's the same story every damn time. No thanks.
Interest Level: I'll only be seeing this if it somehow gets some major Oscar nominations.

Stonewall [Limited]
Working For It: This is a Rolland Emmerich (ID4, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012) passion project about the Stonewall Riots in 1969 in New York City, which is one of the pivotal moments in the gay liberation movement. With people like Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ron Perlman, Jeremy Irvine, and Joey King, it's hardly an A-List cast, but it is a pretty good one.
Working Against It: This one doesn't look like it's going to please anyone. It's being advertised like a hippy love-fest (seriously, look at that picture). Emmerich might be a tad too epic for the scale of the movie. It seems to be rewriting some of the key events. I'm curious about it and would like to see it turn out well, I'm just not convinced yet.
Interest Level: I'll probably see it eventually but I'm willing to wait if reviews are negative.

Weekly Ten: 8/28-9/3

As I warned, I'm deep down a Showtime rabbit hole and not watching much else. This is the closest I've come to not having ten items for a weekly ten, so thankfully, I've put off finding out what happens if I ever don't make it to ten.

Show Me a Hero Episodes 5 & 6
That was a satisfying ending. And, the side by side pictures at the end were fun. It made me appreciate the casting.

Homeland Season 3
I watched this all in a haze of about a day and a half. It...wasn't that great. They didn't do anything to rehabilitate Dana and I was perfectly fine that they killed off Brody.

End of the Tour
Jason Segel sure was good as David Foster Wallace.

sex, lies, and videotape
I'll come right out and say this: Spoofing the title is more enjoyable than the actual movie. I did quite enjoy the movie though.

Bullshit Season 8
I'll go ahead and say that, as much as I enjoy previous seasons, it's smart that they stopped after this. They were running out of topics and relying a bit too much of formula by then.

Homeland Season 4
As a season of 24, this was solid.The takeover of the American Embassy was captivating stuff. It's not a top tier drama anymore. Too messy. And that finale was pretty bad.

Dad
I love watching a movie that was desperate for an Oscar and didn't get any attention, especially for a good reason.

Public Morals "Family is Family"
So, is every episode going to end with someone getting killed? If every episode does, that would be kind of cool. If just a bunch do, that's lazy. This is almost so stylized it hurts. It had a lot of Lyndon Smith, which I liked. It didn't make up for the lack of Katrina Bowden.

The Jim Gaffigan Show "Superdad"
As I've said before and again, I love that Jim and Jeannie are so much on the same side.

Review "William Tell, Grant a Wish, Rowboat"
1) I now know what a William Tell is. 2) Forrest is simply refusing to consider those two vetoes. 3) At some point, the writers determined that "Forrest getting injured" = "funny" and I can't argue with that formula.

The Emmy B-Team: Reality Shows

It looks like I have yet another tradition on my blog. Last year, I had the idea of coming up with what I called my Emmy B-Team. The idea was to create an alternate ballot of all the leftover shows and people from the nomination list that weren't nominated by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Last year, I did this as an experiment to determine how badly the Academy picked their nominees. As it turns out, the B-Teams were altogether embarrassed by the actual nominees and I learned that the Academy doesn't do such a bad job. I've decided to make this list again this year. The main difference this time is that the goal is to highlight other deserving names that were submitted to the list more than proving that the B-Team is better, although that will still be a part of it. Thankfully, the Academy did a pretty good job picking this year, so my job is even harder this time.

I make it no secret that I watch little or no reality TV. I'm not "above it" or anything. I simply don't get much thrill out of it. I like writing and directing more than editing and characters, I guess. Reality TV isn't going anywhere though. We're now up to four major awards for the genre. Let's see how the Emmys are doing recognizing them.

Previously:
The Scruff

* Indicates a show that I haven't watched this season.
# Indicates a show I've seen before, not this season.

Structured Reality Program

Actual Nominees:
*Antiques Roadshow
*Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
#Mythbusters
*Property Brothers
#Shark Tank
*Undercover Boss

B-Team:
*Catch a Contractor
*Impractical Jokers
*The Profit
*Repeat After Me
*Storage Wars
*Who Do You Think You Are?

This is not an inviting category for new blood and it looks like this is all about brand appeal.  Antiques Roadshow gets this year's Angela Lansbury award for always being there and never winning. Mythbusters is getting there too. Undercover Boss and Shark Tank are formidable in their own way. And, when you look at the B-Team, it's a step below. Impractical Jokers? I'm pretty sure I only know about that because I watched TruTV for 2 days to watch the NCAA tournament. Storage Wars. Is that the original of those shows or one of the 20 copycats? Catch a Contractor. I think that has Adam Carolla. It's only teaching me that all contractors are awful shysters.
Winner: Actual Nominees. Because they have all the shows that I've actually heard people talk about.

Unstructured Reality Program

Actual Nominees:
*Alaska: The Last Frontier
*Deadliest Catch
*Intervention
*Million Dollar Listing
*Naked and Afraid
*Wahlburgers

B-Team:
*Barely Famous
*Married At First Sight
*Comic Book Men
*Running Wild With Bear Grylls
*Somebody's Gotta Do It With Mike Rowe
*Arranged

And that B team isn't even including Duck Dynasty, which I didn't even know was still on, any Kardashian Shows, or whatever form of The Real World came out. Yeah, remember the hot blonde from The Big Bounce and D.E.B.S., Sara Foster? Apparently Barely Famous is all about following her and her sister around, so that's getting my vote over the brilliantly named Wahlburgers. The Mike Rowe of it all puts Somebody's Gotta Do It over Deadliest Catch. As great as I'm sure Bear Grylls is in Running Wild, that's not beating Naked and Afraid (I'm pretty sure that show pitch could get picked up by any network for the next few decades). I'll go with Comic Book Men over the tough guys of Alaska: The Last Frontier because I like Kevin Smith better than snow. Million Dollar Listing and Arranged are kind of the thematic antithesis of each other (taking too much time to decide vs. being forced into a decision). And, Intervention probably follows anyone willing to be on Married at First Sight. I've completely lost the thread of where I was going with this so...
Winner: B-Team. I'd watch more of those shows if I had to choose between the lists. I admit that I can't call this an objectively better group though.

Reality Competition

Actual Nominees:
*The Amazing Race
*Dancing with the Stars
*Project Runway
*So You Think You Can Dance
*Top Chef
*The Voice

B-Team:
#American Ninja Warrior
#Last Comic Standing
*Face Off
#American Idol
#RuPaul's Drag Race
*Survivor

American Ninja Warrior is more fun, but The Amazing Race is a well-oiled machine. The Voice is the more popular/better singing competition show these days. RuPaul's Drag Race is more entertaining than Project Runway. I know several people who watch and love Face Off, which I can't say about Top Chef. I like the idea of Last Comic Standing better than So You Think You Can Dance, but only one has Cat Deely. Dancing With the Stars and Survivor are both pretty exhausted by now.
Winner: Actual Nominees. The highs in the B-Team can't prop up the lows the way the Actual Nominees can.

Reality Host

Actual Nominees:
*Tom Bergeron (Dancing with the Stars)
*Jane Lynch (Hollywood Game Night)
*Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn (Project Runway)
*Cat Deely (So You Think You Can Dance)
*Anthony Bourdain (The Taste)

B-Team:
*Erin Andrews (Dancing with the Stars)
*Padme Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio (Top Chef)
*Jeff Probst (Survivor)
#RuPaul (RuPaul's Drag Race)
#Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman (MythBusters)

I'm not sure why Heidi and Tim can get dual nominated, but Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews are split. Regardless, Tom over Erin. I'm calling Anthony Bourdain vs. Padme Lakshmi & other guy a toss up. I've enjoyed RuPaul over Hiedi and Tim the few times I've watched either show. Adam and Jamie have this hosting thing down better that Jane Lynch at this point. And, if we're going with lifers, Cat Deely > Jeff Probst.
Winner: B-Team. It's a toss up, really. In this case, I'm picking the team that didn't get the head start.

I'm fairly certain that the only lesson to be learned with this is that I do not watch enough Reality TV to make an informed decision. I'd love someone to dispute these picks. I'm always happy to learn...unless it requires me to watch these. I'm not going to do that. I watch enough TV as it is.

The Emmy B-Team: The Scruff

It looks like I have yet another tradition on my blog. Last year, I had the idea of coming up with what I called my Emmy B-Team. The idea was to create an alternate ballot of all the leftover shows and people from the nomination list that weren't nominated by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Last year, I did this as an experiment to determine how badly the Academy picked their nominees. As it turns out, the B-Teams were altogether embarrassed by the actual nominees and I learned that the Academy doesn't do such a bad job. I've decided to make this list again this year. The main difference this time is that the goal is to highlight other deserving names that were submitted to the list more than proving that the B-Team is better, although that will still be a part of it. Thankfully, the Academy did a pretty good job picking this year, so my job is even harder this time.

There's a lot of categories that the Emmys don't know what to do with. Messy programs with nebulous categories that have changed a lot over the years. They are given names as vague as "Special Class" or as specific as "Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment". There aren't the wealth of options for them as the more marquee categories. As TV has expanded, these categories increasingly include programs that really must get mentioned. In the coming days, I'll be getting to the more familiar fields, but I figure I'll start with a random assortment of "Creative Arts Emmy"-level awards that I find interesting enough to mention.

* Indicates a show that I haven't watched this season.
# Indicates a show I've seen before, but not this season.

Animated Program

Actual Nominees:
Archer
#Bob's Burgers
*Over The Garden Wall
#The Simpsons
#South Park

B-Team:
#American Dad
*BoJack Horseman
#Family Guy
*Gravity Falls
*Star Wars Rebels

This is a great way to start, because the B-Team really does look like the programs on the bench for the actual nominees. American Dad and Family Guy are the less critically acclaimed Fox stablemates of The Simpsons and Bob's Burgers. South Park is an institution and Archer had another strong season. I can't speak about the quality of Gravity Falls or Star Wars Rebels other than saying that there could've been a little room devoted to kid's programs in the animation field. The only two choices that give me pause are BoJack Horseman (which I've heard great things about) and Over the Garden Wall (which I've never heard of).
Winner: Actual Nominees. The B-Team offers some interesting alternatives, but that's exactly what they feel like: alternatives. Name recognition goes far here.

Short-Format Animated Program

Actual Nominees:
#Adventure Time "Jake the Brick"
*Disney Mickey Mouse "Mumbai Madness"
*Regular Show "White Elephant Gift Exchange"
#Robot Chicken "Chipotle Miserable"
*Steven Universe "Lion 3: Straight to Video"
*Wander Over Yonder "The Gift 2: The Giftening"

B-Team:
*Blank on Blank "Philip Seymour Hoffman on Happiness"
*Mike Tyson Mysteries "Ty-Stunned"
*Star Wars Rebels Shorts "The Machine in the Ghost"
*Teen Titans Go! "Let's Get Serious"

I figure that if I include Animated Series, I might as well cover short-format animation as well. I couldn't come up with six other potential nominees to fill a B-team though. That, and the fact that I at least assume that Robot Chicken, Mickey Mouse, and Adventure Time class up the nominees too much makes this a runaway.
Winner: Actual Nominees. Because the B-Team can't even fill a line-up.

Children's Program

Actual Nominees:
*Alan Alda And The Actor Within You: A YoungArts Masterclass
#Degrassi
*Dog With A Blog
Girl Meets World
*Nick News With Linda Ellerbee: Coming Out

B-Team:
*Austin & Ally
*Jessie
*K.C. Undercover
*Liv & Maddie
*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Invasion

This isn't even close. The actual nominees include Degrassi, which is just a good teen drama even with its best days behind it, something with "Alan Alda" and "Masterclass" in the title (enough said), yet another Nick News (yeah, it's still on the air at some time), the weirdest Disney Channel show out there in Dog with a Blog, and the sincerely good Girl Meets World. The best the B-Team can muster is a few lesser Disney Channel shows and another iteration of TMNT.
Winner: Actual Nominees. Not only is there more name recognition. There's shows I would actually recommend watching.

Special Class Program

Actual Nominees:
*Beyonce and Jay Z On the Run
The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
The Oscars
*Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (Live From Lincoln Center
*68th Annual Tony Awards

B-Team:
*2014 ESPY Awards
*57th Annual Grammy Awards
*2015 MTV Movie Awards
*The Nance
Peter Pan Live!

Tonys beat Grammys for mattering more to their industry although both are the best award shows. The Tina Fey/Amy Poehler Golden Globes have a little more gravitas than the MTV Movies Awards and ESPYs. I'm not sure what The Nance is, but I'll go with Sweeney Todd over it any day. I'm certain the Beyonce/Jay Z program is better than Peter Pan Live! (which I watched 100% for Allison Williams).
Winner: Actual Nominees. There's a better alternative in the nominees for every B-Team item.

Documentary or Nonfiction Series

Actual Nominees:
*American Masters
*Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies
The Jinx: The Lide and Deaths of Robert Durst
*The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
*The Sixties

B-Team:
*Building Wonders (NOVA)
*The Fighting Season
*The Runner-Up
*Shakespeare Uncovered: Series 2
*Unsung

Only one group has The Jinx.
Winner: Actual Nominees. I was going to skip this category until I saw that it would give me a chance to mention The Jinx. Watch The Jinx. It's really good.

Interactive Program

Actual Nominees:
@Midnight with Chris Hardwick
Last Week Tonight
SNL
#Talking Dead
#The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

B-Team:
*Dancing with the Stars
*Night of Too Many Stars
*Sports Jeopardy! Second Screen Experience
*The Vampire Diaries Rehash
*The Voice

Chris Hardwick certainly has a niche, doesn't he? Well, @Midnight is the most interactive program. Talking Dead is up there and Last Week Tonight too. (Note: I am equating "Interactive Program" to "anything with nightly hashtags"). I guess The Voice and Dancing with the Stars have voting, but that's about it.
Winner: Actual nominees. They are more in the spirit of the category.

Short-Format Live -Action Entertainment

Actual Nominees:
*Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis: Brad Pitt
*Billy On The Street With First Lady Michelle Obama, Big Bird And Elena!!!
*Children's Hospital "Just Like Cyrano de Bergerac"
*Key & Peele Presents Van And Mike: The Ascension "Episode 5"
Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show Starring Katy Perry

B-Team:
*Broad City: Hack Into Broad City
#If Google Was A Guy
*Play It Again, Dick
*73 Questions With Reese Witherspoon
Too Many Cooks

This is tough. Both groups have a variety of quality choices. Let's narrow this down. Between Two Ferns is more established and I'm fine with blindly assuming it's better that 73 Questions. Billy on the Street is funnier than what I've seen of If Google Was a Guy. I've heard good enough things to believe that Play It Again, Dick is every bit as good as Children's Hospital, if not better. The Key & Peele Presents is roughly comparable to Broad City. The difference maker has gotta be the Katy Perry Superbowl Show and Too Many Cooks. I like Katy Perry and Too Many Cooks annoyed me, although I won't deny the appeal.
Winner: Actual Nominees. This is very close. I'm no better than the Academy when I say that I'm going to go with the nominees over the B-Team, because I recognize more of them as things of established quality.

Stunt Coordination - Drama

Actual Nominees:
#The Blacklist
#Boardwalk Empire
Game of Thrones
Sons of Anarchy
The Walking Dead

B-Team:
Arrow
The Flash
Marvel's Agent Carter
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD
Marvel's Daredevil

There's a couple others I can put in the B-Team too. These five happen to be shows that I watch. You might notice a trend. Look, I wouldn't dare try to take anything away from what Game of Thrones did this season. The Walking Dead too. It's just pretty embarrassing that stunt-heavy (and proficient) shows are completely ignored, seemingly just because they are DC or Marvel affiliated. Blacklist, Sons, and Boardwalk have fine stunt work. But, leaving out the CW shows or Daredevil invalidates the category.
Winner: B-Team. There's just too many snubs for Game of Thrones, which very well may be the best overall to make up for.

Stunt Coordination - Comedy

Actual Nominees:
Brooklyn Nine Nine
Community
#It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
SNL
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

B-Team:
*The Goldbergs
*Jane the Virgin
Looking
*Man Seeking Woman
*Workaholics

Where else will you ever see Community and It's Always Sunny facing off for an Emmy? You've got the return of paintball for Comminty, Brooklyn Nine Nine with the police action, SNL in the Digital Shorts, Kimmy Schmidt with its slapstick, and It's Always Sunny with more need for stunts than you think. This is a really good nomination field. Besides. I can't say I even remember Looking having any stunts.
Winner: Actual Nominees. Because it's correct.

For those keeping count, that puts us at 8-1 in favor of the Actual Nominees (although one of the 8 was close). There's not much to say that I didn't above. Anyone who remembers this from last year knows that it's be this one sided a lot of the time.

Movie Reaction: The End of the Tour

Formula: Almost Famous - Finding Forrester

Why I Saw It: I heard good things about Jason Segel's performance and have you seen the other options in theaters right now? It's desolate.

Cast: Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg dominate the movie. Several familiar faces like Mamie Gummer, Anna Chlumsky, Joan Cusack, and Ron Livingston show up for a few scenes too.

Plot: In 1996, working for Rolling Stones magazine, underachieving author David Lipsky (Eisenberg) visits author David Foster Wallace (Segel) for the last leg of his book tour.

Thoughts:I've grown to like this style of movie a lot. It's basically a "discussion movie" (other examples would be Before Sunrise, Top Five, Weekend). There isn't much plot. There's two guys and they talk as the movie follows them around for a couple days. As long as the conversation is interesting (which it normally is in this) the movie is engaging.
Eisenberg makes David Lapsky both likable and frustrating as hell. He's an aspiring author, more or less a contemporary of Wallace's in age, but thoroughly outclassed by him in writing/success, which clearly bothers him. Lapsky is also trying to get a good interview too, which requires asking some uncomfortable questions that Wallace is skilled at deflecting. It's very complex work by the former Oscar nominee.
Jason Segel is the story of the movie though. I don't know much about David Foster Wallace, so I can't say how well Segel imitates the author. I can say that Segel really dives into the role. It's strange. While watching him, I'd be both acutely aware that this is Jason Segel that I'm watching but that he was still doing right by Wallace. Like Segel was chosen for the role because he is the only actor who can recreate David Foster Wallace's presence. That's speculation of course. Still, Jason Segel does really surprising, fantastic work.

Elephant in the Room: I haven't read Infinite Jest or the interview that this about. Is that going to be a problem? It wasn't a problem for me. The fun of the movie is deciding how authentic Wallace is being (I'm still undecided about that), not that "he just made a reference to that one part in the book".

To Sum Things Up:
This is a thoughtful movie. It's a passion project and handles its central figure delicately. Segel and Eisenberg are even better together than they are individually. Also, how do you feel about Broken Arrow?

Verdict (?): Weakly Recommend