Month: February 2016

20 Most Recent Best Picture Winners Ranked by Domestic Box Office

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20 Most Recent Best Picture Winners Ranked by Domestic Box Office
(Adjusted for Inflation)

How do recent Best Picture winners stack up against each other in terms of their box office numbers (domestic, adjusted for inflation)? We also added in this year’s Oscar nominated films to see how they compare.

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Film (year)
Box Office (in millions)
1.Titanic (1997)$1.17B
 2.Lord of the Rings: TROTK (2003) $536
 3.Gladiator (2000)$302
 4.A Beautiful Mind (2001)$255
5.Chicago (2002)$246
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Brookly

Episode 60 – Brooklyn

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SPOILER-FREE! Rounding out our reviews of the Best Picture nominees, we take a melodramatic journey into the heart of Brooklyn. How delightful is the performance of Best Actress nominee, Saoirse Ronan? Was that Domhnall Gleeson? (Damn, he was good in Ex-Machina. And he was in Star Wars too. So hot right now). Do we actually care about these characters? Was it an overly romanticized version of immigrant life in 1950’s New York? We answer all of these questions and more in Episode 60 of The Smoking Screen.

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Zoolander 2

Episode 59 – Zoolander – BONUS EPISODE

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SPOILER-FREE! Its been 15 years since Derek Zoolander first walked down the cinematic catwalk into our lives. The original Zoolander, was panned and left for dead by most critics. It became an unexpected cult hit after a mediocre theatrical run thanks to its off-beat humor, celebrity cameos and repeated catchphrases. Despite all odds, Ben Stiller (Derek), Owen Wilson (Hansel) and Will Ferrell (Mugatu) reprise their infamous roles 15 years later in Zoolander 2. Does the sequel depend on the same jokes from when George W. Bush first took office? Do we still find intellectually challenged male models funny? Are the cameos a great addition or a distraction? Is it better (hotter?) or worse than the original? We discuss all this and more in Episode 59 of The Smoking Screen Podcast. Come join the circle!

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Deadpool

Episode 58 – Deadpool

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SPOILER-FREE! Who doesn’t love a smart ass in a shiny red suit? Fresh off its record-breaking weekend, we take good hard look at Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool. Was it the R-rated comic adventure that superhero fans had been eagerly waiting for? Will it pave the way for more R-rated blockbusters in the future? Does it redeem Ryan Reynolds after the notoriously awful, The Green Hornet? Is a sequel inevitable? We discuss all this and more in episode 58 of The Smoking Screen. Come join the circle!

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Hail, Ceasar!

Episode 57 – Hail, Caesar!

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SPOILER-FREE! Hail, Caesar! The Coen Brothers (Ethan & Joel) new film transports us back the final days of the studio system. Does this nostalgia piece go too far? Does the star-studded cast (Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill) become a distraction? Are we all sure we “understood” the film? We call “action” on all these questions and more in episode 57 of The Smoking Screen. Come join the circle!

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