http://www.ropeofsilicon.com The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Tue, 22 May 2012 20:00:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/battleship-movie-review-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/battleship-movie-review-2012/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 05:03:59 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=60600 Battleship makes its way into theaters and does so with very little attempt at logic or unique storytelling to be found.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/battleship-movie-review-2012/feed/ 14 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-avengers-go-for-three-in-a-row-against-battleship-and-the-dictator/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-avengers-go-for-three-in-a-row-against-battleship-and-the-dictator/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 19:30:37 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=60566 The Avengers is going for its third weekend in a row up against Battleship and The Dictator as it continues to rock the box-office domestically and internationally.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-avengers-go-for-three-in-a-row-against-battleship-and-the-dictator/feed/ 24 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-can-avengers-reach-100-million-in-its-second-weekend/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-can-avengers-reach-100-million-in-its-second-weekend/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 17:00:23 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=60116 The Avengers is already a massive success, and this weekend it's not a question of where it will finish, but how much will it finish with? Can the superhero flick manage over $100 million in its second weekend?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-can-avengers-reach-100-million-in-its-second-weekend/feed/ 36 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-6-review-and-recap-the-old-gods-and-the-new/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-6-review-and-recap-the-old-gods-and-the-new/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 01:58:39 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59869 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-6-review-and-recap-the-old-gods-and-the-new/feed/ 9 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-how-many-millions-will-the-avengers-assemble/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-how-many-millions-will-the-avengers-assemble/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 18:33:06 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59721 The Avengers bring in? Click on through and add your prediction to the conversation.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-how-many-millions-will-the-avengers-assemble/feed/ 62 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-5-review-and-recap-the-ghost-of-harrenhal/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-5-review-and-recap-the-ghost-of-harrenhal/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:58:25 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59497 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-5-review-and-recap-the-ghost-of-harrenhal/feed/ 11 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-five-year-engagement-hopes-to-walk-aisle-to-1/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-five-year-engagement-hopes-to-walk-aisle-to-1/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:30:44 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59347 The Five-Year Engagement at the top over fellow newcomers The Pirates! Band of Misfits, The Raven and Safe.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-five-year-engagement-hopes-to-walk-aisle-to-1/feed/ 24 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-4-review-recap/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-4-review-recap/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:00:49 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59058 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-4-review-recap/feed/ 8 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-lucky-one-looks-to-end-the-hunger-games-winning-streak/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-lucky-one-looks-to-end-the-hunger-games-winning-streak/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:11:09 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=58910 The Hunger Games is going for five straight weekends in the #1 spot, but the new Nicholas Sparks adaptation The Lucky One is looking to dethrone the current 2012 box-office champ.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-lucky-one-looks-to-end-the-hunger-games-winning-streak/feed/ 20 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-3-review-recap/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-3-review-recap/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:00:34 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=58525 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-3-review-recap/feed/ 6 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-predicting-the-hunger-games-for-the-fourpeat-at-1/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-predicting-the-hunger-games-for-the-fourpeat-at-1/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:00:17 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=58267 The Hunger Games become the first film since Avatar to win four weekends in a row at the weekend box-office? That's what we're looking at as it faces off against The Three Stooges and The Cabin in the Woods.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-predicting-the-hunger-games-for-the-fourpeat-at-1/feed/ 24 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-2-review-recap/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-2-review-recap/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:00:36 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57919 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-2-review-recap/feed/ 6 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-can-the-hunger-games-fend-off-titanic-3-d-and-american-reunion/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-can-the-hunger-games-fend-off-titanic-3-d-and-american-reunion/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:36:35 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57793 The Hunger Games is going for three weeks in a row up against the 3-D re-release of Titanic the return of the American Pie crew in American Reunion.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-can-the-hunger-games-fend-off-titanic-3-d-and-american-reunion/feed/ 23 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-one-review-recap/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-one-review-recap/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:00:12 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57475 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/game-of-thrones-season-2-episode-one-review-recap/feed/ 9 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-hunger-games-looks-to-repeat-over-wrath-of-the-titans-and-mirror-mirror/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-hunger-games-looks-to-repeat-over-wrath-of-the-titans-and-mirror-mirror/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:05:30 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57315 The Hunger Games pulling off a repeat at #1 against Mirror Mirror and Wrath of the Titans, but just how much exactly will Katniss Everdeen pull in after the film's record-breaking opening?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-hunger-games-looks-to-repeat-over-wrath-of-the-titans-and-mirror-mirror/feed/ 33 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-hunger-games-is-positioned-for-a-massive-opening/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-hunger-games-is-positioned-for-a-massive-opening/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:53:28 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56990 The Hunger Games and the question is just how high will it go? Will it break the March (and Spring) record of $116.1 million set by Alice in Wonderland? Let's look a bit closer.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-hunger-games-is-positioned-for-a-massive-opening/feed/ 47 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-21-jump-street-eyes-1-as-the-only-new-wide-release-this-week/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-21-jump-street-eyes-1-as-the-only-new-wide-release-this-week/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:16:25 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56720 21 Jump Street is the only new wide release this week so it looks like an easy call at the top. A bit more difficult is predicting just how much John Carter will drop.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-21-jump-street-eyes-1-as-the-only-new-wide-release-this-week/feed/ 14 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-seuss-the-lorax-versus-john-carter-who-yah-got/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-seuss-the-lorax-versus-john-carter-who-yah-got/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:23:27 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56363 John Carter is looking square in the eyes of the family friendly 3-D animated The Lorax and it would appear Carter is blinking first.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-seuss-the-lorax-versus-john-carter-who-yah-got/feed/ 23 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-lorax-is-looking-at-an-easy-win-at-the-weekend-box-office/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-lorax-is-looking-at-an-easy-win-at-the-weekend-box-office/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:02:05 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55978 The Lorax and the teen audience Project X. The family dollar is always easier to count on than the teen dollar, after all, some of those teens will have to buy Lorax tickets just to get into Project X.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-lorax-is-looking-at-an-easy-win-at-the-weekend-box-office/feed/ 18 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-oscar-weekend-is-looking-like-a-win-for-tyler-perrys-good-deeds/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-oscar-weekend-is-looking-like-a-win-for-tyler-perrys-good-deeds/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:43:17 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55584 Good Deeds.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-oscar-weekend-is-looking-like-a-win-for-tyler-perrys-good-deeds/feed/ 17 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-ghost-rider-will-win-the-weekend-should-we-feel-ashamed/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-ghost-rider-will-win-the-weekend-should-we-feel-ashamed/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:00:23 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54574 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance at #1 with a battle between The Vow and the action-romance This Means War right behind it.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-ghost-rider-will-win-the-weekend-should-we-feel-ashamed/feed/ 24 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-vow-safe-house-journey-2/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-vow-safe-house-journey-2/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:05:36 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54224 The Vow, the actioner Safe House, the family film Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and the 3-D return of Star Wars. Which one will land on top?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-vow-safe-house-journey-2/feed/ 38 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-chronicle-poised-to-win-super-bowl-weekend/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-chronicle-poised-to-win-super-bowl-weekend/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:14:33 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53948 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-chronicle-poised-to-win-super-bowl-weekend/feed/ 23 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-the-grey-man-ledge-one-money-vs-oscar-bump/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-the-grey-man-ledge-one-money-vs-oscar-bump/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:15:07 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53605 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-the-grey-man-ledge-one-money-vs-oscar-bump/feed/ 23 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-underworld-awakening-hopes-put-bite-haywire-red-tails-extremely-loud/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-underworld-awakening-hopes-put-bite-haywire-red-tails-extremely-loud/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:17:17 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53258 Underworld Awakening over the Tuskegee airmen, Steven Soderbergh's Haywire and the expansion of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. How do you weigh in?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-underworld-awakening-hopes-put-bite-haywire-red-tails-extremely-loud/feed/ 22 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-marky-mark-contraband-beauty-beast-3d/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-marky-mark-contraband-beauty-beast-3d/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:49:54 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52803 Contraband and Disney's latest 3D conversion in Beauty and the Beast. And what about Joyful Noise? Does it have a chance at #1? Read Laremy's predictions and take a stab at your own predictions right now!]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-marky-mark-contraband-beauty-beast-3d/feed/ 20 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-mission-impossible-hopes-exorcise-the-devil-inside-weekend-1/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-mission-impossible-hopes-exorcise-the-devil-inside-weekend-1/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:14:52 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52379 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol eek out a third weekend in the #1 position over Paramount's new found footage horror film The Devil Inside?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-mission-impossible-hopes-exorcise-the-devil-inside-weekend-1/feed/ 14 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-mission-impossible-top-sherlock-war-horse-dragon-tattoo/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-mission-impossible-top-sherlock-war-horse-dragon-tattoo/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:21:29 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52174 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-mission-impossible-top-sherlock-war-horse-dragon-tattoo/feed/ 12 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/weekend-box-office-predictions-mission-impossible-4-top-christmas-weekend/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/weekend-box-office-predictions-mission-impossible-4-top-christmas-weekend/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:19:17 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=51953 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/weekend-box-office-predictions-mission-impossible-4-top-christmas-weekend/feed/ 22 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-sherlock-2-lock-alvin-chipmunks/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-sherlock-2-lock-alvin-chipmunks/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:13:22 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=51625 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows will take the #1 spot at the box-office this weekend over Alvin and the Chipmunks, but there's also the question of just how much will The Dark Knight Rises prologue propel Mission: Impossible 4 in limited release?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-sherlock-2-lock-alvin-chipmunks/feed/ 30