http://www.ropeofsilicon.com The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:47:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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/ 13 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 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-years-eve-sitter/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-years-eve-sitter/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:02:47 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=51287 New Year's Eve and The Sitter as well as another wave of independent Oscar features beginning their slow roll out. We've got the ensemble rom-com for the win, but we can tell you right now there are more interesting movies out there...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-years-eve-sitter/feed/ 19 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-thanksgiving-holdovers-compete-the-muppets-predicted-topple-twilight/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-thanksgiving-holdovers-compete-the-muppets-predicted-topple-twilight/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:41:23 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=50935 The Muppets hope to score a #1 weekend over Edward, Bella and Jacob.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-thanksgiving-holdovers-compete-the-muppets-predicted-topple-twilight/feed/ 13 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-twilight-the-muppets-thanksgiving-three-day/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-twilight-the-muppets-thanksgiving-three-day/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:19:03 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=50601 Twilight's vampire, werewolf and human love triangle is going to take the top spot over the likes of The Muppets and Arthur Christmas.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-twilight-the-muppets-thanksgiving-three-day/feed/ 22 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/weekend-box-office-predictions-twilight-breaking-dawn-happy-feet/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/weekend-box-office-predictions-twilight-breaking-dawn-happy-feet/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:51:07 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=50276 Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 will be number one this weekend at the box-office, but how much will it make is another matter...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/weekend-box-office-predictions-twilight-breaking-dawn-happy-feet/feed/ 30 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-puss-boots-attempts-three-peat-immortals-jack-jill/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-puss-boots-attempts-three-peat-immortals-jack-jill/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:22:27 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49880 Puss in Boots dropped a mere 3% from its opening weekend and now faces Immortals and Adam Sandler's Jack and Jill. Will it stand tall once again?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-puss-boots-attempts-three-peat-immortals-jack-jill/feed/ 23 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-tower-heist-plans-steal-box-office-crown-harold-kumar/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-tower-heist-plans-steal-box-office-crown-harold-kumar/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:45:33 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49485 Tower Heist taking the crown over A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas. Care to disagree? Think the 3D ticket prices will nudge the two pot-smoking buddies to the top spot. Click through, read, comment, have fun...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-tower-heist-plans-steal-box-office-crown-harold-kumar/feed/ 21 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-puss-boots-time-rum-diary-paranormal-activity-3/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-puss-boots-time-rum-diary-paranormal-activity-3/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:24:56 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49053 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-predictions-puss-boots-time-rum-diary-paranormal-activity-3/feed/ 20 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-paranormal-activity-3-easy-win-make/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-paranormal-activity-3-easy-win-make/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:51:20 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48558 Real Steel for the win last weekend Laremy has his confidence back and with Paranormal Activity 3 being the obvious front-runner for this weekend's title it would seem he has the week off, but can he get the dollar amount correct? Can you?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-paranormal-activity-3-easy-win-make/feed/ 29 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-real-steel-cut-loose-footloose-the-thing/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-real-steel-cut-loose-footloose-the-thing/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:53:25 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47998 Real Steel got us back on track last weekend, but the newborn streak is in real danger (again). Dancing or robots, remakes or CGI, that's the call. Let's break it down!]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-real-steel-cut-loose-footloose-the-thing/feed/ 18 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-real-steel-top-contender-deliver-knockout/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-real-steel-top-contender-deliver-knockout/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:53:40 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47551 Dolphin Tale. But this weekend? It's in the bank, cut the check, ball don't lie. Let's break it down!]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-real-steel-top-contender-deliver-knockout/feed/ 14 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-lion-king-3d-weekend-row-newcomers/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-lion-king-3d-weekend-row-newcomers/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:07:10 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47107 The Lion King 3D two weekends in a row and it ended up biting him. However, he's now on the bandwagon and ready to give the 17-year-old film a shot at claiming the #1 spot for the third weekend in a row as films such as 50/50, What's Your Number?, Dream House and Courageous compete for runner-up. Is he on to something?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-lion-king-3d-weekend-row-newcomers/feed/ 23 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-brad-pitt-moneyball-lautner-dolphins-3d-lions/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-brad-pitt-moneyball-lautner-dolphins-3d-lions/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:48:00 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=46686 The Lion King in 3D quickly walloped his predictions last weekend storming the box-office with a $30 million opening. Wow! This week his money is on Moneyball, but Brad Pitt faces stiff competition in Taylor Lautner's Abduction and the family dollar once again with Dolphin Tale in 3D. Click on through for the breakdown...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-brad-pitt-moneyball-lautner-dolphins-3d-lions/feed/ 32 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-drive-lion-king-box-office-cure-contagion/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-drive-lion-king-box-office-cure-contagion/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:22:17 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=46320 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-drive-lion-king-box-office-cure-contagion/feed/ 29 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-contagion-poised-infect-box-office-unseat-the-help/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-contagion-poised-infect-box-office-unseat-the-help/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:43:03 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=46158 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-contagion-poised-infect-box-office-unseat-the-help/feed/ 31 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-apollo-18-orbits-1-spot-toppling-the-help-shark-night-3d/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-apollo-18-orbits-1-spot-toppling-the-help-shark-night-3d/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:06:36 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45832 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-apollo-18-orbits-1-spot-toppling-the-help-shark-night-3d/feed/ 27 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-help-faces-weak-competition/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-help-faces-weak-competition/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:46:14 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45539 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-help-faces-weak-competition/feed/ 21 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-help-predicted-fright-night-conan-weekend-win/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-help-predicted-fright-night-conan-weekend-win/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:53:03 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45101 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-the-help-predicted-fright-night-conan-weekend-win/feed/ 21 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-rise-planet-apes-stamp-final-destination-5s-hopes-weekend-1/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-rise-planet-apes-stamp-final-destination-5s-hopes-weekend-1/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:14:37 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=44785 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-rise-planet-apes-stamp-final-destination-5s-hopes-weekend-1/feed/ 20 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-apes-rise-victory-cowboys-aliens/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-apes-rise-victory-cowboys-aliens/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:59:36 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=44503 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-apes-rise-victory-cowboys-aliens/feed/ 31 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-cowboys-aliens-captain-america-left-standing/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-cowboys-aliens-captain-america-left-standing/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:30:38 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=44174 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-cowboys-aliens-captain-america-left-standing/feed/ 20 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-harry-potter-takes-captain-america-top/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-harry-potter-takes-captain-america-top/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:37:10 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=43796 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-harry-potter-takes-captain-america-top/feed/ 30