Batson's Blog

I'm not one to predict financial results at the box office. I've never really tried that before. However, what I am usually good at is predicting what's going to bomb and what's not going to bomb. I sit in the theater and see the trailers and go, 'That's going to be awful!' That's what happened with Baywatch , Jupiter Ascending , Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets , Ghost in the Shell , the latest version of The Mummy and various others. I sat there thinking, 'How could anyone think these were good ideas?!' This is the first time I've voiced my opinions in a published format. Here goes nothing. Here are my predictions for some of December's movies: Aquaman Prediction: Hit Like I've already told some of my family members, this is an underwater Thor. This is going to be good for D.C. While they've has a few issues with some of their other movies, they got this one right the moment they cast Jason Mo...

Thor: The Dark World was the last movie on my 2013 'must-see' list. Gravity owned the box office this weekend though. It grossed $55.6 million, making it the highest grossing opening weekend film for Sandra Bullock or George Clooney 's careers according to CNN . I've seen Facebook post upon Facebook post and tweet upon tweet, recommending that people go watch the movie. In fact, I haven't seen one negative review for it. I’m intrigued by the movie. I was ever since I saw the first preview . This movie, unlike so many others, seems to have done it right. The trailer didn't give away the entire film. In fact, it only gave away a small portion of it -- Sandra Bullock's character seemingly getting hurled into the dark abyss that is outer space. I want to know how in the world (or out of this world...) Alfonso Cuarón made an interesting movie that lasts 91 minutes and is about an astronaut being lost in space. It's not like Armageddon , where...