This Weekend, Watch This

A comparison for the new releases for January 2-4, 2015

By Curt David

January 2, 2015

She will curse anyone who doesn't vote for Andy Serkis.

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New movies are released into theaters every weekend. How do you decide which movie to watch? I’ll save you the hassle of researching every movie by comparing the new releases for each weekend in this column. Then, I’ll tell you which movie you should watch in the theaters.

Also, for the next month I’ll tell you why Andy Serkis should be nominated for Box Office Prophet’s Calvin Awards (click here for more info) as Best Actor.

For the first weekend of 2015, the only new wide release is The Woman in Black 2, which works out perfectly, because then I can campaign for Andy Serkis and tell the BOP staff the top seven reasons they should vote for him for Best Actor.






The Woman in Black 2 Angel of DeathTop 7 reasons why the writers of BOP should vote for Andy Serkis for Best Actor for their Calvin Awards
Clearest TitleThe sequel to The Woman in Black. Point. #7: Because he has been amazing in the past with his stop-motion acting as Caesar and Gollum. HE WAS GOLLUM!
Best Genre
and Rating		Horror
Rated PG-13 for some disturbing and frightening images, and for thematic elements		#6: Because BOP has praised his performances before. Second place Best Supporting Actor in 2003 (Gollum), fifth place for Best Supporting Actor in 2004 (Gollum), and eighth place for Best Actor in 2012 for Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes!
Cleverest Tagline
(out of 5 stars)		People buy old house
House is haunted. That’s the plot
I don’t need this line		#5: Surely if he got eighth place for lead actor in 2012 for Caesar, this year when Caesar was even more of a lead actor in the film, he can get first place!
Best Part of TrailerPROS: You can tell it’s a spooky haunted house film
CONS: But it wasn’t that spooky looking		#4: And isn’t it about time to stop saying that stop-motion acting shouldn’t be considered worthy of acting awards? I mean he is an impressive actor to bring Gollum and Caesar to life!
Coolest Lead ActorJeremy Irvine was the kid in War Horse. Point. #3: But what about his movie officially campaigning him for Best Supporting actor? First of all, his movie flipped a coin for that decision, and he hasn’t gotten any nominations in the supporting categories. And because he should win Best Actor.
Best CastI don’t recognize anyone else yet. Still gets the point though.#2: And do we really want to be that website that just goes along with what everyone else is saying for the Best Actor Award. I get it, Keaton, Redmayne, and the other guys we keep hearing about are good, but so is Andy Serkis!
Best Street Cred
For the Production		Director Tom Harper has directed some TV shows. Point. #1: Because his acting was legitimately amazing and should win when compared to his peers in 2014.



So out of a maximum of 7 points per movie, The Woman in Black 2 Angel of Death wins all seven points and the gold star.

You may interpret this column for your own movie preferences. For example, if you think this will be a bad sequel, feel free to watch the Oscar nominated movies that are expanding. However, if you are still on the fence, please read the following conclusions from the scientific data gathered in this column.

Conclusion 1: On paper, The Woman in Black 2 is the best movie to watch this weekend.
Conclusion 2: Each week I give a gold star to the movie with the best tagline. The Woman in Black 2’s tagline was “She never forgives. She never forgets. She never left.”
Conclusion 3: Serkis. Best Actor. Calvin Awards.



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