Several experts defend their choices.

1974 was a foolish choice. It was such a bad year for films that they couldn’t come up with five respectable Oscar nominees. The Towering Inferno was nominated as Best Picture. People remember the year fondly because three of the iconic films in history appeared then: Godfather II, Blazing Saddles and Chinatown. Those were genuine stars, but there was no supporting cast.

How the internet has changed our lives:

Netflix says over 45 million accounts have watched ‘Bird Box’.

Assuming two people per viewing, that’s equivalent to 90 million ticket sales.

To place that into perspective, about 200 million people have seen Gone With the Wind in the theaters, and that’s the most-watched theatrical movie of all time. That took 80 years. The mediocre Bird Box (52 score at Metacritic) reached nearly 100 million people in one week!

It’s no wonder the Coen Brothers are willing to eschew the theaters.

The critics agreed with me on this one: a complete waste of time

The trailer (below) had some good laughs, so you should save some money and just watch the trailer, because those were the only funny moments in the entire film.

Some choice comments from critics:

It’s so painfully unfunny we’re not sure it can legally be called a comedy.

“Holmes & Watson” is one of those movies that goes beyond unfunny and into a comedy-cubist zone, where jokes are no longer recognizable and laughter is philosophically impossible.

God bless PETA for getting women like Christian Serratos to get naked in public. I got so excited when I saw her that I had to go out and buy a new leather couch, and some mink-lined snakeskin boots. Of course I stopped for lunch while I was shopping. My favorite snack is a Cute Baby Seal Sandwich from my favorite restaurant, Politically Incorrect.