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...Vegas sports book, there's a tiny bit of science in the numbers. The odds for a game or a race are determined by the recent finishes of teams or horses; the line-makers are predicting outcomes on past strengths and weaknesses. New movies, especially nonsequels like Christmas Carol, Goats and The Box, have no track record; they have only the expectations, high or low, of industry swamis. The Sunday-morning "weekend" numbers are also a guessing game, since the final tabulations don't come in until Monday afternoon. Declaring a weekend champ on Sunday is like saying...
...will the indie-film shakeout ultimately play out? Given falling revenue, poor economics and a dearth of new indie projects, financial investors will likely limit commitments to commercially viable films - those offering strong potential for ancillary sales in video games and merchandise. That means more projects directed at the end market for those products - teens. But for hard-core indie investors, those who love taking risks on creative projects and look to hedge their bets by investing across many films, that game is over for now. And indie fans will soon feel...
With such success on the ground, the Crimson’s passing game has seen less of the statistical spotlight...
...said we’ve got to run the football more and better,” Murphy said. “Mission accomplished. I think we have to get back to the other balance. I don’t like throwing the ball only 17 times a game...
...It’s going to be a hard game,” Ehrlich said. “Columbia always plays hard. We need to come out as hard. If we match that intensity, we should be able to come out with...