RIP Jamal Lyon (2015-2019)

Brought to you by the name Oscar.  The name Oscar!  Most closely associated with the most prestigious awards ceremony of the year, and of course with a beloved grumpy character on a children's television show who lives in a garbage can.  So really, opposite ends of the spectrum, and yet more closely related than at first appearance.  Well, I guess we're going to watch the damn show tonight, with a few hours lead time so we can skip the boring parts, and the acceptance speeches that some don't want to hear.
But on to the real big news!  DreamWorks animated features may never win another Best Picture Oscar (TM) (R) (C) for Animated Feature of the Year ever again, but the How to Train Your Dragon series continues to open at #1.  That, and Kung Fu Panda, because Shark Tale was an unacceptable ethnic stereotype.  The only other whimsical child-ish fare this week is the Lego Movie sequel.  No cumulative totals over 100 million this week.  The closest is The Upside at 99.7!  PATHETIC!!!!!
Meanwhile, something called Fighting with My Family debuted last week... as far as I know.  Which once again proves what I've thought about Vince Vaughn for a while now: not good at the Box Office.  Plus, I'm getting so sick of these Sans Serif fonts on these movie posters.  We need a resurgence of Serifs, damn it!  And not just the cursive-ish type lettering we get sometimes in music videos... can't think of a good example right now.  Speaking of Vince Vaughn, he's also got something coming out called Dragged Across Concrete that's probably going to bomb as well.  Well, it's using a micro-ad campaign, mostly Fred Melamed on Facebook posting the poster.  That's all I've seen of it so far.  Mel Gibson's Public Rehabilitation is apparently taking longer than expected.
The second and last bonafide debut this week is something called Reach the Rock... sorry, that's a post-Home Alone script by John Hughes, trying to recapture some of that Breakfast Club lightning in a bottle.  No, it's a film called Race the Sun... sorry, that's a Halle Berry vehicle from 1996.  My mind must be adrift today.  The actual film is called Run the Race... seriously?  That's the title?  Ugh.  And again, the same font on the poster as Fighting with My Family.  SAME COLOR, too!  Yellow!  That's right, I'm messing with some of the things I don't usually now, how do you like that?  Judging from the Plot Description, it sounds like we might have a Christian film in the offing here.  I mean, two different world views in a small Southern town?  What else would they be?  Fortunately, coach Bubba Blue is keeping above the fray.  He and I are getting too old for this sh.........