Poll Results: What Subgenre of SciFi Do You Enjoy?

You have voted and the results are now in for What Subgenre of SciFi Do You Enjoy? It was a multiple click poll so lots of folks choose lots of choices but reigning supreme was Time Travel with 62%! Yay! We like Time Travel, or at least more than 1/2 or use really really like Time Travel. In second was a tie at 43% between Aliens & Utopic/Dystopic Societies (one of my personal faves).

Lots of the categories got lots of love, so it seems clear that we love our SciFi in many of it's Subgenres. Here are the complete results:

62% - Time Travel
43% - Aliens
43% - Utopic/Dystopic Societies
37% - Classic SciFi
37% - Monsters
37% - Post-Apocalyptic
37% - Space Travel
31% - Mutation
25% - Conspiracy SciFi
25% - Disaster SciFi
25% - Futuristic SciFi
25% - Realistic SciFi
25% - Robots
18% - Virtual Reality

Thanks for voting!

Poll Results: What June Release Are You Most Looking Forward To?

Oh, I am just so happy to see that the clear lead for most anticipated June releases is The Tree of Life with 27%. It's an absolutely fantastic film and I need to review it ! That will be a challenge, but a good one. Next up is a tie Bad Teacher & Transformers: Dark of the Moon at 18% each (not sure I'll see those), then Super 8 at 13% and another tie with Green Lantern & X-Men: First Class with 9% each. Rounding out Submarine at 4%, such a wild variety of films this month!

27% - The Tree of Life
18% - Tie: Bad Teacher & Transformers: Dark of the Moon
13% - Super 8
9% - Tie: Green Lantern & X-Men: First Class
4% - Submarine

Thanks for voting!

Poll Results: What May Release Are You Most Looking Forward To

Oh, well it's a-looking like I'm not in terrible alignment with the majority this month! The overwhelming lead for the most anticipated May release goes to The Hangover Part II with 33%! Okay overwhelming and 33% doesn't feel like they make sense together but they do when we see next is super diversity of 2nd place which is a 4-way tie of 12% each to: Bridesmaids, Kung Fu Panda II, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Thor. And personally... this month was *all* about Thor, although I'm still hoping to check out Last Night :)

Results:
33% - The Hangover Part II
12% - Bridesmaids, Kung Fu Panda II, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Thor
8% - Tie: Last Night & Priest

Thanks for voting

Poll Results: Hot Docs is Upon Us! Are You Attending the Festival?

I'm excited that so many people are interested in Hot Docs but surprized so few were able to attend! Hopefully the "I wish I was"'ers will make it to the festival in 2012!

Poll Results:
53% - No, but I wish I was
23% - No
15% - Yes! For the First Time
7% - Yes! It's a yearly tradition

Thanks for voting!

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival runs from April 28 - May 8, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Poll Results: What April Release Are You Most Looking Forward To?

Bit late getting the results up but the April Release Are You Most Looking Forward To is an overwhelming 44% to Hanna! Looks like women kicking butt is a trend people like, and it's hard to argue with that!

Here are the detailed results:
44% - Hanna
11% - Tie: Apollo 18, Arthur, Your Highness
7% - Insidious
3% - Tie: Prom, Soul Surfer, Source Code, Water for Elephants

Thanks for voting!

Poll Results: What March Release Are You Most Looking Forward To?

A clear winner in the poll this time round with Battle: Los Angeles coming in at 30% for your the March Release you are most looking forward to, with Sucker Punch not that far behind with 21%. Seems like high flying action and alien invasions are all the rage! Get more classical are the ties with Jane Eyre and Red Riding Hood which tied at 12%, and a little more adventure with romance with both The Adjustment Bureau and Beastly at 9%. Rounding out the votes are the unlikely duo of Hobo with a Shotgun and The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom at 3%.

30% - Battle: Los Angeles
21% - Sucker Punch
12% - Tie: Jane Eyre and Red Riding Hood
9% - Tie: The Adjustment Bureau and Beastly
3% - Tie: Hobo with a Shotgun and The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom

thanks for voting!

Poll Results: What January 2011 Release Are You Most Excited About?

You have had your say and the results are in for what January 2011 Release Are You Most Excited About, and it's a tie then a tie than a tie - just like awesome lace up boots. The first tier tie is 23% to both Blue Valentine & Season of the Witch which I think are the most diverse choices out there. Then the second tier tie goes to 15% to both the Canadian Incendies & Jason Statham/Ben Foster action film The Mechanic. Rounding out with the last tier is Another Year, The Illusionist & The Way Back each with 7%.

23% - Tie: Blue Valentine & Season of the Witch
15% - Tie: Incendies & The Mechanic
7% - Tie: Another Year, The Illusionist & The Way Back

Thanks for voting!

Poll Results: What December Release Are You Most Looking Forward To?

Poll Results are in for What December Release Are You Most Looking Forward To? and it was a close race for the top three but Black Swan won with 28%, then Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader came in close behind with 25% (I'm thrilled to see so many Narnia fans out there!) and the third heavy hitter is Tron: Legacy at 17%. December is always month chock full of releases that I know I want to see - so I know I'll be seeing all three, in fact I have already seen Black Swan - good reminder to get that review up.

28% - Black Swan
25% - Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
17% - Tron: Legacy
7% - Tie: The Tourist & True Grit
5% - Tie: The Fighter & The Tempest
2% - Yogi Bear

Thanks for voting!

Poll Results: When Are You Seeing Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 1

Poll Results are in for When Are You Seeing Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 1, and surprized to see that 28% of voters are not planning on seeing it! Wowzers. But if you look at it a different way, 56% have seen it already, 14% on a midnight screening, 21% on opening night and another 21% on opening weekend (including me!). Last up is tying at 7% with folks waiting for the crowds to die down and those who will see it multiple times. I saw it & loved it and now I bet I'll be seeing it multiple times too!

28% - Not Planning on Seeing It
21% - Tie: Opening Day & Opening Weekend
14% - Midnight Screening
7% - Tie: Once the Crowd Dies Down and Multiple Times

Thanks for voting!

Poll Results: Are You Going to Reel Asian?

Poll question last week was The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Opens This Week! Are You Going? and the results are in! 40% of us were there and another 40% wishes that they could have been! I wish you could have been to - it was another great year at the festival!

40% - No, but I wish I could
20% - Tie: Yes! It's a yearly ritual & No
10%- Tie: Yes, I go occasionally & Yes, for the first time

Thanks for voting!

The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival 2010 ran from November 9 - 15, 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Poll Results: What November Release Are You Most Looking Forward To?

No surprize that the muggles come out in full force and make the most anticipated November release to be Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Only a week and a half to go - oh boy, I really have to finish re-reading the book!), but I am suprized that second place goes to Due Date at 16%. Wow. Well, it was out this past weekend and I will be curious to hear what people think of it - although I don't think it's really a 'Shannon' film :)

56% - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
16% - Due Date
12% - 127 Hours
8% - Burlesque
4% - Tie: Fair Game & Faster

Poll Results: The Scariest Films Are…?

I'm absolutely beaming that the clear leader for The Scariest Films Are... goes to Paranormal with 41% Fans of the paranormal are in for a treat this week as on this weeks Movie Moxie Podcast I've be discussing supernatural films as a genre and even touching on the differences and definitions of supernatural, paranormal and the occult. The next in the running for results as folks that don't like scary films at all (16%), then a tie between Aliens & Psychological (12% each), Slashers (8%) and ending with another tie at Monsters & Straight Up Horror (4% each).

Poll Results:
41% - Paranormal
16% - I Don't Like Scary Films
12% - Tie: Aliens and Psychological
8% - Slasher
4% - Tie: Monsters and Straight-Up Horror

Thanks so much for voting!

Poll Results: What October 2010 Release are You Most Looking Forward To?

The votes have been made and the results are in - The Social Network is you most anticipated release of October 2010 at 26%. That may be the quietest result for the number 1, but there are so many titles to choose from this month! Coming in second is Paranormal Activity 2 at 15%, then we have 3 ties in a row for the remaining results starring with 13% between The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest & Let Me In, then 10% to each Buried & Red and lastly 5% got to the 3D films of the month with My Soul to Take & Saw 3D.

26% - The Social Network
15% - Paranormal Activity 2
13% - Tie: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest & Let Me In
10% - Tie: Buried & Red
5% - Tie: My Soul to Take & Saw 3D

Thanks for voting!

Poll Results: Are You Going to TIFF?

It looks like TIFF Spirit is very much in the air with the biggest vote going to 47% saying Yes, it's a yearly ritual and 11% of folks for the first time. Next up are the No's, 17% who wish they are and then 11% Not going this year and 11% are just straight up No.

47% - Yes, it's a yearly ritual
17% - No, but I wish I was
11% - Yes, it's my first time
11% - No, not this year
11% - No

I'm one of the No's the year - I applied for but did not receive press accreditation, here's hoping that 2011 will be the year that I get a yes. I hope everyone has a great time at the festival, I know I'll certainly miss it this year.

Thanks for voting & to the Yes's, enjoy the festival!

Poll Results: Which September Release Are You Most Looking Forward To?

You have voted and the results are in! Although Never Let Me Go had an early lead it ended up in 3rd place with 13%. It seems like in September people are looking for vengeance and blood with Machete coming in 1st place at 27% and Resident Evil: Afterlife a near 2nd at 24%. I'm a little surprized a that - I didn't realize it wasn't just me looking forward to Alice taking on the Umbrella corporation ... in 3D.

27% - Machete
24% - Resident Evil: Afterlife
13% - Never Let Me Go
10% - Tie: The Town & Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
6% - Tie: The American & Devil

Thanks for voting!

Poll Results: Are You Going to Toronto After Dark?

The results are in and the popular vote for if you went to the Toronto After Dark Film Festival was 32% with Yes, It's a Yearly Ritual and followed closely by No I Wish I Was and No both chimed in at 28%. I hope everyone who went to the festival had a great time, and those who missed it - there is always next year!

32% - Yes, it's a year ritual
28% - No, but I wish I was
28% - No
7% - Yes, for the first time
3% - Yes, I go occasionally

Thanks for voting!


The Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2010 ran from August 13 - 20, 2010 at the Bloor Cinema, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Poll Results: What August Release Are You Most Looking Forward To?

You have voted and the results are in! Not a sweep this month but a steady lead for Eat, Pray, Love at 33% (I'm so close to finishing the book and now am really looking forward to the film!). In second place is Scott Pilgrim vs. The World with 22% and in third the Australian crime film Animal Kingdom with 16%. Next up we have a tie at 11% with The Expendables & Piranha 3D and then the phenomenal The Disappearance of Alice Creed at 5%. August is shaping up to look like quite the exciting month!

33% - Eat, Pray, Love
22% - Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
16% - Animal Kingdom
11% - Tie: The Expendables & Piranha 3D
5% - The Disappearance of Alice Creed

Thanks for voting!

Poll Results: Inception Impression....

I'm not that suprized to see that 50% Saw & Loved Inception! I wonder if it will be the film of the summer? Next most popular vote is actually a tie at 18% which goes to both Saw it & Enjoyed it and Still Planning on Seeing It. Very low % goes to Not Planning on Seeing it (9%) and Saw It & Didn't Love It (4%).

50% - Saw It. Loved It.
18% - Tie: Saw It. Enjoyed It. & Still Planning on Seeing It.
9% - Not Planning on Seeing It.
4% - Saw It. Didn't Love It.

Thanks for voting!

Poll Results: What July Release Are You Most Excited About?

The results are in for What July Release Are You Most Excited About and in the midnight hour Inception pulled into the lead with 27% and The Girl Who Played with Fire which was sitting at #1 until that point shifted to the second most popular answer at 21%. Those two titles took in almost half of the overall votes with the remaining half doling out to a couple of ties: The Last Airbender and Predators at 12% & I Am Love and Salt at 9%. Rounding out the selections are Charlie St. Cloud at 6% and The Sorcerer's Apprentice at 3%.

I have to say out of all the possible results here, I never thought Charlie St. Cloud would get more votes than The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

27% - Inception
21% - The Girl Who Played with Fire
12% - Tie: The Last Airbender and Predators
9% - Tie: I Am Love and Salt
6% - Charlie St. Cloud
3% - The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Thanks for voting!

Poll Results: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Comes Out This Week. When Are You Seeing It?

You have voted and the results are in. A whopping 65% voted that they are not planning on seeing The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Wow. I'm a little surprized at that, not as many Twi-fans here as I'd thought. Of the remaining 35% who are planning on seeing it, it's a Tie for 2nd place of seeing it at the Midnight Screening along with After the Crowd Dies Down, and then 8% saw it on Opening Day. Interesting that 0% planned on seeing it opening weekend, I've very curious to see how it did at the box office after a really strong midnight take. We will know soon enough.

65% - Not Planning on Seeing It
13% - Tie: Midnight Screening & After the Crowd Dies Down
8% - Opening Day
0% - Opening Weekend

Thanks for voting!