Last weekend, the Rachel McAdams (she’s adorable) and Jason Bateman (less adorable) vehicle “Game Night” had a surprisingly nice box office haul, coming in at a whopping 17 million dollars. Not too bad! Having said that, it came in second … by 95 million dollars.

Your eyes do not deceive you. Marvel’s “Black Panther” was and still is on an absolute rampage, beating “Game Night” by almost 100 million dollars in the box office. 100 million dollars. Most movies are pumped to have a total gross of 100 million dollars, let alone have that be the margin in their box office victory.

Greetings and salutations loyal followers! So as many of you know, in the past few months Trove has done its fair share of holiday blogs, like Halloween, Christmas, Presidents Day. But now a TRUE holiday is upon us -- THE OSCARS! *Miles paused from writing his blog to burst into an incredible dancing number right there in Trove’s office, his employees looking on in a mixture of shock and … admiration.*

Oscar season is by far and away this little blogger’s favorite time to go to the movies, to the point that it may border on the unhealthy, i.e. going to the movies 20 times from November to January (love you MoviePass). But Oscar season is the best time for cinema,

Hello ladies, gentlemen, beings endowed with artificial intelligence, or chimps that have learned how to read (APES, TOGETHER, STRONG), greetings and thank you for checking out this week’s blog.

Having said that, I understand that I, as Trove’s blogger, made a grave mistake last week; I missed the GOLDEN opportunity to do another movie-centric blog about the best romances to watch for Valentine’s Day. WHAT WAS I THINKING?! I had a drop of the proverbial ball, that is "fo' sho'". You all suffered for it, as I know that without my guidance you were left flailing wildly for something to watch for the holiday. I imagine many of you deferred to the likes of Nicholas Sparks (in which only “The Notebook” is forgivable to view) or “Fifty Shades of Dumpster Fires.” For this, my deepest apologies.

Hello readers! Ladies, gentlemen, highly intelligent animals, join me as we enter the mind of a man by the name of Reginald Rose, a screenwriter working in good ole’ Hollywood over half a century ago. You’ve just written a screenplay you’re feeling prettaaay good about by the name of “A Dozen Furious Males” which, after some thought, you’ve decided to rename as “12 Angry Men,” about 12 jurors trapped in claustrophobic, tense, frustrating deliberation over the fate of a boy on trial for murder. About 95% of it takes place in the jury room, and you, being Reggie, are pretty proud of the snappy dialogue you’ve rocked to keep the action moving.

I want you all to flashback to this last Sunday night, if you can recall such an evening that may have been derailed by alcohol intoxication, unbridled joy (if you’re from Philadelphia), or crushing sadness (if you’re from the New England area). But prior to the appearance of that joy or sadness, you were undoubtedly just living your run of the mill Super Bowl Sunday, watching what turned out to be a game for the ages (NICK FOLES?! WHAT?!) and partying with your family and friends (unless you were alone, in which case I’m … I’m sorry).

Greetings and salutations our blog brethren! To begin this week’s blog, I want you all to think of your favorite scene from your favorite movie that really catapulted it into its now favorite movie status. Maybe it was the final scene in “The Shawshank Redemption,” where SPOILER Red and Andy reunite on the beach of a Mexican town that’s unreasonably fun to say, ZIHUATANEJO (love that word). Or the scene in the legendarily awful “Mac and Me” where our protagonist captures the titular alien, a scene that comes off as a truly terrifying moment. In my case, it’s a scene halfway through “There Will Be Blood”

A pleasant Thursday to you all, dear readers! I’d like to open this week’s blog with a Classic Miles Anecdote.

As you may know, last week we published Trove’s list of the best movies of 2017, which I wrote after interviewing our staff. When I interviewed our newest intern, Chelsey, she picked “Wonder Woman” as one of her films. Naturally, I immediately mentioned two things; one, how great the movie was; and two, how I’ve appeared to have fallen irrevocably in love with the film’s star, Gal Gadot.

Friends, allies, comrades, I come to you with an urgent and horrifying news story; 2017 is over, and it was … a fantastic year for movies. Don’t listen to the haters who claim this year didn’t have any big daddy, stand-out masterpieces, like “La La Land”and “Moonlight” last year and “Mad Max: Fury Road” the year before -- those people are just … just monsters. The reason there doesn’t seem to be a couple stand-out films is because, to be a tad colloquial, this year was just so consistently dope.