This game is the nail in the coffin for my chances of winning the year.

You're still in 3rd place for the year and there are 2 more games to go...

150pts out, of which I'm likely not making up any with this game. And to make that up with the next to games looks to be an uphill battle too, primarily because the players ahead of me (Groucho, i.hope), don't have a tendency to slip up (that much).

I tend to look good and then fall back and always lose in the long run, so if my luck holds up, you still have a chance.

Groucho and i.hope in a tight race for yearly #1. Go Groucho

I'll screw it up before the end. I always do...

Well let's hope not because then it will be i.hope again...ugh

Huh? I thought I was doing alright. No idea why I thought that.

Well, during the first week you hovered around the top, after that it went haywire.

Even recently, I thought I was ahead of you.

Right, you had a big advantage on it Stains the Red Sand before when it had a score of 75 or so, but that has dropped to 50 now, and made me catch up and the main cause which got me ahead of you even I think.

Yeah, Algren would probably be in 3rd place if It Stains had held close to his prediction.

Hm, I thought there would be at least a few reviews for Dark Tower by now. That's not a good sign. Is it not being screened for critics?

The Dark Tower reviews are out and ...... i.hope is closest. It opened with 21%.

How the hell did I give TDT a 72%...damn it!!!

It's a two-horse race.

I need Kidnap to take a bit of tumble, now!

I am the first to pass 500...ugh.

You have a case of still being hungover from your good achievements last year.

The Hitman's Bodyguard is the last film left where I could still catch up on some decent points this game. Hoping for it.

I cannot believe that Savage Dog even got a score.

Damn!! What the hell! I need to do better next game.

Got to look ahead to the Sep/Oct game already.

When you're more than 100pts away from first place, you're basically just shit at this game. If you're under 100pts away, you're capable of tweaking to improve your game. If you're within 50pts, you're still in contention for the most part, unless it is the final fortnight of the game, then it usually means you don't stand a chance.

i.hope is within a dozen points of me! And only 2 points behind me for the year!

Can I hold out to the end?

Well, it depends. All you have to do is wait for i.hope's ballots and copy them and then he cannot beat you (providing he doesn't get ahead of you by the end of this game!).