Greetings and salutations, my fine, fettled, frenetic, fantabulous fellow Fantaversians! Nicodemus here, once again — and for what will almost certainly be the final time — investing (some might say, oppressing) our unique corner of the digital ether with boundless, unaccountable and irrepressible vim, verve, vitality, and, of course, verbosity.

Had enough? Heck no, you haven't! Here's Nico's detailed analysis of films opening Nov. 9: (Also, if you've missed him, then be sure to Part I and Part II of Nico's epic-length return to Fantay Moguls.)

Greetings and salutations!  Nicodemus here, marking my long-delayed return to the lineup of Fantasy Moguls featured contributors with the premiere edition of a brand-new, twice-monthly column: Bank for Your Buck!

Had enough? Heck, no, you haven't! Here's Nico's detailed analysis of films opening Nov. 2:

Greetings and salutations! Nicodemus here, today gazing deep into becalmed waters by the light of a waning moon: straining to perceive prophetic eddies in the pool, to scry out causal currents and read the courses of consequence; to fathom the fickle fairways of fortuity and to foretell futures far from fully formed. Well met, and well come to ONE MONTH OUT, my nigh-weekly column devoted to providing you, cunning and courageous captain of cinema, with the rare foreknowledge of upcoming theatrical releases. In this edition, I'll be casting ahead to Friday, June 1, a date boasting no fewer than nine titles. It's a weekend full of conflicting themes and contradictory emotions, so if you've acquired your sea legs, we'll cast off ... Brace yourself, though, it'll be a bumpy ride.

Greetings and salutations! Nicodemus -- YOUR leading light on upcoming films -- here, as ever keeping you well abreast of future cinematic developments: plumbing the deeps, marking the passable channels and, as always, keeping a sharp weather eye out. Welcome aboard ONE MONTH OUT, Fantasy Moguls's weekly mainstay charting the courses of films due in port on the next moon. Today, lads, we'll be bearing down on the first-rate Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, as well as trying to fathom whether Bug deserves a clean bill of health. Then, later we'll chew the fat over five good-to-great independent offerings. Avast, there, me hearties: clear for action! Belay that bilge an' scupper yer grog, there, ye no-account dogs, ye! Handsomely, now, look wise -- let fly the blackjack, we've spoils t' plunder an' fish t' feed, boys! Powder monkeys t' yer guns, mates t' yer masters, an' bluecoats t' their posts. Idlers below ... and as for the rest of you sorry lot, get yer lazy arses up those shrouds an' ratlines [heh]; any man found at loose ends'll have a date with the gibbet!

Greetings and salutations! Nicodemus here, once again mining the dusky depths of potential, assaying the cavernous chambers of the possible and marking the variable veins of probable box-office gold. Hail, fellow cinematic speculator and prospector, and I bid you welcome to ONE MONTH OUT, my weekly examination of theatrical releases still several weeks down the proverbial shaft. In today's installment, we'll be sifting through the slate of films opening May 18 -- including the second of summer's likely über-blockbusters, Shrek the Third. Here, put on this hard hat, turn your carbide lamp on and remember to keep your head low. Step inside the elevator, that's right; don't worry about the bumps and rattles, they're normal. The smoking lamp is OUT, people -- don't make me tell you twice!

Greetings and salutations! Nicodemus here, once again inflicting wild rumor, uninformed speculation, borderline apocrypha and even, now and then, the occasional, accidental tidbit of legitimate news and valid data on an unsuspecting digital world. It's my weekly preview of films opening in wide and limited release, their prospects and potential; in short, welcome to another installment of ONE MONTH OUT.

Nicodemus: [In best Dr. Nico Riviera voice] Hi, everybody!

Shryke42: [Pretending to be a crowd] Hi, Dr. Nico! Nico:  Welcome to the third, and absolutely final, entry in this very special edition of ONE MONTH OUT. Having now dissected (some might say, eviscerated, but we really just ignore the wags) the first weekend in May's major releases, Spider-Man 3 and Lucky You, we'll now, finally, turn our attention to the week's limited-release premieres.

Shryke: 'Bout damn time.

Shryke42: Grievings and salivations, everyone! Shryke42 here ...

Nicodemus: That's "Greetings and salutations," just so you know, young grasshopper. And, erm, that's my line.

Shryke: Whatever, dude. You had your shot, now it's my turn. Now, be a good boy, there's a good giant vermin with brimstone eyes and beard lint. Nico want a Cheesy Poof? [Averting Nico's molten, baleful glare] Anyway, welcome back to this very special episode --

Nicodemus: Greetings and salutations, everyone! Nicodemus here ...

Shryke42: ... with me, Shryke42, one of the winners of last month's Guess Nico's Top 10 Favorite Films contest ...

Nico: ... welcoming you to a very special (in a, you know, non-cheesy, Diff’rent Strokes sort of way) installment of ONE MONTH OUT, which is where I typically look ahead to films being released into theaters four to five weeks down the calendar. (Hence the name.) Today, however, the winds of change are blowing through this rat's subterranean lair, bringing with them an exhilarating breath of revolution and the sweet, unmistakable scent of innovation ...

Greetings and salutations! Nicodemus here, bravely battling the insidious influences of pestilence, palpitations and plague (not to mention, an astoundingly anomalous, atypically aberrant affliction of alliteration) to bring you news from beyond the arc of time's arrow. Or, in layman's terms, One Month Out, which I thought for a while there just might refer to when my editor could expect my next column. However, I digress.

Greetings and salutations! Nicodemus here, once again courageously charting that phantasmal territory between the revealed and the rumored; the murky boundary separating constancy from kismet; the spectral span between "what" and "if" ... or, in more conventional terms, One Month Out. (Which might also describe the timeframe of Britney Spears's next half-hearted attempt at public-image rehab. However, I digress.)

Greetings and salutations! Nicodemus here, once again fearlessly dipping into the realm of the mystical, the celestial and the supernatural, to summon forth prescient knowledge of the shape of things to come. Today, in lieu of my regular analysis of specific titles scheduled for release during a particular week, I'll be apprehending the fates of potential underachievers bowing between mid-April and the July 4th weekend. Despite said departure from what faithful readers might ironically term "the norm," this most assuredly remains One Month Out -- which is also, coincidentally, a phrase we dusky denizens tunneling beneath the world of Satriale's, Fountains of Wayne and The Bing employ to describe the Christmas season (The Sopranos returns for its final, abbreviated arc the second Sunday in April). However, I digress.

Greetings and salutations! Nicodemus here, once again boldly (not to mention, baldly) stepping into the Portal of the Possible, striding across the Foyer of Fate and standing in the Crèche of the Conceivable, all to bring you the very latest whisperings, murmurings and reportings from beyond the Veil of the Visible. Which is to say, welcome to another edition of One Month Out ... a phrase that may well describe Sienna Miller's recent mental state. However, I digress.

Greetings and salutations! Nicodemus here, today focusing my unnatural powers of divination, discernment and deduction on releases scheduled for Good Friday, April 6 -- the beginning of the Easter holiday weekend, which could play a critical role in the performance of Fantasy Moguls gamers' Spring slates. If you're new to the site, I bid you a fond welcome to my weekly column, One Month Out. (Which, if you're Ann Coulter, might also describe the last several weeks of former Senator John Edwards's presidential campaign. However, I digress.)

Greetings and salutations! Nicodemus here, once again offering a glimpse through my enchanted amulet into the mist-shrouded realm of omens, portents and auguries that is One Month Out. (Which, by the way, is also the title of real-world 'runaway bride' and occasional contact-lens model Jennifer Wilbanks's forthcoming memoir, to be published under Judith Regan's brand-new imprint, Canard. However, I digress.)

Greetings and salutations! Nicodemus here, with a quick word about Paramount's recent decision to shift Shooter back by five days, from Friday, March 16 to Wednesday, March 21. More specifically, how should Fantasy Moguls players expect this 11th-hour move to affect a quartet of films that will be competing for the same audience: Premonition, which opens on the Friday previous to March 21, Reign Over Me, which opens two days after March 21, and a pair of March 30 releases, Rescue Dawn and The Lookout.

Greetings and salutations! Nicodemus here, with predictions, projections and prognostications of films scheduled for release Friday, March 23. (They like to call it One Month Out, which, by the way, was also the original title of Anne Heche's autobiography. However, I digress.)