For the last two months, the trailer for ‘Joyful Noise’ has been playing before what seems like every screening I’ve been to. I’ve been dreading the prospect of actually watching ‘Joyful Noise’ since I saw the trailer for the first time. Because the movie turned out to be even worse than the trailer makes it out, the purpose of my review today is to get you to avoid this horrible movie at all costs.
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Have you ever seen a movie with a simple plot that becomes unnecessarily complicated just to add drama? That’s what you’re getting with ‘Contraband’. There’s one task that our central characters could do in the beginning of the movie to make the whole problem go away, but then there wouldn’t a feature-length movie to made, so it’s an ignored idea.
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The month of bad movie releases is halfway over. Two weeks down and only two more to go. After this bland weekend, we at least get promising titles such as ‘Haywire’ and ‘The Grey’ in subsequent weeks. Bite your tongue and make it through this weekend, and it’ll soon be over.
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Once again, Judd Apatow’s recent comments about comedy being difficult are put to the test. Making others laugh definitely requires some imagination, a little finesse during delivery, and without doubt excellent timing. Two new movies demonstrate how easy it is to go overboard. One actually looks like it might be fun, while the other makes me throw up a little in mouth. Guess which is which. Continue Reading
Our poll last week asked you to identify which of 2011′s blockbuster hits was your favorite. To date, the ‘Harry Potter’ finale has taken the lead, followed by ‘X-Men: First Class’ and ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’. Unfortunately, good movies don’t always manage to become blockbusters. This week, we’ll take a look at some of last year’s most critically-acclaimed films, and let you pick your favorite from that bunch.
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As the publication does every year, The Hollywood Reporter has made a list of the Top 15 box office bombs of 2011. The definition of “bomb” is based on a comparison of each movie’s budget versus its worldwide box office total. However, as we know, just because a movie didn’t make any money doesn’t mean it was bad. Did all of these movies deserve their sad fate? (Most of them, probably.)
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Beyond the usual live-action blockbusters, this summer will also bring us a couple of animated family features that look promising. First comes the next adventure for the zoo animals trying to make their way back home to New York. After that is the latest from Pixar Studios. I’m pretty certain to enjoy one, while I’m not so sure about the other yet.
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After 12 days without any nationwide openers, one finally hit the big screen this weekend. Even though it definitely didn’t deserve to (proven by its 7% Rotten Tomatoes score), the film cleaned up with record-setting numbers that put it at the top of this week’s Top 10.
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Consider this your fair warning. When the Golden Globe Awards air this Sunday, January 15th at 8 PM EST on NBC, The Bonus View will live-blog the event with contests where you can win free Blu-ray goodies. Even if you’ve won any of our other contests within the past year, the normal rules that would prohibit you from winning again will be set aside. While no one takes the Golden Globes seriously as an awards ceremony, the telecast itself is usually a good time. With Ricky Gervais hosting again after last year’s controversial run, what he does this time should be really interesting. Be sure to join us here on Sunday for all the fun!
With the beginning of a new year comes a great deal of potential for new movies over the next twelve months. While not all of these titles may work out as well as we’re hoping, our first Roundtable of 2012 takes a look at some of the upcoming films we’re looking forward to.
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