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03-26-2012

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VUDU Diaries: ‘Horror of Dracula’

VUDU Diaries: ‘Horror of Dracula’

A couple months ago, our special contributor Adam wrote up a review of ‘The Hammer Vault’, a book that details the history of the legendary British movie studio, Hammer Films. Reading that review forced me to admit that I’d never actually seen a film from the studio – well, none of its classics, anyway. (I’d only seen the very recent ‘Let Me In‘.) I decided to rectify that oversight, only to realize that few of the studio’s movies are currently available on Blu-ray. VUDU, however, came to the rescue with one of Hammer’s signature titles, ‘Horror of Dracula’, directed by Terence Fisher and starring the duo of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.
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‘Fringe’ 4.15 Recap: “We’re Not Meant to Be Alone”

‘Fringe’ 4.15 Recap: “We’re Not Meant to Be Alone”

Every time ‘Fringe’ takes a break from the broadcast schedule, I worry that it won’t come back. Every time it does feels like a pleasant surprise. Despite the show’s ever-dwindling ratings, Fox seems committed to letting it play out at least the current season. After a few weeks off, the series returned on Friday. It’s just nice to be back in the company of these characters, even if this particular episode isn’t one of the season’s best.
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Weekend Box Office: ‘Hunger Games’ Filmmakers Will Never Starve Again

Weekend Box Office: ‘Hunger Games’ Filmmakers Will Never Starve Again

With only one major opener this weekend, there was no doubt as to which film would walk away in the #1 spot. Even so, I don’t think anyone expected it to pull in the numbers that it did. Continue Reading

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03-23-2012

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Weekend Roundtable: Most-Wanted Movie and TV Crossovers

Weekend Roundtable: Most-Wanted Movie and TV Crossovers

The Alien fought the Predator. Freddy battled it out with Jason. The Puppet Master even had a skirmish with the Demonic Toys. Popular movies cross over with other popular movies all the time, and TV shows often do the same. (Thomas Magnum teamed up with the Simon brothers on several occasions!) This week’s Roundtable takes a fanciful turn, as we tell you about the crazy movie and TV crossovers that we’d like to see, if only someone could make them happen.
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TV Madness: Bauer vs. Xena – MacGyver vs. Guevara

TV Madness: Bauer vs. Xena – MacGyver vs. Guevara

Looks like I got my wish. The Tick was able to take out Tony Soprano in the first round of TV Madness and will move on. In the other match-up, Kevin Sorbo’s rippling biceps overpowered Sydney Bristow, as Hercules took home a win in the first round as well. Now, let’s take a look at today’s match-ups.
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The Netflix Stream: Week of March 18th, 2012

The Netflix Stream: Week of March 18th, 2012

The stream information from Netflix still seems to be janked up, so we might have to change the day that this regular post goes up, but there are still a few relatively new additions that absolutely need to be pointed out.
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Weekend Movies: The First $100 Million Opening of the Year? Probably.

Weekend Movies: The First $100 Million Opening of the Year? Probably.

Well, kids, the next big movie series hoping to fill the franchise void caused by the climactic ending of ‘Harry Potter’ is finally here. According to pre-sales, it looks like the movie will cross over the $100 million mark and possibly even out-do ‘Potter’ box office numbers. The closest theater to my home has sold out all 19 screens with midnight showings tonight. They’re now onto selling 3AM tickets. This same theater always nabbed the North American record for highest midnight box office of the ‘Potter’ and ‘Twilight’ movies, so I don’t see why latest cool thing won’t do the same.
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03-22-2012

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Now Playing: ‘Battle Royale’ for Teens

Now Playing: ‘Battle Royale’ for Teens

After sitting down last month to watch a Blu-ray import of ‘Battle Royale’, I finally learned why so many people make the comparison between that Japanese cult film and ‘The Hunger Games’. When ‘Battle Royale’ ended, I thought, “There’s no way that an Americanized PG-13 version can be better than this bloody, R-rated massacre movie.” I then began to dread the big screen adaptation of ‘The Hunger Games’ – but I shouldn’t have.
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‘Alcatraz’ 1.11 Recap: “Listen to That Little Fella Fiddle”

‘Alcatraz’ 1.11 Recap: “Listen to That Little Fella Fiddle”

We’re coming up quickly on the ‘Alcatraz’ season (possibly series?) finale. As I understand, the show’s ratings aren’t so hot. Let’s hope that the producers offer at least some answers to the big mystery in next week’s two-hour closer. In the meantime, this week brought us one of the better episodes of the season.
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Book Review: ‘Sherlock Holmes on Screen’

Book Review: ‘Sherlock Holmes on Screen’

At first, the thought of reading a large book concerning Sherlock Holmes may not seem all that appealing – unless you’re a big fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s mystery books, of course. Perhaps even less appealing is an encyclopedia-like collection detailing each time the world’s most famous detective has ever made an appearance on television or in a motion picture. To my amazement, such a book is actually quite entertaining and wonderfully informative. In fact, it’s rather elementary, as the big-screen Holmes would say.
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