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It’s been a bad summer. I keep saying that, mostly because it’s true. It’s been overrun by loud, obnoxious studio movies that appeal to little kids (‘Marmaduke,’ ‘Shrek Forever After’) or ...
It’s been a bad summer. I keep saying that, mostly because it’s true. It’s been overrun by loud, obnoxious studio movies that appeal to little kids (‘Marmaduke,’ ‘Shrek Forever After’) or ...
If this weekend’s box office numbers prove anything, teenagers love to go to the movies. Between the weekend gross and the extended openings (both ‘The Last Airbender’ and ‘Twilight’ opened BEFORE Fri...
The topic for this weekend’s Roundtable discussion comes from Dick. (As does the whole concept of the Roundtable itself, I should note.) Since we’ve spent the last couple of sessions dwelling on such negatives as movie...
July Fourth weekend is typically one of the biggest for the Hollywood studios. This is, after all, the lucrative weekend that Will Smith spent many a summer lording over with effects-filled extravaganzas. (This year, he seems to h...
M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘The Last Airbender,’ adapted from the sixty-odd episode Nickelodeon animated show, begins with a title card that reads “Book One: Water.” What it should really say is, “Thi...
Most of the reviews of this week’s surefire box office juggernaut ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ are proclaiming that this, the third entry in the chaste vampire saga, is the best of the bunch. I guess it is, in it...
Some pretty big heavy-hitters were added to the box office roller derby this weekend. Yet the combined star wattage of Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, and a bunch of unfunny, pot-bellied has-been comedians (Kev...
We here at The Bonus View were pretty pleased with the response to last week’s Weekend Roundtable question about most hated movies. So, let’s try it again, shall we? This week’s topic: Biggest movie pet peeves.
Well, the (potentially) biggest movie of the week, Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz’s goofy fun ‘Knight and Day,’ opened on Wednesday. That leaves this weekend to a bunch of numskulls, and some potentially potent indi...
Almost all movies have flubs. They’re an inherent part of the filmmaking process. In many cases, they’re subtle, and will be unnoticeable to the majority of viewers until they’re pointed out. When the level of dr...
Michael Winterbottom’s uncompromising crime thriller ‘The Killer Inside Me’ is a micro-budgeted indie that has stirred up controversy for its shocking depiction of violence. It was probably my favorite thing that...
I think it’s important, especially in the internet based environment in which we so frequently communicate, to pull back the hate from time to time. Sure, we had fun bashing movies, directors and even each other in the Weeke...