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Now Streaming: The Romanoffs Season 1

Josh Zyber — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:00:50 +0000

After finishing up one of the most acclaimed TV series of recent years, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner no doubt had his pick of next project on any number of cable or broadcast networks. Ultimately, Amazon Prime streaming offered him the artistic freedom and resources to play around with the very notion of what a...

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‘Bleed for This’ Review: Better than Blood

Philip Brown — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:00:34 +0000

It’s time for another inspirational boxing movie. They never end. You know, “fighting for your life,” “putting it all in the ring,” etc. ‘Bleed for This’ is essentially the same old story, just a little different. It’s also a pretty good version of the ol’ routine in the ring, anchored by some solid work by...

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‘Sully’ Review: Grumpy Old Pilot

Philip Brown — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 19:00:43 +0000

Like almost all of the later period films directed by Clint Eastwood, ‘Sully’ seems to be executed with a mixture of passion and disinterest. The movie has some rousing, even stunning sequences executed by the aging filmmaker (especially anything involving the airplane tragedy), but it also has tedious dialogue scenes that Eastwood barely seems to...

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‘London Has Fallen’ Review: Bigger, Dumber, Not Better

Philip Brown — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 20:00:31 +0000

In the great battle of “Die Hard in the White House” movies of 2013, ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ emerged as the unlikely victor. That was mostly because it was released before the similarly themed and titled ‘White House Down’, but mostly because it was less overblown (i.e. no Roland Emmerich) and more fun. Now we’re treated...

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Now Playing: It, Frankly Stinks

Philip Brown — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:00:45 +0000

It’s been quite a while since the monster from Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ shuffled across screens in a Hollywood horror yarn. A decent reboot for the character might actually be worth offering a fistful of cash over to the studio machine to experience. Sadly, ‘I, Frankenstein’ is not that movie. Instead, ‘Underworld’ idea man Kevin Grevioux...

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‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Contest Results

Josh Zyber — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:00:57 +0000

I hear that in ‘Olympus Has Fallen 2: Olympus Has Fallen and It Can’t Get Up’, Gerard Butler will have to save the President from terrorists who’ve invaded Camp David. OK, maybe I didn’t really hear that, but now that I’ve said it, you can expect some studio head to greenlight the sequel based on...

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Ashes… Ashes… All Fall Down – Win ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ on Blu-ray!

Josh Zyber — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:00:11 +0000

By now, you’re probably sick of hearing ‘Olympus Has Fallen‘ described as “Die Hard in the White House.” Fair enough. If you’d like the chance to win an action thriller in which a lone underdog hero is trapped in a confined location (that happens to be where the President lives) with a bunch of terrorists,...

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Weekend Movies: Not a ‘Trek’ Fan? Ha!

Luke Hickman — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:06 +0000

Captain’s log Five dot One-Seven dot One-Three. Get off your asses and head to the closest large-format screen immediately! Leading up to the blockbuster season, ‘Iron Man 3’ was probably my most anticipated movie, but if you read my spoilery anti-‘Iron Man’ post from a couple weeks ago, then you know that I wasn’t satisfied...

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Now Playing: The Second ‘Die Hard’ of 2013

Luke Hickman — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Say what you want about ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’, but I enjoyed it for the big dumb (emphasis on “dumb”) action movie it was. If it left you unsatisfied, yearning more quips, one-liners, profanity and R-rated violence, then you just might consider ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ the ‘Die Hard’ movie that ‘A Good Day’...

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Now Playing: Fear and Loathing in Puerto Rico

Luke Hickman — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:00:17 +0000

Based on the trailer, you’d probably expect ‘The Rum Diary’ to be little more than ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas‘ with some new scenery and the drugs swapped out for alcohol. While there are definitely similarities between the two, ‘The Rum Diary’ is (somewhat) more driven by plot than random actions, which makes it...

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The Netflix Stream: Week of June 5th, 2011

Dick Ward — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:00:17 +0000

It’s another rough week for Netflix lovers. We lose some excellent flicks and we don’t get a lot back. There’s still time to watch all the fine movies we lose, though. So make sure you read up and start expanding your queue. Leaving the Stream ‘Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead’ (6/15): I haven’t seen...

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Battle’ Triumphs, ‘Mars’ Needs More Than Moms

Drew Taylor — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:00:28 +0000

This weekend’s box office was dominated by two movies that were, in the immortal words of Ricky Gervais, “utter shite.” One was the talk of the town because it trumped everyone else at the box office, while the other one was the subject of discussion for an entirely different reason – because it’s a huge,...

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