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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 6th, 2019 – Childish Things

Josh Zyber — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:00:34 +0000

It’s all fun and games this week as the latest batch of Blu-ray and Ultra HD discs features beloved playtime pals Woody, Buzz, and their spooky new friend Annabelle. Let’s open up that toy chest and see what other goodies we can find. New Releases (Blu-ray) Toy Story 4 – If you thought Toy Story...

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Annabelle Comes Home Review: Oh Great, Another Killer Doll Flick

Deirdre Crimmins — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:00:32 +0000

If you’re keeping track, Annabelle Comes Home is the third Annabelle movie, the second film from the Conjuring series to be released in 2019, and the seventh in that franchise overall. Though the series has been hit or miss, this is the first one to successfully feel like a good old-fashioned haunting throwback. After our...

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Poll: Most Disappointing Blockbuster of 2017

Josh Zyber — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:00:01 +0000

Just because a movie makes a lot of money doesn’t mean that people actually liked it. In fact, we’re living in a time when movies can make hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars despite seemingly everybody hating them. Of last year’s big blockbusters, which ones let you down the most? We’re using the...

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Year-End Poll: Favorite Blockbuster Movie of 2017

Josh Zyber — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 20:00:48 +0000

As we close the books on 2017, I’ve given the site staff a reprieve from doing a new Roundtable this week. Instead, I’ll leave our readers with a question: What was your favorite blockbuster movie of 2017? For the purposes of this poll, I have a rather simplistic definition of “blockbuster.” I’ve compiled a list...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 22nd, 2017 – Cut the Crap

Josh Zyber — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 12:00:44 +0000

Let’s not monkey around. We’ve got a bunch of new Blu-rays to look at this week. Some will make you smile. Others will stink. Some are just plain inconvenient. They’re all going to war for your shopping dollar. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘The Emoji Movie‘ – As if ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ and ‘Trolls’ weren’t shameless...

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Weekend Box Office: You’ll Float Too

Luke Hickman — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 15:00:57 +0000

What an absolutely killer weekend! After weeks and weeks of terrible movies, we finally have a new one that’s not only worthwhile, but doubled pre-weekend estimates and crushed several box office records. Juxtaposed next to it was the wilted opening of Reese Witherspoon’s latest rom-com, which is bound to be buried quickly. Topping all sorts...

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Weekend Box Office: Another Labored Victory

Luke Hickman — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:00:53 +0000

After several weeks of low attendance, this Labor Day improved on last week’s performance, but still ended up being the worst Labor Day holiday since 2000. Giving weight to how bad it was, ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ retained the top spot at the box office for the third consecutive week. Meanwhile, the ‘Close Encounters’ re-release and...

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Weekend Box Office: Swift Judgment

Luke Hickman — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 16:00:06 +0000

While Texas is suffering the worst flooding in years, the theatrical box office saw the biggest drought since 2001. The week’s Top 12 yielded a combined total of $49 million. These terrible numbers accurately represent the quality of the majority of recent movies. I sure hope the suits in Hollywood are taking note. After a...

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Weekend Box Office: No Such Luck

Luke Hickman — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:00:03 +0000

This summer’s box office is down nearly 13% from last year, and a lot of that is due to the month of August. Down 34% from last August, this month’s releases are barely drawing an audience. One of this weekend’s new movies opened in the top spot, but the second wide release finished much lower....

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Weekend Box Office: Nut Allergy

Luke Hickman — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:00:43 +0000

Horror is on the rise, while shoddy kids’ movies and shameless Oscar bait are declining. Despite one of the weekend’s new movies having an unexpectedly large opening, the other releases under-performed so much that the box office is still down significantly over last year. Easily dominating the box office was the fourth entry to the...

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Weekend Movies: Be a Doll, Would Ya?

Luke Hickman — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:00:18 +0000

Since when did the summer blockbuster season come to a halt in August? Instead of opening big titles atop one another for the past three months, the studios should have saved some of their big stuff for this and the coming slow weeks. This weekend’s new options include a sequel to a lesser ‘Conjuring’ spinoff,...

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‘Annabelle: Creation’ Review: Better than Bad

Philip Brown — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 19:00:39 +0000

If nothing else, ‘Annabelle: Creation’ is at least better than any prequel to a spinoff should be. Like last year’s ‘Ouija: Origin of Evil’, this is better than the movie that preceded it thanks to hiring a director who actually knows how to deliver an effective scare set-piece. Unfortunately, unlike ‘Ouija 2’, the script for...

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