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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 27th, 2018 – Adorned with Garlands

Josh Zyber — Tue, 29 May 2018 12:00:45 +0000

On this rather slow holiday week, new Blu-rays are headlined by a movie that almost didn’t get released at all. New Releases ‘Annihilation‘ – Writer/director Alex Garland follows up his acclaimed ‘Ex Machina’ with another challenging, high-concept science fiction drama. Based on a novel by author Jeff VanderMeer, the film is about a group of...

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Weekend Box Office: Panther Annihilates All Competitors

Luke Hickman — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:00:46 +0000

Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ is now the third-fastest film to hit $400 million, and has landed the all-time #2 record for biggest second weekend. Although its placement on the podium didn’t allow for any of the newcomer movies to make much noise, each performed well in its own right. After ten days, thanks to a healthy...

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Weekend Movies: No Dice

Luke Hickman — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:00:39 +0000

While most studios would have stayed out of the wake of ‘Black Panther’, three were brave enough to release counter-programming this weekend. Warner Bros. has the widest release, a couples comedy loaded with R-rated hijinks. Paramount has a hard science-fiction thriller that has the studio terrified. And Orion – yes, Orion is still around –...

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‘Annihilation’ Review: Thought-Provoking Sci-Fi Shocks

Philip Brown — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 17:00:24 +0000

Following up his acclaimed directorial debut ‘Ex Machina’, Alex Garland (who’d previously written ’28 Days Later’, ‘Sunshine’, ‘Dredd’ and others) got a chance to make a rare big-budget sci-fi film built as much on unsettling ideas as on CGI monsters. Sadly, the realities of contemporary filmmaking being what they are, Paramount got wet feat about...

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Weekend Roundtable: 2018 Movies You’re Looking Forward To

Josh Zyber — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 20:00:21 +0000

As we look out over the calendar, a whole year’s worth of movies await us. Some will be great, and some will be awful. Let’s hope for the best. What new movies coming out in 2018 are you most anticipating? To help you out, Wikipedia has a list of 2018 movies that are expected for...

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