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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of February 9th, 2014 – To the Bitter End

Josh Zyber — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:00:17 +0000

This week’s Blu-ray assortment brings us a couple of last year’s biggest disappointments, but don’t get too discouraged. Some smaller movies, as well as catalog titles and TV box sets, might still be worth a look. New Releases ‘Ender’s Game‘ – Orson Scott Card’s original novel was a landmark of science fiction literature. Unfortunately, the...

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Weekend Box Office: You Got Served… by ‘The Butler’!

Luke Hickman — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:00:02 +0000

Of this weekend’s four wide releases, only one walked away a success. One of the other three did all right, but the others flopped hard. ‘Precious‘ filmmaker Lee Daniels is back on top after last year’s dud ‘The Paperboy‘. ‘The Butler‘ opened to an awesome $25 million from 2,900 screens. Some early MPAA controversy is...

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Weekend Movies: Summer of Sequels Continues

Luke Hickman — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:00:40 +0000

There have been nearly twenty sequels, spin-offs or reboots since April – some good, some not so good. This weekend gives us yet another, as well as three original movies, each opening on more than 2,000 screens. Although 2010’s ‘Kick-Ass‘ wasn’t a huge blockbuster, it was a success nonetheless. Made on an independent budget of...

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Sundance Journal: ‘Austenland’

Aaron Peck — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:00:31 +0000

The Hess sense of humor has always eluded me. I still can’t understand what people see in ‘Napoleon Dynamite‘ or ‘Nacho Libre’. ‘Austenland’, however, is the Hesses most commercial film. It’s also their best, although that’s not saying much. I wasn’t planning to see this movie before the Sundance festival. I don’t find the Hess...

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Sundance 2013 Preview: U.S. Dramatic Competition

Aaron Peck — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:00:31 +0000

It’s that time of year again. The Sundance Film Festival has released its lineup of films that will screen during the festival in January. I’ll be there covering the festival, but just so you can get as excited as I am, let’s take a look at the lineup for the U.S. Dramatic Competition category. The...

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‘Twilight’ Author Takes a Bite at Producing with Unproven Director

Luke Hickman — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:00:44 +0000

Having lived just outside Salt Lake City, Utah for nearly ten years now, I’ve noticed that a lot of people here do whatever they want – no matter if they have any education or background in that field or not. The mentality of “I love movies, therefore I know how to make one” runs rampant...

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