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Weekend Roundtable: Theatrical Re-Releases

Josh Zyber — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 19:00:43 +0000

Twenty-six years after its original release, James Cameron’s blockbuster ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ returns to cinemas this weekend with a new 3D facelift. What movies that you never got to see on the big screen the first time around would you pay to see in the theater now if they got re-released? (3D is not...

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Poll: Biggest Duds of 2016

Josh Zyber — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 16:00:30 +0000

Last week, we voted on Favorite Blockbusters of 2016. Unfortunately, a lot of movies last year didn’t live up to their promise or hype. What movies were the biggest letdowns for you? 2016 was widely regarded as a year of disappointments. I’m sure that I haven’t cataloged them all in these poll choices. I also...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of December 11th, 2016 – Squad Goals

Josh Zyber — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:00:34 +0000

It’s another overstuffed week for new Blu-ray releases, as the Hollywood studios dump a bunch of titles on the market before the holidays. This batch has psychotic clowns, peculiar children, bad robots, gladiators and more. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Suicide Squad‘ – After the disappointment of ‘Batman v. Superman’, Warner Bros. and DC pinned a lot...

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Weekend Box Office: Financial Suicide

Luke Hickman — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:00:07 +0000

This weekend resulted in no change for the top two movies at the box office. Three new releases had to duke it out for the slots that followed. Two of them saw so-so returns, while the third just might end up being the biggest flop of 2016. Yes, an even bigger loss than the ‘Ghostbusters’...

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‘Ben-Hur’ (2016) Review: Chariots on Fire

Philip Brown — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:00:00 +0000

Including animation and TV miniseries, this is the sixth adaptation of ‘Ben-Hur’, and that famous one wasn’t even the first. Anyone immediately inclined to cry out blasphemy over this remake’s mere existence needn’t get too upset. We’ve been here before, and chances are we’ll be here again. The real question is whether or not this...

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Weekend Movies: Cry Havoc!

Luke Hickman — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:00:21 +0000

This weekend brings a trio of war-filled films. The widest release is of the animated family-friendly variety with a war against evil. The next one is similar to ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’, only with stocks replaced by wartime weapons. Finally is a remake of a classic epic that nobody asked for. How would you...

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The Trailer Park: Bigger than Big

M. Enois Duarte — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:00:39 +0000

Although often lumped together with historical period pieces, the epic film as a genre is more commonly defined by featuring a central hero on a grand, ambitious journey. The stories are told in a large, sweeping scale full of spectacle and grandeur, against a lavish, panoramic and sometimes fantastical backdrop. This week’s new movie trailers...

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The Trailer Park: Expanding Universes

M. Enois Duarte — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 19:00:34 +0000

The common denominator in this week’s collection of movie trailers focuses on filmmakers expanding the worlds of their respective franchises. Or, in the case of this summer’s big-budgeted religious epic, expanding a particular character’s outlook on life. ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ Taking a page from Marvel, Disney is intent on expanding the ‘Star...

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Weekend Roundtable: Best & Worst Epic Movies

Josh Zyber — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:00:46 +0000

Hugely complicated, elaborate and above all expensive, Hollywood loves to make epic movies with lavish production values and a proverbial (sometimes literal) cast of thousands. As Ridley Scott brings ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ to screen, this week’s Roundtable will look at some of the best and worst epics of the past. Shannon Nutt Best: I...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of December 7th, 2014 – Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga

Josh Zyber — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 14:00:48 +0000

I have a feeling I can guess which movie the majority of our readers will buy this week. That’s right, Michael Dudikoff’s ‘Avenging Force’ is finally available on Blu-ray! Suh-weet! Get your orders in now before it sells out! New Releases ‘Guardians of the Galaxy‘ – Marvel really took a risk this year by adapting...

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Weekend Roundtable: Movies You Regret Buying

Josh Zyber — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:00:23 +0000

We’ve all done it. If you collect movies on DVD or Blu-ray, you’ve undoubtedly purchased a disc at some point that you later regretted. Perhaps it was a blind-buy that you expected to like, only to discover that you hated it. Perhaps you even bought the movie knowing that you didn’t like it, but needed...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 9/27/11 – Shirley, You Can’t Be Serious

Josh Zyber — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:00:38 +0000

After three very expensive weeks in a row, the Blu-ray release schedule takes a bit of a breather this week before gearing up for the next barrage in October. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing worth buying, of course. The studios have rolled out a bunch of interesting catalog titles, including some great classic comedies. Here’s...

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