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‘Hercules’ Review: Busted Myth

Philip Brown — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 15:00:32 +0000

As Dwayne Johnson continues his ascent to superstardom, the challenge becomes figuring out just what to do with the guy on the big screen. Obviously he can’t play some nameless office drone. He has to play a larger-than-life figure who might, you know, look like The Rock. So, perhaps inevitably, he’s been cast as Hercules....

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Schadenfreude Alert: Brett Ratner Ousted from Oscar Show

Josh Zyber — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:00:03 +0000

Earlier this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mystified the world with news that hack director Brett Ratner had been hired to produce next year’s Oscars telecast. This seemed like a spectacularly bad idea to just about everyone except, perhaps, AMPAS President Tom Sherak. Ratner quickly announced that once-funny actor Eddie Murphy...

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Puss’ Trumps ‘Tower’

Luke Hickman — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:00:13 +0000

Surprisingly, ‘Puss in Boots’ held onto the #1 spot at the box office with another $30+ million weekend. The family-friendly ‘Shrek’ spin-off only dropped an unheard-of 3% from its opening weekend, which brings its ten-day total to more than $75 million. Made with a budget of $85 million, ‘Tower Heist‘ underperformed with a $25.1 million...

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Weekend Movies: Cops and Robbers… and Stoners

Luke Hickman — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:00:54 +0000

If you thought the early October releases were weak, I don’t think it gets any worse than this. The pot-smoking deviants Harold and Kumar are back with ‘A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas‘. Six years after escaping Guantanamo Bay, Harold and Kumar are now estranged. When reunited, they set off on a Christmas quest...

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Now Playing: ‘Tower Heist’ Doesn’t Fall Completely Flat

Luke Hickman — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:00:17 +0000

Full disclosure: I cannot stand Brett Ratner. ‘Red Dragon‘ is the only of his films that I find worthy of re-watching. Even before learning that ‘Tower Heist’ was a Ratner movie, I dreaded it based on that awful trailer. When news broke that theater owners were up in arms due to the film streaming on-demand...

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WTF News Part 2 – Brett Ratner to Produce Oscars?!?!

Josh Zyber — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:00:37 +0000

Well, it’s finally happened. The vaunted Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – long accused of rewarding mediocrity – has officially given up any pretense of being a standard of quality in the film community. The Academy has hired douchebag hack director Brett Ratner, a man who normally wouldn’t be allowed within a mile...

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Transformers’ Win Again, ‘Horrible Bosses’ Violate ‘Zookeeper’

Luke Hickman — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:00:03 +0000

As everyone suspected, ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ dominated the box office for the second weekend in a row. Having raked in more than $261 million in less than 14 days, ‘Dark of the Moon’ is officially the highest grossing movie (domestically) of 2011. It’s a shame that box office numbers rarely reflect a film’s...

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Weekend Roundtable: Good Movies from Bad Directors

Josh Zyber — Fri, 27 May 2011 19:00:47 +0000

As the old adage goes, even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while. This week’s Roundtable is a flipside to last week’s discussion. Instead of highlighting the worst movies made by otherwise good directors, we’re looking for those rare good movies that were made by directors generally known for crap. It...

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