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2016 Oscar Winners

Josh Zyber — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 07:03:10 +0000

Over the course of what I swear felt like 12 grueling hours, this year’s relentlessly dull Academy Awards ceremony stirred to life only briefly with shocking upset victories in two categories, including the big prize of the night. Prior to the very moment he lost, Sylvester Stallone looked like a sure thing for Best Supporting...

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Poll: Which 2016 Oscar Nominated Movies Have You Seen?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:00:36 +0000

In case you hadn’t been paying attention, the Academy Awards will air this Sunday night. Often, many people use the last few days before the ceremony to catch up with the Oscar nominated movies they missed. How many of this year’s crop have you seen? The following poll contains all of the movies nominated for...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 31st, 2016 – Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water

Josh Zyber — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 13:00:49 +0000

We’re in that awkward time of year between the Oscar nominations and the actual ceremony. This week’s Blu-ray releases feature several movies that courted Oscar’s attention. One of them had more success at that than the others. New Releases ‘Bridge of Spies‘ – Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks reunite (their fourth time working together) for...

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2016 Oscar Nominations

Josh Zyber — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 19:00:26 +0000

Let’s put all that Golden Globe nonsense behind us and get on with the real awards. The 2016 Oscar nominations were announced this morning by actor Zachary Levi and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Cheryl Boone Isaacs. Did anything surprise you? I’m surprised that ‘Sicario’ got snubbed in all of the major...

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Weekend Box Office: Double-0 Seventy Three Million

Luke Hickman — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:00:50 +0000

Following the critical and box office success of ‘Skyfall’, the James Bond franchise is still killing it. At that same time, Charlie Brown, Snoopy and company proved that they’re still relevant and bankable too. Although Daniel Craig’s fourth 007 film, ‘Spectre‘, opened to $15 million less than franchise-best ‘Skyfall’, it still had no problem topping...

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Weekend Box Office: Hollywood Burnt Again

Luke Hickman — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 16:00:53 +0000

September is usually one of the worst months for box office numbers. This year, however, aside from a pair of lucrative releases, October takes the cake for terrible movie openings. The final weekend of October brought with it the worst box office of 2015 so far. With a small window before ‘Spectre’ takes the biggest...

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Weekend Box Office: Abnormal Activity

Luke Hickman — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 16:00:00 +0000

All five of this weekend’s new movies flopped, leaving plenty of room for a four-week-old blockbuster to return to the top spot at the box office. Our first and second place winners are so close that they could easily flip-flop positions when the weekend actuals are announced later today. For now, it appears that ‘The...

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Weekend Box Office: Monster Mash

Luke Hickman — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:00:06 +0000

Although Jack Black’s new family flick topped the box office charts, none of the weekend’s four big new movies came out the real winner. After two weeks in the top spot, ‘The Martian’ was dethroned by the family monster movie ‘Goosebumps‘. The playful picture pulled in $23.5 million from 3,501 locations. Although well ahead of...

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Weekend Movies: Frightfest for All

Luke Hickman — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:00:54 +0000

Thrills and scares abound for various audience demographics in this weekend’s new movies. Among them are a new Spielberg drama, a new Guillermo del Toro horror tale, and a playful take on R.L. Stine’s popular book series. The widest release of the weekend is the PG-rated scary family flick ‘Goosebumps‘. Jack Black, teenagers and a...

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‘Bridge of Spies’ Review: Tinker Tailor Spielberg Hanks

Philip Brown — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:00:34 +0000

Small and subtle by the blockbuster pioneer’s often grandiose standards, ‘Bridge of Spies’ nonetheless continues to make the case for Steven Spielberg possibly being the finest American filmmaker alive. Even though much of this tale of gosh-darn American goodness in the face of Cold War paranoia might consist of guys in suits sitting in rooms...

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The Trailer Park: Mars Needs Damons

M. Enois Duarte — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:00:13 +0000

Some of the best known and respected actors are starring in roles that demand pretty big shoes this year. In the past, they’ve proven themselves adequately and, for the most part, to the satisfaction of the box office. Aside from one long-time favorite of many, however, the question remains whether they will satisfy moviegoers later...

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