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Blu-ray Highlights for 3/1/11: What Are You Buying?

Josh Zyber — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:00:10 +0000

No doubt hoping that the Academy Awards ceremony this past weekend will still be fresh in everyone’s mind, 20th Century Fox is releasing new movies on Blu-ray today starring Oscar hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway. Meanwhile, Sony is releasing a major stink-bomb starring former Oscar winner Cher at the same time. Isn’t synergy a...

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Golden Globe Nominations Announced, Make Even Less Sense than Usual

Josh Zyber — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:00:09 +0000

The Golden Globe awards have long been considered a joke in the film industry. The criteria by which the Hollywood Foreign Press Association picks its winners are frequently puzzling, to say the least. Voting members seem more dazzled by star power than by actual talent or quality, and have been known to enjoy being wined...

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Weekend Box Office: Harry Potter Takes on All Comers

Drew Taylor — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:00:20 +0000

This week’s Thanksgiving offerings gave ample opportunity for any borderline or overtly stressed family member to duck out from the dinner table and go to the multiplex. In the next few days, I promise to try and catch up with these holiday offerings, but for now let’s just look at the cold, hard numbers. As...

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Weekend Movies: Just Go See ‘Harry Potter’ Again

Josh Zyber — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:00:21 +0000

Drew’s taking the day off to sleep through his tryptophan coma, so it looks like I’ll be filling in on the Weekend Movies summary. Long story short: I doubt that Hogwarts’ favorite young wizard has much to worry about from this week’s competitors. Maybe I’ll eat my words on this come Monday, but I don’t...

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Did Cher and Christina Aguilera Seriously Just Remake ‘Showgirls’?

Josh Zyber — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:00:56 +0000

Tell me I’m not crazy here. After the break, you’ll find the trailer for the new… ahem… “musical drama” called ‘Burlesque’, starring pop idol Christina Aguilera and Cher. As far as I can tell, this is a straight-up remake of Paul Verhoeven’s gloriously trashy cult movie (and notorious mega-bomb) ‘Showgirls’. Except that it appears to...

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