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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Parody Spoof Movies

Josh Zyber — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 20:00:27 +0000

With precious few exceptions, the parody spoof genre is one of the laziest forms of entertainment a filmmaker can turn to when in need of a quick, easy buck. For every true gem like ‘Airplane!’ or ‘Blazing Saddles’ are a dozen turds like ‘Epic Movie’ or (from the looks of it) this week’s ‘Fifty Shades...

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Weekend Roundtable: Your First James Bond Movie

Josh Zyber — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 20:00:29 +0000

When a movie franchise has been around as long as James Bond has, the majority of viewers going to see ‘Spectre’ this weekend weren’t even born when the first film, ‘Dr. No‘, was released to theaters back in 1962. I certainly wasn’t. When were you first introduced to Agent 007? This week’s topic has a...

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Weekend Roundtable: Best & Worst Movie Reboots

Josh Zyber — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 18:55:56 +0000

With a new ‘Transporter’ reboot in theaters and the ‘Mad Max’ reboot hitting Blu-ray this week, now seems like a good time to evaluate some other famous movie franchise reboots. Which ones worked out for the best, and which really didn’t? Before we begin, we should clarify that we’re specifically looking for franchise reboots, in...

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SteelBook Alert: On You, Anything Looks Good

Josh Zyber — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:00:36 +0000

To promote this fall’s upcoming theatrical release of the franchise’s newest movie, ‘Spectre’, MGM will re-release all of the previous James Bond Blu-rays. That should come as no surprise to anyone. Of interest, however, is that nine of the films will get brand new SteelBook cases that should help fans plug some holes in their...

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Weekend Roundtable: Movie & TV Product Placement

Josh Zyber — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:00:46 +0000

Product placement in movies and TV is certainly not a new development, but it seems to be getting more overt and annoying in recent years. As far as I can tell, this week’s theatrical release of ‘The Internship’ is essentially a 119-minute commercial for Google that we’re expected to pay upwards of $15 a ticket...

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Bond in Books: ‘Casino Royale’

Josh Zyber — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:00:49 +0000

One of the consequences of my home theater construction setback is that I’ve fallen hopelessly behind in reviewing the remaining titles in last year’s ‘Bond 50‘ Blu-ray box set. Since I’m completely unable to watch Blu-ray discs at the moment, I thought that I might fill the time by revisiting the original James Bond novels...

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Full Metal Jackets: When It Crumbles, We Will Stand Tall

Josh Zyber — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:00:35 +0000

James Bond fans who had collected the original round of Blu-ray SteelBooks for the franchise back in 2008 have been very disappointed that MGM never followed through with releasing the rest of the series in metal packaging. If it’s any small consolation, the latest entry, ‘Skyfall’, will get the SteelBook treatment in the UK. At...

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Bond 50 Poll: Favorite James Bond Movies

Josh Zyber — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:00:05 +0000

Of all the major catalog titles finally making their way to Blu-ray this year, the one that I’m personally most excited for is the ‘Bond 50‘ collection that will be released next week. Even though I already bought most of the James Bond movies when they were previously released on the format, I’m such a...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 2/7/12 – Love Means Never Having to Watch ‘Twilight’

Josh Zyber — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:29 +0000

It’s February, and Valentine’s Day is coming up quickly. Love and romance are in the air. Oddly, the Blu-ray release schedule is loaded up with lovey-dovey movies this week, and basically none on Valentine’s Day itself. I suppose that’s intended to give us time to buy and watch them in advance. As if we’d really...

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Posterizing: Adventures with ‘The Muppets’ and ‘Tintin’

Aaron Peck — Wed, 25 May 2011 17:00:21 +0000

Movie posters are a big part of the movie business, and over the years have transformed into collectors’ items. Sure, some of the standard floating head posters do nothing more than showcase the stars involved with the movies. Still, other times posters have the ability to become works of art, pieces worthy of being framed...

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Mid-Week Poll: Favorite James Bond Film

Josh Zyber — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:00:42 +0000

In last week’s Movie Madness Playoff Round, we established that Sean Connery takes the lead among our readers for best James Bond (though Daniel Craig wasn’t too far behind). But that doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s made the best Bond movie overall. Or does it? This week, tell us which 007 adventure is your favorite....

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