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2017 Box Office Winners and Losers

Luke Hickman — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 13:00:25 +0000

With less quality content in cinemas and streaming services stealing away theatrical attendance, 2017 was another down year in terms of box office. While the year had plenty of big hits, there were far more flops that made staying home the more enticing option. Because it’s always more fun to talk about the trainwrecks first,...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 29th, 2017 – Tall, Dark and Handsome

Josh Zyber — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 12:00:20 +0000

Halloween week scares up a fresh assortment of Blu-ray releases. Take a look and let us know if you find some treats to your liking. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘The Dark Tower‘ – “The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” So began the first volume of Stephen King’s epic book series,...

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SteelBook Alert: Pop Goes the Artwork

Josh Zyber — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 12:00:44 +0000

I’ve complained a fair amount about Pop Art Blu-ray cases in this blog, but the truth of the matter is that some of it is better than others. Or, perhaps a more accurate way to put it is that there are degrees to which some of it is tolerable. ‘Valerian and the City of a...

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Weekend Box Office: Nut Allergy

Luke Hickman — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:00:43 +0000

Horror is on the rise, while shoddy kids’ movies and shameless Oscar bait are declining. Despite one of the weekend’s new movies having an unexpectedly large opening, the other releases under-performed so much that the box office is still down significantly over last year. Easily dominating the box office was the fourth entry to the...

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Weekend Box Office: Darkness Falls

Luke Hickman — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 16:00:23 +0000

This weekend’s box office numbers were not only the lowest of the summer, but some of the lowest of the year. Stephen King’s latest may have topped the reigning champ for the #1 spot, but it certainly wasn’t much of a victory. Meanwhile, Halle Berry’s thriller barely topped expectations, but when the expectations are so...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Stephen King Book

Josh Zyber — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 19:00:56 +0000

With two major movie adaptations of his work hitting cinema screens this year, Stephen King is a hot property once again. Not that he ever stopped being a hot property, of course. He’s one of the bestselling authors of all time. Odds are good that you’ve probably read some of his novels or novellas or...

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Weekend Movies That Forgot The Faces of Their Fathers

Luke Hickman — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 12:00:13 +0000

Although we’re still in a summer month, this weekend’s big movies feel more suitable for January. It has taken years and passed through the hands of countless directors, but a dumbed-down big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s most beloved book series finally arrives. In additional, Halle Berry is back in a yet another bad-looking thriller,...

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‘The Dark Tower’ Review: Epic Mediocrity

Philip Brown — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:00:37 +0000

Another summer, another batch of popular pre-existing fantasy franchises turned into blockbuster hopefuls. It’s so common now that it’s rarely exciting. There was a time when transforming Stephen King’s cultish epic ‘The Dark Tower’ into a film franchise would have felt like a film nerd’s wet dream. Now, its just business as usual. As developed...

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Weekend Roundtable: 2017 Movies You’re Looking Forward To

Josh Zyber — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 20:00:15 +0000

For our first Roundtable of January, let’s try to start the year on an optimistic note. What upcoming movies are you most anticipating in 2017? If you haven’t paid much attention to the movies coming out this year, this Wikipedia page is a good start. Shannon Nutt I’ll get the obvious out of the way...

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‘Dark Tower’ Adaptation Faces Uncertain Future

Luke Hickman — Tue, 17 May 2011 15:00:04 +0000

Fans of Stephen King’s ‘Dark Tower’ series have been asking for a big screen adaptation for years. Universal Studios officially announced a unique plan for the project back in November, but just when fans finally thought that they were sure to see their wish come true, a huge wrench has been thrown into the gears....

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