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Weekend Roundtable: Best Movie Villains

Josh Zyber — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:00:47 +0000

Everybody wants to be a hero, but villains have so much more fun. As Maleficent slinks back into theaters this weekend, let’s look back at some of our other favorite icons of evil from the movies. Deirdre Crimmins My favorite villains are those who are justified in their actions. They may be jerks or have...

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Weekend Roundtable: Over the Hill Action Stars

Josh Zyber — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 19:00:21 +0000

We have a new Rambo movie, 37 years after the original, because apparently that’s something Sylvester Stallone thought the world needed. It seems to be a common trend these days to see old action stars struggling to remain relevant to their audiences. Sometimes it works, but other times… Brian Hoss This could probably double as...

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Weekend Roundtable: Erased from Memory

Josh Zyber — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 17:00:21 +0000

The plot of the movie Yesterday involves an alternate timeline where nobody remembers The Beatles. Let’s apply that premise to movies. Is there a particular movie you wish could be erased from memory so you’d never have to think about it again? What movie would the world be better off if it never existed? Yes,...

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Weekend Roundtable: Once Upon a…

Josh Zyber — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 20:00:53 +0000

This week’s Once Upon a Deadpool opens up an exciting marketing opportunity for all manner of adult-oriented movies to provide re-edited, cleaned-up versions safe for family consumption. It’s like everything those Cleanflix weirdos have tried to do, but authorized by the actual filmmakers and re-released to theaters. Which famous R-rated (or stronger) movie will be...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 13th, 2018 – Sixty Percent of the Time, It Works Every Time

Josh Zyber — Mon, 14 May 2018 12:00:11 +0000

Here we go. It’s been nearly two months since a blockbuster movie people might actually be excited about hit Blu-ray. Of course, it’s another Marvel superhero flick, because that’s pretty much all anyone cares about anymore. Still, it’s one people really seemed to like! New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Black Panther‘ – The past couple of years...

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Weekend Roundtable: Movie Character Retirement

Josh Zyber — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 20:00:46 +0000

After 17 years and 9 movies, Hugh Jackman says that ‘Logan’ will be his last appearance as Wolverine in the ‘X-Men’ franchise. It’s a shame that some other long-running movie characters don’t likewise have the good sense to hang up their hats. In this week’s Roundtable, we call out a few we think should consider...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of February 5th, 2017 – Easy ‘Cause You’re Beautiful

Josh Zyber — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 13:00:57 +0000

February this year starts with a monstrous assortment of new Blu-ray releases. Do you see any titles you’re in love with? New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Trolls‘ – Just when you thought ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ was crassly commercial filmmaking at its worst, here comes an animated kids’ movie based on those crazy-haired dolls that have been...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Airplane Movies

Josh Zyber — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 19:00:45 +0000

With the true-story drama ‘Sully’ opening in theaters this week, it might perhaps be in poor taste to do a Roundtable about favorite plane crash scenes in movies. Let’s broaden the topic out a bit to cover any movie either set on an airplane or containing important scenes/storylines involving planes. M. Enois Duarte I don’t...

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Weekend Roundtable: Money Money Money…

Josh Zyber — Fri, 13 May 2016 19:00:42 +0000

This weekend’s new release of ‘Money Monster’ is just the latest example of Hollywood, an industry based almost solely on a foundation of greed and excess, hypocritically preaching about the dangers of money corrupting. Some of the films that result from this are better than others. Here are our picks for the best movies about...

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Weekend Roundtable: Batman vs…

Josh Zyber — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 19:00:58 +0000

Batman sure is getting awfully cocky now that he’s gone toe-to-toe with the great and powerful Superman and stood his ground. Feeling like he’s ready to take on all comers, what other iconic movie characters should Gotham’s Dark Knight trade blows with in his next big movie? M. Enois Duarte I think one of the...

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Weekend Roundtable: The Next Live TV Musical

Josh Zyber — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 20:00:20 +0000

If you didn’t happen to watch it earlier this week, Fox’s production of ‘Grease Live!’ was an order of magnitude more ambitious and better realized than any of NBC’s recent live musicals (and I say that as someone who doesn’t really care for either ‘Grease’ or musical theater). With that success, surely more of these...

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R.I.P. Alan Rickman

Josh Zyber — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 14:00:26 +0000

Just as we’re reeling from the loss of David Bowie, beloved character actor Alan Rickman has likewise passed away at the age of 69 following a battle with cancer. Rickman will of course be best known to younger viewers (and for generations to come) as the stern Professor Severus Snape from the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise....

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