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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of April 30th, 2017 – Ring-a-Ding-Ding

Josh Zyber — Mon, 01 May 2017 12:00:46 +0000

Some weeks, searching for an interesting new Blu-ray to watch feels like a treasure hunt expedition. Is there any gold in this week’s assortment of discs, or just a bunch of dogs? Let’s take a look. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Rings‘ – From the title, I gather that this is supposed to do for ‘The Ring’...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movies by 2017 Oscar Nominees

Josh Zyber — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 20:00:38 +0000

When Oscar time comes around, it’s sometimes useful to remember that the nominees haven’t always been associated with the type of work that gets awards. Honestly, many of them have churned out some real crap in their day. In anticipation of this weekend’s ceremony, let’s review the worst movies made by the Oscar-nominated actors and...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of November 23rd, 2014 – It’s Turkey Week, All Right

Josh Zyber — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:00:35 +0000

It seems to me that, with Black Friday coming up in a few days, this ought to be a really good time to release some major new Blu-ray titles. Instead, as so often happens, the studios have decided to dump a bunch of turkeys on us this week. Thankfully, the selection of catalog titles is...

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Weekend Box Office: Cowabunga!

Luke Hickman — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:00:04 +0000

Three new movies had hoped to vie for the #1 spot at the box office this weekend, but none of them could get those damn turtles to hide in their shells. In its second week, ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles‘ managed to defend the top spot. Slipping just 56% in attendance (which is much better than...

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Weekend Movies: Let’s Stay Home

Luke Hickman — Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:00:01 +0000

Three wide releases, each opening on approximately 3,000 screens, will attempt to dethrone Michael Bay’s ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ this weekend. Can any of them defeat the half-shelled heroes? With a gigantic cast, more action than ever and a franchise-first, teen-friendly PG-13 rating, ‘The Expendables 3‘ is shaping up to be the strongest of this...

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‘The Expendables 3’ Review: Ageless, Brainless and Painless

Philip Brown — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 19:00:13 +0000

‘The Expendables’ – a franchise created to revive the ’80s action movie style and provide a few fading stars from that era with pensions – has somehow made it to a third chapter. If you’ve seen the previous movies or a trailer for this one, you’ll know exactly what to expect. This series is about...

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The Trailer Park: The Active Senior

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:00:54 +0000

Looking at the average age of contemporary action stars, it would seem being a senior citizen today is very different than it used to be. This year, some of our favorite actors prove that being old doesn’t just mean sitting on your porch and yelling at kids to stay off your lawn. ‘The Expendables 3’...

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Weekend Roundtable: Godzilla Crossovers

Josh Zyber — Fri, 16 May 2014 19:00:59 +0000

Over the course of his illustrious film career, Godzilla has clashed with King Kong, Mothra and even Roland Emmerich’s in-name-only ‘Zilla impersonator. In this week’s Roundtable, we’d like to pitch some suggestions for other existing movies or franchises that the Big G might consider crossing over with in his next epic smackdown. Needless to say,...

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Poll: Which Summer 2014 Movies Are You Excited to See?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 13:00:59 +0000

We’re inching right up to the summer movie season. Which of this year’s potential blockbusters are you most excited to see? Some might say that last week’s release of ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ inaugurated the summer early this year. However, for the purposes of this poll, I’m defining the summer movie season as May...

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Weekend Roundtable: One Sequel Too Many

Josh Zyber — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:00:53 +0000

This week, a third ‘Hangover’ movie and a sixth ‘Fast & Furious’ grace cinema screens. Why? Seriously, why must every remotely popular movie be turned into a never-ending franchise of sequels, prequels, remakes and reboots, each new entry inferior to the last? Is there no originality left in Hollywood? (That’s a rhetorical question. Of course...

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Blu-ray Highlights for November 20th, 2012 – Gobble, Gobble…

Josh Zyber — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:00:26 +0000

It’s a holiday week here in the United States, which means that the Blu-ray release schedule has slowed down significantly. After the deluge of major titles that have come at us in recent weeks, my wallet sure is thankful for the break, however brief it may be. New Releases The only major new title to...

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Full Metal Jackets: ‘Roid Rage

Tom Landy — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:00:54 +0000

Only a SteelBook is strong enough to contain all the muscle packed into ‘The Expendables 2‘. Future Shop in Canada is now taking pre-orders for the exclusive Alliance Blu-ray release. From Alliance’s official synopsis: The Expendables are back and this time it’s personal… Barney Ross, Lee Christmas, Yin Yang, Gunnar Jensen, Toll Road and Hale...

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