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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of February 10th, 2019 – Beelzebub Has a Devil Put Aside for Me

Josh Zyber — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 13:00:28 +0000

From rocking musicians to disgraced politicians, bio-pics take center stage on Blu-ray this week. Don’t stop me now. I’m having such a good time. New Releases (Blu-ray) Bohemian Rhapsody – After director Bryan Singer was fired in the middle of production, forcing Dexter Fletcher (Eddie the Eagle) to step in and finish the shoot, and...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 18th, 2015 – From ‘Zero’ to Hero

Josh Zyber — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 14:00:10 +0000

Happy MLK Day, everyone. I contemplated taking the day off, because the home video studios usually slow down their Blu-ray releases on holiday weeks, but this one actually brings us a few interesting titles. Let’s take a look! New Releases ‘Lucy‘ – After directing a handful of crappy kids’ movies, a couple of misguided awards-bait...

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Mid-Week Poll: Have You Bought Twilight Time Blu-rays?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:00:51 +0000

Among Blu-ray collectors, the name Twilight Time inspires either admiration or resentment. The company has a controversial sales model that angers some potential buyers, even as others are happy to see certain movie titles released on Blu-ray at all. Have you bought any Twilight Time discs? Tell us which ones. Since appearing on the scene...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 29th, 2013 – I’ll Tell You a Tale of the Bottomless Blue

Josh Zyber — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:00:23 +0000

As September draws to a close, the first Blu-ray slate for the new month brings us two great family classics refreshed and (some would say needlessly) converted to 3D, plus a newer 3D animated film that probably won’t be remembered six months from now, much less revisited decades hence. Oh, and because it’s October, you...

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New to VUDU: Week of December 11th, 2011

Josh Zyber — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:00:28 +0000

This week, in addition to some of the expected new titles, VUDU also adds a notable new documentary that is apparently not getting a Blu-ray release. Times like this are why a good streaming service is useful to supplement a disc collection. The following titles enter the VUDU stream this week: ‘Circumstance’ (12/13) ‘Detective Dee...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 12/13/11 – Take Your Stinking Paws Off Me!

Josh Zyber — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:00:52 +0000

Even if the volume of new Blu-ray releases may seem light today, the week brings us more interesting titles than we’ve gotten in a few months. Here’s the release slate: ‘The Amityville Haunting‘ (Asylum – December 15th) ‘Branded to Kill‘ (Criterion) ‘City of God‘ (Lionsgate) ‘Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame‘ (Umvd/Visual)...

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Weekend Box Office: Hurricane Irene Hurts, Box Office Needs ‘Help’

Luke Hickman — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:00:42 +0000

Once again, the somber racial drama ‘The Help’ has taken first place at the box office. Although The Hollywood Reporter claims that Hurricane Irene, which hit the East Coast this weekend, cost $25 million in weekend losses, the three-week-old film earned another $14.3 million. That’s down only 28.4% from last weekend. Less than four million...

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Weekend Box Office: Week-Old ‘Help’ Defeats Barbarians, Vampires, Spies and More

Luke Hickman — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:00:24 +0000

The top two films at the box office this week were also the top two films last week. After reigning for two-weeks in a row, ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ fell to second place as ‘The Help’ rose to first. Not a single one of the four new releases finished the weekend with...

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Weekend Movies: Two Cult Remakes, a Kids’ Sequel and a Quiet Romantic Drama

Luke Hickman — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:00:44 +0000

I don’t know how much longer major film studios will be pushing prequels, sequels and remakes, but the return to original creativity can’t come quickly enough for me. I’m not saying that every prequel, sequel or remake is a bad idea, but our oversaturated market is in dire need of a change. Thank heavens for...

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Now Playing: ‘Fright Night’ Is Everything a Vampire Movie Should Be

Luke Hickman — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:00:23 +0000

I cannot lie; I haven’t seen the original ‘Fright Night’ since I was a little kid. The only thing that I remember about the film is a scene where Charley Brewster walks around a dimly-lit room brandishing a cross. That, and the movie terrified me. So, if you’re looking for a review that compares the...

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