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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 9th, 2019 – Chapter and Vers

Josh Zyber — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 12:00:57 +0000

Marvel’s first female-led superhero blockbuster comes home to Blu-ray and Ultra HD this week, just in time to temper everyone’s disappointment over how the second one turned out. That “second one” being Dark Phoenix, which may not be part of the MCU but is still a Marvel production, and hasn’t been received very well so...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movies by 2019 Oscar Nominees

Josh Zyber — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 20:00:26 +0000

As they bask in all the acclaim and recognition, let’s not forget that many of this year’s Oscar nominated filmmakers and thespians are also responsible for some genuine cinematic garbage. What’s the worst movie made by one of this year’s nominees? David Krauss The same year Bradley Cooper made his breakout film The Hangover, he...

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Weekend Roundtable: Third Time’s the Charm

Josh Zyber — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 19:00:55 +0000

For as much as Hollywood loves rebooting old movie properties, unfortunately not all cinematic reboots work out. In many fans’ estimation, it took Sony three tries to finally get Spider-Man right. In this week’s Roundtable, we’re rebooting the reboots. What other movie franchises that have already been rebooted once before could use another spin of...

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Weekend Roundtable: Saturday Morning Cartoons

Josh Zyber — Fri, 07 Apr 2017 19:00:25 +0000

The Smurfs may be feature film stars these days, but the little blue gnomes are perhaps best known for their Saturday morning cartoon that ran all through the 1980s. When you were a kid, what other TV shows did you crawl out of bed early to watch on the weekends? If you need a memory...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Giant Monsters

Josh Zyber — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:00:44 +0000

Kong may be king, but he’s far from the only oversized beastie to stomp across cinema screens over the years. As we watch the big ape clobber the box office in his new reboot, let’s also remember some of our other favorite giant monsters from movies, TV and other media. Just because they’re far too...

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Poll: Biggest Duds of 2016

Josh Zyber — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 16:00:30 +0000

Last week, we voted on Favorite Blockbusters of 2016. Unfortunately, a lot of movies last year didn’t live up to their promise or hype. What movies were the biggest letdowns for you? 2016 was widely regarded as a year of disappointments. I’m sure that I haven’t cataloged them all in these poll choices. I also...

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Poll: Favorite Blockbusters of 2016

Josh Zyber — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 13:00:11 +0000

From ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ in January to ‘Rogue One’ at year end, a lot of movies in 2016 made a lot of money at the box office. Not all of them were actually well liked by the audiences that paid for them, but let’s not dwell on the negatives today. What were your favorite...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 9th, 2016 – Attention, Interest, Decision, Action

Josh Zyber — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:00:56 +0000

You know what it takes to release one of the most testosterone-fueled movies ever made on Blu-ray the same week a rival releases the controversial all-female ‘Ghostbusters’ reboot? It takes BRASS BALLS to do that. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Ghostbusters: Answer the Call‘ – From the moment Sony announced that the ‘Ghostbusters’ reboot would have an...

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Poll: Most Disappointing Summer 2016 Movies

Josh Zyber — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 12:00:58 +0000

Apropos of Shannon’s article earlier this week about how this has been the worst movie season in recent memory, let’s put it to a vote. Which movies from the summer of 2016 disappointed you the most? The unofficial start of the summer movie season seems to get pulled earlier and earlier every year. For the...

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Cruel Summer

Shannon Nutt — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 19:00:41 +0000

The official end of summer doesn’t come until September 21st, but by Hollywood standards, the summer movie season for all intents and purposes ended this past weekend with the release of ‘Pete’s Dragon’, yet another movie that didn’t quite live up to studio expectations. Although next weekend will bring both the ‘Ben-Hur’ remake and the...

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Weekend Box Office: Bourne This Way

Luke Hickman — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 16:00:00 +0000

With stiff competition from the latest ‘Bourne’ installment, ‘Star Trek’ fell out of warp this weekend. While the new R-rated female-driven comedy held its own, Lionsgate’s millennial thriller fell short. ‘Jason Bourne‘ led the busy weekend with a solid $60 million debut. To give that number some franchise perspective, it’s up 36% from the lackluster...

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SteelBook Alert: Beyond the Beyond

Josh Zyber — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 13:00:45 +0000

Still fresh in movie theaters, a couple of this summer’s big tentpole movies have already been announced for Blu-ray. More importantly to collectors, they’ll be available in SteelBook cases. ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Available at: Zavvi Release date: TBD Price: £23.99 Region code: Paramount Blu-rays are usually region-free Paramount recently reissued all of the pre-reboot ‘Star...

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