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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 13th, 2019 – This Is Halloween, This Is Halloween…

Josh Zyber — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:00:06 +0000

This is not Halloween, obviously. Nevertheless, movies from Halloween, even some with “Halloween” right in the name, land on Blu-ray and Ultra HD in the middle of January. One of them was a pretty big box office hit. New Releases (Blu-ray) Halloween – Do you enjoy any of the sequels to the Halloween franchise started...

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Goosebumps 2 Review: Halloweentown Lite

Deirdre Crimmins — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 17:00:37 +0000

Against all odds, 2015’s Goosebumps was a fun little family movie. It combined a collective affection for R.L. Stine and an interest in quirky characters, and somehow everything clicked into place. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, however, somehow rehashes the plot of the first film while completely missing any of its charm. Eschewing any interesting characters...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 24th, 2016 – Duck, Duck…

Josh Zyber — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:00:19 +0000

The last few weeks each brought an exciting hit movie or two to Blu-ray. Wasn’t that nice? This week reminds us that we’re stuck in the January doldrums. New Releases ‘Goosebumps‘ – Jack Black + kids’ movie generally equals “Stay far away,” especially one that comes from the director of his dreadful ‘Gulliver’s Travels’. If...

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Weekend Box Office: Double-0 Seventy Three Million

Luke Hickman — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:00:50 +0000

Following the critical and box office success of ‘Skyfall’, the James Bond franchise is still killing it. At that same time, Charlie Brown, Snoopy and company proved that they’re still relevant and bankable too. Although Daniel Craig’s fourth 007 film, ‘Spectre‘, opened to $15 million less than franchise-best ‘Skyfall’, it still had no problem topping...

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Weekend Box Office: Hollywood Burnt Again

Luke Hickman — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 16:00:53 +0000

September is usually one of the worst months for box office numbers. This year, however, aside from a pair of lucrative releases, October takes the cake for terrible movie openings. The final weekend of October brought with it the worst box office of 2015 so far. With a small window before ‘Spectre’ takes the biggest...

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Weekend Box Office: Abnormal Activity

Luke Hickman — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 16:00:00 +0000

All five of this weekend’s new movies flopped, leaving plenty of room for a four-week-old blockbuster to return to the top spot at the box office. Our first and second place winners are so close that they could easily flip-flop positions when the weekend actuals are announced later today. For now, it appears that ‘The...

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‘Goosebumps’ Review: Spooky Jumanji

Philip Brown — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 19:00:52 +0000

Once the Hollywood nostalgia train gave up on ’80s reboots to move firmly into the 1990s, it was only a matter of time before the studios found their way to R.L. Stine. ‘Goosebumps’ (“The Movie” is sadly absent from the title), manages to recapture the tone of the pint-sized monster potboilers rather well, while also...

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Weekend Box Office: Monster Mash

Luke Hickman — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:00:06 +0000

Although Jack Black’s new family flick topped the box office charts, none of the weekend’s four big new movies came out the real winner. After two weeks in the top spot, ‘The Martian’ was dethroned by the family monster movie ‘Goosebumps‘. The playful picture pulled in $23.5 million from 3,501 locations. Although well ahead of...

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Weekend Movies: Frightfest for All

Luke Hickman — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:00:54 +0000

Thrills and scares abound for various audience demographics in this weekend’s new movies. Among them are a new Spielberg drama, a new Guillermo del Toro horror tale, and a playful take on R.L. Stine’s popular book series. The widest release of the weekend is the PG-rated scary family flick ‘Goosebumps‘. Jack Black, teenagers and a...

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