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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of October 6th, 2013 – Hey Nonny, Nonny

Josh Zyber — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:00:13 +0000

It’s a battle of the bombs on Blu-ray this week, as two of the most critically and audience reviled films of the year come to home video. If we take a closer look, however, we might also find a few titles actually worth buying. New Releases M. Night Shyamalan is the king of second chances....

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Weekend Box Office: You Got Purged

Luke Hickman — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:00:03 +0000

While there weren’t any big surprises in the Top 10 rankings this weekend, the box office’s cumulative totals were surprisingly high – especially for the weekend’s micro-budget winner. From the start, ‘The Purge‘ was expected to finish in the #1 spot. What wasn’t expected was the high dollar volume that it would bring. On 2,536...

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Fast’ Enough

Luke Hickman — Tue, 28 May 2013 16:00:18 +0000

Apparently, both mainstream and indie moviegoers wanted to see sequels and rip-offs over the long Memorial Day weekend. In total, $314 million was earned at the box office, a new record for the holiday. ‘Fast & Furious 6‘ took the top prize, earning $96.7 million over the three-day weekend and $120 million over four days....

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Weekend Movies: An Epic Failure of Creativity

Luke Hickman — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:59 +0000

Is anyone else burned out from the never-ending streak of sequels and remakes? Some are good. Most are not. Sadly, this Memorial Day weekend is filled with rehashes, including three sequels and one rip-off that might as well be a reboot. Giving parents something to take their kids to, the widest release of the holiday...

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Now Playing: So ‘Over’ It

Bryan Kluger — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:00:08 +0000

I’m not quite sure why ‘The Hangover Part III’ was called ‘The Hangover Part III’. The first two films in this series actually dealt with four friends who had epic hangovers and crazy exploits and adventures. This third installment doesn’t even include a hangover, and oddly leaves a lot of the comedy at the front...

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Weekend Roundtable: Underrated Movies of 2011

Josh Zyber — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:00:14 +0000

Last week, we had a Roundtable about 2011’s most overrated movies. This week, per reader request, we’re going to flip that around and look at some of last year’s most underrated or overlooked films. When I sent out this week’s topic to the staff, I offered some definitions of what types of movies should qualify....

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Mid-Week Poll: Favorite 2011 Blockbusters

Josh Zyber — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:00:47 +0000

The beginning of a new year is always a good time for reflection. For our first poll of 2012, let’s look back and pick our favorite of 2011’s biggest blockbusters. The criteria for this poll was very simple. I looked at the box office results and picked the top 15 highest-grossing movies of the year....

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New to VUDU: Week of December 4th, 2011

Josh Zyber — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:00:23 +0000

When it comes to new releases, there isn’t a whole lot to talk about with this week’s VUDU update. The streaming service is only adding a small assortment of new titles, most of which we’ve already discussed around here this week. On the other hand, I dug through the catalog a bit and found a...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 12/6/11 – My Aching Head

Josh Zyber — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:00:06 +0000

It’s an odd phenomenon, the way that certain movies somehow manage to rake in tremendous amounts of money even though nobody at all seems to like them. One of the year’s worst and most-reviled mega-blockbusters comes to Blu-ray this week, and no doubt will sell a gajillion copies to people who really ought to know...

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Mid-Week Poll: Which Summer Movie Will You See This July 4th Weekend?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:00:24 +0000

This coming Monday is the 4th of July. For our American readers, that means a long weekend and plenty of time to catch one or more of the year’s big summer movies. What do you plan to see? Paramount rolls out the big guns for the holiday with Friday’s release of ‘Transformers: Dark of the...

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Weekend Box Office: Super 8 Beats Expectations

Luke Hickman — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:00:58 +0000

Negative buzz starting flying around the internet last week concerning the box office potential of ‘Super 8’. Mid-week, Paramount predicted earnings between $25-$30 million, and claimed those low numbers were acceptable considering that ‘Super 8’ was produced on a surprisingly low budget of only $50 million. It wouldn’t take long to make its money back....

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Weekend Box Office: ‘X-Men’ Rise While ‘Hangover’ Drops

Luke Hickman — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:00:06 +0000

As the weekend’s only major opener, ‘X-Men: First Class‘ dominated the box office with a $56 million debut. That’s about $3 million above expectations. When you take into account ticket inflation from the previous four installments, ‘First Class’ comes in dead last for overall openings in the franchise. Speculation has placed the blame on the...

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