High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewHector and the Search for Happiness Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/hector-and-the-search-for-happiness/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Weekend Box Office: ‘Runner’ Takes the Lead https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-sept-22-2014/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-sept-22-2014/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:00:23 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=65122 One of this weekend’s new movies hit the ground running. The others, not so much. It appears that YA adaptations aren’t about to die off yet. ‘The Maze Runner‘ opened with $32.5 million. That was strong enough to score not only the top spot at the box office, but also a sequel. Striking while the...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/box-office-sept-22-2014/feed/ 12 Weekend Movies: This Is Where We Look for Something to See https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-sept-19-2014/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-sept-19-2014/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:00:50 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=65119 The post-summer slump may actually rebound this weekend as counter-programming delivers three potentially interesting offerings. Fox takes another crack at the YA market with ‘The Maze Runner‘. I’d never heard of the book until the studio began advertising the movie version, but it’s apparently very popular and widely known. Following suit with ‘The Hunger Games‘,...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-sept-19-2014/feed/ 4 TIFF Journal: ‘Hector and the Search for Happiness’ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tiff-hector-and-search-for-happiness/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tiff-hector-and-search-for-happiness/#respond Thu, 11 Sep 2014 19:00:23 +0000 Philip Brown http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=64949 ‘Hector and the Search for Happiness’ just might be the breaking point for anyone willing to follow Simon Pegg to any project based on his talent, track record and likeability. This maudlin, tiresome and hopelessly lost attempt at feel-good claptrap is like an endurance test for Pegg fans. This is the type of movie that...

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