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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Movie Pets

Josh Zyber — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 17:00:26 +0000

As audiences return this weekend to Stephen King’s Pet Sematary, let’s look back to some of our favorite movie pets of the living variety. (At least, they were alive when these films were made. I can’t promise that a dog from 1939 is still kicking today.) David Krauss My favorite movie pet has to be...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 17th, 2016 – Gangsta Gangsta

Josh Zyber — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:00:50 +0000

When it came time to recognize the contribution that black artists and performers made to cinema during 2015, it appears that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ran all outta nominations. Sorry, people of color! At least we can still watch your movies on Blu-ray. New Releases ‘Straight Outta Compton‘ – To cut...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Movie Musicals

Josh Zyber — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 19:00:24 +0000

Musicals may have fallen out of favor with modern movie audiences quite some time ago. Nevertheless, filmmakers periodically attempt to revive the genre, usually to mixed success. As Clint Eastwood gives it a try with this week’s adaption of the Broadway smash ‘Jersey Boys’, we’ll use today’s Roundtable to look at some of our favorite...

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SteelBook Alert: Winter Is Coming

Josh Zyber — Thu, 22 May 2014 13:00:41 +0000

Surprising no one, yet delighting completist collectors, Marvel’s latest superhero blockbuster will of course get the SteelBook treatment on Blu-ray. Perhaps less expected are several other titles announced to receive metal case releases. ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Available at: Zavvi Release date: TBA Price: £24.99 Region code: Most likely region-free This case looks pretty...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of March 9th, 2014 – Please, Mr. Kennedy

Josh Zyber — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:00:10 +0000

With Oscar season finally over, this week’s new Blu-ray release slate brings us some awards hopefuls that, unfortunately, walked away empty-handed when all was said and done. New Releases ‘Inside Llewyn Davis‘ – Of all the movies that Oscar ignored this year, the Coen brothers’ acclaimed musical drama was perhaps the most glaring snub. Despite...

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Weekend Roundtable: 2014 Oscar Snubs

Josh Zyber — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:00:44 +0000

Regardless of whether they win or not on Sunday, all of this year’s Academy Award nominees have already earned the respect of their peers in the industry and the privilege of announcing that fact on their résumés. (You just know that Jonah Hill will never let anyone forget that he’s a two-time Oscar nominee.) The...

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What It Really Takes to Get an Oscar Nomination

Josh Zyber — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:00:04 +0000

In all the hubbub about the Oscar nominations, you’d be forgiven for focusing on the major prizes and maybe not paying much attention to Best Original Song. That category is often regarded as a joke. After all, what do a bunch of movie people know about songwriting anyway? However, one of this year’s nominees provides...

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Weekend Movies: Holiday Blowout, Part 1

Luke Hickman — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:00:42 +0000

With less than a week to go until Christmas Day, a slew of new films get thrown in our faces. Pace yourselves. This weekend brings us two wide releases, three expansions and two Oscar-contenders – and it’s not slowing down. Christmas Day will give us five more wide releases (that we’ll cover next week). This...

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Statuesque: 2014 Golden Globe Nominations Announced

Josh Zyber — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 14:00:11 +0000

Here we are almost at the end of the year, which means that awards season has officially begun. Several regional critics’ groups have already named their best-of picks for 2013, but let’s be honest; the only movie awards that anyone really cares about are the Oscars and, to a much lesser extent, the Golden Globes...

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Weekend Box Office: Bundle Up

Luke Hickman — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 17:00:42 +0000

As North America was engulfed in a cold front that caused temperatures to plummet below freezing across the majority of the lower 48 states, moviegoers opted to see the chilliest of the major theatrical releases. Disney’s ‘Frozen’ climbed into first place in its second wide weekend. Adding another $31.6 million to its haul, the animated...

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Weekend Movies: Into the Fire

Luke Hickman — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 14:00:48 +0000

Following the huge Thanksgiving success of the ‘Hunger Games’ sequel and Disney’s ‘Frozen’, this week has no big new films debuting to compete with those. However, that doesn’t mean you should sit this weekend out. We’re going full steam ahead into awards season! ‘Crazy Heart‘ director Scott Cooper has the only new wide release of...

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Now Playing: Deep ‘Inside’

Jack Lilburn — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:00:16 +0000

I was recently speaking with a friend of mine who criticized the Coen brothers’ films for being too “on the nose.” “So what?” I said. “That’s the whole point!” Their new ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ is a case study example. The Coens themselves have said that the movie doesn’t have much of a plot. I guess...

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