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‘Deepwater Horizon’ Review: Pretty, Pretty Explosions

Philip Brown — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:00:06 +0000

Based on the underreported human tragedy behind the infamous 2010 BP oil spill, ‘Deepwater Horizon’ is mainstream boom-boom entertainment with a heart done right. It’s thrilling spectacle just grounded enough to also work as drama and should be seen on only the biggest screen possible. Mark Wahlberg stars as another of his patented working class...

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‘Mother’s Day’ Review: Marshalling in the Crap

Philip Brown — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:00:57 +0000

At a certain point, the world needs to come together and ask why Garry Marshall is allowed to continue working. While there was a time when he provided pop culture enemas like ‘Happy Days’ and ‘Pretty Woman’ that distracted millions from the cold inevitability of death, those days have long since passed. Now all the...

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‘Rock the Kasbah’ Review: Messy Murray Misfire

Philip Brown — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 19:00:09 +0000

Bill Murray is such a singularly hilarious and major talent that it can be easy to forget that he’s just as capable of delivering a stinker as anyone else. After all, the man did co-star with an elephant once. He can’t save every project by merely being Bill Murray. Unfortunately, ‘Rock the Kasbah’ is one...

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‘Wish I Was Here’ Review: Be Grateful You Aren’t There

Philip Brown — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:00:18 +0000

Ten years and one controversial Kickstarter campaign later, Zach Braff’s mildy anticipated directorial follow-up to ‘Garden State‘ has arrived. His new film highlights all of the strengths and weaknesses of that ode to indie twee in another deeply mediocre movie with hints of something more. Back when ‘Garden State’ hit theaters in 2004, it was...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Rom-Coms

Josh Zyber — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 20:00:30 +0000

For many movie fans in relationships, Valentine’s Day will probably involve enduring a crappy romantic comedy with your Significant Other. I say “crappy” because, frankly, the vast majority of rom-coms are soul-crushingly awful movies. In today’s Roundtable, we highlight some of the worst of this genre we’ve suffered through. Shannon Nutt This is a tricky...

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‘Glee’-Cap 4.01: “Impress Me”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 17:00:28 +0000

Now on Thursdays, ‘Glee’ returned for a fourth season last week, and I’m sure that a lot of people out there are asking why it bothered. After last year’s lackluster, sometimes downright terrible season, not to mention that flop 3D concert film, the show felt more than ever like a flash-in-the-pan that had already burned...

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Avengers’ Crush Opening Weekend Record

Luke Hickman — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:00:44 +0000

There was no doubt that Marvel’s superhero team-up movie would open very strong, but I don’t think that anyone predicted it to shatter the previous $169 million opening weekend record set by ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2‘ by more than $30 million. Sure, the movie has been performing very well overseas...

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Weekend Movies: ‘The Avengers’ and a Bunch of Little Movies That Aren’t ‘The Avengers’

Luke Hickman — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:00:12 +0000

I’ve heard many people, geeks and non-geeks alike, compare this weekend to being a child on Christmas Eve. Because of the insanely huge hype behind this weekend’s single nationwide opener, only five small indie movies dare open against it. Unless you’ve been held captive in a cave by the Ten Rings, you’re probably more than...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 8/16/11 – The Dude Abides

Josh Zyber — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:00:39 +0000

You say there’s nothing good to buy on Blu-ray this week? Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man. In fact, there’s quite a bit of interest being released today: ‘Agent 8 3/4‘ (VCI) ‘Armed and Dangerous‘ (Image) ‘Assassins‘ (Warner Brothers) ‘The Bang Bang Club‘ (One) ‘The Big Lebowski‘ (Universal) ‘Breaking Glass‘ (Olive...

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Weekend Box Office: The Almighty God of Thunder Wins

Luke Hickman — Mon, 09 May 2011 15:00:56 +0000

Although ‘Thor‘ didn’t receive the thunderous opening some may have expected, it sure dominated the box office by bringing in more than double that of its closest competitor, ‘Fast Five’. ‘Thor’ took in more than $66 million, while ‘Fast Five’ dropped over 62% in its second weekend to $32.5 million. Including the international box office,...

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Weekend Movies: It’s Hammer Time!

Luke Hickman — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:00:18 +0000

The box office numbers should be interesting this weekend. Three different genre films come to the big screen, but will they be able to unseat the two giants still reigning, ‘Fast Five’ and ‘Rio’? Opening in IMAX, 3D and 2D is Marvel’s pre-‘Avengers’ comic book flick, ‘Thor‘. Having already opened in a few international markets,...

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