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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 12th, 2019 – Nothing Compares 2U

Josh Zyber — Mon, 13 May 2019 12:00:06 +0000

On a week when the biggest Blu-ray releases are a horror sequel, yet another Liam Neeson revenge thriller, and a handful of 4k upgrades for old movies, I feel like we’ve been through all this before. Mixed in with these might be some other titles of interest. New Releases (Blu-ray) Happy Death Day 2U –...

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Weekend Roundtable: All About That Bass

Josh Zyber — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:00:16 +0000

For home theater fans who’ve invested a decent amount of money into a quality audio system, few things are as satisfying as listening to a movie soundtrack with deep, room-shaking bass. Our Roundtable this week calls out some of our favorite demo scenes on home video that will really get your subwoofer rocking. Jason Gorber...

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Weekend Roundtable: Lamest Movie/TV Dinosaurs

Josh Zyber — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 12:00:49 +0000

Aside from the ‘Jurassic Park’ franchise, Hollywood has had a pretty checkered history of trying to depict dinosaurs in a convincing fashion. We highlighted our favorites in a previous Roundtable. Now let’s look at some of the cheesiest, dumbest, or just plain worst examples of dinosaurs on screen. M. Enois Duarte One movie that immediately...

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Poll: Most Disappointing Blockbuster of 2017

Josh Zyber — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:00:01 +0000

Just because a movie makes a lot of money doesn’t mean that people actually liked it. In fact, we’re living in a time when movies can make hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars despite seemingly everybody hating them. Of last year’s big blockbusters, which ones let you down the most? We’re using the...

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Year-End Poll: Favorite Blockbuster Movie of 2017

Josh Zyber — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 20:00:48 +0000

As we close the books on 2017, I’ve given the site staff a reprieve from doing a new Roundtable this week. Instead, I’ll leave our readers with a question: What was your favorite blockbuster movie of 2017? For the purposes of this poll, I have a rather simplistic definition of “blockbuster.” I’ve compiled a list...

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‘Kong: Skull Island’ Contest Results

Josh Zyber — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 12:00:13 +0000

Entries for this week’s new contest are pouring in, but I haven’t forgotten those of you who participated last week. We’re ready to give away a free Blu-ray copy of ‘Kong: Skull Island’ today. Let’s see who won. As explained in the original post, we challenged you to provide funny or clever captions for the...

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Contest: Win ‘Kong: Skull Island’ on Blu-ray!

Josh Zyber — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:00:19 +0000

Just about the only thing better than watching giant monsters duke it out in your home theater is watching giant monsters duke it out in your home theater for free. We have a spare Blu-ray copy of ‘Kong: Skull Island‘, and it could be yours if you enter our contest. To win a copy of...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of July 16th, 2017 – Return of the King

Josh Zyber — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 12:00:10 +0000

Does Skull Island also have giant trees that grow giant bananas to feed its famous giant monkey? Otherwise, how does he have enough energy to swat helicopters out of the sky? These are questions I wonder about when looking at the Blu-ray listings this week. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Kong: Skull Island‘ – In rebooting ‘King...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of July 9th, 2017 – Fate Accompli

Josh Zyber — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 12:00:09 +0000

It’s a given which movie will top the Blu-ray sales charts this week. That’s a done-deal, a fate that cannot be altered. The question, then, is whether anything else is worth giving a spin. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘The Fate of the Furious‘ – Be honest, don’t you wish the title were spelled ‘F8’? The eighth...

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SteelBook Alert: Knight Moves

Josh Zyber — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:00:24 +0000

Upcoming Blu-ray and UHD SteelBooks are all about cars cars cars. We’ve got cars driven by superhero spies, cars driven by babies (wait, that can’t be right), and cars that turn into robots. Also, a giant monkey. I guess they can’t all fit the theme. ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ (USA) Available at: Best Buy (Blu-ray...

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Weekend Box Office: Who’s the Boss?

Luke Hickman — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 16:00:13 +0000

One of this weekend’s new movies managed to do the impossible. Not only did it wildly out-gross expectations, it put down the Beast. The week’s other wide release underperformed, while each of last week’s titles stumbled during their sophomore outings. I didn’t think I’d be saying this, but the #1 movie in America is ‘The...

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Weekend Box Office: Nothing Here That Wasn’t Here Before

Luke Hickman — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:00:05 +0000

No surprises here, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ sang its way to the top of the box office again this weekend. Of the two TV-to-big-screen adaptations, the one that actually has a fan base had a solid debut, while the needless one flopped. ‘Beauty and the Beast‘ brought in another whopping $88.3 million in its second...

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