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Oscar Poll: Best Visual Effects 2014

Josh Zyber — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:00:58 +0000

For our final Oscar poll today (yes, I promise that this is the last one!), let’s take a look at a technical category that we film nerds typically care a lot about: Best Visual Effects. Is there any way that ‘Gravity’ doesn’t win this one? I’m sure that the VFX were competent in the other...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of December 15th, 2013 – Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!

Josh Zyber — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 14:00:28 +0000

This week marks the last big push for new Blu-ray releases before the Christmas holiday. If our readers have been good boys and girls, we might just have a last-minute gift to offer you. Read this post carefully for our special one-day giveaway. New Releases I doubt it was planned this way deliberately, but the...

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Full Metal Jackets: Hammer Hits Steel

Josh Zyber — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 17:00:00 +0000

By this point, it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that every Marvel superhero blockbuster will receive the SteelBook treatment on Blu-ray. In fact, the latest franchise entry barely just premiered in theaters, and its SteelBook has already been announced. This week’s metal case update brings us the god of thunder and several other recent theatrical...

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Weekend Box Office: The Minions Win Again

Luke Hickman — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:00:12 +0000

Even with monstrous effort, the weekend’s two wide releases were unable to stop Gru and his Minions’, as ‘Despicable Me 2’ deposited another $44.7 million in the bank, bringing its domestic 12-day total up to $229.2 million. Overseas, the 3D animated flick has reeled in $243.2 million, giving it an impressive worldwide total of $472.4...

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Weekend Box Office: Bombs Bursting in Air

Luke Hickman — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 16:00:37 +0000

Although it may be rude, a part of me gets excited when a horrible film tanks at the box office. While Disney may not have deserved the catastrophic flop of ‘John Carter’ last year, the studio certainly earned that fate this time. Before we get to Disney’s failure, let’s discuss this week’s great success. Not...

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Fourth of July Weekend Movies: Where’s the Rockets’ Red Glare?

Luke Hickman — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 15:00:27 +0000

The Fourth of July isn’t bringing us the usual explosive fanfare this year. (Think back to July 4th hits like ‘Spider-Man’ and ‘Transformers’.) Instead, we get the sequel to a funny animated family flick, and Disney’s tone-deaf Western revival that’s surprisingly not suitable for children. With the latter getting panned by critics and the former...

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Now Playing: Who Was That Masked Man?

Bryan Kluger — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 13:00:59 +0000

Director Gore Verbinski borrows heavily from his animated Western ‘Rango’ and some other choice films for his latest mega-budget action adventure, ‘The Lone Ranger’. In what seems to be a project greenlit only because Johnny Depp was willing to get into costume and makeup again, this remake is deeply flawed and way too long. Running...

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The Trailer Park: Attack of the Teaser

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:00:25 +0000

In this week’s trailers, we get a few glimpses of movies to expect next year. One is another installment of our favorite smart-mouthed NYPD cop, while the other is a remake of a classic radio and TV franchise. ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ Or you can just call it ‘Die Hard 5’. Either way...

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