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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 2nd, 2019 – Never Rub Another Man’s Rhubarb

Josh Zyber — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 12:00:35 +0000

In contrast to last week, which didn’t have a single new Ultra HD disc to offer, this is a very big week for 4k upgrades of beloved movie franchises. Once again, however, catalog titles are far more interesting than the day-and-date releases. New Releases (Blu-ray) A Madea Family Funeral – So long as his fans...

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Weekend Roundtable: 2018 TV Catch-Up

Josh Zyber — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:00:06 +0000

In this era of so-called Peak TV, there’s simply way too much television content on the air, on cable, satellite, and on streaming to keep up with everything of interest. As a corollary to last week’s Roundtable theme, which TV shows from 2018 do you need to make time to binge? David Krauss My wife...

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Now Streaming: ‘Lost in Space’ Season 1

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 16:00:36 +0000

Although my tastes have evolved over the years, the original ‘Lost in Space‘ was the TV series was that made me a sci-fi fan. The show has always seemed ripe for a reboot/reimagining, but when the 1998 movie crashed at the box office, it seemed like the adventures of the Robinson family were indeed lost...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movies by 2018 Oscar Nominees

Josh Zyber — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 20:00:34 +0000

When Oscar season comes around, we like to play a little game where we remember that not all of the celebrated actors and directors have had spotless track records for quality entertainment. Let’s look back at some of the worst movies made by this year’s batch of Oscar nominees. Specifically, we have our eyes on...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of September 13th, 2015 – Why So Furious?

Josh Zyber — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:00:31 +0000

Last week slowed down a bit for new Blu-ray releases, but this week revs back up to speed with a huge volume of new titles, including one of the biggest box office hits of all time. Is that disc, or much of anything this week, really worth buying, though? New Releases ‘Furious 7‘ – $1.5...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Movie/TV Robots or A.I.

Josh Zyber — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 20:00:46 +0000

Robots, androids, cyborgs and other forms of Artificial Intelligence have long been a science fiction staple. With this weekend’s theatrical release of ‘Chappie’ in mind, let’s take a look at some of our favorite thinking machines from the worlds of movies and TV. Shannon Nutt “Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!” That’s right, my favorite robot is...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst CGI Effects in Movies

Josh Zyber — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:00:08 +0000

Here we are in the heart of the summer movie season, when visual effects spectacles reign supreme. Unfortunately, as we’ve seen over the years, some of these films put more effort into their effects than others. We’ve previously celebrated some of cinema’s finest visual effects in an earlier Roundtable. Now it’s time to do the...

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