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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of February 5th, 2017 – Easy ‘Cause You’re Beautiful

Josh Zyber — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 13:00:57 +0000

February this year starts with a monstrous assortment of new Blu-ray releases. Do you see any titles you’re in love with? New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Trolls‘ – Just when you thought ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ was crassly commercial filmmaking at its worst, here comes an animated kids’ movie based on those crazy-haired dolls that have been...

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Poll: Which 2017 Oscar Nominated Movies Have You Seen?

Josh Zyber — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:00:33 +0000

As Hollywood continues to gloat all through awards season about the quality of the movies it makes, the fact remains that many of the Oscar nominees have simply not been widely seen by audiences outside industry voting circles. With just short of a month to cram the rest in, how many of this year’s selection...

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‘Loving’ Review: Heartfelt Historical Honesty

Philip Brown — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:00:10 +0000

‘Loving’ is one of those true life inspirational stories that tend to come out around Oscar season and coast by on message rather than content. Thankfully, this is one of the few examples that lives up to its origin and has quietly become one of the more important films of the year. A big reason...

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Weekend Box Office: Just What the Doctor Ordered

Luke Hickman — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 16:00:29 +0000

Each of the weekend’s three wide movies releases performed very well at the box office. Marvel’s newest superhero made a grade introduction, DreamWorks Animation’s second 2016 release earned $10 million above expectations, and Mel Gibson’s low-budget war drama won over audiences. After several weeks of mostly bad news, it’s nice to report on some big...

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Weekend Movies: Easy to Troll

Luke Hickman — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 14:00:29 +0000

A diverse blend of movies opens in theaters this weekend. Surprisingly, the widest of the releases isn’t Marvel’s latest comic book extravaganza, but a toy-based cartoon from DreamWorks Animation. Between a superhero in crisis, singing and dancing ’80s dolls, and a religious war film, which will you see? Toy companies have successfully capitalized on Hollywood...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Loving’

Philip Brown — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 17:00:26 +0000

‘Loving’ is one of those important historical dramas about groundbreaking folks who changed America. It’s also an incredibly intimate character study of two simple people uncertain of why their pure love could cause such wild controversy. The ways the movie stays so small and human make the latest feature from Jeff Nichols (‘Take Shelter’, ‘Midnight...

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