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Weekend Roundtable: Movies You Regret Buying

Josh Zyber — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:00:23 +0000

We’ve all done it. If you collect movies on DVD or Blu-ray, you’ve undoubtedly purchased a disc at some point that you later regretted. Perhaps it was a blind-buy that you expected to like, only to discover that you hated it. Perhaps you even bought the movie knowing that you didn’t like it, but needed...

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Posterizing: A Melancholy Moonrise

Aaron Peck — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:00:21 +0000

I wish I had a bigger house, or more wall space. I just don’t have enough room to hang all the posters that I really love. Check out this week’s new posters for theatrical releases, and also a few special event posters that I wouldn’t mind getting my hands on. ‘ParaNorman’ I have to say,...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 3/13/12 – Adventures in the Uncanny Valley

Josh Zyber — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:00:15 +0000

March is ablaze with Blu-ray releases. Last week’s release slate was so packed with new discs that we actually missed some important Best Buy exclusives that we’ll cover today. On top of that, this week brings us another huge assortment of notable titles. Can your wallets handle all this excitement? Here are the new discs...

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Weekend Box Office: Gods Upset Box Office Expectations

Luke Hickman — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:00:50 +0000

‘Puss in Boots’ dropped a mere 23% in its third weekend, bringing in another $25 million. The ‘Shrek’ spin-off hopped over the $100 million mark, but didn’t make enough to stop an epic underdog from taking first. Predicted to debut with $20.5 million, ‘Immortals‘ blew past the competition to claim the #1 spot with $32...

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Weekend Movies: Men in Armor Meet Men in Drag

Luke Hickman — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:00:38 +0000

I love watching bad movies tank at the box office. Unfortunately, even the worst of Adam Sandler’s movies still typically gross more than $100 million, so I probably won’t get to laugh at him come Monday. But I’m pretty sure I’ll be chuckling when the numbers for ‘Immortals‘ role in on Sunday afternoon. Ever since...

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Now Playing: A Cataclysmic Artsy Film About Depression

Luke Hickman — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:00:58 +0000

I know, I know. Even though I’m giving Lars von Trier’s ‘Melancholia’ a positive review, so many people out there will loathe the film for being pretentious, long, slow and far from subtle. Unapologetically, I can disregard its lack of tact for its ability to successfully make audiences understand and experience the condition of melancholia....

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The Trailer Park: Oh, the Drama!

M. Enois Duarte — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:00:52 +0000

With the holidays also comes Oscar season, when mature dramas fill the screens to impress the Academy in hopes of winning a golden statuette. Two in particular seem like quite the stunners in almost every area, and their trailers are visually catching. One is a historical pic that features Mortensen and Fassbender clashing intellects while...

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Cannes 2011 Winners

Luke Hickman — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:00:37 +0000

The 64th Festival de Cannes wrapped up this past weekend with its annual awards ceremony. The highest honor a film can receive is the Palme d’Or (Golden Palm). Acclaimed films such as ‘Taxi Driver‘, ‘Apocalypse Now‘, ‘The Mission’, ‘Sex, Lies and Videotape’ and ‘Pulp Fiction’ are past Palme d’Or winners. Much like we see at...

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Schadenfreude Alert: Obnoxious Director Thrown Out of Cannes Festival

Josh Zyber — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:00:12 +0000

Allow me to admit some personal bias right up front here. I hate Danish director Lars von Trier. Hate him. As a person, I find him to be a pompous jackass. As a filmmaker, I think his movies are both terrible and virulently misogynistic (not a good combo). He’s the Uwe Boll of the art...

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