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The Best of the Best in Film in 2016, Part 2

Philip Brown — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:00:40 +0000

Welcome back, folks. It’s still the end of 2016, and I’m still coping with the end of yet another year of my life by handing out a collection of Best Of film awards to directors and celebrities who will never notice or care. But I care, dammit. Way too much. Enough so that I couldn’t...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 19th, 2016 – Shine a Everlovin’ Light on Me

Josh Zyber — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:00:03 +0000

June started off with a big rush of new Blu-rays, including at least a couple of must-own titles. As if to give you a chance to catch your breath, the release calendar slows down dramatically this week. New Releases ‘Midnight Special‘ – Jeff Nichols, the acclaimed indie director of ‘Take Shelter’ and ‘Mud’, makes his...

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Weekend Box Office: Batman’s Not Dead

Luke Hickman — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 16:00:21 +0000

We knew that the second weekend for the DC Cinematic Universe’s big mash-up would tell how well (or poorly) the film will fare in the long run, and weekend estimates were all over the place. Luckily for Warner Bros., the final gross remained within predictions. ‘Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice‘ scored $52.3 million over...

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Weekend Movies: Don’t Be Fooled

Luke Hickman — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:00:47 +0000

A few smaller, barely-marketed movies are opening this week in the wake of ‘Batman v. Superman’, but none of them are particularly notable. The distribution company Pure Flix invests in low-budget “sure thing” movies with built-in Christian audiences so that no money has to be invested in marketing. Having made boatloads with the faith-based drama...

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‘Midnight Special’ Review: Zod v. Kylo Ren – Dawn of Superkid

Philip Brown — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 19:00:17 +0000

There are several ways in which ‘Midnight Special’ feels like a throwback. In movie geekery terms, the film plays as an homage to the mystery, complexity, wonderment and technical mastery that young Steven Spielberg and John Carpenter brought to their early efforts (specifically, ‘Close Encounters’ and ‘Starman’). More than that, the movie harkens back to...

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Weekend Box Office: Broken Allegiance

Luke Hickman — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:00:12 +0000

It’s not a surprise that Disney’s ‘Zootopia’ topped the box office charts once again, but the film actually performed even better than expected. Following suit with the ‘Hunger Games’ trend, the latest ‘Divergent’ movie opened below its previous installment. Meanwhile, Sony’s hasty attempt to push a ‘Big Bang Theory’ cast member’s big screen career resulted...

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Weekend Movies: Where Does Your Allegiance Lie?

Luke Hickman — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:00:40 +0000

This weekend offers three new wide release movies and two promising limited releases. Honestly, though, Disney’s ‘Zootopia’ will probably win the box office for a third consecutive week anyway. It’s finally here, or at least half of it. The climactic final novel in your fourth-favorite YA book series has needlessly been adapted into a two-part...

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The Trailer Park: Rise of the Mediocre

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:00:22 +0000

With spring just around the corner, we prepare for the upcoming slate of hopefully good movies that are supposed to come with an improvement in the weather. Sadly, the following trailers promise more rain and dark clouds of boredom. ‘Ghostbusters’ Originally, the thought of seeing another ‘Ghostbusters’ installment really excited me, and reading that it...

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