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Poll: Biggest Duds of 2016

Josh Zyber — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 16:00:30 +0000

Last week, we voted on Favorite Blockbusters of 2016. Unfortunately, a lot of movies last year didn’t live up to their promise or hype. What movies were the biggest letdowns for you? 2016 was widely regarded as a year of disappointments. I’m sure that I haven’t cataloged them all in these poll choices. I also...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of December 11th, 2016 – Squad Goals

Josh Zyber — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:00:34 +0000

It’s another overstuffed week for new Blu-ray releases, as the Hollywood studios dump a bunch of titles on the market before the holidays. This batch has psychotic clowns, peculiar children, bad robots, gladiators and more. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Suicide Squad‘ – After the disappointment of ‘Batman v. Superman’, Warner Bros. and DC pinned a lot...

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Weekend Box Office: Simple Math

Luke Hickman — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:00:43 +0000

Ben Affleck’s latest movie headed into the weekend with mixed reviews, leading most to believe that it would become his second of 2016 to fail to please audiences. No one predicted that it would perform as well as it did. Meanwhile, Kevin Hart’s new stand-up picture saw great returns, but Mattel’s toy adaptation failed miserably....

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Weekend Box Office: Right on Track

Luke Hickman — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:00:59 +0000

Of the three new wide release movies that hit theaters on Friday, the strongest won the box office and opened in alignment with studio predictions. The other two barely made a dent and finished only $200k apart from one another, meaning that we’ll have to see the finalized box office totals later today before we’ll...

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Weekend Box Office: How Peculiar

Luke Hickman — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 16:00:12 +0000

One year ago at this time, ‘The Martian’ tore up the box office. Even the combined debut totals for this weekend’s two biggest releases couldn’t come close to matching that movie’s numbers. Although both of the new wide releases opened in perfect alignment with studio expectations, this weekend was hardly anything to brag about. In...

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Weekend Movies: Like Oil and Water

Luke Hickman — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:00:25 +0000

This weekend’s new movies are quite peculiar. Each title feels like it should be a huge studio-backed event, yet not one of them seems to be receiving much in the way attention or promotion. Apparently, Tim Burton didn’t get the memo that audiences no longer care about YA adaptations. Based on the first installment of...

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‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ Review: Basic Burton

Philip Brown — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:00:44 +0000

At this point, it’s almost difficult to remember that Tim Burton once used to be one of the most excitingly unpredictable and creative filmmakers in Hollywood. Today, he mostly just latches onto popular properties, tosses a thin coat of his aesthetic on top with a few of his regular actors, and then sits back at...

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