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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of April 8th, 2018 – There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute

Josh Zyber — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 12:00:57 +0000

Among the stars appearing on Blu-ray this week are Hugh Jackman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Chastain, and Taraji P. Henson. Not Kevin Spacey, though. Definitely not Kevin Spacey… Well, maybe a little. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘The Greatest Showman‘ – Strangely timed for release the same year that the Barnum & Bailey circus shut down operations, Hugh...

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Poll: How Many of the 2018 Oscar Nominees Have You Seen?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:00:05 +0000

Every year, as soon as the Oscar nominations are announced, movie fans begin the process of trying to catch up with some of the nominated movies they missed during the year. How many of the 2018 batch have you watched? Year after year, the Academy Awards often reward movies that weren’t widely seen by paying...

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‘Molly’s Game’ Review: Sorkin at His Sorkiniest

Philip Brown — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:00:31 +0000

After writing a few good screenplays that were tamed by a few good directors (‘The Social Network’, ‘Steve Jobs’, ‘A Few Good Men’, etc.) Aaron Sorkin has finally gone ahead and directed a movie himself. It’s called ‘Molly’s Game’, based on the secret-spewing biography by underground poker goddess Molly Bloom. The subject is ripe for...

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Weekend Box Office: Welcome to the Future

Luke Hickman — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 17:00:53 +0000

On the last weekend of 2017, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ was finally dethroned of its title as the highest-grossing domestic release of the year. ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ rang in the New Year in its stead. Owning the domestic top spot for three consecutive years, the ‘Star Wars’ franchise has officially bowled a turkey....

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Christmas Weekend Movies: The Show Must Go On

Luke Hickman — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:00:16 +0000

Now that ‘Star Wars’ is behind us, every studio in Hollywood has a new movie just in time for the holidays (and awards eligibility). Let’s waste no time getting through them. The first two of the holiday releases got a head start with Wednesday openings. The widest of the two was ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Molly’s Game’

Philip Brown — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 19:00:20 +0000

Aaron Sorkin finally directed one of his screenplays and the results are pretty much what you’d expect. That snappy, Sorkiny dialogue explodes out of characters’ mouths at a fever pitch. Rat-a-tat snark and smarm slowly tease out a plot and ram themes down viewers’ throats. ‘Molly’s Game’ is fairly fun and rather funny. After all,...

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