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Weekend Roundtable: Third Time’s the Charm

Josh Zyber — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 19:00:55 +0000

For as much as Hollywood loves rebooting old movie properties, unfortunately not all cinematic reboots work out. In many fans’ estimation, it took Sony three tries to finally get Spider-Man right. In this week’s Roundtable, we’re rebooting the reboots. What other movie franchises that have already been rebooted once before could use another spin of...

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Weekend Roundtable: Best & Worst Movie Reboots

Josh Zyber — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 18:55:56 +0000

With a new ‘Transporter’ reboot in theaters and the ‘Mad Max’ reboot hitting Blu-ray this week, now seems like a good time to evaluate some other famous movie franchise reboots. Which ones worked out for the best, and which really didn’t? Before we begin, we should clarify that we’re specifically looking for franchise reboots, in...

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R.I.P. Wes Craven

Josh Zyber — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:00:19 +0000

Here’s some sad news to start off the week. Maverick horror filmmaker Wes Craven passed away on Sunday after battling brain cancer. Craven is of course most famous for creating the ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ franchise, which introduced the world to the iconic figure of Freddy Krueger. The original 1984 film spawned five direct...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Horror Movie Franchises

Josh Zyber — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:00:09 +0000

Happy Halloween! This time of year, horror fans often indulge in marathon viewings of their favorite scary movies. For our holiday Roundtable, we thought it would be fun to list off our favorite horror movie franchises. To be clear, we’re defining “franchise” as any movie series with at least two entries. A horror movie without...

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Second ReAction Worse Than the First

Josh Zyber — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:00:14 +0000

Last week, I wrote about how disappointed I was with photos of the first wave of “ReAction” retro-style movie and TV action figures from Super7 and Funko. As much as I doubted such a thing was possible, the second wave unfortunately looks even worse. This kills me, because I would really love to have quality...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 19th, 2014 – I Am the Captain Now

Josh Zyber — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 14:00:20 +0000

Happy MLK Day, everyone. I suppose that I could have used the holiday as an excuse to take another long weekend, but this week actually brings us a few new Blu-rays of interest. Let’s take a look. New Releases ‘Captain Phillips‘ – Tom Hanks takes on Somali pirates in Paul Greengrass’ latest based-on-real-events thriller. The...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of March 3rd, 2013 – Bella + Edward 4eva

Josh Zyber — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:00:49 +0000

As the year’s movie award season draws to a close, the hugely acclaimed and respected finale to the most beloved film franchise in the entire history of cinema finally comes to Blu-ray. Oh yeah, some black & white thing about people who’ve been dead for seventy years is also available, but that one doesn’t have...

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Blu-ray Highlights for January 2nd, 2013 – You Look Familiar

Josh Zyber — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:00:55 +0000

Welcome back from another long weekend, and welcome to 2013! As you recover from your holiday hangovers, the new year begins mostly with a lot of reissues of old Blu-ray titles. However, mixed in here somewhere may be a few new discs worth looking at. As part of the new distribution deal between the two...

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Weekend Roundtable: Sequels and Remakes That Could Be Set in Space

Josh Zyber — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:00:53 +0000

Anyone who’s seen the trailers for today’s theatrical release of ‘Lockout’ should easily recognize it as a thinly-veiled knockoff of ‘Escape from New York’. The ads aren’t even a little bit subtle about that. This is just the latest in a not-so-proud tradition of remakes (official and otherwise) and franchise sequels that transport their story...

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Weekend Roundtable: Movie Nit-Picks

Josh Zyber — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:00:31 +0000

Let’s face it, few movies are perfect. Even some of our favorite films have flaws. Some may be tiny, but others are really glaring. Perhaps it’s one particular scene that doesn’t work, or an actor who’s miscast, or even a single line of groan-worthy dialogue. This week’s Roundtable is all about nit-picking. What small detail...

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Movie Madness: Alice vs. Morpheus – Stark vs. Krueger

Aaron Peck — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:00:16 +0000

Using every bit of star power he could muster, Indiana Jones moved on to the next Movie Madness round by defeating Wolverine. Apparently, he must have found a really big magnet somewhere to thwart Wolvie’s plans. In the other match, super-spy Jason Bourne easily bested V to work his way into the Cinematic Sixteen. Today’s...

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Movie Madness: Martin vs. Krueger – Hook vs. Lecter

Aaron Peck — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:00:27 +0000

Friday’s Movie Madness contests were no contest at all. Batman bested Buzz Lightyear easily to move onto the next round in a highly anticipated matchup with The Joker. Jason Bourne versus Ellen Ripley was a bit closer, but Bourne held onto a strong lead throughout the voting. It turns out that Ripley’s flamethrower was no...

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