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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of November 12th, 2017 – Blonde Ambition

Josh Zyber — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 13:00:19 +0000

Blondes supposedly have more fun. This week, they kick a bunch of ass. Also causing trouble on Blu-ray are some screwy squirrels and a weirdo in a bear suit. New Releases ‘Atomic Blonde‘ – Let’s get the “Joan Wick” jokes out of the way quickly, shall we? Charlize Theron stars as a tough-but-sexy MI-6 agent...

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Weekend Box Office: No Such Luck

Luke Hickman — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:00:03 +0000

This summer’s box office is down nearly 13% from last year, and a lot of that is due to the month of August. Down 34% from last August, this month’s releases are barely drawing an audience. One of this weekend’s new movies opened in the top spot, but the second wide release finished much lower....

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Weekend Box Office: Nut Allergy

Luke Hickman — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:00:43 +0000

Horror is on the rise, while shoddy kids’ movies and shameless Oscar bait are declining. Despite one of the weekend’s new movies having an unexpectedly large opening, the other releases under-performed so much that the box office is still down significantly over last year. Easily dominating the box office was the fourth entry to the...

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Weekend Movies: Be a Doll, Would Ya?

Luke Hickman — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:00:18 +0000

Since when did the summer blockbuster season come to a halt in August? Instead of opening big titles atop one another for the past three months, the studios should have saved some of their big stuff for this and the coming slow weeks. This weekend’s new options include a sequel to a lesser ‘Conjuring’ spinoff,...

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‘The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature’ Review: More of This Garbage?

Philip Brown — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 12:00:43 +0000

‘The Nut Job’ was one of the worst talking animal animated family flicks in the history of the genre. But it was also one of the cheapest, so it made enough money off undemanding family audiences to justify a sequel. The follow-up is about as idiotic and unnecessary as the first film. In discussing the...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of April 13th, 2014 – Murders Don’t Come Any Neater

Josh Zyber — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 13:00:44 +0000

Classic film noir makes a strong showing on Blu-ray this week, as a couple masterpieces of the genre finally appear on the format. Some newer movies are available too, of course, if the prospect of black & white scares you. New Releases ‘Philomena‘ – Even if the movie never stood a chance of winning any...

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Weekend Box Office: Super Bomb

Luke Hickman — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:00:11 +0000

The Super Bowl inevitably brings down theatrical box office numbers, as people stay home to watch the game rather than go to the movies. This weekend’s two under-performing wide releases sure didn’t help to put people in cineplex seats. For the third consecutive weekend, ‘Ride Along‘ locked in first place. The $25 million buddy cop...

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Weekend Box Office: Who, Didn’t See This Coming?

Luke Hickman — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 17:00:56 +0000

No, the jokes about commas aren’t done yet. This uneventful weekend at the box office was extremely predictable. Did anyone really expect ‘I, Frankenstein‘ to conjure up good revenue? No. The $8.2 million sixth-place debut is exactly what we all saw coming. Lionsgate will surely eat most of the movie’s $65 million production budget. First...

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Weekend Box Office: Audiences Get Taken For a ‘Ride’

Luke Hickman — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 17:00:42 +0000

Two of this weekend’s new movies opened better than expected. The other two opened under expectations. One title in each category surprised me. ‘Ride Along‘ blew the competition – and predictions for it – out of the water. From 2,663 locations, the comedy opened with $41.2 million, making it the highest-debuting January release of all...

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Weekend Movies: The Hunt for a Good January

Luke Hickman — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 18:00:03 +0000

While the last few weekends only saw one wide release debut, this weekend is slammed with four titles claiming a collective total of more than 11,000 screens across the nation. Among them are another found-footage horror flick, Kevin Hart’s debut as a comedic leading man, an animated feature hoping to steal some thunder from ‘Frozen’,...

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