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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of August 7th, 2016 – Careful, Your Claws Are Showing

Josh Zyber — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 12:00:40 +0000

Despite appearances, new Blu-ray discs will indeed be released this week. You’d be forgiven for not noticing. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘A Hologram for the King‘ – This must surely be a contender for the short-list of worst movie titles of all time. Based on a book by Dave Eggers that I have no doubt is...

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‘Oblivion’ Contest Results

Josh Zyber — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:00:17 +0000

Are you an effective team? Of course you are! When I asked you, our readers, to provide funny entries to last week’s ‘Oblivion’ contest, you accomplished that mission with flying colors. Now it’s time to find out which of you has won the prize. Not only will the winner take home the sci-fi epic ‘Oblivion’...

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O Yes You Can – Win ‘Oblivion’ on Blu-ray!

Josh Zyber — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:00:11 +0000

Spaceships, shooting and explosions in pummeling surround sound – isn’t this what home theater is all about? This week, we’re giving away the Tom Cruise sci-fi epic ‘Oblivion‘ on Blu-ray. Don’t miss out on your chance to take it home for free. To win a copy of the Blu-ray, all you have to do is...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of August 4th, 2013 – Oo-De-Lally, Oo-De-Lally, Golly What a Day

Josh Zyber — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:00:10 +0000

Now we’re getting somewhere. After an almost unbearably slow month of July, the Blu-ray release schedule picks up with a huge new slate of discs this week. True, most of them are for really bad movies, but guilty pleasures are still pleasures. New Releases Tom Cruise stars as WALL-E in the sci-fi epic ‘Oblivion‘, which...

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Full Metal Jackets: KIRRRRRKKK!!!!

Josh Zyber — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 19:00:22 +0000

The SteelBook scene has been unusually busy in recent months. I guess that the movie studios (or at least selected retailers, who request product orders from the studios) have finally realized that collectors love to scoop these metal cases up, even for movies of questionable merit or catalog titles that they already own on Blu-ray....

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Iron Man’ Flies to New Heights

Luke Hickman — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:08 +0000

The Disney/Marvel combination has once again proven to be a powerful partnership. Together, the two companies push each much farther than either reached separately. After last summer’s ‘The Avengers‘, Iron Man as both a character and a film series will never be the same. The $98 million and $128 million debuts for ‘Iron Man‘ and...

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Pain’ Gains an Audience

Luke Hickman — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:00:28 +0000

Michael Bay’s weekend win would typically be big news, but this one is overshadowed by the international debut of ‘Iron Man 3’. The third movie in Marvel’s franchise (fourth if you count ‘The Avengers‘) opened in 42 markets one week prior to its U.S. release and earned $195.3 million, which is $10 million more than...

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Weekend Box Office: Cruise in Control

Luke Hickman — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:00:21 +0000

Tom Cruise’s career took a hard hit in the early 2000s. Over the past four years, his personal life has slipped back out of the public eye and, in the process, the actor climbed back up to the top of the box office. This weekend marks Cruise’s highest opening since 2005’s ‘War of the Worlds‘....

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Weekend Movies: Everyone Stands Out of Tom Cruise’s Way

Luke Hickman — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:00:10 +0000

As Sam Jackson once said, “Hold onto your butts.” Summer starts two weeks early this year. Today we get just one wide release – an expensive visual effects-filled star vehicle. Tom Cruise fans, be sure to soak it in, because this is his only movie of 2013. Up-and-coming director Joseph Kosinski follows up ‘Tron: Legacy‘...

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Now Playing: Staring into ‘Oblivion’

Bryan Kluger — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:00:30 +0000

It’s been a great couple of years for science fiction fans. The genre has shown its big head again, and the masses seem to be eating it up. As we gear up for ‘Elysium’, ‘Pacific Rim’ and ‘Star Trek into Darkness’ (just to name a few) later this year, leading the way before summer is...

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Box Office Pick’em: April Draft

Aaron Peck — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:00:13 +0000

March wasn’t pretty (for Luke). In April’s round of Box Office Pick’em, Aaron gets to draft first… again. Pick #1: Aaron Selection: ‘Oblivion’ Reasoning: I understand that this is a risk. ‘Oblivion’ is hardly a proven franchise, which could turn out bad if people don’t end up seeing it. I’m hoping that its blockbuster look...

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Weekend Box Office: Jackie Robinson Hits It out of the Park

Luke Hickman — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:00:37 +0000

Here in the U.S., the Jackie Robinson bio-pic hit a home run this weekend. But the domestic market is apparently oblivious to what’s going on overseas. On 3,003 screens, ‘42‘ beat the competition with a $27.2 million debut. That’s a great start for a film expected to open around the $20 million range. The last...

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