Poll: Rank the Furiouses
With an eighth movie speeding into theaters this weekend and a collective box office gross of close to $4 billion, the ‘Fast and Furious’ series is one of Hollywood’s biggest movie franchises. In this week’...
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‘Furious 7’ Review: Magnificently Stupid
A parody movie mocking the ‘Fast and Furious’ series is on the way shortly, but can you help wondering why? There’s no way any parody could possibly be as absurd and hilarious as ‘Furious 7’. This lat...
‘Brick Mansions’ Review: Parkour! Parkour!
Writer/producer Luc Besson has shoved parkour action, fast ‘n furious car carnage, and RZA stunt casting into a blender and emerged with ‘Brick Mansions’. Sadly, the results aren’t nearly as fun as the ingr...
Weekend Movies: The Decimation of the Competition
Even though last year’s installment of ‘The Hobbit’ got a mixed reception from both critics and fans, there’s little doubt that the second chapter in the trilogy – which hits IMAX, HFR, 3D and 2D screens th...
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of December 8th, 2013 – A Spoonful
As we continue our charge towards Christmas, it should come as no surprise that this week’s new Blu-ray releases put a major focus on movies that appeal to children and parents. I suppose I’ll be in that category soon,...
R.I.P. Paul Walker
This is a sad way to come back from an otherwise nice holiday break. Over the weekend, news broke that ‘Fast & Furious’ star Paul Walker has died. He was only 40-years-old and leaves behind a teenager daughter.
Now Playing: Furiouser and Furiouser…
With more than $1.5 billion in previous sales, Universal rolls out a sixth entry to one of its biggest film franchises this week. Despite awful dialogue and numerous over-the-top, zany action sequences that are more comical than s...
Weekend Box Office: ‘Five’ Makes Fast Number One
It’s official: The summer blockbuster season struck early this year. ‘Fast Five‘ pulled in $83.6 million over the weekend, making it the highest opening movie of 2011 so far. The caper sequel surpassed box office...
Weekend Movies: ‘Fast’-er Pussycat, Kill Kill
This weekend is a big ol’ grab bag of genres and choices. Unfortunately, like most weekends, the majority of the movies being unleashed – both into the malls and multiplexes and the smaller art houses – are terrible. But hey...
Weekend Roundtable: Movie Dream Teams
This week’s Roundtable topic was inspired by a comment posted by one of our blog’s readers, Adam. This one is admittedly a bit esoteric, but we had fun with it. Here’s the challenge: If you could assemble a dream...
Weekend Movies: There’s Also This Thing Called Reading
Good grief. Summer is coming to an end not with a bang, but with a whimper. The crop of big studio fare shuffling into theaters this weekend is barely enough to raise an eyebrow. There doesn’t seem to be all that much happen...