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Poll: Rank the Furiouses

Josh Zyber — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:00:40 +0000

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’s poll, it’s time to rank the films. Which is the fastest and/or the most furious? When the original ‘The Fast...

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‘Furious 7’ Review: Magnificently Stupid

Philip Brown — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 12:00:20 +0000

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 latest cinematic ode to shaved heads, tight undershirts, nitrous oxide and latent homoeroticism has comedy covered already. Something special...

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‘Brick Mansions’ Review: Parkour! Parkour!

Philip Brown — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 13:00:07 +0000

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 ingredients sound. In fact, this is a downright stupid movie. When ‘District B13‘ emerged from Luc Besson’s Eurotrash genre factory in 2004,...

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Weekend Movies: The Decimation of the Competition

Luke Hickman — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:00:12 +0000

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 this weekend – will walk away another box office winner. ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug‘ kicks off shortly...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of December 8th, 2013 – A Spoonful of Sugar

Josh Zyber — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 14:00:18 +0000

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, so I better get used to it. Fun for the Whole Family Those adorable Minions are...

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R.I.P. Paul Walker

Josh Zyber — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 14:00:30 +0000

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. In a tragic irony, the actor famous for leading a car racing franchise died in an auto...

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Now Playing: Furiouser and Furiouser…

Bryan Kluger — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000

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 suspenseful, ‘Fast & Furious 6’ will probably push that amount even further. That being said, the movie delivers...

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Five’ Makes Fast Number One

Luke Hickman — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:00:14 +0000

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 predictions, and even bested the opening of 2009’s ‘Fast & Furious‘ by over $10 million, giving ‘Fast Five’ the best...

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Weekend Movies: ‘Fast’-er Pussycat, Kill Kill

Drew Taylor — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:00:22 +0000

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, “Summer begins” this weekend, according to the advertisements for one of the new releases. And...

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Weekend Roundtable: Movie Dream Teams

Josh Zyber — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:00:47 +0000

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 team production of talent (director, writer, stars) to make a movie, who would you include and...

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Weekend Movies: There’s Also This Thing Called Reading

Drew Taylor — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:00:55 +0000

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 happening on the independent side of things, either. But there is an upside:...

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