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The Best of the Best in Film in 2016, Part 2

Philip Brown — Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:00:40 +0000

Welcome back, folks. It’s still the end of 2016, and I’m still coping with the end of yet another year of my life by handing out a collection of Best Of film awards to directors and celebrities who will never notice or care. But I care, dammit. Way too much. Enough so that I couldn’t...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of November 27th, 2016 – All Fired Up

Josh Zyber — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 13:00:46 +0000

Is everyone feeling rested up and refreshed from the long holiday weekend? Were you able to avoid arguing politics with your relatives at Thanksgiving dinner? That may have been tough this year. Anyway, we’re back to work today, and the new week brings us some Blu-rays of family films that didn’t do too well at...

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Weekend Box Office: Lost at Sea

Luke Hickman — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:00:25 +0000

This Labor Day weekend certainly didn’t have many theater chain employees laboring much. The older movies held over quite well, but the two new wide releases struggled. Horror movies – especially those of the R-rated variety – typically fall between 50-60% in their sophomore weeks, but ‘Don’t Breathe‘ turned a blind eye to the norm....

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Poll: Most Disappointing Summer 2016 Movies

Josh Zyber — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 12:00:58 +0000

Apropos of Shannon’s article earlier this week about how this has been the worst movie season in recent memory, let’s put it to a vote. Which movies from the summer of 2016 disappointed you the most? The unofficial start of the summer movie season seems to get pulled earlier and earlier every year. For the...

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SteelBook Alert: Flaming Out

Josh Zyber — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:00:46 +0000

Of its two live-action remakes of old animated (or partially-animated) movies this year, Disney had a lot more success at the box office with one than the other. Regardless, both will get handsome SteelBook editions on Blu-ray. As will a few other notable titles. Purely by coincidence, the first three of this week’s featured SteelBooks...

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Weekend Box Office: Only Half Dead

Luke Hickman — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:00:30 +0000

Although last week’s big winner managed to retain the top spot at the box office this weekend, it took a massive hit, just as its franchise partner did earlier this year. Sony’s new R-rated animated comedy nearly doubled expectations, while the latest movies from both Disney and Meryl Streep underwhelmed. If the reports are true...

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Weekend Movies: Food for Thought

Luke Hickman — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 17:00:55 +0000

It’s here, folks, the end of the summer blockbuster season. (Sure, we still have the needless ‘Ben-Hur’ remake opening next week, but we’re better off pretending that thing doesn’t exist.) Summer may be the fast food option of moviegoing, but there’s something great about the nutrition-less guilty pleasures in life. With the end of summer...

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‘Pete’s Dragon’ (2016) Review: E.T. with Fire Breath (Finally!)

Philip Brown — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 12:00:13 +0000

‘Pete’s Dragon’ is a remake of a Disney movie that no one is particularly nostalgic about, filtered through a grit and naturalism no one could have expected. Unlike previous Disney remakes that merely put a CGI and movie star sheen over previous properties, ‘Pete’s Dragon’ actually takes the source material in wildly different directions. Even...

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The Trailer Park: An Animated End of the World

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 13:00:46 +0000

Even as a big fan of animated films, this week’s new movie trailers for upcoming CG-animated features are largely disappointing. They don’t generate much interest or excitement. ‘Ice Age: Collision Course’ I rather enjoy the previous ‘Ice Age’ movies, but the preview for the latest installment to the popular animated franchise feels a bit disappointing....

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