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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of August 13th, 2017 – Thou Shalt Not Covenant (or Shalt Thou?)

Josh Zyber — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 12:00:52 +0000

New Blu-rays this week are inundated with terrifying bloody carnage, soapy teen romance, and drunken clowns. Geez, sounds like my seventh birthday party all over again. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Alien: Covenant‘ – The trailers for Ridley Scott’s new xenomorph splatterfest all made it look like a shameless retread of the original ‘Alien’ movie. Depending on...

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Weekend Roundtable: Lamest Movie & TV Robots

Josh Zyber — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:00:10 +0000

Robots are a staple of sci-fi movies and TV. Unfortunately, for every Terminator or Iron Giant (or Transformers, if you’re into that), a janky ‘bot crawls onto the screen as well. Because we’ve done Roundtables about favorite robots once or twice before, it’s time to call out some of the lame ones for ridicule. Shannon...

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Weekend Box Office: Mother Facehugger

Luke Hickman — Mon, 22 May 2017 16:00:05 +0000

The #1 movie in America is currently Ridley Scott’s return to facehuggers and xenomorphs. However, that may not be the case when the weekend actuals are announced later today. ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ put in mad effort to retain its two-week reign at the top of the charts. While it’s barely sitting $1 million behind...

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Weekend Movies: Nothing, Nothing

Luke Hickman — Fri, 19 May 2017 12:00:17 +0000

Three big new movies come out this weekend, yet it feels like there aren’t any good options. Ridley Scott has a disappointing ‘Alien’ prequel / ‘Prometheus’ sequel on 3D and IMAX screens, while a fourth ‘Wimpy Kid’ movie (featuring an all-new cast) and yet another YA teen romance adaptation play elsewhere. With each title beating...

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‘Alien: Covenant’ Review: Prometheus, Now with More Aliens

Philip Brown — Tue, 16 May 2017 17:00:04 +0000

‘Prometheus’, Ridley Scott’s return to the ‘Alien’ franchise, was supposed to reignite excitement and deepen the series’ mythology. Instead, it was beautiful to look at but stumbled through failed grasps at profound themes and irritatingly stupid writing. The long-delayed sequel, ‘Alien: Covenant’, at least improves and expands on what ‘Prometheus’ hoped to accomplish, even though...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Cinematic Origin Stories

Josh Zyber — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:00:37 +0000

This week, pop culture’s most famous vampire, Dracula, returns to cinema screens with a new prequel/reboot that tries to retcon the evil bloodsucker as a misunderstood superhero. To put it lightly, the film looks a little half-baked. However, if nothing else, it got us thinking about moviedom’s other misguided attempts to tell (or retell) the...

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Supplemental Oscar Poll: Best Visual Effects 2013

Josh Zyber — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:00:40 +0000

Yesterday, we asked which of the nominated movies you believe will win the Best Picture trophy at this weekend’s Oscar ceremony. Today, let’s follow that up with your thoughts on an even more important category – one that you might actually care about. Which movie deserves to win the award for Best Visual Effects? I...

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Weekend Roundtable: Movies You Regret Buying

Josh Zyber — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:00:23 +0000

We’ve all done it. If you collect movies on DVD or Blu-ray, you’ve undoubtedly purchased a disc at some point that you later regretted. Perhaps it was a blind-buy that you expected to like, only to discover that you hated it. Perhaps you even bought the movie knowing that you didn’t like it, but needed...

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Blu-ray Highlights for October 9th, 2012 – Phone Home

Josh Zyber — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:00:24 +0000

This week’s Blu-ray releases are headlined by two major sci-fi movies that both feature space aliens with heads shaped like male genitalia. That’s weird, right? Alien Nation E.T.’s face looks like a scrotum. Don’t be mad at me for pointing this out; you’ve always known it to be true. I have no idea what Steven...

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Mid-Week Poll: Will You Pay to Stream Movies Early?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:00:35 +0000

In order to bolster its streaming media sales, 20th Century Fox announced late last week a new initiative called “Digital HD,” in which the studio will offer its movies for sale via multiple streaming platforms three weeks ahead of the normal DVD and Blu-ray release dates for the price of $15. The first title to...

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Full Metal Jackets: Big Things Have Small Beginnings…

Tom Landy — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:00:03 +0000

Ridley Scott’s divisive ‘Alien’ prequel ‘Prometheus‘ will get an exclusive Blu-ray 3D SteelBook at Play this fall in the United Kingdom. The ‘Prometheus’ Blu-ray SteelBook (both 3D and 2D included) will be exclusively available at Play in Europe on October 1st. From the official synopsis: Returning to the genre he helped define, Sir Ridley Scott...

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One Good Thing to Come Out of ‘Prometheus’ – Vintage ‘Alien’ Action Figures!

Josh Zyber — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:00:39 +0000

As some of you may have gathered by now, I didn’t particularly care much for Ridley Scott’s misguided ‘Alien’ prequel, ‘Prometheus’. I thought it was terrible. We’ve already had this argument. However, as much as I may wish the movie hadn’t been made, the renewed interest it has brought to the ‘Alien’ franchise has resulted...

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