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Blu-ray Highlights: Weeks of Jan. 5-18, 2014 – New Year Catch-Up Edition

Josh Zyber — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:00:41 +0000

Generally, January is a slow time for movie releases, both in theaters and on home video. Uncharacteristically, the first two weeks of 2014 have been surprisingly active on the Blu-ray front. Because I missed doing one of these updates last Monday, this post will consolidate two weeks of disc releases. We’ve got a lot to...

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Weekend Box Office: Going Dark…

Jack Lilburn — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:00:52 +0000

[Editor’s Note: Luke is out this week. Filling in with the box office update is our new contributor Jack Lilburn. Please give him a warm welcome. –JZ] Leading the box office this weekend was a dark crime thriller, which also conveniently kicks off the season of Oscar contenders. Thanks in part to strong reviews, festival...

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Weekend Box Office: The Horror, the Horror…

Luke Hickman — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:00:30 +0000

For the umpteenth time this year, a tiny horror movie has destroyed another title that should have done much better. With the genre still going strong, don’t expect the scary streak to end anytime soon. Capitalizing on the Friday the 13th release date, microbudget horror flick ‘Insidious: Chapter 2‘ not only crushed the competition, it...

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Weekend Box Office: Another Lackluster Debut

Luke Hickman — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:00:06 +0000

With only one wide release, there was no question about what would open in the top spot at the box office this weekend. The real question was whether it would earn enough to make the threequel worthwhile. Unfortunately, it’s too early to wave goodbye to Riddick yet. The third movie in the Vin Diesel franchise,...

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Weekend Movies: September Off to a Slow Start

Luke Hickman — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:00:45 +0000

When the only nationwide release of the weekend is a sequel to a nine-year-old Vin Diesel flop, you should know that it’s time to stay home. Ready or not, September is here. I know two people who are fans of the Riddick franchise, so I had them join me for the IMAX press screening of...

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Now Playing: ‘Riddick’-ulous

Luke Hickman — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:00:22 +0000

The way I see it, there are three types of people who will want to see ‘Riddick’ this weekend: 1) those who enjoy the established character and want to see more, 2) those who like Vin Diesel and his ‘Fast and Furious’ movies, and 3) the pervy ‘Battlestar Galactica’ geeks who want to see the...

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The Trailer Park: Riddick, There’s Nothing More to Say

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:00:30 +0000

These last few days have brought trailers for the latest drama from the Coen brothers and another intriguing sci-fi film. Most exciting is a look at the third installment in the Riddick Chronicles. ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Recently premiering at this year’s Cannes Festival, the latest film from Joel and Ethan Coen doesn’t exactly have the...

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Full Metal Jackets: Comic Book Confidential

Josh Zyber — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:00:23 +0000

Here’s a conundrum for you: If the whole point of SteelBook packaging is to offer fans an aesthetically pleasing collectible to display on their movie shelves, then why, pray tell, would a studio like Universal release a whole wave of Blu-ray SteelBooks with butt-ugly artwork on them? Somebody please explain this to me. Universal’s line-up...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Pulp Sci-Fi Movies

Josh Zyber — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:00:10 +0000

With ‘John Carter’ opening in theaters this week, today’s Roundtable seems like a good time to talk about our favorite pulp sci-fi movies. What exactly do we mean by “pulp” sci-fi? Read on to find out. Essentially, we’re looking for so-called “space operas” and sci-fi adventure movies. In years past, these would have been called...

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The Netflix Stream: Week of July 24, 2011

Dick Ward — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:00:06 +0000

There’s at least one exciting original series on the way to the Netflix stream, and maybe another. Yet it still feels like we’re losing a lot more than we’re gaining these days. The end of July brings us a few cool movies that were missing on streaming, but we lose a lot of good stuff,...

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