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Weekend Roundtable: Send in the Clowns

Josh Zyber — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 16:00:32 +0000

Clowns seem to be having a bit of a moment this year. A few weeks after Pennywise terrorized audiences, the Clown Prince of Crime gets an origin story in theaters this weekend. Our latest Roundtable topic looks at some of our other favorite fictional clowns. Deirdre Crimmins It feels like I’ve been talking about clowns...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of November 25th, 2018 – Magnificent Obsessions

Josh Zyber — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:00:16 +0000

Hoping for a shopping break after all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales? This week doesn’t bring much in terms of new movies on Blu-ray, but classic film fans may not be able to resist Criterion’s latest offering. New Releases (Blu-ray) Searching – John Cho stars as a desperate father trying to track his...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of November 23rd, 2014 – It’s Turkey Week, All Right

Josh Zyber — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:00:35 +0000

It seems to me that, with Black Friday coming up in a few days, this ought to be a really good time to release some major new Blu-ray titles. Instead, as so often happens, the studios have decided to dump a bunch of turkeys on us this week. Thankfully, the selection of catalog titles is...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of December 1st, 2013 – Scotty Doesn’t Know

Josh Zyber — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 15:00:41 +0000

We hope that all of our readers had a pleasant and safe holiday break, assuming that you were fortunate enough to get one. Did you do anything fun? I really needed a few days off to take care of some personal projects, but now it’s time to get back to work. Around here, that means...

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Weekend Roundtable: Famous Last Films

Josh Zyber — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:00:21 +0000

Director Steven Soderbergh claims that he’s retiring and that this week’s release of ‘Side Effects’ will be his last theatrical feature. For today’s Roundtable, we look at other famous examples where a director or an actor’s final film (whether due to death or retirement) was a particularly fitting (or not fitting) way to go out....

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Blu-ray Highlights for 9/7/10. What Are You Buying?

Josh Zyber — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:00:42 +0000

We’re finally out of the dog days of August. As September rolls in, so perhaps do a few Blu-ray titles actually worth buying. Let’s take a look. First off, I feel the need to admit the error of my ways. In last week’s post, I said that there was nothing to buy and that I’d...

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