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R.I.P. Wes Craven

Josh Zyber — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 17:00:19 +0000

Here’s some sad news to start off the week. Maverick horror filmmaker Wes Craven passed away on Sunday after battling brain cancer. Craven is of course most famous for creating the ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ franchise, which introduced the world to the iconic figure of Freddy Krueger. The original 1984 film spawned five direct...

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Second ReAction Worse Than the First

Josh Zyber — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:00:14 +0000

Last week, I wrote about how disappointed I was with photos of the first wave of “ReAction” retro-style movie and TV action figures from Super7 and Funko. As much as I doubted such a thing was possible, the second wave unfortunately looks even worse. This kills me, because I would really love to have quality...

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The Netflix Stream: Week of October 23rd, 2011

Dick Ward — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:00:17 +0000

At the end of the month, things always look dire on Netflix streaming. We see a lot of great stuff leaving the stream, yet we won’t find out what’s new until the beginning of November. There’s practically nothing good being added and plenty of brilliant films going away. I have high hopes that next week...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 10/4/11 – Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

Josh Zyber — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:00:38 +0000

I would seem that, when I wrote last week’s Blu-ray update, I missed kind of a big title that was released on Friday. You know, the one involving giant robots beating the crap out of each other. Whoops. Allow me to consolidate that into this one. October is going to be another busy (and expensive)...

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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 Box Office: ‘Rio’ Rocks It

Drew Taylor — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:00:10 +0000

After opening strong internationally last week, ‘Rio’ finally made its way to its country of origin (the movie was produced by Greenwich, CT-based Blue Sky Studios) and kicked similar amounts of ass. Never mind that it’s overlong, busy, emotionally detached and just plain not very good. As long as the kids get to wear some...

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Weekend Movies: The Weekend of Meh

Drew Taylor — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:00:23 +0000

Well, this weekend is pretty dreary. We’re stuck in the netherworld between the prestigious Oscar season and the bombardment of summer, where studios either try to push movies that are sort-of summery, or just get rid of junk that can’t hack it in the more competitive seasons. Awkward. The biggest new movie is probably the...

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Now Playing: Nothing to ‘Scream’ About

Drew Taylor — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:00:05 +0000

First, a brief biographical note: When the first ‘Scream‘ came out way back in 1996, I (like most people) missed it during its initial theatrical run. There was a second-run house where I grew up in Texas that showed movies for a dollar, so, on a Monday, I saw ‘Scream’. I was blown away. I...

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