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SteelBook Alert: Prime Movers

Josh Zyber — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:00:53 +0000

You got the touch! You got the power! A monumental classic from my childhood will get a SteelBook Blu-ray release later this year. This hits all my nostalgia buttons. I suspect that a lot of kids who grew up in the 1980s will feel the same. ‘Transformers: The Movie’ (1986) Available at: Amazon (USA) or...

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‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ Review: A Contractual Obligation Masquerading As a Movie

Philip Brown — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:00:56 +0000

We all know that big-budget blockbusters are products that exist purely for commercial gain, but only a special few of these productions are so cynically and superficially produced as to be insulting. ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ is one of the most irritating examples of lazy blockbusterdom in recent memory. The movie is a ‘Snow White’...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 31st, 2016 – Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water

Josh Zyber — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 13:00:49 +0000

We’re in that awkward time of year between the Oscar nominations and the actual ceremony. This week’s Blu-ray releases feature several movies that courted Oscar’s attention. One of them had more success at that than the others. New Releases ‘Bridge of Spies‘ – Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks reunite (their fourth time working together) for...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movie & TV Moms

Josh Zyber — Fri, 08 May 2015 19:00:00 +0000

With Mother’s Day coming up this weekend, this might be a good time to praise some of our favorite fictional moms. Problem is, we already did that a couple years ago. Failing that, let’s flip this around and look at some of the most incompetent, meanest, abusive or downright evil mothers from movies or TV....

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Weekend Roundtable: Best & Worst Fairy Tale Movies

Josh Zyber — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:00:53 +0000

Hollywood seems to love mining old fairy tales for movie scripts. This week’s theatrical release of ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ (adapted from ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’) is just the latest example. In today’s Roundtable, we take a look at some of the best and worst examples of this trend. Shannon Nutt Best: It’s a story...

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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: Underrated Movies of 2012

Josh Zyber — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:00:01 +0000

With the beginning of the new year, it’s time to do some looking back at what 2012 brought us. For today’s Roundtable, we offer our picks for some of the most underrated films of last year. Perhaps these movies received unfairly negative criticism, or perhaps they just flew under the radar and went unnoticed. In...

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Blu-ray Highlights for September 11th, 2012 – Whistle While You Work

Josh Zyber — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:00:39 +0000

Eleven years later, and this date still feels uncomfortable to write, especially when it falls on a Tuesday. How many years’ distance will it take before we’ve fully moved on, and Hollywood can go about its business of producing an overblown epic disaster movie about a pair of star-crossed lovers (one in each of the...

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Full Metal Jackets: Who’s The Fairest?

Tom Landy — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:00:52 +0000

Kristen Stewart brought new meaning to the phrase “Hi, ho!” when she hopped from Team Robert’s bed to Team Rupert’s (Sanders) in a scandalous affair. Now it looks like Best Buy and Future Shop will take extra precautions by locking the Blu-ray of ‘Snow White and the Huntsman‘ inside a chastity SteelBook in the U.S....

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Blu-ray Highlights for June 26th, 2012 – Hush Your Mouth!

Josh Zyber — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:00:09 +0000

This week’s top new Blu-ray release is so good that it (almost) leaves me speechless. I’ll see if I can muster a few words about it (and the rest of the new Blu-ray slate) anyway. New Releases It’s such a rarity that I ever find myself agreeing with the Academy Awards pick for Best Picture...

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Weekend Box Office: Disappointments All Around

Luke Hickman — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:00:47 +0000

I can only hope that the studios behind this week’s awful movie line-up will walk away having learned one thing: If you put out crap, you’ll make crap back at the box office. The people have spoken. Let this be a lesson. Despite competition from two new wide openers, last week’s top earners finished in...

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Weekend Box Office: Animals Over Aliens

Luke Hickman — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 15:00:39 +0000

This weekend’s box office defied expectations. Neither of the two new openers ended where predictions placed them. Even so, the weekend was up 30% from last summer. I never believed (despite the studio predictions) that the R-rated sci-fi/horror thriller ‘Prometheus‘ would finish in the #1 spot – and it didn’t. The dull 3D kid’s movie...

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