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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of November 5th, 2017 – You Drive Me Crazy

Josh Zyber — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 13:00:44 +0000

With Pixar’s latest hit racing to video and parents everywhere bracing for the impact on their wallets, this could be a big sales week for Blu-ray. In the meantime, robot cowboys take over our television screens. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Cars 3‘ – My sons have watched Pixar’s first ‘Cars’ movie about 175 times. To date,...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 28th, 2017 – Of Ghosts and Gods

Josh Zyber — Tue, 30 May 2017 12:00:03 +0000

It’s the end of a month and a holiday week. The assortment of interesting new Blu-rays is a bit thin. You’ll have to look beyond the recent theatrical releases to find a few goodies hidden among the catalog titles. The studios aren’t even bothering to release any movies on Ultra HD this week. New Releases...

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Weekend Roundtable: Best and Worst Movies Based on TV Shows

Josh Zyber — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:00:21 +0000

This week’s theatrical release of ’21 Jump Street’ is just the latest example of Hollywood dragging an old TV show to the big screen, hoping to convince nostalgic fans to pay cinema ticket prices for something they used to watch for free every week. This strategy works better in some cases than others. For today’s...

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Can I Get a Price Check in Theater 3, Please?

Josh Zyber — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:00:24 +0000

Looking for a way to spruce up the décor of your home theater room without relying on those traditional standbys of movie posters, popcorn makers, or the usual memorabilia? Try thinking outside the box a little with these abstract “Movie Bar Code” art prints that each contain an entire movie compressed to be visible in...

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Weekend Roundtable: Great Movies That Oscar Ignored Completely

Josh Zyber — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:00:46 +0000

It’s time for our final Oscar-themed Roundtable of the season. This week, we want to highlight some movies that the Academy Awards outright ignored. We’re not talking about films that were snubbed by losing their categories to something less deserving. We’re talking about movies that weren’t even on Oscar’s radar at all. These films received...

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Weekend Roundtable: Most Embarrassing Movie in Your Collection

Josh Zyber — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:00:59 +0000

C’mon, be honest now. If you have any sort of movie collection, there’s no doubt at least one title you’d rather not admit to owning. We all have them. For this week’s Roundtable, it’s time to come clean. Here’s a look at some of our shame: Drew Taylor ‘The Wicker Man‘ – Neil LaBute’s ‘Wicker...

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Weekend Roundtable: Most Pleasant Movie Surprises

Josh Zyber — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:00:52 +0000

The topic for this weekend’s Roundtable discussion comes from Dick. (As does the whole concept of the Roundtable itself, I should note.) Since we’ve spent the last couple of sessions dwelling on such negatives as movies we hate and biggest pet peeves, now we’re going to turn it around and accentuate the positive. Our new...

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