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Blu-ray Highlights for 8/23/11 – You’re So Money!

Josh Zyber — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:00:27 +0000

Indie movies dominate the Blu-ray scene this week, with a special emphasis on indie movies from the mid ’90s about gambling. What a strange niche to fill all of a sudden. Here’s the week’s complete release list: ‘Bambi II‘ (Disney/Buena Vista) ‘Bambi II (DVD Packaging)‘ (Disney/Buena Vista) ‘The Beaver‘ (Summit) ‘Blitz‘ (Millennium Media) ‘Emerson, Lake,...

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New to VUDU: Week of July 31st, 2011

Josh Zyber — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:00:13 +0000

For quite a while now, we’ve provided you with weekly updates here in the blog about titles entering and leaving the Netflix stream. Personally, I prefer VUDU for my rental streaming needs. The company’s 1080p “HDX” files are very close to Blu-ray quality, and are often significantly better than the artifacty crap that Netflix calls...

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Weekend Movies: ‘Pirates’ Set to Plunder

Luke Hickman — Fri, 20 May 2011 15:00:05 +0000

Aside from one behemoth studio tentpole, this is a pretty light weekend, as far as every other movie studio is concerned. Not even the small indie films want to open against Disney’s swashbuckling cash cow. Who can blame them? Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush and a few tiny characters return for ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On...

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Weekend Box Office: The Almighty God of Thunder Wins

Luke Hickman — Mon, 09 May 2011 15:00:56 +0000

Although ‘Thor‘ didn’t receive the thunderous opening some may have expected, it sure dominated the box office by bringing in more than double that of its closest competitor, ‘Fast Five’. ‘Thor’ took in more than $66 million, while ‘Fast Five’ dropped over 62% in its second weekend to $32.5 million. Including the international box office,...

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Weekend Movies: It’s Hammer Time!

Luke Hickman — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:00:18 +0000

The box office numbers should be interesting this weekend. Three different genre films come to the big screen, but will they be able to unseat the two giants still reigning, ‘Fast Five’ and ‘Rio’? Opening in IMAX, 3D and 2D is Marvel’s pre-‘Avengers’ comic book flick, ‘Thor‘. Having already opened in a few international markets,...

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