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Weekend Roundtable: Best Book-to-Movie Adaptations

Josh Zyber — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:00:51 +0000

Most times, when people think about movies adapted from novels, the inevitable conclusion is that the book was better. Every so often, however, a film will come along that successfully captures, or even improves upon, its source. Deirdre Crimmins One of the better book adaptations to make it on screen has to be Coraline. If...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 7th, 2018 – We All Float Down Here

Josh Zyber — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 13:00:47 +0000

This week, everybody’s buzzing about the story of a demented clown who ruins countless lives and poses a terrifying threat to the world. But this is probably not the right place to discuss the ‘Fire and Fury‘ book, so let’s look at some new Blu-rays instead. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘It‘ – Stephen King had a...

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Weekend Box Office: Out of the Jaws of Death

Luke Hickman — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:00:19 +0000

Although ‘It’ is still in the Top 5, after six weeks, the film’s performance is starting to wind down. Horror lovers who already showed up for that movie got behind this weekend’s PG-13 scare flick, easily landing it atop the charts. At the same time, Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan’s latest thriller outgrossed expectations and...

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Weekend Movies: Bio-pics Aplenty

Luke Hickman — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:00:30 +0000

This weekend brings four wide release movies and two Oscar hopefuls. Oddly, four of the six are bio-pics. Just like last weekend, none are expected to make much of dent at the box office. The widest opening is for Universal’s ‘Happy Death Day‘. From the folks behind some of the ‘Paranormal Activity’ movies and the...

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‘The Foreigner’ Review: Elder Statesman Action

Philip Brown — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 20:00:30 +0000

‘The Foreigner’ marks the great Jackie Chan’s return to English-language films after years away working in China. Unfortunately, anyone expecting a return of the insanely dangerous and beautifully choreographed action that made Chan an international superstar will walk away disappointed. Even so, the movie is a perfectly decent thriller, directed with terse style from Martin...

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