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Poll: Biggest Duds of 2016

Josh Zyber — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 16:00:30 +0000

Last week, we voted on Favorite Blockbusters of 2016. Unfortunately, a lot of movies last year didn’t live up to their promise or hype. What movies were the biggest letdowns for you? 2016 was widely regarded as a year of disappointments. I’m sure that I haven’t cataloged them all in these poll choices. I also...

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The Worst of the Worst in Film in 2016

Philip Brown — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 17:00:48 +0000

Good news, everyone! 2016 is almost over. We’ve finally made it out of one of the worst years of the 21st Century so far. If we’re going to look back on this gaping butthole of a year, we might as well start with frustration and cynicism. The time has come to honor the worst movies...

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movie & TV Fake Accents

Josh Zyber — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 19:00:07 +0000

I haven’t watched ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ in years and don’t remember it clearly. Was Renée Zellweger’s fake British accent in that one as awful as it sounds in the trailers for this week’s belated sequel, or is she just woefully out of practice? With that as our first example, let’s look at some other embarrassing...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of August 21st, 2016 – Finishing Last

Josh Zyber — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:00:27 +0000

A pair of crime comedies, one brand new and one a classic, overshadow the rest of this week’s Blu-ray release list while a sequel no one wanted, some art films, and a whole bunch of TV box sets also vie for your attention. New Releases ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War‘ – Technically, the Snow White-less prequel/sequel...

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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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SteelBook Alert: Fortified with Extra Ks

Josh Zyber — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 13:00:08 +0000

Collectors, your lives may have just been made a little easier. No longer will you have to choose between buying either 4k Ultra HD or a regular Blu-ray in SteelBook packaging. On a few upcoming titles, at least, you finally can get them together. Whatever cross-section of half a dozen people with overlapping interest in...

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Weekend Box Office: Civil Obedience

Luke Hickman — Mon, 09 May 2016 16:00:05 +0000

Do you remember last spring when Universal became the fastest studio to cross the domestic $1 billion mark in a calendar year, and it did so in just 165 days? Well, thanks to ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’, ‘Zootopia’, ‘The Jungle Book’ and, now, Captain America’s latest outing, Disney just annihilated that record in only...

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Weekend Box Office: Trust in Disney

Luke Hickman — Mon, 02 May 2016 16:00:44 +0000

Disney not only topped the domestic box office for the third week in a row, the studio also destroyed all competition overseas with an early release of Marvel’s latest. Six months ago, did anyone guess that the live-action remake of ‘The Jungle Book‘ would be as successful and acclaimed as it has been? I sure...

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Weekend Box Office: Casualties of War

Luke Hickman — Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:00:52 +0000

Disney just can’t be stopped. Not only did ‘The Jungle Book’ stay at the top of the box office and devour Universal’s ‘Snow White’ spinoff, but ‘Zootopia’ crossed a huge milestone that ‘Jungle Book’ is also on track to hit. The live action remake of ‘The Jungle Book‘ retained its #1 position by only falling...

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Weekend Movies: All Shook Up

Luke Hickman — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 17:00:23 +0000

Mirror, Mirror, looking sleek, how many bad movies are out this week? Four years ago, two live-action adaptations of ‘Snow White’ were released. One, ‘Mirror Mirror‘, was one of the worst movies of 2012. The other, ‘Snow White and the Huntsman‘, happened to be a pleasant surprise. Due to the success of the latter, it’s...

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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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Now Playing: The Fairer ‘Snow White’ Update

Luke Hickman — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:00:35 +0000

If you need your ‘Snow White’ palette cleansed after taking a bite of that poisonous apple ‘Mirror Mirror‘ earlier this year, ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ may be for you. The first thing you need to know about ‘Snow White and the Huntman’ is that it couldn’t be further from Disney’s family-friendly telling of the...

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