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Blu-ray Highlights for October 9th, 2012 – Phone Home

Josh Zyber — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:00:24 +0000

This week’s Blu-ray releases are headlined by two major sci-fi movies that both feature space aliens with heads shaped like male genitalia. That’s weird, right? Alien Nation E.T.’s face looks like a scrotum. Don’t be mad at me for pointing this out; you’ve always known it to be true. I have no idea what Steven...

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Weekend Box Office: International Audiences “Assemble,” Domestic Fall Flat

Luke Hickman — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:00:29 +0000

What a sad weekend for the domestic box office. The domestic reports are embarrassing compared to the international reports, which praise the overseas opening success of ‘The Avengers’. In only 39 markets (which don’t even include major players China, Russia or Japan), ‘The Avengers’ brought in an amazing $178.4 million, sinking ‘Battleship’ in all markets...

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Weekend Roundtable: History in the Re-Making

Josh Zyber — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:00:29 +0000

Edgar Allan Poe chasing a serial killer? Abraham Lincoln hunting vampires? Sure, why not? This is Hollywood, where nothing is sacred, least of all real historical fact. In today’s Roundtable, we make our own suggestions for ways that Hollywood can bastardize history for our populist blockbuster entertainment. Tom Landy The year is 1898. Marie Curie...

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Now Playing: The Facts in the Case of J. Cusack

Luke Hickman — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:00:50 +0000

While Edgar Allan Poe may be a well-known American poet and author, I’ll be the first to admit that a movie about him doesn’t sound all that appealing. But if the screenplay has sensationalized his life, moving him from author to character in one of his own blood-drenched stories, then it might be worth watching....

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Weekend Movies: Biding Time Until ‘The Avengers’

Luke Hickman — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:00:58 +0000

Although I enjoyed two of the major movies opening this week, I’ve got to be honest that next weekend’s release of ‘The Avengers’ is causing so much anticipation that (almost) nothing could get me excited for what’s hitting the big screen today. The widest release this weekend is the Aardman Animation kids’ flick ‘The Pirates!...

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The Trailer Park: Unlikely Heroes

M. Enois Duarte — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:00:26 +0000

The big news of the past week was of course the teaser trailer for the much-anticipated ‘The Avengers’, and it looks… well…. interesting. It’ll definitely be a big hit during next year’s summer season. But a couple months before ogling over some superhero action, we can revel in a dark, ghastly murder mystery with none...

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