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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 10th, 2018 – Raiding the Coffers

Josh Zyber — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:00:51 +0000

Why studios keep spending tons of money to make movies based on video games when so few of them have been successful is one of those mysteries of Hollywood that may never make sense. Nevertheless, they keep coming. One from this spring leads the pack of new Blu-rays this week. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Tomb Raider‘...

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Weekend Box Office: Rising Up

Luke Hickman — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:00:57 +0000

After five strong weeks atop the box office charts, the record-setting run of ‘Black Panther’ has finally been brought down. The panned ‘Pacific Rim’ sequel punched its way to the top with a so-so debut, while every other wide release struggled. When the original, big-budget ‘Pacific Rim’ opened in summer 2013, its $37.2 million domestic...

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Weekend Roundtable: Tropical Movies

Josh Zyber — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 19:00:53 +0000

I’m currently buried under a couple feet of snow and the forecast calls for more next week. Right about now, the prospect of watching Lara Croft adventure through an island jungle seems pretty appealing. Let’s look at some of our other favorite movies with a tropical setting. Shannon Nutt When it comes to tropical locations,...

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‘Tomb Raider’ Review: Some Things Shouldn’t Be Dug Up

Luke Hickman — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:00:03 +0000

It’s puzzling to me that studios have recently invested so much into reboots of existing properties that weren’t all that great to begin with. (See: ‘Death Wish’). The execs can’t be so far removed that they’re blindly ignorant to the fact that the there’s absolutely no demand for them, right? Even if they produce a...

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Weekend Movies: Nothing but Love

Luke Hickman — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:00:22 +0000

At the start of the year, we did a Roundtable dedicated to the movies we were looking forward to this year. As I put together my picks, I looked at this weekend’s releases and glazed right over them for a reason: nothing looked good. Now that it’s here, I’m hearing nothing but good things about...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of March 4th, 2018 – A Sound of Thunder

Josh Zyber — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 13:00:01 +0000

The old idiom about March coming in like a lion isn’t just about weather this year. The month starts off with a ridiculously huge assortment of new Blu-ray releases, including a Marvel blockbuster, a few critical darling Oscar nominees, and a whole heap of SteelBooks. New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Thor: Ragnarok‘ – Marvel’s comic book blockbusters...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of February 25th, 2018 – The Darkest Timeline

Josh Zyber — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:00:54 +0000

Still lagging behind in your viewing of this year’s Oscar nominees? This week’s bustling batch of new Blu-ray releases will give you a chance to catch up on a few of them before the ceremony on Sunday. Get on it! New Releases (Blu-ray) ‘Coco‘ – Pixar expands its cultural horizons with a Dia de los...

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Videogame Releases: Week of January 26th, 2014

Brian Hoss — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:00:51 +0000

Another week into 2014 brings us a re-release for one game not even a year old, plus one more that’s nearly 20-years-old. Come have a look at all of this week’s promising videogame releases. Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition (Xbox One, PS4) For the ‘Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition‘, Square Enix has added a few multiplayer DLC...

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Videogame Releases: Week of March 3rd, 2013

Brian Hoss — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:00:11 +0000

Where last week was bereft of notable videogames, this week sees two major franchises come roaring back, another featured in its greatest glory, and one more that continues its sordid campaign to irk series’ fans. Tomb Raider (360, PS3, PC) Lara Croft gets her long-anticipated reboot this week in the simply-titled ‘Tomb Raider‘. The franchise...

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Free Blood Money? Square Enix & CORE®ONLINE

Brian Hoss — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:00:09 +0000

Over the last two years, Square Enix has quietly been working to run some of its titles in our internet browsers. With the launch of the CORE®ONLINE beta, games like ‘Hitman: Blood Money’ and ‘Mini Ninjas’ are available to play for free (with ads) through the Square Enix online portal. This is a good thing,...

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Book Review: ‘Tales from Development Hell’

Josh Zyber — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:00:40 +0000

Have you ever wondered why so many movies just plain stink these days? The simplistic answer, of course, is that Hollywood executives are idiots and/or have no respect for their audience’s intelligence. Both of these may be true to some degree, but neither tells quite the whole story. In his recently-updated edition of the book...

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Highlights from Microsoft’s E3 Xbox Media Briefing

Brian Hoss — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:00:06 +0000

The four big takeaways from Microsoft’s E3 conference this year include the introduction and explanation of Xbox SmartGlass, the growing uses of Kinect, Internet Explorer for the 360, and an upcoming title line-up that’s consistent with this generation of games. Xbox SmartGlass Xbox SmartGlass is indeed a real thing. The concept is to create an...

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