Weekend Roundtable: Movie Mixtape
Nearly as much as their epic space battles and wise-cracking humor, the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ movies are notable for their infectious soundtracks of 1970s pop hits. In this week’s Roundtable, we look at other...
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SteelBook Alert: Flaming Out
Of its two live-action remakes of old animated (or partially-animated) movies this year, Disney had a lot more success at the box office with one than the other. Regardless, both will get handsome SteelBook editions on Blu-ray. As...
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 1st, 2016 – Wave of Regret
Sad to say, the most appealing Blu-ray release this week is a catalog title I mistakenly listed as available a few weeks ago. I suppose that’s good news for those of us who’d like to save our cash.
Weekend Roundtable: Best & Worst Videogames Based on Movies
Hollywood loves to cross-promote its movies and TV shows with videogame tie-ins, and the videogame industry loves to license movies and TV shows for their instant name-brand recognition. This seems like a match made in heaven. Yet...
Blu-ray Highlights for February 19th, 2013 – Ride into the
As we return from the long weekend, a brand new batch of Blu-ray releases awaits our open wallets. This week brings us a recent Oscar nominee, at least one legitimate classic, one of the best TV series currently on the air, and 3D...
Weekend Box Office: ‘Thief’ Steals a Win
If you’ve been following the friendly game of Box Office Pick ‘Em that Aaron Peck and I started (basically, it’s fantasy sports with box office), you know that I need a solid weekend win. Luckily, this weekend ga...
Weekend Movies: ‘Effects’ May Vary
This weekend’s two big releases appear to have some box office potential, but could just as potentially go nowhere. One is an R-rated comedy with a very familiar plot, the other a Steven Soderbergh thriller that has barely b...
Mid-Week Poll: Favorite Tony Scott Movies
As we continue to mourn the shocking loss of director Tony Scott, let’s use today’s poll to remember his movies. Which are your favorites?
R.I.P. Tony Scott
In a strange and shocking turn of events, prolific action movie director Tony Scott died on Sunday from an apparent suicide. He was 68 years-old.
Mid-Week Poll: Better Scott – Ridley or Tony?
I think we’ve probably dwelled on the negative and cynical enough in recent polls about worst movie, worst director, etc. Let’s spin things around this week and start looking for the best in our cinematic entertainment...
Are Action Movies Homoerotic?
Let’s stir up a little controversy, shall we? Drew’s recent review of ‘The A-Team’ sparked an interesting debate in the comments about whether macho action movies can (or should) be considered “homoer...