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Blu-ray Highlights for 2/21/12 – Here, Kitty Kitty…

Josh Zyber — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:54 +0000

Welcome back from another long weekend, folks. We hope you had a good one. This week’s selection of new Blu-ray discs gives us a diverse assortment of titles, from the latest installment in an animated franchise that just won’t die, to a failed Oscar-bait bio-pic, to (ugh) Channing Tatum. Let’s take a look. Here’s the...

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New to VUDU: Week of February 5th, 2012

Josh Zyber — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:00:42 +0000

It’s time for some monkey business. This week, VUDU offers up one of last year’s most acclaimed documentaries, which was inexplicably passed over by the Academy Awards and doesn’t seem to be getting a Blu-ray release either. The following titles enter the VUDU stream this week: ‘Fireflies in the Garden’ (2/7) ‘Knuckle’ (2/7) ‘Project Nim’...

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Weekend Roundtable: Underrated Movies of 2011

Josh Zyber — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:00:14 +0000

Last week, we had a Roundtable about 2011’s most overrated movies. This week, per reader request, we’re going to flip that around and look at some of last year’s most underrated or overlooked films. When I sent out this week’s topic to the staff, I offered some definitions of what types of movies should qualify....

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Puss’ Trumps ‘Tower’

Luke Hickman — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:00:13 +0000

Surprisingly, ‘Puss in Boots’ held onto the #1 spot at the box office with another $30+ million weekend. The family-friendly ‘Shrek’ spin-off only dropped an unheard-of 3% from its opening weekend, which brings its ten-day total to more than $75 million. Made with a budget of $85 million, ‘Tower Heist‘ underperformed with a $25.1 million...

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Weekend Movies: Cops and Robbers… and Stoners

Luke Hickman — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:00:54 +0000

If you thought the early October releases were weak, I don’t think it gets any worse than this. The pot-smoking deviants Harold and Kumar are back with ‘A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas‘. Six years after escaping Guantanamo Bay, Harold and Kumar are now estranged. When reunited, they set off on a Christmas quest...

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Now Playing: ‘Tower Heist’ Doesn’t Fall Completely Flat

Luke Hickman — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:00:17 +0000

Full disclosure: I cannot stand Brett Ratner. ‘Red Dragon‘ is the only of his films that I find worthy of re-watching. Even before learning that ‘Tower Heist’ was a Ratner movie, I dreaded it based on that awful trailer. When news broke that theater owners were up in arms due to the film streaming on-demand...

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The Trailer Park: An Ensemble Cast Playing a Board Game

M. Enois Duarte — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:00:24 +0000

The last few weeks have been flooded with new trailers. A good chunk of them feature ensemble casts likely intended to drive up the box-office numbers. In the fall, we’re getting a comedy heist to tickle your funny bone and a drama to remind how much politics suck. We also have a couple teasers for...

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