a big fan of this movie<\/a>, but seems to have been in a minority of critics with that opinion. Because it was produced on a minuscule $5 million budget, the film’s $20 million box office gross was enough to put it in the black, but doesn’t hold a candle to the $250 million that the original made 17 years earlier. <\/p>\n‘Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life<\/strong>‘ \u2013 If your children have outgrown ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’, here’s a new attempted franchise starter pandering to the ‘tween set. Despite being based on a popular book series, the movie faltered with its target audience. <\/p>\n‘Denial<\/strong>‘ \u2013 Rachel Weisz stars in a true story bio-pic about Deborah Lipstadt, a historian who got entangled in a vicious courtroom battle against a notorious Holocaust denier. Mick Jackson, director of ‘The Bodyguard’ (yes, the Whitney Huston one), tries his hand at weightier subject matter. From all accounts, the result is a clumsy and overly self-important piece of failed Oscar bait.<\/p>\nCatalog Titles<\/h2>\n
After witnessing this week’s New Year’s Eve performance fiasco, perhaps you might be in the mood to revisit one of Mariah Carey’s previous disasters. Luckily for you, Mill Creek has licensed the rights to her infamous 2001 flop, ‘Glitter<\/strong>‘.<\/p>\nOther catalog titles this week are dominated by double-dip reissues. The most notable of these is a 20th Anniversary Edition for the Tom Cruise rom-com ‘Jerry Maguire<\/strong>‘, which is currently exclusive to the Best Buy chain. Director Cameron Crowe was closely involved with this disc’s production and has loaded it up with lots of new supplements, including almost an hour’s worth of deleted and extended scenes. <\/p>\nHoping to hype its obviously doomed sequel, Universal has a new edition of the idiotic ‘Fifty Shades of Grey<\/strong>‘. <\/p>\nTelevision<\/h2>\n
HBO’s ‘Girls<\/strong>‘ will start its final season next month, which should give fans enough time to rewatch Season 5 on Blu-ray.<\/p>\nMy $.02<\/h2>\n
This isn’t a terribly exciting start for the new year, in my opinion. None of these titles do much for me. (I enjoyed ‘Jerry Maguire’ back when I saw it in the theater, but have never felt the need to own a copy.) My wallet is staying closed this week. How about yours?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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