The Hollywood Outsider

The Hollywood Outsider is the award-winning film and television podcast with news, reviews, interviews, and relevant weekly topics. In a world stuffed to the brim with narrow-sighted critics and judgmental film enthusiasts, we offer content for film lovers of ALL genres. From Steven Spielberg to Michael Bay to Wes Anderson to the independent filmmaker you have yet to know by name, The Hollywood Outsider is determined to give them all their fair shake. We hope you enjoy our podcasts and reviews as much as we enjoy creating them.

Weekend Box Office – Feb 1-3

Just a quick Box Office wrap-up this week, as almost everything flopped due to the Super Bowl.  One film that actually struck a cord with filmgoers, was Warm Bodies.  A Zom Rom Com (yea, you get it), this PG-13 zombie love story managed to squeak out $19.8 million over the weekend.  Very impressive for a very small-budgeted film like this.  …

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Weekend New Releases

It’s February and you know what that means…yep, time for some zombie romantic comedies mixed with a little Stallone head bashing and maybe even a little bit of old dudes trying to stretch out their twilight years.  We went more in detail in Ep 77, but here’s the rundown of this week’s flicks. Warm Bodies – A zombie take on …

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Episode 78 – HO Hunters

Discussing upcoming releases Identity Thief, Side Effects and Top Gun 3D IMAX; review of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters; trailers for Olympus Has Fallen and 21 and Over; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: Why can’t critics appreciate popcorn flicks? As always, we also bring you the latest in movie & TV news (Bryan Singer unites just …

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Weekend Box Office – Jan 25-27

Well, January is usually slow and this weekend wasn’t much of an exception.  Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters slayed its way to the top (yea, that just happened) with an estimated $19m.  Not bad, but not great either and you can pretty much cancel any plans of a Hansel & Gretel 2. The Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton take on the …

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Episode 77 – A HO Dies At the End

Discussing upcoming releases Warm Bodies, Bullet To the Head and Stand Up Guys; reviews for John Dies At the End, Silver Linings Playbook and Broken City; trailers for Spring Breakers and Red 2; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: What truly constitutes ripping a film off? …Meanwhile no HO’s were actually harmed during the making of this …

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Episode 76 – HO Dark Thirty

Reviews of Zero Dark Thirty and Gangster Squad; discussing upcoming releases John Dies At the End, Parker; Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters and Movie 43; trailers for The Call and 42; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: Is the internet ruining film and TV? As always, we also bring you the latest in movie & TV news …

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