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.

The Best of HO – 2012

The HO’s are taking the week off, but that doesn’t mean you have to go a week without a HO! We’ve assembled some of our favorite topics, bits and outtakes of 2012 and slapped them all together for one mega-sized episode of The Hollywood Outsider.  Be sure to come back next week for an all episode of The HO, where …

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Episode 73 – A HO’s Unexpected Journey

We’re reviewing The Hobbit; looking at the upcoming releases Django Unchained, Les Miserables and Parental Guidance; Brian’s Trailer Park looks at Pain and Gain, Pacific Rim and Sound City; and our From the Outside In topic this week: as this is the end of the year, EACH HO is picking their own topic…tune in to see what’s on their minds …

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The HObbit Spoilercast – A HO Special Edition

On this special episode of The HO Podcast, we are solely discussing The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the new Lord of the Rings prequel from acclaimed director Peter Jackson that reunites Jackson with Middle-Earth, Gollum, Gandalf and of course Bilbo Baggins as this first film takes us on a quest to reclaim a dwarf kingdom long ago lost to the …

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Weekend Box Office Dec 14-16

Well, only one major release before the onslaught of Christmas films…and it set the December record for opening weekend.  Peter Jackson’s return to Dungeons & Dragons land ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey‘ opened to a fantastic $84.6 million, upsetting I Am Legend for the all time Dec. opening weekend.  It also eclipsed Avatar and the previous Lord of the Rings …

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Episode 72 – It’s The HOlidays

No reviews this week as we talk about the eagerly anticipated holiday releases Jack Reacher, The Guilt Trip, This Is 40 and Monsters, Inc 3D; Brian’s Trailer Park looks at Oblivion, After Earth and Man of Steel; and our From the Outside In topic this week: Christmas movies with ridiculous twists, favorite Christmas TV episodes and more on a brand …

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Episode 71 – Collecting HO’s

Reviews of The Collection and The Bay; talk about the eagerly anticipated release The HObbit; Brian’s Trailer Park looks at The Mortal Instruments and Black Rock; and our From the Outside In topic this week: Is the Modern Movie Star Dead? – All this and more on a brand new HO! As always, we also bring you the latest in …

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Weekend Box Office 11/30 – 12/2

The weekend after Thanksgiving weekend rarely offers up any surprises…and this was no exception.  Not even the mighty Brad Pitt could make a dent in the Box Office and people essentially saw the same few movies they saw on Overindulgence Weekend.  Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 took #1 for the 3rd week in a row with $17.4 million for a $254m …

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