FOR ONE-NIGHT ONLY, GRAB YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS AND COME OUT TO SEE THE GRISWOLD’S BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN! Tuesday, Dec. 11th—7:30 PM AMC Showplace 14—Machesney Park, IL Tis the season for laughs and what better way to laugh than this special screening of the yuletide classic ‘Christmas Vacation’?! Clark, Uncle Eddie, they’re all here and back on the …

Reviews of Red Dawn and Life of Pi; discussing upcoming films Deadfall and Playing For Keeps; Brian’s Trailer Park looks at Dark Skies and Snitch; and our From the Outside In topic this week: What Christmas Movies, TV Specials or Traditions Do We Just Not Understand – A lot of fun this week on a brand new HO! As always, …

The Thanksgiving weekend is usually one of the biggest at theaters of the year, and 2012 was no different.  With several strong openings and 3 very strong carryovers, this year was over $200 million at the box office. Repeating at #1 was Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 with $43.6m for a $227m total thus far.  Look for saga’s conclusion to bite …

Reviews of Hitchcock, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 and Lincoln; discussing upcoming films The Collection and Killing Me Softly; trailer talk on The Heat, Now You See Me and the listener suggested Warm Bodies; and our From the Outside In topic this week: What are some of the most ridiculous plot twists in action movies? – All this and more …

Your browser does not support the audio element. On this special episode of The HO Podcast, we are solely discussing Skyfall, James Bond’s newest film, the directions it takes and how it stacks up to the rest of Bond. Also, in celebration of Bond’s 50 years on the big screen, we share some of our picks for best gadget, girl, …

As it should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, Twilight Breaking Down: Part 2 sucked the life out of the box office with $141 million for the weekend, and $340m worldwide.  As the concluding chapter in the Twilight ‘Saga’, the film is seen as the end to this franchise, but they are already working on some new version …

Your browser does not support the audio element. Our spoiler-free review of Skyfall; discussing upcoming films Life of PI, Rise of the Guardians and Red Dawn; trailer talk on The Host and World War Z; and our From the Outside In topic this week: What Hollywood Has-Been Deserves Another Shot? – All this and more on this week’s HO! As …

Well, James Bond is alive and well and still kicking the crap out of pretty much everyone.  Skyfall opened to the biggest Bond debut EVER!  Somewhere Pierce Brosnan just kicked a white cat down some steps.  Daniel Craig’s 3rd foray into the world of MI6 opened to $87.8 million, according to studio estimates.  That brings the latest Bond to over …

Your browser does not support the audio element. This week, upcoming films Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 and Silver Linings Playbook are on the table; we review Wreck-It Ralph and Man with the Iron Fists; new trailers for Side Effects and Despicable Me 2; and our From the Outside In topic this week: What franchises we would like to see …

Well, Wreck-It Ralph destroyed the competition with a $49 million opening and a CinemaScore rating of A.  Seeing that it’s a family film, and one of the biggest of the holiday season, expect Ralph to be knocking it down for some time. A HUGE surprise was Flight.  Opening in less than 1900 theaters, Flight actually had a higher per screen …

We’re talking about the upcoming Bond flick Skyfall and Lincoln; a spoiler-free review of Cloud Atlas; new trailers for Safe Haven and Quartet; and our From the Outside In topic this week: What we think the Disney purchase of Lucas films really means. As always, we also bring you the latest in movie & TV news (Spider-Man, Captain America and …

Aaron popped over and did an interview guest spot on Destination Asphyxiation, another podcast found in the interwebs hosted by Tom Bevis.  The talk about the HO itself, behind the scenes, why Brian and Justin torture him every week and most importantly: Movies.  So check it out at Destination Asphyxiation! http://destasph.com/2012/10/ep-9-part-one-the-magnificent-movie-hour-with-aaron-peterson/

Argo took 1st place with $12m for a total of $60m in its 3rd weekend.  Even though it was a relatively flop-fillend weekend at theaters, Argo continues to hold up as the word of mouth has been fantastic.  Cloud Atlas on the other hand, mediocre reviews and a poor C+ rating from CinemaScore ensure this will be a cult film since …

Your browser does not support the audio element. On this special episode of The HO Podcast, we are solely discussing the Paranormal Activity series.  From the beginnings in Part 1 all the way to the most recent events of Part 4, we’re looking at where the series is, what works as well as what doesn’t…and where it looks like it’s …

New this week are four completely different releases.  There’s definitely something to see if you’re in the mood to hit the cinemaplex, and you can listen to Ep 64 for more details on these releases.  First up: Cloud Atlas – This has turned into a decidedly split reaction, love-it-or-hate-it movie, so expect Sci-Fi fans to adore it and people looking …