Your browser does not support the audio element. This week on the HO, we’re looking at upcoming releases Dredd, Trouble With the Curve, End of Watch and House At the End of the Street; new trailers The Bay and Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2; and on an extended From the Outside In topic this week: Feminism in Films Today. As …
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A HO Special Interview: Written By A Kid
On this special edition of The HO Podcast, Aaron sits down to interview the creators of the web series ‘Written By A Kid’, Josh Flaum and Will Bowles. Every week, Will and Josh sit down and let a child tell a story, which a director then brings to life. Part of the ever expanding …
Read More »Box Office Weekend Sep 7-9
The worst weekend at the box office since 2008. WOW. That just sucks. Honestly, where we normally go into this film and that film, not this weekend. Obviously you didn’t care, so why should we, ha. Suffice it to say, The Words opened awfully with only $5m and The Cold Light of Day opened in 12th with $1.8m. The best …
Read More »Episode 58 – The HOssession
It’s our Summer Wrap-Up episode where we declare our favorite and least favorite things about this summers theatrical releases. We’ve also got spoiler-Free reviews of The Possession and 2016 Obama’s America; discussing upcoming releases including Finding Nemo 3D and Resident Evil: Retribution. As always, we also bring you the latest in movie & TV news (What are the Planet Thieves?; …
Read More »Weekend Box Office Aug 31 – Sep 2
Labor Day Weekend is typically one of the slowest at the Box Office, but one film managed to buck the trend as The Possession took the #1 spot with $17.7 million according to studio estimates. The low-budget horror flick starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick as divorced parents of 2 young girls and 1 happens to get possessed by, …
Read More »New Releases: Labor Day Weekend
New Releases, as discussed in Ep 56: Lawless – Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy star as bootleggers in Prohibition-era Virginia, trying to get rich and stay alive. Currently at 65% positive ratings. Scott’s choice for Pick of the Weekend The Possession – ‘BASED on a true story’ Jefferey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick are parents who’s little daughter becomes obsessed with …
Read More »Episode 57 – Premium HO
An early review of V/H/S and also Premium Rush; look at upcoming releases The Words and The Cold Light of Day; trailers for HOw To Make Money Selling Drugs and Butter; and on our From the Outside In topic this week: we are talking about what makes a great surprise ending. As always, we also bring you the latest in …
Read More »Weekend Box Office Aug 24-26
Stallone’s old-men-0n-a-mission opus ‘The Expendables 2’ repeated #1 at the North American Box Office this weekend with $13.4 million, according to final numbers. That puts the film at $52.2m to date…about $12m behind the total of the 1st Expendables, but the 2nd weekend hold was roughly the same. Look for Expendables 2 to end up about $80m, or about 20% …
Read More »New Releases – Weekend Aug 24-26
Want to know what the new releases are this weekend? Well here you go: Premium Rush: Joseph Gordon-Levitt darts around town as a bike messenger trying to get a package delivered and also the hell away from villain Michael Shannon. Currently at 70% positive reviews. Very impressive for this kind of thriller. The Apparition: Ashley Green & Sebastian Stan star …
Read More »Episode 56 – Expendable HO’s
On The HO this week: We review The Expendables 2; look at upcoming releases including Lawless and The Possession; review a couple of listener requested items (yep, including Honey Boo Boo); and on our extended From the Outside In topic this week: we talk about some of our most anticipated shows of the new Fall TV season. As always, we …
Read More »RIP Tony Scott
We normally use Facebook and Twitter for any news items and keep the website strictly for the Podcast, but Tony Scott is a director that receives very little credit for his works. Scott is the lesser known of the Scott brothers, Ridley is the big fish, but Scott has had a strong career of his own. Top Gun, Beverly Hills …
Read More »Weekend Box Office Aug 17-19
The Expendables 2 opened to $28.5m this weekend, according to final numbers. While that’s a good opening, it’s weaker than the original film…most attribute that to the novelty wore out as well as a very crowded slate of flicks. That said, the Cinemascore’s for the sequel are much higher than they were for the original, and word-of-mouth as well as critics …
Read More »Episode 55 – Hit and Run HO’s
Reviews of Hit and Run, The Bourne Legacy and The Campaign; discussing upcoming releases including The Apparition and Premium Rush; new trailers for Trouble With the Curve and Red Dawn; our From the Outsider In topic this week: what characters from other film series’ would we like to spun off into their own film. As always, we also bring you …
Read More »Weekend Box Office Aug 10-12
Jeremy Renner’s assuming the lead in The Bourne Legacy from franchise stablemate Matt Damon, seems to have started off strong…with an estimated $38.1 million opening this weekend. Industry experts predicted a much higher opening, but this film is a reboot and a spin-off, it has more in common with Casino Royale than it does a Bourne sequel. We’ll have our review …
Read More »Episode 54 – HOtal Recall
Spoiler-free review of Total Recall and the new to home video: ATM; discussing upcoming releases including The Expendables 2 and Sparkle; new trailers for Zero Dark Thirty and Silent Hill Revelation 3D; our From the Outsider In topic this week: a listener suggested topic on video game films. As always, we also bring you the latest in movie & TV news …
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