There are 2 new releases and 1 expanding release this week. Justin / Scott had Pitch Perfect as their picks of the week, where Brian / Aaron had Taken 2 in last week’s Ep 61 where we discussed the Oct 5th releases. Which flick are YOU seeing this weekend? Taken 2 – He has a very specific set of medications…I …
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New Releases – Sep 28
Time for new releases. This week, there’s 3 wide releases – 1 for Sci-fi fans, 1 for kids and 1 for people that need a little F the System! in their weekend. You can hear more about them here on last week’s Ep 60: Looper – Joseph Gordon-Levitt tries to parlay his Dark Knight Rises mojo into an action hit of …
Read More »Guess what’s out?
In case you haven’t seen any advertising, The Avengers hits Blu Ray / DVD Sep 25. If you are one of the 3 people on the planet who haven’t seen it, watch our review…then buy it.
Read More »Weekend Box Office Sep 21-23
You know it’s an interesting weekend at the box office when estimates are in and #1 could’ve really be one of 3 different movies – House at the End of the Street and End of Watch are BOTH claimed a $13 million weekend, while Trouble with the Curve is claimed $12.7m. Well final numbers are in and End of Watch won …
Read More »New Releases 9/21
This weekend’s new releases: Dredd 3D – Karl Urban takes the helmet from Stallone as a futuristic lawman who takes the law into his own hands. We all thought it looked goofy, but reviews have been great and are currently at 79% positive. End of Watch – Cops on a beat filmed documentary style get into tiffs with gang members. …
Read More »The Hobbit Trailer #2
This is a much more involved trailer and the film looks great…
Read More »Blu Ray / DVD New Releases
Newly out on Blu Ray / DVD: The Cabin in the Woods: 5 friends go to a remote cabin for a little getaway, when everything goes awful. If you think you’ve seen this story a thousand times before, this time you’d be way off. Avengers’ Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard come together to give you something new. All 4 of …
Read More »Weekend Box Office Sep 14-16
Milla Jovovich has saved the world AND the box office, all in one fail swoop. Thanks to her flagship franchise, Resident Evil: Retribution opened to an estimated $21 million and a CinemaScore rating of C+, which is about average for the series. That’s a little lower than the last couple films in the franchise, but it’s still a solid start and apparently …
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 »Ep 58 Trailers
Here are the trailers from the next Ep of The Hollywood Outsider: Hansel and Gretel The Company You Keep
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 »DVD Releases Aug 28
New Releases on Blu Ray / DVD Tuesday Aug 28th: Movies: Think Like A Man; Battleship; The Lucky One; Pirates; Headhunters; Life Happens; The Moth Diaries; Starship Troopers: Invasion TV: Boardwalk Empire S2; Homeland S1; In Plain Sight S5; Jersey Shore S5 (REALLY?); Once Upon A Time S1; Sons of Anarchy S4; Walking Dead S2 Here are 2 reviews from …
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 …
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