Well, Paranormal Activity 4 opened at #1 with $29 million…BUT that was $20m less than last years installment, which means no one was more scared this weekend than Paramount exec’s.  Nevertheless, these films cost just about nothing, so the fright flick is already profitable as well as Part 5 has been given the green light for next Halloween.  Like Saw, …

Live in the Chicago / Rockford area and are looking for something different to do this Halloween? Unique? Fun? Then grab your friends & reserve tickets for this one-night only screening of the beloved cult classic ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’! Oct. 30th 7:30 PM at the AMC Showplace 14 Machesney Park, IL Long regarded to be one of the …

For info on this weekend’s upcoming releases, listen to Ep. 63 of The HO:   Your browser does not support the audio element. Apparently defeating Daredevil is one of his specific skill as Liam Neeson’s Taken 2 repeated atop the Box Office.  Bringing in $21.8 million for an $86m total, Taken 2 is still going fairly strong, despite a 55% drop.  …

Out this weekend, as discussed in Ep 62 of The HO: Argo – That wily Daredevil Ben Affleck continues his career rebuilding project as he directs and stars in Argo, about the true story of Iranian militants who took 52 Americans hostage in 1979 and Tony Mendez (Affleck) who hatched the plot to rescue them…disguised as filmmakers.  The film is …

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 …

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 …

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.  

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 …

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. …

This is a much more involved trailer and the film looks great…  

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 …

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 …

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 …

Here are the trailers from the next Ep of The Hollywood Outsider: Hansel and Gretel The Company You Keep

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, …