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 …
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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 »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 »Weekend Box Office – Aug 3-5
The Dark Knight Rises held the #1 slot for the 3rd week in a row. Christopher Nolan’s conclusion to his epic Dark Knight trilogy is holding strong and will have no problem breezing past $400 million domestic, and has already cleared $730 million worldwide. The film has done well enough that you can rest assured someone, somewhere, is writing a new …
Read More »The Threatening of the Theater Experience
A terrible tragedy happened in Aurora, CO during the midnight showing of the remaining film in the Dark Knight trilogy – The Dark Knight Rises. A masked gunman interrupted the showing and riddled the audience with gunfire – killing some and maiming many. Our thoughts and hearts go out to those that are affected by this incident. We will not …
Read More »Are you a HO?
Hurry up and enter! You’ve got until 3PM July 25th to enter our Hollywood Outsider IMAHO T-shirt giveaway contest. Are YOU a HO? Then win this conversation starter and get everyone talking. For details on the 3 ways to win, listen to Episode 51 – HO’s Before Dark and the winners will be named on our 1 Year Anniversary Episode – Ep 52. Good Luck! …
Read More »The CW’s “Arrow”
And here’s a trailer for “Arrow,” the CW’s new show based on the DC Comics character, Green Arrow. The dude looks fit, that’s for sure, but I’m not sure about that voice. We’ll see…
Read More »The CW’s “Beauty And The Beast” trailer
One show we failed to talk about in our latest episode was the CW’s “Beauty And The Beast.”I don’t know much about it, but I liked the original show from way back in the day, and I like Kristen Kreuk (who got far too much undeserved crap for her portrayal of Lana Lang on “Smallville.” Here’s the trailer so you …
Read More »One the fence? Listen to our new promo…
The Hollywood Outsider Podcast is now available in all major music services…BUT, we’re still a project in motion. Here is our first promo, for any that also maintain podcasts or just simply want to know what it is about…here you go and thank you for listening! HO Promo w Music
Read More »Prometheus ‘Viral’ Trailer is out…
If you, like most of us, are looking forward to Prometheus – here is one of a few clever new viral trailers floating around. Clever marketing in an attempt to grow awareness of Ridley Scott’s return to the ‘Alien’ universe…though not with the same plot nor creatures. Good work indeed.
Read More »Read Window…sped up in a time lapse…
We ran across this over at Aint It Cool and thought it is definitely worth sharing. As huge fans, this is a pretty interesting way to showcase a beloved classic… If you want to see more on how Jeff Desom did this, visit his website: http://www.jeffdesom.com/hitch/
Read More »Justin Macumber’s Book Is Now Available!
Our own illustrious HOst, Justin Macumber, is an author by trade. When not broadcasting his vocal thoughts across The HO and his own Dead Robots’ Society podcasts, he makes his living by doing what he loves most – writing. Well his first full-length published novel, ‘Haywire‘, has hit stores and we’re doing everything we can to support the wordsmith. All …
Read More »Screen Actor’s Guild Winners
The Screen Actors Guild, a precursor to the Oscar’s, had their annual ceremony and below are the winners. Most of these are of no surprise whatsoever (they’ve been who have been winning all awards season) except for maybe The Help as Best Ensemble (essentially Best Picture) and Viola Davis from the same film. Regardless, a classy awards show for those that do …
Read More »New In Theaters
New in theaters this week and certified rating via Rotten Tomatoes, as we discussed in Episode 24 of The Hollywood Outsider: Haywire – 80% Positive – Pick of the Week: The MMA’s Gina Carano stars as Mallory Kane as a Government ‘Security Contractor’ who is double crossed and left for dead. She comes back to beat alllllllllllllll their asses for …
Read More »Golden Globes Winners List
For those that couldn’t make the show, here’s the list of winners for this year’s Golden Globes: Best motion picture, drama “The Descendants” Best actress in a motion picture, drama Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady” Best actor in a motion picture drama George Clooney, “The Descendants” Best motion picture, musical or comedy “The Artist” Best actress in a motion picture, …
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