Tag Archives: blockbusters

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 …

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Episode 61 – The HO’s at the End of the Street

Another great episode of The HO as we look at upcoming releases Taken 2, Frankenweenie and Pitch Perfect; reviews of House at the End of the Street and Dredd 3D; new trailers Promised Land and Stand Up Guys; and our From the Outside In topic this week: What can Hollywood do to start scaring us again? As always, we also …

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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 …

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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. …

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Episode 60 Trailers

Hey guys! Getting ready to record the new show and, as always, we’ve got a couple trailers we’re talking about.  This week, we’re picking two drastically different films: one about the viciousness of some people in America that supposedly shows the the 16th President’s true story (since NOW they don’t want us to believe he killed vampires) in the Oscar bait – Lincoln…and …

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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 …

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Episode 59 – Feminist HO’s

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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