Tag Archives: cinema

Episode 75 – Villainous HO’s

We’re talking about upcoming releases Broken City, Mama and The Last Stand; Our From the Outside In topic this week is ‘What makes a great film villain?’ – as well as who are our favorites. As always, we also bring you the latest in movie & TV news (Sin City 2 is replacing a star; Jackie Brown gets a prequel; Ubisoft, …

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Episode 74 – The 2nd Annual HO Awards

Spoiler-free reviews of Django Unchained, Les Miserables and Jack Reacher; discussing upcoming releases Texas Chainsaw 3D, A Haunted House and Gangster Squad; and most importantly – Our 2nd Annual HO Awards, where we give our picks on everything from Best Performances, to stunt work, CGI and of course – Our favorite films of the past year!  A fun episode with …

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Weekend Box Office Dec 28 – 30

Peter Jackson’s newest flick continues to rule them all as The Hobbit held strong at #1 with $32 million for a $222m total here in good ole’ North America, meanwhile the film continues to swallow trolls worldwide as the film is over $500m already. As far as the new Christmas Day openers, Django Unchained trailed all week, but this weekend …

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The Best of HO – 2012

The HO’s are taking the week off, but that doesn’t mean you have to go a week without a HO! We’ve assembled some of our favorite topics, bits and outtakes of 2012 and slapped them all together for one mega-sized episode of The Hollywood Outsider.  Be sure to come back next week for an all episode of The HO, where …

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Episode 73 – A HO’s Unexpected Journey

We’re reviewing The Hobbit; looking at the upcoming releases Django Unchained, Les Miserables and Parental Guidance; Brian’s Trailer Park looks at Pain and Gain, Pacific Rim and Sound City; and our From the Outside In topic this week: as this is the end of the year, EACH HO is picking their own topic…tune in to see what’s on their minds …

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The HObbit Spoilercast – A HO Special Edition

On this special episode of The HO Podcast, we are solely discussing The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the new Lord of the Rings prequel from acclaimed director Peter Jackson that reunites Jackson with Middle-Earth, Gollum, Gandalf and of course Bilbo Baggins as this first film takes us on a quest to reclaim a dwarf kingdom long ago lost to the …

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Weekend Box Office Dec 14-16

Well, only one major release before the onslaught of Christmas films…and it set the December record for opening weekend.  Peter Jackson’s return to Dungeons & Dragons land ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey‘ opened to a fantastic $84.6 million, upsetting I Am Legend for the all time Dec. opening weekend.  It also eclipsed Avatar and the previous Lord of the Rings …

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Episode 72 – It’s The HOlidays

No reviews this week as we talk about the eagerly anticipated holiday releases Jack Reacher, The Guilt Trip, This Is 40 and Monsters, Inc 3D; Brian’s Trailer Park looks at Oblivion, After Earth and Man of Steel; and our From the Outside In topic this week: Christmas movies with ridiculous twists, favorite Christmas TV episodes and more on a brand …

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