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            G.I. Joe Retaliation wiped out the competition with a #1 opening not just here, but worldwide.  With an estimated $41 million in North America ($51m since opening Thursday), which was strong but not fantastic, and $130m worldwide (which puts it opening bigger than Oz for the biggest thus far this year) – The Rock, Bruce Willis and …

            As discussed on last week’s show, here are the new releases for March 29th: G.I. Joe Retaliation: The Rock, Channing Tatum and even Bruce Willis team up to thwart yet another attempt by Cobra to take over the world.  The film promises that no IQ is needed as they jet from action sequence to …

Upcoming releases Evil Dead, Jurassic Park 3D and The Company You Keep; review of Olympus Has Fallen; trailers for The Wolverine and Turbo; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: Does our Geek love help or hinder our love of films? As always, we also bring you the latest in movie and TV news (Tomb Raider gets a …

Here are the trailers for our all new HO – Episode 86 – Olympic HO’s.  First up, Hugh Jackman returns in his signature character with less singing and more ninjas in The Wolverine.  And 2nd we have a new CGI creation in the form of Turbo.  Enjoy! The Wolverine Turbo

        The Croods took the #1 spot by a wide margin with an estimated $44.7 million, and $108m worldwide.  People love their cavemen cartoons. The Croods also serves as the biggest hit Nic Cage has had in a VERY, very long time. Can you see his overacting in the pixels? In #2 was Olympus Has Fallen with $30.5m, which …

  Upcoming releases G.I. Joe: Retaliation, The HOst, Temptation and The Place Beyond the Pines; reviews of Camp, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and The Call; trailers for Planes and Roman Polanski Odd Man Out; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: listener requested topics on if indie directors should be handed large franchises as well as concern over …

          Oz continued its Great & Powerful domination at the box office with $41.2 million, down only 48% from last weekend for a $144m total.  Based on its current trajectory, the Wizard of Oz prequel is on course to end up with about $230m total US and over $500m worldwide.  Not a bad number for a …

Upcoming releases Olympus Has Fallen, Admission and The Croods; review of Oz the Great and Powerful; trailers for Kick-Ass 2, The Hangover 3 & Much Ado About Nothing; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: a listener suggested topic on if classic films would benefit or suffer from modern special effects. As always, we also bring you the …

Here are the trailers we’re talking about on this week’s all new HO!  First up is Avenger’s director Joss Whedon’s take on the Shakespeare classic ‘Much Ado About Nothing’.  And 2nd?  Well 2nd we have the return of the worst people we all want to hand out with in ‘The Hangover 3’.  Take a look: Much Ado About Nothing The …

              A LOT of people were off to see the Wizard this weekend as Oz the Great and Powerful opened with a golden $80.2 million over the weekend, including Thursday sneaks and midnight shows.  That’s the 3rd largest March opening ever, the largest opening this year, more than the rest of the Top 10 …