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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 …

Your browser does not support the audio element. We’re discussing upcoming films Cloud Atlas, Fun Size, Chasing Mavericks and Silent Hill Revelation 3D; reviewing Ben Affleck’s Argo and Ethan Hawke in Sinister; new trailers for Carrie and Zero Dark Thirty; and our From the Outsider In topic this week: The HYPE Factor! As always, we also bring you the latest …

Time for a new Episode of The HO, and we’ve got a couple more trailers to throw into the mix.  Here are the ones we’re talking about on tonight’s show: Carrie Zero Dark Thirty

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 …

Sorry for the lack of Box Office wrap-up this week, guys.  We’ll be sure to cover it on this week’s show though.  In the meantime, chew on these trailers we’re talking about this week: Hitchcock Broken City A Good Day To Die Hard

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 …

This week, we’ve got reviews of Looper, Pitch Perfect and Hotel Transylvania as well as some of the seasons new TV premiere’s including Last Resort, Elementary and 666 Park Avenue; talking about the upcoming films Argo, Sinister, Seven Psychopaths and Here Comes the Boom; new trailers including The Lone Ranger and Identity Thief; and our From the Outsider In topic …

Looks like Adam Sandler found a way to get back on top of the box office.  After back-to-back under performing (and just awful) flicks Jack & Jill and That’s My Boy, he decided he was better heard and not seen and BAM! Nailed a #1 opening with animated kid pic Hotel Transylvania. The ‘Dracula runs a spa for other monsters’ flick did …