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Well here they are, the trailers we’re talking about for this week’s show.  Don’t worry, we will discuss that Anchorman 2 teaser at some point too, but these are the main ones.  300: Rise of an Empire and The Wolf of Wall Street.  Two flicks could not be more different. 300: Rise of an Empire

            Contrary to all the people proclaiming Superman KIA in theaters, the Kryptonian immigrant managed to swoop back into theaters with a vengeance this weekend to the tune of $116 million and $128m since its Thursday opening, according to studio estimates.  Man of Steel is officially the largest June opening ever (slightly ahead of Toy …

Reviewing The Purge and our topic this week: Actors That Should Have Been Bigger.

Here are the trailers we’re talking about on this week’s all-new HO!  Runner Runner is essentially a Rounders style film with Justin Timberlake trying to make funny off of online poker.  While our other film is the 2nd in the Hobbit trilogy: The Desolation of Smaug.

          Shocking audience members as well as every Box Office analyst yuppie across America was The Purge, which stole #1 with a whopping $36 million, according to studio estimates, this past weekend, doubling even the boldest predictions.  People apparently love the idea of getting to torture for 12 hours straight.  Maybe we’ll see a new Amendment soon. Slowing …

Reviews of Now You See Me & After Earth and our topic this week: What makes a great summer sequel?

Here are the trailers for the next all-new HO! First up, Prisoners.  Hugh Jackman stars as one of a pair of fathers who believes the man who took their girls is walking free…so he kidnaps and tortures him for the truck. The other is Blackfish.  A documentary on a killer whale attack at Sea World in 2010.  The film looks …

            Well, Fast & Furious 6 continued to zip past everyone else, even as it dropped 64% to $34.5 million for $170m total so far.  By next week, Diesel and his crew should easily pass the $215m of Fast Five for the biggest film yet in the long running franchise.  Worldwide, it’s already past $400m …

          There are two types of magic tricks: The one that dazzles you with its ‘HOW did that HAPPEN?!’ mystery, and the other that your generally inebriated friend does at parties.  You know, the one where you can’t quite figure it out, and after you do…it wasn’t nearly as impressive as it should have been?  The …