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Weekend Box Office Mar 15-17

          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 …

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Episode 84 – The HO’s Behind the Curtain

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 …

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Kick-Ass 2 Red Band Trailer

Ok, wasn’t expecting this today – the red band Kick-Ass 2 trailer just hit online and it looks…well…Kick-Ass!  Hit-Girl and whoever the rest of them are return to join forces with Jim Carrey and…hell just watch it.   Get More: Morris Chesnut, John Leguizamo, Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jim Carrey, Movie Trailers, Movies Blog

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Weekend Box Office Mar 8-10

              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 …

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New Releases – Oz, Dead Man Down & more…

Out today, as we discussed in Episode 82 of The HO, Oz the Great & Powerful is poised to trample all other newcomers. Sam Raimi’s inventive take on the classic Wizard of Oz has claimed all media space for the last week as the towering film poses to be the first great event film of the year.  Here are the …

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Episode 83 – The Last HO Slayer

Upcoming releases The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The Call, Spring Breakers and Upside Down; reviews of Jack the Giant Slayer, The Last Exorcism II and 21 and Over; trailers for Disconnect and The Conjuring; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: We each create a trilogy theme from existing films. As always, we also bring you the latest in …

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Weekend Box Office Mar 1-3

Jack the Giant Slayer slaughtered the competition (yes, that just happened) with a $27.2 million opening.  BUT on a budget of $195m, this is seen as a flop by the studio.  The film brought in even less than John Carter did last year about the same time, a film that was also considered a flop due to the extreme budget …

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Episode 82 – HO’s In the Skies!

Upcoming releases Oz the Great and Powerful, Dead Man Down and Emperor; review of Dark Skies; trailers for Game of Thrones Season 3 and Peeples; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: Our Favorite Movie One-Liners. As always, we also bring you the latest in movie and TV news (An X-Man for a Crow remake; Death Wish loses …

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Weekend Box Office Feb 22-24

          Identity Thief overcame Rex Reed’s objections and is now poised for $100 million plus after swiping another $14m for a $93m total.  CBS is pissing themselves right now wondering how much longer Melissa McCarthy is going to suffer on Mike & Molly after this kind of bank.  Meanwhile, Dwayne THE ROCK Johnson headlined a movie …

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