The Hollywood Outsider

Episode – HiHO To 100!

The Lone Ranger and The Heat get spoiler-free reviews on this last stop before our 100th Episode; we discuss upcoming releases Pacific Rim and Grown Ups 2 & our From the Outside In topic this week: Westerns - What are our favorites, Are they dying and Who is our favorite Western Hero?

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Weekend Box Office – Bringing The Heat

          Well, it’s decided – People love Melissa McCarthy more than Channing Tatum.  Or Sandra Bullock more than Jamie Foxx.  Or foul-mouthed cops more than the President.  One of those, because The Heat just roasted White House Down at the Box Office.  According to studio estimates, The Heat shot up $40 million this past weekend for …

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Episode 99 – HO WarZ!

World War Z and The Way Way Back get reviewed this week; we discuss upcoming releases The Lone Ranger and Despicable Me 2; we take a look at the Under the Dome premiere; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: ZOMBIES!! Favorite zombie films, kills and what we want to see next.

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Episode 99 Trailers

Here are the trailers we’re talking about on this week’s all-new HO!  First up, a new look at romantic comedies with Olivia Wilde and Anna Kendrick both part of different couples that want the others mate.  Hmmm.  Also up is Ashton Kutcher tries real acting as Apple icon Steve Jobs.  Can he pull it off, or does it end up …

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Weekend Box Office – Monsters School Superman

            Monsters and Brad Pitt dominated the Top 2 slots at the Box Office this weekend, and defeated Superman in the process.  First up,  Monsters University silenced all of the ‘Pixar shouldn’t do sequels!’ critics this weekend, when it took #1 with an estimated $82 million for the company’s all-time #2 opening (2nd only to Toy Story 3’s $110m).  …

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