The Hollywood Outsider

Episode 87 – G.I. HO!

Upcoming releases 42, Scary Movie 5, Disconnect and To the Wonder; review of G.I. Joe: Retaliation; trailers for 2 Guns and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters; Our From the Outside In topic this week: Comic Book film cliches; and at the end of our show this week, we will be discussing the recent Walking Dead season finale as well as …

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Episode 87 Trailers

Episode 87 is right around the corner, and here are the trailers we’re talking about, 2 Guns & Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, for our all new Episode of the HO!  To hear this past week’s show, you can listen HERE! 2 Guns Percy Jackson & the Sea of Monsters

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Weekend Box Office – Yo Joe!

            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 …

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New Releases – March 29th

            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 …

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Episode 86 – Olympic HO’s

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 …

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Episode 86 Trailers

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

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Weekend Box Office Mar 22-24

        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 …

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Episode 85 – The Incredible WonderHo’s

  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 …

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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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