The Hollywood Outsider

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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Episode 82 Trailers

Here are the trailers for tonights all new HO!  Game of Thrones has swept the world as one the top water cooler shows going with its political intrigue, dazzling betrayals…and TV defying sexuality.  Here is our first look at Season 3, which starts on HBO March 31st.  Also, Tyler Perry tries to venture out and makes his own version of …

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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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Episode 81 – A Good Day To HO Hard

Upcoming releases Jack the Giant Slayer, Last Exorcism II and 21 and Over; reviews of A Good Day To Die Hard, Side Effects and the new to DVD Alex Cross; trailers for The Internship and Bates Motel; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: Are there too many damn awards shows? As always, we also bring you the …

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Weekend Box Office 2/15 – 2/17

            Well Bruce Willis proved once again that nothing can keep a good McClane down, especially 2 McClane’s, in his latest inclination of his signature role ‘A Good Day To Die Hard’ opened at #1 with $25 million for the weekend according to studio estimates.  With $33m since its Valentine’s Day release, the 5th flick …

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Episode 80 – HO Thief

Upcoming releases Dark Skies and Snitch; reviews of Identity Thief and the Netflix series House of Cards; trailers for Monsters University and The Unbelievers; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: What is going to far in a review? As always, we also bring you the latest in movie and TV news (Stephen King’s Cell is finally a …

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The 2nd Annual Oscar Contest!

Feb 24, 2013 Welcome to our 2nd Annual HO Oscar Contest! Even easier this year, just email us your predictions for the categories below by 6PM CST Feb 24th, and those with the most accurate guesses will win a Blu Ray of their choice ($30 limit, no Bond mega-sets people!). Also, this year we will have 2nd & 3rd place …

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