The Hollywood Outsider

Well, even after a nice controversy over critic Rex Reed’s tasteless review of the flick, Identity Thief proved that Melissa McCarthy is no longer a bridesmaid in the eyes of moviegoers.  I’m more than a little ashamed I just wrote that. Regardless, McCarthy and co-star Jason Bateman ruled the box office as Identity Thief opened at #1 with $34.5 million, …

Discussing upcoming releases A Good Day to Die Hard, Beautiful Creatures, Escape From Planet Earth and Safe Haven; reviews of Warm Bodies and Bullet To the Head; trailers for Fast and Furious 6 and Lords of Salem; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: What Movies Would You Fix? As always, we also bring you the latest in movie …

Here are the trailers for our next all new HO! Fast & Furious 6 Lords of Salem

Just a quick Box Office wrap-up this week, as almost everything flopped due to the Super Bowl.  One film that actually struck a cord with filmgoers, was Warm Bodies.  A Zom Rom Com (yea, you get it), this PG-13 zombie love story managed to squeak out $19.8 million over the weekend.  Very impressive for a very small-budgeted film like this.  …

It’s February and you know what that means…yep, time for some zombie romantic comedies mixed with a little Stallone head bashing and maybe even a little bit of old dudes trying to stretch out their twilight years.  We went more in detail in Ep 77, but here’s the rundown of this week’s flicks. Warm Bodies – A zombie take on …

Discussing upcoming releases Identity Thief, Side Effects and Top Gun 3D IMAX; review of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters; trailers for Olympus Has Fallen and 21 and Over; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: Why can’t critics appreciate popcorn flicks? As always, we also bring you the latest in movie & TV news (Bryan Singer unites just …

Here are the trailers we’ll be talking about on the next all new HO!   Olympus Has Fallen 21 & Over

Well, January is usually slow and this weekend wasn’t much of an exception.  Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters slayed its way to the top (yea, that just happened) with an estimated $19m.  Not bad, but not great either and you can pretty much cancel any plans of a Hansel & Gretel 2. The Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton take on the …

Discussing upcoming releases Warm Bodies, Bullet To the Head and Stand Up Guys; reviews for John Dies At the End, Silver Linings Playbook and Broken City; trailers for Spring Breakers and Red 2; and Our From the Outside In topic this week: What truly constitutes ripping a film off? …Meanwhile no HO’s were actually harmed during the making of this …

Here are the trailers for the next episode of The HO!:   Red 2 Spring Breakers