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Time for a new Episode of The HO, and we’ve got a couple more trailers to throw into the mix.  Here are the ones we’re talking about on tonight’s show: Carrie Zero Dark Thirty

For info on this weekend’s upcoming releases, listen to Ep. 63 of The HO:   Your browser does not support the audio element. Apparently defeating Daredevil is one of his specific skill as Liam Neeson’s Taken 2 repeated atop the Box Office.  Bringing in $21.8 million for an $86m total, Taken 2 is still going fairly strong, despite a 55% drop.  …

Out this weekend, as discussed in Ep 62 of The HO: Argo – That wily Daredevil Ben Affleck continues his career rebuilding project as he directs and stars in Argo, about the true story of Iranian militants who took 52 Americans hostage in 1979 and Tony Mendez (Affleck) who hatched the plot to rescue them…disguised as filmmakers.  The film is …

Sorry for the lack of Box Office wrap-up this week, guys.  We’ll be sure to cover it on this week’s show though.  In the meantime, chew on these trailers we’re talking about this week: Hitchcock Broken City A Good Day To Die Hard

There are 2 new releases and 1 expanding release this week.  Justin / Scott had Pitch Perfect as their picks of the week, where Brian / Aaron had Taken 2 in last week’s Ep 61 where we discussed the Oct 5th releases.  Which flick are YOU seeing this weekend? Taken 2 – He has a very specific set of medications…I …

Here are the trailers we’re going to be talking about on this week’s episode of The Hollywood Outsider.  One is Johnny Depp as Tonto in The Lone Ranger, one is the latest, more coherent trailer for Stallone’s new Bullet to the Head, and the other has Bridesmaid’s Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman…and just see for yourself: The Lone Ranger Identity Thief   Bullet …

Looks like Adam Sandler found a way to get back on top of the box office.  After back-to-back under performing (and just awful) flicks Jack & Jill and That’s My Boy, he decided he was better heard and not seen and BAM! Nailed a #1 opening with animated kid pic Hotel Transylvania. The ‘Dracula runs a spa for other monsters’ flick did …

Time for new releases.  This week, there’s 3 wide releases – 1 for Sci-fi fans, 1 for kids and 1 for people that need a little F the System! in their weekend. You can hear more about them here on last week’s Ep 60:  Looper – Joseph Gordon-Levitt tries to parlay his Dark Knight Rises mojo into an action hit of …

Another great episode of The HO as we look at upcoming releases Taken 2, Frankenweenie and Pitch Perfect; reviews of House at the End of the Street and Dredd 3D; new trailers Promised Land and Stand Up Guys; and our From the Outside In topic this week: What can Hollywood do to start scaring us again? As always, we also …

Here’s a look at the trailers we’re talking about on this week’s show.  This week it’s 2 dramas that caught our eye – one about Matt Damon working for a shady corporation trying to take over all the land in an area, and the other about old bitches living their youth one last time. Promised Land Stand Up Guys