Wearing Your Art on Your Sleeve
As if Blu-ray fans really needed yet another form of collectible packaging to add to their shelves full of box sets, SteelBooks, Digibooks, NEO Packs and what have you, the UK branch of Disney has now...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: 2017 Movies You’re Looking Forward To
For our first Roundtable of January, let’s try to start the year on an optimistic note. What upcoming movies are you most anticipating in 2017? If you haven’t paid much attention to the movies coming...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: The Space Race
Two movies are battling for the top spot at this weekend’s box office, and it won’t be until the final numbers are tallied that we’ll know which walks away with the title. Unsurprisingly, neither of...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: Hidden in Plain Sight
After last week’s surprise Monday announcement that ‘Hidden Figures’ had dethroned ‘Rogue One’, it’s no surprise that the female-led historical drama took the top spot at the box office again this...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Worst Movie Love Stories (Drama)
Valentine’s Day is coming up and there’s a ‘Fifty Shades’ movie in theaters this weekend. That these two things are related is disheartening. Sadly, Christian and Anastasia’s relationship actually...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of April 2nd, 2017 – Lovable Rogue
When you shop for Blu-rays this week, what are the odds you’ll go rogue and not buy ‘Star Wars’? Pretty low, eh? Believe it or not, some other stuff is available too. Not much, though. Most studios...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Movie Royalty
The legend of King Arthur gets about its 850th movie reboot in theaters this week. For our Roundtable tie-in, let’s revisit some of our other favorite movie kings, queens and royal families. We’ll...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Lamest Movie & TV Robots
Robots are a staple of sci-fi movies and TV. Unfortunately, for every Terminator or Iron Giant (or Transformers, if you’re into that), a janky ‘bot crawls onto the screen as well. Because we’ve done...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Theatrical Re-Releases
Twenty-six years after its original release, James Cameron’s blockbuster ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ returns to cinemas this weekend with a new 3D facelift. What movies that you never got to see on...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of August 27th, 2017 – I Won’t Let You Out of My Sight
Hollywood is learning a hard lesson this year that not every corny old TV series can be successfully rebooted as an R-rated comedy spoof. If you didn’t bother to see the latest attempt in theaters,...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: It’s Game Time
What an interesting start to the new year. After two weeks at #2, the ‘Jumanji’ sequel managed to climb into the top spot at the box office. The third ‘Insidious’ sequel also had a surprisingly big...
View ArticlePoll: Most Disappointing Blockbuster of 2017
Just because a movie makes a lot of money doesn’t mean that people actually liked it. In fact, we’re living in a time when movies can make hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars despite...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: Gaming the System
Even with three new wide releases and one major expansion stealing away audiences, the ‘Jumanji’ sequel was able to retain the top spot at the box office for the second consecutive week. The nearest...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: 2018 Movies You’re Most Skeptical About
Last week, we talked about upcoming movies we’re looking forward to in 2018. Sadly, a lot of the big movies coming out this year are bound to disappoint, if not outright suck. Which titles have you the...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Worst Movies by 2018 Oscar Nominees
When Oscar season comes around, we like to play a little game where we remember that not all of the celebrated actors and directors have had spotless track records for quality entertainment. Let’s look...
View ArticleSteelBook Alert: Sweet and Sour Porg
Simultaneously the most popular and the most hated movie of 2017, the latest installment in the ‘Star Wars’ saga will come to Blu-ray and Ultra HD in SteelBook form soon. Be honest, even if you didn’t...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: 2018 Oscar Snubs
Oscar season finally ends this Sunday. As the Hollywood elite declare which movies they think were the best of 2017, let’s look at a few the Oscars ignored this year. Luke Hickman I loved five movies...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of March 25th, 2018 – Let the Hate Flow Through You!
The most divisive movie of 2017 comes home to disc this week so that everyone can commence arguing about its merits (or lack thereof) all over again. In the words of Darth Vader:...
View Article‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Review: Set Your Expectations So Low
When Disney bought the ‘Star Wars’ franchise and promised many new post-Lucas projects, it was obvious that a couple things would take place. First, there would be a closing trilogy to settle the...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Replacing an Icon
Alden Ehrenreich has his work cut out for him taking over the role of Han Solo. Stepping into the shoes of an iconic movie or TV character is a tricky proposition that risks the wrath of fans if not...
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