Shocking audience members as well as every Box Office analyst yuppie across America was The Purge, which stole #1 with a whopping $36 million, according to studio estimates, this past weekend, doubling even the boldest predictions. People apparently love the idea of getting to torture for 12 hours straight. Maybe we’ll see a new Amendment soon. Slowing …
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Episode 96 – Now You See HOs
Reviews of Now You See Me & After Earth and our topic this week: What makes a great summer sequel?
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Here are the trailers for the next all-new HO! First up, Prisoners. Hugh Jackman stars as one of a pair of fathers who believes the man who took their girls is walking free…so he kidnaps and tortures him for the truck. The other is Blackfish. A documentary on a killer whale attack at Sea World in 2010. The film looks …
Read More »Weekend Box Office – Earth Disappears
Well, Fast & Furious 6 continued to zip past everyone else, even as it dropped 64% to $34.5 million for $170m total so far. By next week, Diesel and his crew should easily pass the $215m of Fast Five for the biggest film yet in the long running franchise. Worldwide, it’s already past $400m …
Read More »Episode 95 – Furious HO’s
Reviews of Fast & Furious 6 & Hangover 3 and our topic this week: What characters, films or TV shows have affected your life?
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Here are the trailers we’re talking about on this week’s all-new HO! 1st up – We’re the Millers: Jason Sudeikis stars as a drug dealer who pairs up with a stripper (Jennifer Anniston) and two lost teens to pose as a family and smuggle a LOT of drugs across the border. 2nd – Don Jon: Joseph Gordon-Levitt writes, directs and stars as a …
Read More »HO’s After Hours 2 – The HOrror
We're joined by Author Paul Cooley and talk all things horror on this special episode of After Hours.
Read More »Episode 94 – HO’s Trek Into Darkness
Our HO review of Star Trek Into Darkness and our topic this week: What are our favorite War movies?
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Here are the trailers for this week’s all-new HO – Episode 94. Europa Report, a sci-fi flick about surviving in space, and VHS 2…a sequel to the found footage flick from last year. Check them out… Europa Report VHS 2 Red Band Trailer
Read More »Weekend Box Office – Darkness Wins
Star Trek Into Darkness took #1 at the weekend box office, as expected. Unfortunately, its estimated $70 million opening was smaller than the previous film’s $79m opening in 2009. As the film officially opened on Thursday, some of that number was offset and in total, Trek 2 took in $84m since its Thursday …
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