The Hollywood Outsider

The Hollywood Outsider is the award-winning film and television podcast with news, reviews, interviews, and relevant weekly topics. In a world stuffed to the brim with narrow-sighted critics and judgmental film enthusiasts, we offer content for film lovers of ALL genres. From Steven Spielberg to Michael Bay to Wes Anderson to the independent filmmaker you have yet to know by name, The Hollywood Outsider is determined to give them all their fair shake. We hope you enjoy our podcasts and reviews as much as we enjoy creating them.

Weekend Box Office Sep 21-23

You know it’s an interesting weekend at the box office when estimates are in and #1 could’ve really be one of 3 different movies – House at the End of the Street and End of Watch are BOTH claimed a $13 million weekend, while Trouble with the Curve is claimed $12.7m.  Well final numbers are  in and End of Watch won …

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New Releases 9/21

This weekend’s new releases: Dredd 3D – Karl Urban takes the helmet from Stallone as a futuristic lawman who takes the law into his own hands. We all thought it looked goofy, but reviews have been great and are currently at 79% positive. End of Watch – Cops on a beat filmed documentary style get into tiffs with gang members. …

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Episode 60 – Resident HO

It’s Ep 60 and this show is packed! Reviews of Resident Evil: Retribution, Finding Nemo 3D and The Tall Man.  Also, talking about the upcoming releases Looper, Won’t Back Down and Hotel Transylvania as well as trailers for Lincoln and Texas Chainsaw 3D. Our From the Outsider In topic this week: a listener suggested topic on seasonal or annual films …

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Episode 60 Trailers

Hey guys! Getting ready to record the new show and, as always, we’ve got a couple trailers we’re talking about.  This week, we’re picking two drastically different films: one about the viciousness of some people in America that supposedly shows the the 16th President’s true story (since NOW they don’t want us to believe he killed vampires) in the Oscar bait – Lincoln…and …

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Blu Ray / DVD New Releases

Newly out on Blu Ray / DVD: The Cabin in the Woods: 5 friends go to a remote cabin for a little getaway, when everything goes awful.  If you think you’ve seen this story a thousand times before, this time you’d be way off.  Avengers’ Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard come together to give you something new. All 4 of …

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Weekend Box Office Sep 14-16

Milla Jovovich has saved the world AND the box office, all in one fail swoop.  Thanks to her flagship franchise, Resident Evil: Retribution opened to an estimated $21 million and a CinemaScore rating of C+, which is about average for the series.  That’s a little lower than the last couple films in the franchise, but it’s still a solid start and apparently …

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Episode 59 – Feminist HO’s

Your browser does not support the audio element. This week on the HO, we’re looking at upcoming releases Dredd, Trouble With the Curve, End of Watch and House At the End of the Street; new trailers The Bay and Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2; and on an extended From the Outside In topic this week: Feminism in Films Today. As …

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Box Office Weekend Sep 7-9

The worst weekend at the box office since 2008.  WOW.  That just sucks.  Honestly, where we normally go into this film and that film, not this weekend.  Obviously you didn’t care, so why should we, ha.  Suffice it to say, The Words opened awfully with only $5m and The Cold Light of Day opened in 12th with $1.8m.  The best …

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