No reviews this week as we talk about the eagerly anticipated holiday releases Jack Reacher, The Guilt Trip, This Is 40 and Monsters, Inc 3D; Brian’s Trailer Park looks at Oblivion, After Earth and Man of Steel; and our From the Outside In topic this week: Christmas movies with ridiculous twists, favorite Christmas TV episodes and more on a brand …

Reviews of The Collection and The Bay; talk about the eagerly anticipated release The HObbit; Brian’s Trailer Park looks at The Mortal Instruments and Black Rock; and our From the Outside In topic this week: Is the Modern Movie Star Dead? – All this and more on a brand new HO! As always, we also bring you the latest in …

The weekend after Thanksgiving weekend rarely offers up any surprises…and this was no exception.  Not even the mighty Brad Pitt could make a dent in the Box Office and people essentially saw the same few movies they saw on Overindulgence Weekend.  Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 took #1 for the 3rd week in a row with $17.4 million for a $254m …

FOR ONE-NIGHT ONLY, GRAB YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS AND COME OUT TO SEE THE GRISWOLD’S BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN! Tuesday, Dec. 11th—7:30 PM AMC Showplace 14—Machesney Park, IL Tis the season for laughs and what better way to laugh than this special screening of the yuletide classic ‘Christmas Vacation’?! Clark, Uncle Eddie, they’re all here and back on the …

Reviews of Red Dawn and Life of Pi; discussing upcoming films Deadfall and Playing For Keeps; Brian’s Trailer Park looks at Dark Skies and Snitch; and our From the Outside In topic this week: What Christmas Movies, TV Specials or Traditions Do We Just Not Understand – A lot of fun this week on a brand new HO! As always, …

The Thanksgiving weekend is usually one of the biggest at theaters of the year, and 2012 was no different.  With several strong openings and 3 very strong carryovers, this year was over $200 million at the box office. Repeating at #1 was Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 with $43.6m for a $227m total thus far.  Look for saga’s conclusion to bite …

Reviews of Hitchcock, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2 and Lincoln; discussing upcoming films The Collection and Killing Me Softly; trailer talk on The Heat, Now You See Me and the listener suggested Warm Bodies; and our From the Outside In topic this week: What are some of the most ridiculous plot twists in action movies? – All this and more …

Your browser does not support the audio element. On this special episode of The HO Podcast, we are solely discussing Skyfall, James Bond’s newest film, the directions it takes and how it stacks up to the rest of Bond. Also, in celebration of Bond’s 50 years on the big screen, we share some of our picks for best gadget, girl, …

As it should come as a surprise to absolutely no one, Twilight Breaking Down: Part 2 sucked the life out of the box office with $141 million for the weekend, and $340m worldwide.  As the concluding chapter in the Twilight ‘Saga’, the film is seen as the end to this franchise, but they are already working on some new version …

Your browser does not support the audio element. Our spoiler-free review of Skyfall; discussing upcoming films Life of PI, Rise of the Guardians and Red Dawn; trailer talk on The Host and World War Z; and our From the Outside In topic this week: What Hollywood Has-Been Deserves Another Shot? – All this and more on this week’s HO! As …

Well, James Bond is alive and well and still kicking the crap out of pretty much everyone.  Skyfall opened to the biggest Bond debut EVER!  Somewhere Pierce Brosnan just kicked a white cat down some steps.  Daniel Craig’s 3rd foray into the world of MI6 opened to $87.8 million, according to studio estimates.  That brings the latest Bond to over …

Your browser does not support the audio element. This week, upcoming films Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 and Silver Linings Playbook are on the table; we review Wreck-It Ralph and Man with the Iron Fists; new trailers for Side Effects and Despicable Me 2; and our From the Outside In topic this week: What franchises we would like to see …

Well, Wreck-It Ralph destroyed the competition with a $49 million opening and a CinemaScore rating of A.  Seeing that it’s a family film, and one of the biggest of the holiday season, expect Ralph to be knocking it down for some time. A HUGE surprise was Flight.  Opening in less than 1900 theaters, Flight actually had a higher per screen …

We’re talking about the upcoming Bond flick Skyfall and Lincoln; a spoiler-free review of Cloud Atlas; new trailers for Safe Haven and Quartet; and our From the Outside In topic this week: What we think the Disney purchase of Lucas films really means. As always, we also bring you the latest in movie & TV news (Spider-Man, Captain America and …

Aaron popped over and did an interview guest spot on Destination Asphyxiation, another podcast found in the interwebs hosted by Tom Bevis.  The talk about the HO itself, behind the scenes, why Brian and Justin torture him every week and most importantly: Movies.  So check it out at Destination Asphyxiation! http://destasph.com/2012/10/ep-9-part-one-the-magnificent-movie-hour-with-aaron-peterson/