It’s our Summer Wrap-Up episode where we declare our favorite and least favorite things about this summers theatrical releases. We’ve also got spoiler-Free reviews of The Possession and 2016 Obama’s America; discussing upcoming releases including Finding Nemo 3D and Resident Evil: Retribution. As always, we also bring you the latest in movie & TV news (What are the Planet Thieves?; …
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Weekend Box Office Aug 31 – Sep 2
Labor Day Weekend is typically one of the slowest at the Box Office, but one film managed to buck the trend as The Possession took the #1 spot with $17.7 million according to studio estimates. The low-budget horror flick starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick as divorced parents of 2 young girls and 1 happens to get possessed by, …
Read More »New Releases: Labor Day Weekend
New Releases, as discussed in Ep 56: Lawless – Shia LaBeouf and Tom Hardy star as bootleggers in Prohibition-era Virginia, trying to get rich and stay alive. Currently at 65% positive ratings. Scott’s choice for Pick of the Weekend The Possession – ‘BASED on a true story’ Jefferey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick are parents who’s little daughter becomes obsessed with …
Read More »Episode 57 – Premium HO
An early review of V/H/S and also Premium Rush; look at upcoming releases The Words and The Cold Light of Day; trailers for HOw To Make Money Selling Drugs and Butter; and on our From the Outside In topic this week: we are talking about what makes a great surprise ending. As always, we also bring you the latest in …
Read More »Weekend Box Office Aug 24-26
Stallone’s old-men-0n-a-mission opus ‘The Expendables 2’ repeated #1 at the North American Box Office this weekend with $13.4 million, according to final numbers. That puts the film at $52.2m to date…about $12m behind the total of the 1st Expendables, but the 2nd weekend hold was roughly the same. Look for Expendables 2 to end up about $80m, or about 20% …
Read More »New Releases – Weekend Aug 24-26
Want to know what the new releases are this weekend? Well here you go: Premium Rush: Joseph Gordon-Levitt darts around town as a bike messenger trying to get a package delivered and also the hell away from villain Michael Shannon. Currently at 70% positive reviews. Very impressive for this kind of thriller. The Apparition: Ashley Green & Sebastian Stan star …
Read More »Episode 56 – Expendable HO’s
On The HO this week: We review The Expendables 2; look at upcoming releases including Lawless and The Possession; review a couple of listener requested items (yep, including Honey Boo Boo); and on our extended From the Outside In topic this week: we talk about some of our most anticipated shows of the new Fall TV season. As always, we …
Read More »RIP Tony Scott
We normally use Facebook and Twitter for any news items and keep the website strictly for the Podcast, but Tony Scott is a director that receives very little credit for his works. Scott is the lesser known of the Scott brothers, Ridley is the big fish, but Scott has had a strong career of his own. Top Gun, Beverly Hills …
Read More »Weekend Box Office Aug 17-19
The Expendables 2 opened to $28.5m this weekend, according to final numbers. While that’s a good opening, it’s weaker than the original film…most attribute that to the novelty wore out as well as a very crowded slate of flicks. That said, the Cinemascore’s for the sequel are much higher than they were for the original, and word-of-mouth as well as critics …
Read More »Episode 55 – Hit and Run HO’s
Reviews of Hit and Run, The Bourne Legacy and The Campaign; discussing upcoming releases including The Apparition and Premium Rush; new trailers for Trouble With the Curve and Red Dawn; our From the Outsider In topic this week: what characters from other film series’ would we like to spun off into their own film. As always, we also bring you …
Read More »Weekend Box Office Aug 10-12
Jeremy Renner’s assuming the lead in The Bourne Legacy from franchise stablemate Matt Damon, seems to have started off strong…with an estimated $38.1 million opening this weekend. Industry experts predicted a much higher opening, but this film is a reboot and a spin-off, it has more in common with Casino Royale than it does a Bourne sequel. We’ll have our review …
Read More »Episode 54 – HOtal Recall
Spoiler-free review of Total Recall and the new to home video: ATM; discussing upcoming releases including The Expendables 2 and Sparkle; new trailers for Zero Dark Thirty and Silent Hill Revelation 3D; our From the Outsider In topic this week: a listener suggested topic on video game films. As always, we also bring you the latest in movie & TV news …
Read More »Weekend Box Office – Aug 3-5
The Dark Knight Rises held the #1 slot for the 3rd week in a row. Christopher Nolan’s conclusion to his epic Dark Knight trilogy is holding strong and will have no problem breezing past $400 million domestic, and has already cleared $730 million worldwide. The film has done well enough that you can rest assured someone, somewhere, is writing a new …
Read More »Episode 53 – HO Watch
We’re reviewing The Watch and Moonrise Kingdom; discussing upcoming releases including The Bourne Legacy and The Campaign; new trailers for Paranormal Activity 4, Skyfall and Cloud Atlas; our From the Outsider In topic this week: a listener suggested topic on the recent run of remakes and reboots. As always, we also bring you the latest in movie & TV news …
Read More »Episode 52 – The HO Rises
Our spoiler-free review of The Dark Knight Rises; discussing upcoming releases Total Recall and Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days; a new trailer for Man of Steel; our From the Outsider In topic this week: Our Top Films We Wish We Could Watch New Again. As always, we also bring you the latest in movie & TV news (The …
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