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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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Star Trek Into Darkness – A HO Film Review

Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch Directed by JJ Abrams Imagine that Star Trek is a car. You’ve had it for years, taken more than a few road trips in it, had a little innocent fun in the backseat, and it’s rarely if ever let you down. Oh, sure, occasionally a tire would go flat or the engine would …

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Episode 93 – The Great HOsby

Reviews of The Great Gatsby and Mud; we’re talk about upcoming releases Fast and Furious 6, Hangover 3 and Epic; trailers for Riddick, Stalingrad and Captain Phillips; Our From the Outside In topic this week – Reboots: Which we like, which we didn’t and what needs to get a reboot now! Direct Play / Download – Click HERE

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Episode 93 Trailers

Here are the trailers we’re talking about on the next, all-new HO! First up – Vin is back in a sequel to Chronicles, but more akin to Pitch Black in RIDDICK. Next, Tom Hanks takes on pirates trying to take over his freighter and we look at our first foreign trailer – Stalingrad, a stunningly shot film focusing on the …

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Weekend Box Office – Gatsby Pretty Good

          Leonardo DiCaprio proved once again that he is unsinkable in a period piece as his latest, ‘The Great Gatsby’, surprised everyone by raking in $51.1 million over Mother’s Day weekend, according to studio estimates.  Despite very mixed reviews, Baz Luhrman’s lyrical adaptation came close to stealing away the #1 spot from Marvel.  Not bad for a …

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Episode 92 Trailers

Here are the trailers we are talking about for the next, all-new HO – Ender’s Game – An adaptation of the famous book about one boy entrusted to save the universe.  And The World’s End – Simon Pegg reunites with Edgar Wright for another twisted take on genre flicks. Ender’s Game The World’s End

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