Tag Archives: box office

                Michael Bay conquered the box office yet again with his bodybuilders turned kidnapping entrepreneurs flick Pain and Gain, as the film launched with $20 million according to studio estimates.  Bay is no stranger to #1, as only The Island hasn’t hit it for him, and the combination of

Our review of Oblivion and our topic this week: Memorable Jump the Shark moments.

              Tom Cruise gunned his way to the top with Oblivion, his biggest opener since 2005 (outside of Mission Impossible films).  According to studio estimates, Oblivion swept up about $38 million this weekend and gave Cruise a much-needed megahit.  His star has taken a hit the last few years, starting with his crazy couch bouncing, but …

We're reviewing 42 and A Place Beyond the Pines; discussing upcoming releases Pain and Gain, Mud, and a listener asks us what crimes we would commit for the Purge and we discuss Bad Movies We Love.

Here are the trailers we’re talking about on this week’s all-new HO! First up is a more detailed look at the newest Man of Steel, and also – We now have a Hunger Games Catching Fire trailer…check them out: Man of Steel Catching Fire

              Jackie Robinson scores again, as the film based on his life story, ‘42‘, scored at the box office with a huge #1 opening of $27.2 million according to studio estimates, the largest opening for any baseball themed film.  Relative unknown Chadwick Boseman took the plate (I’ve got a million of ’em) to take on the almost immortal …

            Out this weekend are 4 new films, as we discussed in Episode 87 to more detail, here they are: 42 – Jackie Robinson was the baseball player who changed how races played sports…as well as America.  Truly a remarkable story and the film is getting generally positive reviews. And it has Harrison Ford being …

          We’re reviewing Evil Dead, Erased and Jurassic Park 3D; discussing upcoming releases Oblivion and Lords of Salem; trailers for Elysium and Carrie; Our From the Outside In topic this week: Horror Films – What’s Really Scary, and What Is Going Too Far? As always, we also talk about the latest in movie and TV news

We’re prepping this week’s show, and once again we’ll talk about 2 of the newest trailers to hit this week. This show, we’re talking about Carrie – the remake of the Stephen King classic starring Chloe Moretz and Julianne Moore.  This version apparently adheres to the doomsday ending of the book.  2nd we have Elysium, District 9 director Neil Blomkamp’s …