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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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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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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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The Great Gatsby – A HO Film Review

            Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan Directed by: Baz Luhrman F. Scott Fitzgerald’s literary novel “The Great Gatsby”, one of the most well-known American literary works, has had several iterations on the stage and on the screen. Baz Luhrman’s most-recent film adaptation (to its credit) may not have quite the level of flourish …

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