Unless otherwise noted, these are reviews of Blu-ray copies and it goes without saying that Blu-ray picture and sound is a stunning improvement over standard DVD. In no particular order and with links to Amazon…. The Grey (Two-Disc Combo
1. THE 92-YEAR-OLD, WAR HERO FACE OF MOVIE PIRACY One of the world’s most prolific bootleggers of Hollywood DVDs loves his morning farina. He has spent eight years churning out hundreds of thousands of copies of “The Hangover,” “Gran Torino”
(AFP) The chairman of Walt Disney Studios Rich Ross resigned Friday, a month after the massive box office flop suffered by critically-panned sci-fi fantasy film “John Carter.” The 15-year Disney veteran made no reference to the movie — which lost
Juggernaut hit film “The Hunger Games” was the top earning movie for a third weekend in a row, scoring $33.5 million in theaters across North America, industry estimates showed Sunday. The movie blockbuster, which opened with a record $152.5 million
The domestic box office continues to explode, especially when compared to Hollywood’s awful 2011, but Julia Roberts did not benefit from the resurgence. Though she was out front in the advertising campaign for Relativity’s take on the Snow White tale,
(AP) Box Office Preview: ‘Hunger’ to take huge bite By PAUL DERGARABEDIAN For The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Lionsgate’s much-anticipated adaptation of the bestselling “Hunger Games” book series is about to unleash itself on a ravenous movie-going public. With massive
Susan Sarandon is a world-class actress who could use a beginner’s course on movie marketing. Sarandon, the ageless star of “Thelma & Louise,” “Dead Man Walking” and the new film “Jeff, Who Lives at Home,” is one of Hollywood’s most
Critically-panned fantasy adventure film “John Carter” is expected to lose $200 million for makers Disney, dragging its whole movie budget into the red, the studio said. Disney said it would take the huge operating loss on the movie, made by
DHD: Welcome to another weekend of strong box office. numbers for the #1 movie, Sony Pictures/MGM co-production’ 21 Jump Street, showed an opening of $13M Friday and $35M weekend from 3,121 theaters. “Great news for Jump Street as it keeps
HBO CEASES PRODUCTION ON ‘LUCK’ IN WAKE OF HORSE DEATHS For a high-profile series headlined by a star like Dustin Hoffman and produced by the likes of Michael Mann and David Milch, this is an awfully extreme and rash decision.
On this week’s HomeVideodrome podcast, Jim talks about the upcoming headache that is SXSW, Hunter reviews “John Carter,” and we run through this week’s considerable line-up of releases. Head over to The Film Thugs to listen! “The Three Musketeers” is a book
CLINT EASTWOOD’S FAMILY GETS E! REALITY SHOW TO HELP PROMOTE SOUTH AFRICAN BAND The only thing worse than celeb-reality narcissism is celeb-reality narcissism disguised as politically correct do-gooderism. Insufferable squared. GAY, JEWISH BLOGGER SUGGESTS: HOW ABOUT A TV SERIES TREATING
JASON SEGEL STARS AS SLACKER JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME Nothing will make me happier than with this trend of inane, lazy, slacker man-boy comedies come to an end. I can already see this movie and picture the gross-out stuff
Los Angeles Times: In what is certain to go down as one of the biggest box office flops of the year, the $250-million-plus “John Carter” debuted with a disappointing $30.6 million this weekend. Instead, last weekend’s No. 1 film, “Dr.
Via DHD: Universal’s $70M-budget holdover Dr Suess’ The Lorax is #1 and Disney’s $250M-budget 3D sci-fi epic John Carter will finish only #2. Friday’s box office numbers for director Andrew Stanton’s turkey came in even weaker than predicted. Now let’s
NEW ‘TERMINATOR’ FILM TO BE R-RATED That’s the ONLY news on ‘Terminator 5.’ Nothing else is really happening, just a tweet from the woman funding the film. This might be heresy, but I thought “Terminator 3” was damn good and
Didn’t we learn the dangers of genre mashups with “Cowboys & Aliens?” “John Carter,” the new wannabe franchise heading our way March 9, 2012, looks like another attempt to fuse multiple genres into one popcorn-pleasing adventure. The first trailer doesn’t
The first trailer was recently released for the upcoming adaptation of John Carter Of Mars. What followed across Internet boards was quite surprising. First, here’s a look at the trailer: —– The way the character jumps and moves around reminded
The Army honored a fallen hero of the Ft. Hood Jihad Massacre with a medal this week. Not, of course, that the Army describes the November 2009 attack in such meaningful terms. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan may have shouted
Politico: “Singling out political opponents for working against the ruling party is precisely the tactic of every tyrannical government from Red China to Venezuela,” said Texas Rep. John Carter, a member of the party’s elected leadership who has organized an