Tag: oldboy

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Collection: January 2024 Physical Media Recap

The new year started slow for physical media, with the release schedule remaining relatively light. Some of the brand new films on physical media included 2023’s “The Holdovers,” which ended up with five Academy Award nominations, “The Marsh King’s Daughter,” starring Daisy Ridley and Ben Mendelsohn, and “Trolls Band Together,” with a “Sing-Along Edition.” The Christmas film Like most Lionsgate Steelbook releases, “Silent Night” … Read More Collection: January 2024 Physical Media Recap

Tuesday Releases: Suitable Flesh

BLU-RAY: $14.98DVD: $12.96 SUITABLE FLESH RLJ Entertainment | 2023 | 100 min | Not RatedDirected by Joe Lynch Psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby becomes obsessed with helping a young patient suffering extreme personality disorder. But it leads her into dark occult danger as she tries to escape a horrific fate. Based on a Story by H.P. Lovecraft. SPECIAL FEATURES BLU-RAY BACK DVD RELEASE 4K ULTRA HD … Read More Tuesday Releases: Suitable Flesh

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Weekend Box Office: “Blue Beetle” Squeezes “Barbie” From Top Spot With One of Losest DC Universe Opens Ever; “Strays” Doesn’t Even Scratch the Surface of Low-End Projections

August 18-20, 2023 1) Blue Beetle $25,030,225 Budget: $125 millionDomestic Gross: $25,030,225 WEEK1ST LAST WEEK—— 2) Barbie $21,030,328 Budget: $145 millionDomestic Gross: $566,813,193 WEEK5TH LAST WEEK#1 3) Oppenheimer $10,725,510 Budget: $100 millionDomestic Gross: $285,357,245 WEEK5TH LAST WEEK#2 4) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem $8,538,765 Budget: $70 millionDomestic Gross: $88,243,852 WEEK3RD LAST WEEK#3 5) Strays $8,247,810 Budget: $46 millionDomestic Gross: $8,247,810 WEEK1ST LAST WEEK—— … Read More Weekend Box Office: “Blue Beetle” Squeezes “Barbie” From Top Spot With One of Losest DC Universe Opens Ever; “Strays” Doesn’t Even Scratch the Surface of Low-End Projections

Friday Releases: Blue Beetle & Strays

AUGUST 18, 2023 <Click film’s poster to see info/trailer> Blue Beetle Directed By: Angel Manuel SotoStudio: Warner Bros. Pictures Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of … Read More Friday Releases: Blue Beetle & Strays

Stream Guide: The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs & Red Sparrow (November 16th, 2018)

THE FRIGHTENERS Original Release Date: July 19, 1996Directed by: Peter JacksonStudio: Universal PicturesStreaming: Starz Official Synopsis: After a tragic car accident kills his wife, a man discovers he can communicate with the dead to con people. However, when a demonic spirit appears, he may be the only one who can stop it from killing the living and the dead. Starring: Michael J. Fox, Trini … Read More Stream Guide: The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs & Red Sparrow (November 16th, 2018)

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Stream Guide: Stranger Things: Season Two & Free Fire

When I was a teenager, the video rental store that I frequented would often give away the used movie posters they had and loving movies as much as I did, I would take them no matter what they were. My walls were covered with posters for movies that I mostly hadn’t seen, including “Jawbreaker” and one of the movies on my list this week, … Read More Stream Guide: Stranger Things: Season Two & Free Fire

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Tuesday Releases: 12 Years A Slave & The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

MARCH 4TH, 2014 12 YEARS A SLAVE // There’s no getting around it, “12 Years A Slave” is an intense journey of a free man who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the 1800s. Directed by the ever incredible Steve McQueen (“Hunger”, “Shame”), the film has a rich, emotional foundation that McQueen thrives in, with lingering close-ups and uncomfortably long takes, the cinematography … Read More Tuesday Releases: 12 Years A Slave & The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Quick Review: Oldboy (2013)

OLDBOY (2013) BY CHRISTOPHER HASKELLNOVEMBER 30, 2013 Nowhere near the masterpiece that is Park Chan-wook’s “Oldboy,” Spike Lee gives an admirable attempt at bringing the 2003 cult classic to life in American cinemas. Josh Brolin embodies the drunken misogynist, Joe Doucett that we eventually root for after he’s framed for his ex-wife’s murder and imprisoned by an unknown person for 20 years. However, his … Read More Quick Review: Oldboy (2013)

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Theatrical Releases: Frozen & Oldboy

On one hand you have Jennifer Hudson, Forrest Whittaker, and Tyrese Gibson. On the other hand, you have an all African American cast in a “musical event” titled “Black Nativity”. Christmas films aren’t really packing a punch this year and with a Madea Christmas film just around the corner, things aren’t looking up. PASS Entering the annals of the Disney collection, “Frozen” takes the … Read More Theatrical Releases: Frozen & Oldboy

Movie Review: Oldboy (2004)

OLDBOY BY CHRISTOPHER HASKELLAPRIL 25, 2013 One of the most potent foreign films I’ve ever encountered, “Oldboy” is an epic story without the unneeded glitz and glamour of a Hollywood blockbuster. Park Chan-Wook tests the viewers’ endurance, putting his main character, Dae-Su, through challenges while touching on thick and heavy emotions that translate perfectly to the spectator. The epic feeling is achieved through masterful … Read More Movie Review: Oldboy (2004)