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DVD/Blu-ray Breakdown: January 18, 2011

Mike Eisenberg — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:04:04 +0000

This week’s DVDs and Blu-rays are thin in number, but varied in taste. No major blockbusters hit home video this week, but there is one movie and one television show that should easily make their way into collections everywhere.

Look for one of Ryan Reynolds’ most daring performances in the claustrophobic thriller Buried. Meanwhile, Timothy Olyphant starred as one of television’s best new characters, Raylan Givens, in the first season of Justified.

The following titles can now be found on DVD and Blu-ray.

NEW RELEASES

Buried – Ryan Reynolds starred in a film that took quite a risk by pinning the actor in a coffin for the entirety of the movie. The story is relentless and stays inside the coffin the entire ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: September 26, 2010

Niall Browne — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:26:34 +0000

This week:

The box office never sleeps as Wall Street 2 makes bank; Emma Stone might be moving to Jump Street; Del Toro talks casting At the Mountains of Madness; J.J. Abrams gets sent to Alcatraz; Charlize Theron has Two Staring Eyes; Anthony Peckham helps Chris Pine know Jack; X marks the spot for James McAvoy; Chloe Moretz is Strange and lots more.Box Office

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (read our review) captured the top spot at the box office and banked $19 million worth of coin over the weekend. Michael Douglas stars with Oliver Stone directing the fiscal film which has an impressive supporting cast including Shia LaBeouf and Josh Brolin.

Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (read our review) should fly into second with a weekend take of $16.1 million. ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: September 19, 2010

Niall Browne — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:49:56 +0000

This week:

Ben Affleck is the man about Town; Shawn Levy is the Deadliest Warrior; Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion spreads; Sony Pictures is Insidious; Ron Perlman gets ready to Drive; Al Capone goes to Cicero; Harrelson, Foster, Cube, Buscemi, Heche, Nixon, Weaver and Wright visit Rampart; and more.

Box Office

Ben Affleck is back! The Oscar-winning star has topped the box office with The Town. The film, which he directed, starred, and co-wrote, brought in an estimated $23.6 million over the weekend. Affleck has had quite a decade, after his breakout hit Good Will Hunting alongside pal Matt Damon, he went on to star in a string of hits (and misses), headlining quite a few big budget action films. However, his relationship with Jennifer Lopez caused a tabloid frenzy, leading to over-exposure in the media – leading Affleck to shun the limelight in favor of supporting roles in smaller pictures. He made ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: September 12, 2010

Niall Browne — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 18:11:13 +0000

This week:

There’s life in the Resident Evil franchise as its 3D fourth installment debuts at #1; Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna join Will Ferrell in Casa de mi padre; it looks like NBC doesn’t need any more Heroes; Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life gets planted next year; Joel McHale marries Jessica Alba in Spy Kids; Christina Hendricks rides shotgun with Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan in Drive; Malin Akerman visits The Numbers Station with Ethan Hawke; Michael and Dwayne Johnson take a journey to The Mysterious Island - and more.

Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D (read our review here) has managed to debut at the top of box office this weekend, giving the action/horror franchise its strongest start ever – although this was due to the increased ticket prices for this 3D shot installment. The Paul W.S. Anderson directed film grabbed an estimated $28 million from ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: September 5, 2010

Niall Browne — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:36:48 +0000

This week:

George Clooney’s The American out-guns Machete; Olivia Thirlby joins Karl Urban in Judge Dredd; Tom Hardy replaces Michael Fassbender in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Bob Hoskins, Jason Flemying, Talulah Riley and Willem Dafoe get a Transmission; Jamie Bell joins Sam Worthington On A Ledge; Liam Neeson re-teams with Joe Carnahan for The Grey and Darren Aronofsky talks RoboCop in 3D and more.

Box Office

George Clooney once again proved his movie star credentials by out grossing every other film in the top ten. The American should take in an estimated $16.5 million over the four day holiday weekend, giving the hit-man drama a total gross of $20 million. The film has received positive reviews (read Screen Rant’s here) but the marketing for the film is off the mark – The American is quite different than the film the ads appear to be selling. Will the movie have legs ...

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: August 29th, 2010

Niall Browne — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:59:06 +0000

This week:

The box office gets Exorcised and there are quite few Takers for Avatar: Special Edition; What happens when you mix A Clockwork Orange with The Dark Knight: Psychopomp; Angry Birds: The Movie; the surfs up for Sam Worthington as he lets his career Drift; Jim Carrey ppppp picks up a Penguin; Carey Mulligan goes for a Drive with Ryan Gosling and more.

Box Office

It was all change at the box office over the weekend as Takers captured the top spot. The crime thriller which stars a slew of familiar faces like Hayden Christensen, Chris Brown and Matt Dillon grabbed $20.5 million worth of moviegoer’s cash in its unexpectedly successful debut.

The Last Exorcism swooped into the number two position over the three days. The Eli Roth produced frightener scared ...

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‘Takers’ Review

Sandy Schaefer — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:34:20 +0000

Screen Rant’s Sandy Schaefer reviews Takers

Have you ever known a suit-wearing hipster that enjoys boasting loudly about how totally awesome he is and imagines himself to be a trendsetter – when really, there is absolutely nothing original about the way he dresses or how he talks? If that guy were a movie, he would be Takers.

Every cliché plot element, stock character, and bit of visual flair that has ever reared its overused head in an action movie or heist film shows up in Takers, with one exception – no one in the movie gets to throw their head back in despair and scream “NO!” Honestly, it’s kind of disappointing that director John Luessenhop did not go for the gusto and include that one as well.

Savvy criminals are always the main characters in ...

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Underworld 4, Priest & More Release Dates Changed

Ross Miller — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:42:56 +0000

Sony Screen Gems and Universal have recently announced a few changes-ups in their upcoming release schedules, some are highly anticipated movies while others are ones you may not have heard of. Also, there’s a couple of 3D news pieces in there related to the changed release dates. Read on for all the details.

Boxofficemojo has the listings of all the changed release dates over at Sony Screen Gems (special thanks to Collider for bringing them all together). First off, one of the biggest movies on the list, Underworld 4, has been pushed back from January 21st, 2011 to September 23rd, 2011 and despite previous reports it will NOT be done in 3D (I wonder why they’re pushing it back so far then).

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New Posters: Where The Wild Things Are, Michael Jackson & More!

Rob Keyes — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:26:24 +0000

Happy Friday everyone! Today we have gathered the latest posters to come out for this week’s poster round-up.

Screen Rant’s wall this week now includes one-sheets for The Box, Pandorum, Growl, Takers, Red Cliff, The Shrine, District 9 and Michael Jackson’s This is It.

In addition to those, we also have four great character banners for Where the Wild Things Are and and as a bonus, a photo for The Twilight Saga’s New Moon.

Let’s get to it…

To start this week’s set, here’s the brand new French poster for the Cameron Diaz-starrer, The Box. The film is a horror-thriller which also stars the strong talents of James Marsden (X-Men trilogy) and Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon).

Here’s the official synopsis:

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, ...

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First Official Trailer For ‘Takers’

Rob Keyes — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:15:49 +0000

Yesterday, we got our first look at the upcoming action-filled crime drama, Takers, through Coming Soon’s exclusive first look at the poster and today we have the first official trailer.

Takers is directed by John Luessenhop and features a cast full of recognizable talent including Hayden Christensen, Paul Walker, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba, Matt Dillon, Jay Hernandez, Chris Brown, Michael Ealy and Tip “T.I.” Harris.

Continue after the jump to watch the trailer.

The poster that found its way online courtesy of Coming Soon is poorly done and looks overly photoshopped. You can take a quick look here and click the image for the high-res version to really see what I mean.

Fortunately, the trailer for the movie is ...

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