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Box Office Report: ‘The Avengers’ Sunk Peter Berg’s ‘Battleship’

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Before I recount the gory details of Battleship‘s disastrous opening weekend, it behooves me to let you know yet again that The Avengers won the weekend. I adore The Avengers, but it has made so much money so fast that we are just about … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays: ‘The Steel Helmet’

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

Samuel Fuller’s The Steel Helmet (1951) is one of the most honest, unflinching, in your face war films ever made. Set during the opening stages of the Korean War, the film follows a small squad of Americans who face off … Continue reading →

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Box Office Report: ‘The Avengers’ Still Reigns as Undisputed King of the Box Office

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

In its second weekend in release The Avengers brought in over $100 Million bucks. I will write that again for effect. In its second weekend in release The Avengers brought in over $100 Million bucks! That absurd second weekend haul obliterates … Continue reading →

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As If There Were a Doubt, ‘Avengers’ Sequel Is On The Way

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Matt Raub

Skimming close to a billion dollars worldwide after a mere 14 days, Marvel, Disney and Paramount are proving that you can indeed make a movie mashup with other characters and pull it off. With that in mind, and that massive … Continue reading →

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Red Band Trailer for ‘The Watch’ Gives Us Vulgar Alien Antics

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Matt Raub

While Marvel may be raking it in and giving every other alien invasion movie a run for their money, Fox is definitely turning the genre on his head by way of Jonah Hill, Ben Stiller, & Vince Vaughn in the … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘The Punisher’

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

In salute of this weekend’s debut of Marvel Comic’s The Avengers, it’s time to rediscover another Marvel character who’s had three different film versions and hopefully one of these days, they’ll get it right. Dolph Lundgren stars in the first … Continue reading →

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Box Office Report: Hilariously Huge Numbers this Weekend for ‘The Avengers’

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Normally this is a report about the top 10 in the weekends Box Office, a celebration of the entire spectrum of the week’s best performing movies. That will not be the case this week as The Avengers just demolished even the … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘The Avengers’

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Nat Almirall

I feel bad being so late to this movie—granted this is the opening day, but it seems that for the past two weeks, everyone in the world has seen it already. And so, for the past two weeks, everyone’s been … Continue reading →