Archive for March, 2011
Five Reasons I Really Like Anne Hathaway
by Locke Peterseim | March 31st, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, In My Humble Opinion, MoviesThe original title of this piece was “Five Reasons Anne Hathaway is my Imaginary Girlfriend,” but that just sounded weird and icky on multiple levels. Plus, I’m getting tired of the restraining orders. And the Taser-ings. And pepper spray. Anyway, this is kinda “Anne Hathaway Week” at redblog. (Though it’s always “Anne Hathaway Week” in [...]
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DVD Review: Fair Game
by Erika Olson | March 31st, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, MoviesDVD Review of Fair Game: If you can handle the shaky-cam sequences, you’ll be rewarded with a captivating inside look into the lives of outed CIA Operative Valerie Plame and her husband, outspoken diplomat Joe Wilson. All relationships require work. But imagine if you never knew where your spouse or significant other was — if [...]
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Interview: Insidious (and Saw) creators James Wan & Leigh Whannell
by Locke Peterseim | March 31st, 2011 | Filed under: Interviews, MoviesIn 2004, Australian film-school colleagues Leigh Whannell and James Wan made a small, disturbing thriller called Saw and launched what would become an $850-million, seven-film franchise. Now Wan and Whannell are back with a flat-out, old-fashioned, and (very) scary haunted-house movie: Insidious. Insidious is a delightful little horror film, full of creepiness and scares as well [...]
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Tuesday Threes: The Answer
by Locke Peterseim | March 30th, 2011 | Filed under: Quizzes, Contests & Polls, ThreesYou guys came roaring back for the return of The Threes! Thanks everyone for playing, and thanks to Sparky, Fiirvoen, and everyone else who clamored (clamored, I say!) all winter for bringing them back. So what film featured Jake Gyllenhaal (in the redbox kiosks this week in Love and Other Drugs and in theaters this [...]
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Yay, Nay or Maybe: Jennifer Garner as a New Miss Marple?
by Locke Peterseim | March 30th, 2011 | Filed under: News, Quizzes, Contests & PollsWith Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes having opened the studios’ doors for sexy re-imaginings of classic literary detectives, Disney has announced that Jennifer Garner will produce and star in a new film franchise featuring Agatha Christie’s beloved amateur sleuth Miss Marple. From 1927 to 1971, twelve of the legendary British mystery writer’s 80 crime novels and many of [...]
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Erika’s Favorite Songs from Les Miz
by Erika Olson | March 30th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Hum Along, In My Humble Opinion, Movie Lists, MoviesLast weekend I told my husband how excited I was that my favorite musical of all time, Les Misérables had a 25th Anniversary DVD out — a DVD that had made its way to redbox. His response? “I’ve never seen Les Miz.” WHAT?!?! How could this man be my husband? How could I have never [...]
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DVD Review: Love & Other Drugs
by Locke Peterseim | March 30th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, MoviesDVD Review: Love & Other Drugs may not get to all the ambitious places it tries to go, but with Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway in an all-out battle of the Big Sexy Eyes and the Devastating Smiles it’s easy to forgive the rom-com-satire-drama its shortcomings and go along for the ride. The following is a [...]
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DVD Review: Tangled
by Erika Olson | March 29th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, MoviesDVD Review of Tangled: Disney gives the Rapunzel fairy tale a twist in this fun — and funny — action-packed romp. The following is an edited reprint of redblog’s theatrical review of Tangled. Tangled is now available on DVD and Blu-ray at redbox. There are many iterations of the Rapunzel fairy tale, but all of [...]
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Harry and The Hangover
by Erika Olson | March 29th, 2011 | Filed under: MoviesThe first posters for two of Summer 2011′s most anticipated movies were released yesterday, and fans are going wild over them. Let’s just get right to it — here’s what we’ve got for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (out July 15… in 3D): While I think the “Hogwarts burning” poster for Part [...]
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What’s New at Redbox This Week?
by Erika Olson | March 29th, 2011 | Filed under: Movies, Redbox InsiderSeven new movies have arrived at redbox this week — and there are also two fan favorites back in kiosks! Tangled Rapunzel’s spent all of her life hidden away in a tower because of her magical mane. But when her “mom” sets off on a three-day journey, the feisty teenager decides to see for herself [...]
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