Movie Lists
Animals in Movies: Of Course They Can Talk!
by Erika Olson | October 13th, 2011 | Filed under: Movie Lists, Other BitsIn honor of Zookeeper‘s arrival at redbox this week, I thought it was time to revisit one of my favorite topics: animals in the movies. Well, not just any animals—talking animals. In the past I’ve covered the five ways creatures great and small are able to speak on the silver screen, so let’s see what [...]
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What’s New at Redbox This Week?
by Erika Olson | October 13th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Movie Lists, Movies, Redbox InsiderEleven new movies hit redbox kiosks earlier this week! To assist you in your movie-rental planning, here’s the scoop on all of the latest arrivals. Don’t say I never did nothin’ for ya! Zookeeper The Franklin Park Zoo animals adore their caretaker Griffin. But when Griffin decides the only way he’ll be able to get [...]
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10 Great Overlooked Movies: Fall Redbox Roundup
by Locke Peterseim | October 10th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Movie Lists, Movies, Weekly redbox PicksAs a film writer, you hear a lot of “They don’t make good movies anymore” or “I’ve seen all the big, new movies and I’m looking for something different.” As an antidote to that attitude and a nudge off the beaten path, regular redblog readers know that every few weeks I round up smaller, lesser-known, [...]
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What’s New at Redbox This Week?
by Erika Olson | October 4th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Movie Lists, Movies, Redbox InsiderTen new movies hit redbox kiosks today! (And a blockbuster will grace us with its presence on Thursday at midnight…) Here’s the story on the latest arrivals: Hanna Teenage Hanna has the strength, stamina, and smarts of a soldier. Raised in the Swedish wilderness by her father, a former CIA agent, she’s been groomed to [...]
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What’s New at Redbox This Week?
by Erika Olson | September 27th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Movie Lists, Movies, Redbox InsiderFive new movies, one acclaimed TV series, and three returning fan favorites hit redbox kiosks today! Here’s the story on the latest arrivals: American Loser I think the DVD cover says it all: Jeff is a BIG-TIME loser. A walking mess from the Upper East Side of Manhattan (that’s Gossip Girl territory!), he needs someone [...]
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Mirror, Mirror on the Screen: Hollywood’s Obsession with Grown-Up Fairy Tales
by Locke Peterseim | September 27th, 2011 | Filed under: Movie Lists, MoviesHollywood’s current love of classic fairy tales isn’t new—the movies have been all over them since Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937. But there’s no doubt we’re in the middle of a fresh fairy tale movie fad in which the stories are modernized or “grown up” (or at least adolescent-ized). – In the [...]
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Saturday Night Live Alums on the Big Screen
by Erika Olson | September 24th, 2011 | Filed under: Hollywood Chatter, In My Humble Opinion, Movie ListsThe 37th season of Saturday Night Live premieres tonight, featuring Radiohead (YES) and Alec Baldwin, who will finally be able to claim the Most Times Hosting throne from his Oscar co-host Steve Martin (who many people mistakenly think was a cast member at one time because he used to make such frequent guest appearances—anyone else [...]
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Fall 2011 Movie Preview
by Erika Olson | September 23rd, 2011 | Filed under: Movie Lists, NewsFall is officially upon us! In the movie biz, the next few months are also known as “Oscar season.” But that’s not to imply that every single film coming out before 2011 draws its final breath has Academy Award potential. Oh, no. As you’re about to see, there’s plenty of schlock on hand to balance [...]
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What’s New at Redbox This Week?
by Erika Olson | September 20th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Movie Lists, Movies, Redbox InsiderSix new movies and three returning fan favorites hit redbox kiosks today! Here’s the story on the latest arrivals: Win Win Both Locke and I agree: Win Win is one of 2011′s best films. It follows down-on-his-luck attorney Mike Flaherty, who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach while trying to make ends meet for [...]
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Locke’s Redbox Picks of the Week
by Locke Peterseim | September 19th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Movie Lists, Movies, Weekly redbox Picks(More British Than Usual) Recommended Smaller, Overlooked, or Underrated Movies in the Redbox Kiosks – Blitz Why wasn’t this very R-rated Jason Statham flick released in theaters? It wasn’t due to poor quality–it’s a decent enough crime thriller, and Statham–who plays a Dirty Harry type cop–provides a strong center as always. However, Blitz is a veddy British film–it [...]
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