This Week: Kevin wraps up his celebrity death eulogies with memories of John Heard and June Foray. Later, after looking at some new trailers, he reviews The Emoji Movie, Atomic Blonde, A Ghost Story and Landline. Finally, he answers a couple listener questions, takes a look at the box office and then offers a look at the new Slither Blu-ray in the Home Cinema Round-Up.
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A GHOST STORYJuly 28, 2017
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Casey Affleck as C
Rooney Mara as M
Studio: A24
Directed by: David Lowery
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PAN
(PG)
MOVIE: ***1/2 (out of 5)
BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: *** (out of 5)
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Hugh Jackman as BLACKBEARD
Levi Miller as PETER
Garrett Hedlund as HOOK
Rooney Mara as TIGER LILY
Adeel Akhtar as SAM SMIEGEL
Nonso Anozie as BISHOP
Amanda Seyfried as MARY
Studio: Warner Bros.
Directed by: Joe Wright
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This Week: Kevin kicks off the Christmas season with a bright and shiny review of the new horror film Krampus. Of course, he first lays into the early award season choice of Mad Max: Fury Road as the best film of the year, then unleashes his Doomsday-like cynicism over the new Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer. Other reviews for the week include The Letters, Brooklyn and Carol. Finally, Kevin answers another listener voicemail before offering some home cinema selections, including a post-Turkey Day visit to the Satellite of Love.
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Rated R
Opens: January 10, 2014
Studio: Warner Bros.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson
Directed by: Spike Jonze
Kevin says Her ROCKS!
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SIDE EFFECTSFebruary 8, 2013
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Rooney Mara as EMILY TAYLOR
Channing Tatum as MARTIN TAYLOR
Jude Law as DR. JONATHAN BANKS
Catherine Zeta-Jones as DR. VICTORIA SIEBERT
Studio: Open Road
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
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Rated R
Opens: February 8, 2013
Studio: Open Road
Starring: Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Vinessa Shaw
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Kevin says Side Effects kinda rocks!
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This Week: Kevin comes off the weekend’s Superthon to talk movies once again with Kristin Dreyer Kramer. They chat about the new movies of the week: Side Effects and Identity Thief. They also chew through some more Star Wars news… again. For a fun distraction, they also review Rex Reed’s review of Identity Thief (or rather Reed’s caustic review of Melissa McCarthy’s body shape). Kevin also reviews the Superman cocktail and threatens to make it for Kristin when he shows her The Star Wars Holiday Special.
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This Week: Preparing for the long Christmas weekend, Kevin invites fellow critic and live-tweeter Mel Valentin into the Magical Studio in the Sky for an early episode. Together, they look at the 586 new releases this holiday week, including The Adventures of Tintin, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and War Horse. They also take a quick look at some of the award films in limited release before talking box office, examine the latest The Dark Knight Rises and The Hobbit trailers and answer some long-overdue listener feedback. After laying out a Fat Guy Five about English-language remakes, Kevin and Mel whip through the DVD Rundown and then sail away into the sunset.
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THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOODecember 20, 2011
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Daniel Craig as MIKAEL BLOMKVIST
Rooney Mara as LISBETH SALANDER
Christopher Plummer as HENRIK VANGER
Stellan Skarsgård as MARTIN VANGER
Robin Wright as ERIKA BERGER
Joely Richardson as ANITA VANGER
Directed by: David Fincher
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Rated R
Opens: December 20, 2011
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Starring: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Robin Wright and Stellan Skarsgård
Directed by: David Fincher
Kevin says The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ROCKS!
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A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
(R)
MOVIE: **1/2 (out of 5)
BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: **** (out of 5)
THE SOCIAL NETWORKOctober 1, 2010
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Jesse Eisenberg as MARK ZUCKERBERG
Justin Timberlake as SEAN PARKER
Andrew Garfield as EDUARDO SAVERIN
Brenda Song as CHRISTY LEE
Rooney Mara as ERICA ALBRIGHT
Joseph Mazzello as DUSTIN MOSKOVITZ
Armie Hammer as CAMERON/TYLER WINKLEVOSS
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Directed by: David Fincher
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Rated PG-13
Opens: October 1, 2010
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Joseph Mazzello and Rooney Mara
Directed by: David Fincher
Kevin says The Social Network kinda sucks!
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Rated R
Opens: April 30, 2010
Studio: New Line Cinema
Starring: Jackie Earle Haley, Rooney Mara, Kyle Gallner, Katie Cassidy and Lia D. Mortensen
Directed by: Samuel Bayer
Kevin says A Nightmare on Elm Street kinda rocks!
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