This Week: Kevin starts things off with a tribute to Norm MacDonald, then talks a bit about box office from last week and what the future might look like. Then he looks at new trailers for Hawkeye and Ron’s Gone Wrong. Later, he reviews Cry Macho, CopShop, Blue Bayou and The Nowhere Inn before launching into the Home-Cinema Round-Up with a spotlight on Kolchak: The Night Stalker.
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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: The Theory of Everything, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, St. Vincent, Birdman and The Interview
Stinker of the week: Dying of the Light
Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 02/17/15
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The releases of 2014 have been a rocky road. When many of them were announced, they were like a kindergarten class of inspiring kids with plenty of ambition and potential. However, as the films matured to release date, we were left in a sea of mediocrity. Films that could have been fantastic blockbusters – like “Godzilla,” “Maleficent” and “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” – were fraught with problems, making them forgettable at best. Even the end-of-the-year award slate offerings – including “Big Eyes,” “Into the Woods” and “Unbroken” – had such promise but ended up being uninspiring.
Still, in the batch of releases throughout the years, there were some stellar movies to highlight. Like my best-of lists of previous years, I demonstrate my soft spot for animation, and I am happy to see a nice mixture of award-bait movies and blockbuster tent-poles, and even a few lesser-known films that missed out on others’ lists. Anyway, on to my ten favorite of 2014…
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This Week: As Halloween swings into full gear, Kevin goes to war with men, women & children. He also goes to war against internet movie news journalism and non-news being reported about comic book movies. After sampling some trailers, he rolls into the reviews, covering The Book of Life, The Best of Me, Fury, Men Women & Children and St. Vincent. Finally, he works himself up over the box office and DVDs before checking out for his weekend at the 24-hour horror movie marathon! Boo!
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