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A MIDSUMMER STUDIO’S REPORT CARD: Disney

> With a summer movie season bracketed by the first weekend in May on one end, and Labor Day on the other, we’ve reached the midpoint of 2011’s array of blockbusters, and for the next week, here at SHOWBUZZDAILY, we...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Total Recall”

TOTAL RECALL: Watch It At Home – Unmemorable TOTAL RECALL isn’t the worst picture of the summer, and probably won’t be the biggest flop, but it may be the most unnecessary waste of everyone’s ti...

by Mitch Salem

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” – Toy Story 3

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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THE BIJOU: Lights Out For “The Dark Tower”

> Once upon a time, there was a series of fantasy adventures by a hugely bestselling author, and a grand, ambitious plan to film them all. In the end, they were adapted into gigantically successful movies, and the last on...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Cowboys & Aliens” – Circle the Spaceships!

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide to Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part I: Budget

Let’s start with something simple: anyone who claims to have reliable knowledge about the profitability of a specific film, without having detailed access to its production budgets, financing documents and key ta...

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“THE HANGOVER PART II” – Hair Of the Dog

> Worth a Ticket; It Wasn’t Broke, They Didn’t Fix It In Hollywood, the word “sequel” is often code for “remake.” This isn’t news: the James Bond series has been going on fo...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”

Whatever one can say about Chris Columbus–and there’ll be plenty of less than glowing words about him below–he’s the man who cast Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as the leads in 200...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Cars 2” – Running On Fumes

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

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“X-MEN FIRST CLASS” – First Class Indeed

> Worth A Ticket: Superheroes Behind the Camera, Too. The most substantial movie of the summer so far is, depending on how you calculate, the fifth in a comic book series, a prequel or a reboot. X-MEN: FIRST C...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”

Everything is a little smoother in 2002’s HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS. The young actors give more assured performances; Steve Kloves’ script, having gotten so much exposition out of its w...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY – Watch It At Home – A Long, Slow Trek Through Middle-Earth As a devotee of the Tolkien canon, Peter Jackson is obviously responsive to sage words of wisdom and well-worn ada...

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THE BIJOU: “SUPER 8” – Spielberg Much?

> Watch It At Home: That’s MR. Spielberg To You JJ Abrams’ SUPER 8 is the Beatlemania of Steven Spielberg movies. Abrams is no doubt absolutely genuine in his reverence for classics from the 1970...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”

Pending the arrival of this week’s finale, Mike Newell’s 2005 HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE may be, on balance, the most satisfying of the series. It combines first-rate moviemaking with one of J.K. R...

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THE BIJOU RETROSPECTIVE: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”

Our Review / 5 - Terrible

by Mitch Salem

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A MIDSUMMER STUDIO’S REPORT CARD: Disney

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Total Recall”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” – Toy Story 3

THE BIJOU: Lights Out For “The Dark Tower”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Cowboys & Aliens” – Circle the Spaceships!

A SHOWBUZZDAILY Guide to Movie Profitability (Or Not) – Part I: Budget

“THE HANGOVER PART II” – Hair Of the Dog

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Cars 2” – Running On Fumes

“X-MEN FIRST CLASS” – First Class Indeed

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”

THE BIJOU: “SUPER 8” – Spielberg Much?

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”

THE BIJOU RETROSPECTIVE: “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”

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