Back in 2008, my buddy kept telling me I needed to watch this flick I had never heard of called, “Battle Royale”. His only synopsis of said film was, “it kicks ass!”. How could I resist? He lent me his Foreign copy of the DVD, because the film was deemed too violent for American audiences…until […]
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“The Muppets” Blu-Ray review! (aka “Blu’vin Right Along”)


Man, I’m on a roll today! Two Blu’s down and three more to review! Anyways, it’s time to start the music, it’s time to light the lights… Yeah, I went there. So, Steve forced me to write a Blu-Ray review by enticing me with an advance copy of one of my fun filled favorite flicks […]
“My Week With Marilyn” Blu-Ray review


I’m ashamed to admit that I missed this gem when it was nominated for all kinds of awards a few months back. I never received a screener DVD in the mail and never had the opportunity to catch it in the theatre when it played. Well, enough excuses…the kind folks at Anchor Bay mailed me […]
BEYOND THE MARQUEE Heads “BACK” to MATTEL


Some of the Beyond the Marquee team returned back to the TOP SECRET Mattel Design Center in Southern California today to meet once again with Scott Neitlich the Marketing Manager for MattyCollector.com and his imaginative design team who are creating replica prop-hoverboards based on the ones seen in 1989’s Back to the Future Part 2 […]
HUGO: THE BLU-RAY 3-D REVIEW


Just so you know, I’m not going to review the flick, you’ve heard enough about it already and therefore know it kicks ass. It also won 5 Academy Awards last Sunday, so why do you need ME to tell you it’s super awesome?! Just the experience of watching Martin Scorsese’s masterful, magical “HUGO” in my […]
Beyond the Marquee: The Web-Series (Episode 7): The Simpsons Marathon Challenge


To commemorate the 500th episode of The Simpsons airing on February 19th, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment held The Simpsons Marathon Challenge in the heart of Hollywood at the Hollywood and Highland complex. 100 die hard Simpsons fans were put to the test to attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records feat of over 86 hours […]


Our Top 10 Christmas (NOT “Holiday”) Movies…

