Before “Grey’s Anatomy” introduced us to the lusty antics and high-stakes drama of the surgeons at Seattle Grace Hospital, screenwriter and director Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, ER) wrote and directed the medical thriller Coma, out now on Blu-Ray from Warner Home Video. Based on the novel by Robin Cook, this film will make anyone think twice […]
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CLOUD ATLAS Website Reveals Innovative Character Timeline!
July 31st, 2012 
Ethan Reynolds Beyond the Marquee was clued in to an innovative new website design promoting the highly anticipated Tom Hanks film, Cloud Atlas, due in theaters October 26. Featured at the official movie website, http://cloudatlas.warnerbros.com/index.html#, the main page displays a unique morphing animation based on a timeline of all the film’s characters and their various looks. Accompanying the […]
Downtown Cinema (with Malone) Reviews SPAWN [1997] (Blu-Ray Review)
July 31st, 2012 Malone Popular culture is a funny thing. Certain trends hit wildly popular and often come back to haunt us years later. The 90’s was all about pop-rap, flannel shirts, depression and ultimately a corporate sponsored faux 1960’s “raging against the machine”. A bohemian lifestyle reminiscent of Paris in the late 1800’s flourished – not in saloons […]
Steven Seagal is HARD TO KILL – (Blu-Ray Review)
July 31st, 2012 Ethan Reynolds Ok, I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not the biggest Steven Seagal fan. I wouldn’t even go as far as to use the word ‘fan’, but I have to say, I AM a fan of cheesy 80’s action flicks. Chuck Norris was my hero, as I pretty much saw everything that he made back […]
Sean Connery’s OUTLAND (Blu-Ray Review)
July 29th, 2012 Ethan Reynolds HBO in the early 1980’s. It was a major part of my childhood (& so was MTV – remember when they used to play music videos?) “R” rated films were shown “only at night”, and that meant that my parents were home. I remember asking (begging) my father if I could stay up and watch […]
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No Comments »Is Every 3-D Movie the Same!?!?
July 27th, 2012 Beyond the Marquee We’ve seen this happen in the past – competing studios rushing to get similar-themed movies out in-time to compete at the box office. Armageddon and Deep Impact, The Illusionist and The Prestige, ANTZ and A Bugs Life, Mission to Mars and Red Planet, Iron Eagle and Top Gun, Volcano and Dante’s Peak – all basically identical movies […]
They’re Gonna Party Like It’s 1999: AMERICAN REUNION (Blu-Ray Review) ***MATURE***
July 27th, 2012 Malone The older I get, the more my immaturity seems to stand out. I still make prank phone calls, possess a knack for turning anything into sexual innuendo, and even have a friend who goes by the nickname “Mr. Belch”. But in all of my stunted psychology, I just couldn’t find a way to enjoy the […]
