Just like last year, Disney is trying to get an early jump on blockbuster season with the first mega-budget production of the year. With an estimated budget of $200 million, let’s hope that this one performs better than ‘John Carter‘.
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Scorsese and DiCaprio. Nolan and Bale. Something great happens when filmmakers reteam with their best casts and crews. ‘Dead Man Down’ marks the return of another great duo: Noomi Rapace and Niels Arden Oplev, star and director of the original Swedish ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo‘.
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A more fitting title for ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ would have been ‘Oz: The Modest and Ineffective’. I have no doubt that this prequel will make tons of money at the box office the next two weekends, but doesn’t deserve to. Even though it has an all-star cast, an amazing director and top-notch talent across the board, none of that guarantees a quality film. On the contrary, it feels like every bit of life, joy and entertainment was taken away early on, never to return. This prequel to the iconic and incredible 1939 ‘The Wizard of Oz’ might be the most miscast film ever put on-screen, and that’s only the beginning of its problems.
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That damned eight-headed dragon won’t go away. This week, Orochi moved onto the Monster Madness Heavyweight semi-finals, while Samael cruised to victory in the Middleweight finals, where he’ll face the Predator next. Today, Orochi meets his toughest match yet, and we learn which killer animal has the killer-est instinct.
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Hollywood’s remake train keeps chugging, but the news isn’t all bad. Niels Arden Oplev will direct a reboot of the 1990 thriller ‘Flatliners‘, which originally starred Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt and Billy Baldwin. You might know Oplev’s name as the director of the original 2009 version of ‘The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo‘. That already gives the project more legitimacy than you might expect.
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Aaron has two wins under his belt in Box Office Pick’em so far, though the grand totals are pretty close. He chooses first in the March draft.
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I’m currently in a war with my house, and the house is winning. My beautiful home theater is in ruins. All the work I’ve put into this project has been set back untold weeks and considerable sums of money. Being a homeowner is an exercise in frustration, and honestly, it’s hard to see any light at the end of this tunnel right now.
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February was a rough month in our Box Office Pick’em contest, simply because we were faced with a ton of mediocre to crappy movies. Still, someone came out on top.
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Mark your calendars: The acclaimed ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ two-part episode ‘The Best of Both Worlds’ will be assimilated into theaters for a special one-night event at specified locations around the country on April 25th. Resistance is futile.
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Surprise, surprise. The best episode of ‘The Walking Dead’ in weeks doesn’t feature one appearance from the Governor.
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