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Pre-Game Show: Downloadable Surprises

Brian Hoss — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:00:09 +0000

Welcome to the Pre-Game Show, where we show you trailers for upcoming videogames before they’re released. For our first installment, we have two mysterious titles from two new studios. matter (XBLA) ‘matter’ is the first title from Blink Wink Games, the recently-formed gaming studio from Gore Verbinski’s Blind Wink Productions, known for the film ‘Rango‘....

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Posterizing: Mondo ‘Redemption’

Aaron Peck — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:00:56 +0000

Last time on Posterizing, I lamented the fact that I wasn’t able to purchase a Tom Whalen poster of Disney’s short ‘The Lonesome Ghosts’ before it sold out. This time around? Rejoicing! I finally got my hands on a limited edition Mondo poster print by Tom Whalen. First, let’s take a look at new posters...

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Statuesque: 2012 Oscar Predictions – Best Picture Categories

Aaron Peck — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:00:38 +0000

We’ve finally made it to the Best Picture nominees. As we work our way to the prediction for the grand prize of the evening, let’s also take a look at the Best Animated Picture and Best Foreign Language Film races. Best Animated Feature ‘A Cat in Paris’ ‘Chico & Rita’ ‘Rango’ ‘Kung Fu Panda 2’...

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Mid-Week Poll: Favorite Critically-Acclaimed Films of 2011

Josh Zyber — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:00:19 +0000

Our poll last week asked you to identify which of 2011’s blockbuster hits was your favorite. To date, the ‘Harry Potter’ finale has taken the lead, followed by ‘X-Men: First Class’ and ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’. Unfortunately, good movies don’t always manage to become blockbusters. This week, we’ll take a look at...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 7/12/11 – Return I Will to Old ‘Brazil’

Josh Zyber — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:00:15 +0000

Yes, it’s another slow summer week for new Blu-ray releases. Even the title I’ve most eagerly awaited appears to have arrived on the format in a compromised form. Will I be able to resist buying it anyway? Honestly, probably not. Here’s the week’s release slate, including titles that street on Friday: ‘Arthur (2011)‘ (Warner Brothers...

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Weekend Box Office: Hilariously, ‘Wimpy Kid’ Clobbers ‘Sucker Punch’

Drew Taylor — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:00:50 +0000

Sometimes you just have to laugh when you see the box office receipts pouring in throughout the weekend. Initially, it seemed that the family film sequel ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules’ would take the top spot. Then on Saturday, Zack Snyder’s “edgy,” “sexy” (because these are words the studio uses to describe it)...

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Limitless’ Reaches Its Potential

Drew Taylor — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:00:52 +0000

This weekend had a smattering of new releases. Thanks to an impossible work/travel schedule, I wasn’t able to see any of them early, but I’m still intrigued. None of the movies that opened were big tentpoles or four-quadrant spectacles, so it was really anybody’s guess as to which would ultimately triumph in the end. I...

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Battle’ Triumphs, ‘Mars’ Needs More Than Moms

Drew Taylor — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:00:28 +0000

This weekend’s box office was dominated by two movies that were, in the immortal words of Ricky Gervais, “utter shite.” One was the talk of the town because it trumped everyone else at the box office, while the other one was the subject of discussion for an entirely different reason – because it’s a huge,...

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Weekend Box Office: All Totals Are Subject to Adjustment

Drew Taylor — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:00:54 +0000

After last week’s pitiable box office, it looked like things couldn’t get much lower. Thankfully, at least to the nation’s exhibitors, this weekend saw a sharp swing upwards. Apparently, people love seeing Johnny Depp voice an existentially conflicted lizard. Unsurprisingly, ‘Rango‘ was the weekend’s #1 movie. While initial reports from Friday indicated a final tally...

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Weekend Movies: Hey! Good Movies! I Remember Those!

Drew Taylor — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:00:21 +0000

After weeks and weeks of soul-deadening drudgery, we finally have a weekend with a few movies that are actually entertaining. (Movies that are even being ushered into the multiplexes, no less.) We should probably savor this weekend, since it’s certainly the exception for what’s coming up, not the rule. I saw ‘The Adjustment Bureau’ a...

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Now Playing: ‘Rango’ Is a Wonderfully Weird Delight

Drew Taylor — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:00:49 +0000

While I said that my Oscar column wouldn’t return for many moons (thank God), I was tempted to jump right back in after I saw ‘Rango’, the marvelous new animated feature by Gore Verbinski and the whizzes over at Industrial Light & Magic. So assured, so brilliant, so effortlessly strange is the movie, it might...

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Hollywood Rolls Out the Big Guns During Super Bowl

Josh Zyber — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:00:35 +0000

As I understand it, there was some sort of significant sporting event on television over the weekend. I believe it was called the Super Dish, or Wonder Plate, or something like that. Because it tends to do pretty well in the ratings, advertisers like to use this as an opportunity to debut lots of flashy...

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