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Mid-Week Poll: Favorite Tony Scott Movies

Josh Zyber — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:00:19 +0000

As we continue to mourn the shocking loss of director Tony Scott, let’s use today’s poll to remember his movies. Which are your favorites? The interesting thing about Scott’s career is how consistent most of his films are. He was a remarkably reliable director of populist blockbuster fare, from the mega-hit ‘Top Gun’ right through...

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R.I.P. Tony Scott

Josh Zyber — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:00:58 +0000

In a strange and shocking turn of events, prolific action movie director Tony Scott died on Sunday from an apparent suicide. He was 68 years-old. Details are still sketchy at this time. Scott was seen jumping “without hestitation” from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles. A suicide note was later found in his office....

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Blu-ray Highlights for 2/15/11: What Are You Buying?

Josh Zyber — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:00:32 +0000

This week’s Blu-ray list is pretty weak on brand new day-and-date releases, but much stronger on catalog titles, especially those with ties to the Oscars. Let’s see what’s cookin’, shall we? Here’s the release slate: ‘All The President’s Men‘ (Warner Brothers) ‘Chaplin‘ (Lionsgate) ‘Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol‘ (BBC) ‘Dungeons & Dragons 2-Movie Collection‘ (Warner...

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Weekend Box Office: Bibbity Bobbity Box Office

Drew Taylor — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:00:47 +0000

Shocker: The penultimate entry in the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise brought in enough gold to make the goblins at Gringott’s Bank sit up and take notice. While the midnight audiences didn’t topple the record set by the last ‘Twilight’ film, ‘Deathly Hallows’ still made a ridiculous amount of money. The other big entry in the weekend...

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Weekend Box Office: Not So Glorious

Drew Taylor — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:00:39 +0000

There was something of a question mark going into the weekend: Would the feel-good romantic comedy ‘Morning Glory’ be the box office victor or would Tony Scott’s instantly-underrated runaway train thriller ‘Unstoppable’ take the top slot? A lesser writer would make this into an asinine “battle of the sexes” type piece. There are plenty of...

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Weekend Movies: What’s the Story?

Drew Taylor — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:00:34 +0000

At least it can be said that there’s something for everyone at the movie theater this weekend – from action fanatics to sci-fi freaks (Vulcan ears optional) to romantic comedy sweethearts to aficionados of harrowing French dramas about civil war in an unnamed African country… What? Nobody? Well, you’re getting it anyway! The biggest, loudest,...

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