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Win Tickets to Wrath of the Titans
Congratulations to the winners of our “Win Tickets to Wrath of the Titans” contest! Here they are: Renie, Dianne, Siddarth, Charisse, polwu, theterminator, linlady, A Clark, USERpick05, 3L...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: The Lorax Speaks for the Green – Sweeps the Box Office Clean
What executive at Universal won’t get the axe? Why, whoever greenlit Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. Despite many a mixed review, audiences gave it an estimated $70.7 million debut. The winner, it’s clear, it w...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: The Real Thing Gets Real Dollars – Act of Valor on Top
Box office receipts were down, way down from last week, but the big news is that the winner at the multiplex had no big name stars. Act of Valor, starring real U.S. Navy SEALs (and, reportedly, live a...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Safe House Places First in its Second Week
The estimates are in, and although they are down from last week, they still represent solid entries for the top earners on the list. Safe House bypassed The Vow to earn an estimated $24 million, thoug...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: A Weekend for Lovers as The Vow Makes a Strong Debut
It was a strong weekend at the pre-Valentine’s Day box office, well up from last week, with four new films not only topping the first-place finisher from last week, but nearly blowing it out of the wa...[Read More]
Cinema Revisited: Exploring Mortality in The Fountain
Themes of life, death, disease, and immortality are all woven together in Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain, a very ambitious film that delivers three separate story lines spanning a thousand years. One...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: Chronicle Tops Out Against Post-Potter Radcliffe
Found footage films have grown in popularity lately, though after The Devil Inside, the genre seemed to be on a downhill slump. But Chronicle seems ready to breathe some fresh life into the genre, mak...[Read More]
Win Tickets to Project X
Congratulations to the winners of our “Win Tickets to Project X” contest! If you won, you should have received a message telling you how to claim your prize. Thanks for participating in th...[Read More]
The Hunt for a Haunting: Ghostbusting in Detroit
On a dreary winter’s eve a team of investigators descended on the quiet downtown of St. Clair Shores, Michigan in search of a great many things: tidbits of local history, new experiences, answer...[Read More]
Top 10 Film Performances by Professional Wrestlers
The inspiration for this list came from a few different sources. Somewhere between wondering what I could write about to further my geek cred and wondering how the recently announced remake of The Pri...[Read More]
The Avengers Assemble on Twitter
Burbank, California – Marvel Studios announced on Monday, January 30th that they will sponsor a Global Twitter Chat on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 11 am (PST) with cast members and the director of th...[Read More]
Weekend Box-Office: The Grey Leads the Pack
He may not be punching out as many wolves as the trailers (and a recent action film reputation) might suggest, but that hasn’t stopped audiences and critics from praising Liam Neeson and The Grey, whi...[Read More]