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Best Movie Trailers of 2009
Here is my list of the top 10 trailers for movies released in 2009. Considerations factoring into the inclusion of these trailers were primarily based on the excitement they stirred up, how much they increased the visibility of and sold the movie, and the emotion instilled from watching. Essentially these are the trailers that most pumped me up, caught my attention, or changed my perception of an upcoming film. (more…)...
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Christmas Day Box Office Results
Christmas is usually one of the busiest movie-going days of the year. That held true once again as huge numbers rolled in for multiple movies. The result could be the highest grossing weekend at the box office in history. Avatar may be on the way to matching or making more this weekend than it did last, and Sherlock Holmes blew by all industry expectations to battle for the top spot. Sherlock Holmes came in #1 on Friday but whether it will finish there for the weekend is uncertain. The movi...
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#5 of 2009: The BIGS 2
The ranking of games in the best of 2009 list is based primarily on the personal amount of enjoyment had with a particular title. Some other factors include whether advertised features were fully delivered on, post-release support, community interaction and communication, overall gameplay experience, feature set, and online play performance. Again this is a personal take on the games. The analysis is weighted largely towards those which I had the most fun with while considering them as a who...
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Trailer for Cop Out
Warner Brothers has released the first trailer for the Kevin Smith comedy Cop Out. The movie originally had the clever title A Couple of Dicks. The decision was made to change it due to television networks refusing to air ads before 9pm if it had Dicks in the title. Cop Out works on multiple levels because of that. Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card and find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy (Bruce Wi...
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Christmas Weekend Box Office Predictions
A few new big offerings hit theaters in time for Christmas while a few others expand to wide release after limited runs. Sherlock Holmes targets a more adult and action oriented crowd, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel goes right for the younger children, and It's Complicated hopes to connect with older movie-goers. Up in the Air had a positive run through December and will see how the word-of-mouth carries it while Nine has not been as lucky with the general response or reviews. Despite...
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The Latest Odds on the New EA Sports Game
Back when it was first made known that a new EA Sports game is going to be announced in January some natural possibilities arose as to what that could be. Given the circumstances at the time one of those appeared to be WWE. However it has just been announced that THQ and WWE have re-upped their exclusive deal for an astonishing eight years. I've been thinking more about the possibilities since then and now with this news. Of course we're taking the specific words and phrasing literally from...
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2010 FIFA World Cup Release Date
While speculation continues as to the new EA Sports game that will be announced in January one of the most glaring possibilities is that it will simply be making the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup official. A dedicated World Cup game has been released in each of the respective years since 1998. It now appears that the release date is out there which lends credence to that belief. Amazon and Gamefly have both listed 2010 FIFA World Cup for Tuesday April 27th. Obviously at this point it is a te...
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Trailer for Repo Men
The red band trailer for the action-thriller Repo Men has arrived. The story is based in a future where mechanical organs have been created but given the high expense those that haven't been paid for can be repossessed. Jude Law and Forest Whitaker star as those employed to get the organs back but when one of them has trouble making payments on his own he must go on the run from his former partner. Repo Men has a release date of April 2nd 2010. ...
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