Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category
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Review: Warrior
Despite MMA's rising prominence it has generally been treated as an "underground" sport in films. That changes with Warrior, a movie that takes the familiar inspirational sports story with family conflict and intertwines that with an MMA tournament that carries large significance for the main characters. The fight action is authentic - though obviously some moments and results were played up for dramatic purposes - and in doing so it presents the sport in a legitimate fashion and one that tr...
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DVD/Blu-ray Releases for Week of September 6th
This week of DVD and Blu-ray releases brings one of the best films of the summer in X-Men: First Class. There are also a couple of the best comedies on TV and one of the best dramas with Community, The Office and Fringe. I can confidently recommend all of those as potential purchases. Top to bottom a very strong group of options this week. (more…)...
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Netflix Will Lose Starz Next Year
As Netflix continues to add content to its streaming service - with everything from agreements with ABC, Mad Men, Miramax, and even their own original programming - they have lost their biggest content supplier. Negotiations with Starz have broken off and the network will not be extending the contract with Netflix which is set to expire on February 28th 2012. Starz played a huge part in Netflix's streaming becoming so popular - with contributions being original series and many recent and ...
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Director Chosen for Die Hard 5
After considering a number of potential directors for the fifth film in the Die Hard franchise Fox has settled on John Moore (Max Payne, The Omen, Flight of the Phoenix). The studio and star Bruce Willis came to the decision and now it is just a matter of making it official as the parties are in final contract discussions. Moore came out on top of a number of much more intriguing options, with names like Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive), Joe Cornish (Attack the Block), and Justin Lin (Fast Fi...
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Warrior Gets Nationwide Sneak Preview
Lionsgate has announced that the upcoming fight drama film Warrior, due out on September 9th, will get a nationwide preview on September 4th. A single showing on an unstated number of screens is slated for 7pm on that Sunday though as of yet the tickets do not seem to have entered the database for advance purchase. Warrior stars Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton and focuses on two brothers who find themselves facing each other in an MMA tournament for a title shot. Advance screenings for cri...
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DVD/Blu-ray Releases for Week of August 30th
This week of DVD and Blu-ray releases is pretty weak with one option that will appeal to teens and the latest from Tyler Perry. TV does have a better presence with the most recent seasons of series such as House and Sons of Anarchy.  (more…)...
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‘Ghostbusters 3’ To Start Shooting Spring 2012
Sounds like we may finally have an official start date for the filming of Ghostbusters 3. For the past two years we've heard from different sources, including actors, that filming would start in 2010 or 2011. Now actor Dan Aykroyd has gone on record saying shooting for the third Ghostbusters film will start next spring with or without Bill Murray. Aykroyd joined the 'Dennis Miller Show' and had this to say: "What we have to remember is that 'Ghostbusters' is bigger than any one compone...
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‘Taken’ Sequel Starts Filming In October
The sequel to the 2008 action thriller Taken will start filming in October. Comingsoon.net had the chance to speak with filmmaker Luc Besson, and asked him about the sequel and he shared some details. Besson told us that Colombiana director Olivier Megaton has been using his time in Los Angeles to scout locations for the sequel to Taken, which will shoot there for a little bit, and the film itself will start production in October. He said that everyone is back for the seque...
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