Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
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Thoughts on the Lost Premiere
The sixth and final season of Lost kicked off last night with a two hour premiere. Rather than posting some of my thoughts in the article I'll add them in the comments to avoid spoiling (don't read them unless you've seen the show)! Make sure to leave your reaction and any theories in the comments as well for discussion. You are also welcome to take part in the discussion thread in the forums....
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Reaction to the Oscar Nominations
For the most part the nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards went as expected. The acting categories are almost all considered to be locks for one winner with the other nominees mostly the same as earlier award shows. With the Best Picture category expanding to 10 films it would be hard to complain about ones that didn't make the cut. Still there were a couple surprises and a few nominations or omissions that I noted. The most glaring snub seems to be with Star Trek not getting a Best Pict...
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New on DVD: Week of February 1
There are quite a bit of movies releasing this week. The big name hitting stores is Zombieland. The comedy was well received by critics, scoring an 89% on Rottentomatoes.com. Sports fans can see LeBron James in More Than a Game. Unfortunately, he won't be seen in hi-def as the movie is only releasing on standard DVD. Here is the full release schedule broken up by standard DVD and Blu-ray: (more…)...
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Oscar Nominations Announced
Early this morning the nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced with the show being held on Sunday March 7th. This year the Best Picture race was extended to include 10 films which has resulted in a few more mainstream films being recognized such as District 9 and The Blind Side. The leaders in nominations are Avatar and The Hurt Locker both coming away with nine. Continue on to view the complete listing of all category nominations and I'll be back with reaction and notes on them...
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International Trailer for Clash of the Titans
IGN has posted the international trailer for Warner Bros. Pictures' Clash of the Titans. The movie features Sam Worthington as Perseus, along with Liam Neeson as Zeus and Ralph Fiennes as Hades. Clash of the Titans is scheduled to release on March 26th 2010. There has been talk of the film possibly being released in 3D. In case you missed the first two trailers, you can view the first one here and the second one here. ...
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Next Bourne Could Be Prequel or Reboot
At the UK premiere of Invictus last night Matt Damon was asked about the current status of Bourne 4. There have been some rocky developments specifically Paul Greengrass departing from the project and that there is still no script in hand. Damon responded by dropping speculation such as a prequel or reboot being more likely than the fourth installment of the franchise happening in the near future. “There’ll probably be a prequel of some kind with another actor and another directo...
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Lost Season 6 Official Trailer
With the highly anticipated premiere of the final season of Lost arriving tomorrow night, ABC has finally released a trailer that actually includes new footage. There are also some clips including the first four minutes of the episode that have leaked out but I'm avoiding watching any of those. Check out the new trailer below and see if you can get any more excited than you already were! ...
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Weekend Box Office Results 1/29-1/31
Avatar won its seventh straight weekend easily while the two new entries performed right on with the predictions. Avatar now owns the record for highest weekend gross for every weekend except its first. It will pass Titanic for the all time domestic record this coming week and cruise past $2 billion worldwide. In second place it was the Mel Gibson revenge pic Edge of Darkness. Despite not having starred in a movie since 2002 it drew a solid $17.1 million which was a reasonable result for a ...
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