Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
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Top DVD Sales and Rentals for Week Ending December 27, 2009
For the second straight week The Hangover was the top selling DVD. District 9 came in second, but managed to knock the Comedy out of the top spot as the most rented DVD. It's fitting for me that both movies end up at top to close out the year, as they were two of my favorite movies of 2009. Below is the list of DVD sales and rentals for the week ending December 27, 2009: Rentrak Top 10 Selling DVDs: 1 The Hangover (Warner) 2 District 9 (Sony) 3 Harry Potter and...
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‘Ghostbusters 3′ Arriving in 2011
Earlier this month, Sigourney Weaver shared some details about Ghostbusters 3, much of which involved the plot of the movie. Harold Ramis (Egon) recently spoke to Heeb Magazine and had this to say about the project: Something's going to happen. Dan [Aykroyd] did write a spec GB3 screenplay a few years ago, but no one was motivated to pursue it. Now, 25 years after the original, there seems to be some willingness to proceed and apparently a substantial public appetite for a sequel. We'll int...
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Avatar Passes $250 Million in 12 Days
Avatar continues to draw massive crowds and after 12 days has grossed $250.4 million. Only four movies have reached the $250 million mark faster but all of them had much larger opening weekends than Avatar. Some of the reason why it is holding so well has to be attributed to the higher ticket prices from 3D and IMAX screens but it is the word-of-mouth that is the primary driver of success. The worldwide total gross is now nearing $700 million. It is remarkable looking at the weekday numbers...
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Second Trailer for How To Train Your Dragon
Dreamworks next animated offering is How to Train Your Dragon featuring the voices of Jay Baruchel and Gerard Butler. The son of a Viking chief must capture a dragon in order to mark his passage into manhood and prove his worthiness to the tribe. Early buzz has this shaping up to possibly be the best Dreamworks animated film to date, or at least amongst the better ones they have produced. How to Train Your Dragon is slated to release on March 26th. DRAGONS TRAILER 02 VO HAS HERITAGEby Miste...
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New on DVD: Week of December 28
One of the most hyped movies of the year hits stores this week in Paranormal Activity. The film was well received by critics, scoring an 82% "fresh rating" on Rottentomatoes.com. If you enjoyed the movie, you'll get to see the alternate ending that wasn't shown in theaters as bonus DVD content. Here is the full release schedule broken up by standard DVD and Blu-ray: (more…)...
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Second Teaser Trailer for Inception
The second trailer for the Christopher Nolan movie Inception has made its way online. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page with a plot that is still largely being kept secret. The synopsis is purposefully vague describing it as a contemporary science fiction thriller about a corporation that has developed a technology that can enter dreams and extract information from the human mind. "Your mind is the scene of the crime" when Inception releases on July 16th. ...
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‘Book of Eli’ Behind the Scenes Look
Yahoo! has posted a behind the scenes look at Book of Eli. In the clip Denzel Washington talks about how he performs his own stunts and the choreography that must be followed during the fight scenes. You can view the trailer for the film if you missed it. Book of Eli will hit theaters January 15th 2010. ...
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Avatar Tops Largest Box Office Weekend in History
In what turned out to be the highest grossing weekend in box office history Avatar came in #1 and nearly matched its first weekend while Sherlock Holmes, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and It's Complicated all opened strong. A total of $278 million was spent at the box office shattering the previous record for a weekend which came in June 2008 with the release of The Dark Knight. (more…)...
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