Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of February 5
Flight In this action-packed mystery thriller, Academy Award winner, Denzel Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot, who miraculously crash lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault and what really happened on that plane? Here Comes The Boom Former collegiate wrestler Scott Voss (Kevin Jame...
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House of Cards Now Available on Netflix
The Netflix original series House of Cards has just been released and can be viewed through the Instant Video service. All 13 episodes of the first season have been posted and can be watched immediately - each episode cost over $3 million to produce. House of Cards stars Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright and is directed by David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, Benjamin Button, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo). A remake of the 1990 BBC miniseries but shifting to the American political landscape, Spac...
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Duncan Jones to Direct Warcraft
News comes today that Duncan Jones, who has directed the well received sci-fi films Source Code and Moon, is now taking over the project based on the fantasy video game World of Warcraft. Going with the title of Warcraft the movie is expected to begin shooting by the end of the year with a targeted release date in 2015. The script has been written by Charles Leavitt (K-PAX, Blood Diamond) and is expected to have a hefty budget of over $100 million. So the gauntlet was thrown down ages ago...
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Another Villain Added to The Amazing Spider-Man 2; Paul Giamatti to Play Rhino
The latest casting news for the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man has Paul Giamatti signing on to play Rhino. The character debuted in the comics in the 60's and is known for his indestructible nature with increased power and speed following an experiment. Giamatti joins Jamie Foxx (Electro) as the primary villains for the film. Dane DeHaan however could be yet another as Harry Osborn - potentially later becoming the Green Goblin. That suggests there is a possible build-up in place to a "S...
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Star Wars 3D Re-Releases Canceled as Focus Shifts to Episode VII
Originally planned for release in September (Episode II: Attack of the Clones) and October (Episode III: Revenge of the Sith) the 3D conversions of Star Wars will no longer be hitting theaters. Disney announced today that they've been scrapped as all of the investment going forward will be put towards Episode VII. Just late last week it was revealed that J.J. Abrams will be directing. Last February LucasFilm re-released Episode I: The Phanton Menace in 3D. It went on to make $43 million d...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of January 29
Seven Psychopaths Marty (Farrell) is a struggling writer who dreams of finishing his screenplay, "Seven Psychopaths". Billy (Rockwell) is Marty's best friend, an unemployed actor and part time dog thief, who wants to help Marty by any means necessary. All he needs is a little focus and inspiration. Hans (Walken) is Billy's partner in crime. A religious man with a violent past. Charlie (Harrelson) is the psychopathetic gangster whose beloved dog, Billy and Hans have just stolen. Charlie's un...
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J.J. Abrams to Direct Star Wars: Episode VII
Since the announcement of Disney buying LucasFilm back at the end of October with the plans for new Star Wars films on an every 2-3 year basis the big news everyone was waiting for was who would direct Episode VII which is due out in 2015. Info on who would write the film (Michael Arndt) followed quickly but otherwise it had just been rumors in regards to who would helm the project ever since. Though the official announcement has yet to be made the decision has. Always busy producer an...
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Zombieland TV Show Heading to Amazon
Before it was a hit movie Zombieland was originally envisioned as a television series. That plan is now coming to fruition as a Zombieland show is in the works and, even more interestingly, will reportedly be available only though Amazon's Instant Video service. While Netflix has been pulling together their own original programming with the likes of Arrested Development's return, Lilyhammer, and House of Cards, this would represent the first major move by Amazon to do the same and pack in mo...
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