Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
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TNT Renews Falling Skies
After premiering last month to respectable ratings the Steven Spielberg produced TNT series Falling Skies has earned a renewal. The post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama which has aired four episodes to date will receive a second season next summer. It has averaged 6.4 million viewers when combining live and DVR/on-demand showings and is performing well overseas. Word of mouth on the show has been mixed with it turning some viewers off through forced melodramatic scenes. TNT's base audience tends...
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Uncharted Film Gets New Director
Fans of Sony's Uncharted video game series were thrilled to learn in late May that director David O. Russell was leaving his position writing and directing the film adaptation. His vision for Uncharted: Drakes Fortune didn't sound remotely anything like the game and instead seemed to be ripping off themes from National Treasure. Even the casting decisions (Mark Wahlberg as Nathan Drake, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci) were widely criticized. When Russell departed the project everything about it r...
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Review: Horrible Bosses
Three men plot to have their superiors eliminated in the comedy Horrible Bosses. Played with effortless nature by Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, and Charlie Day, the guys are out of their element as they conspire to find a solution to their misery. Unfortunately the film never really seems to nail down the driving forces behind the characters and its accompanying tone despite the laughs. (more…)...
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon Breaks July 4th Box Office Records
Though it is still running behind the earnings of Revenge of the Fallen domestically, Transformers: Dark of the Moon has set new box office records for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The records were previously held by Spider-man 2 with Dark of the Moon cruising past them with $97.5 million for the three day weekend and $116.4 million for the four day holiday weekend. Since opening with 9pm shows on Tuesday night the film has collected $181 million. Dark of the Moon is performing eve...
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Trailer for War Horse
The first trailer for the Steven Spielberg directed drama War Horse has arrived. Adapted from the novel of the same name the story follows a young man who is separated from his horse when it is sold to be ridden in the war. War Horse is slated to release on December 28th. The First World War is experienced through the journey of this horse—an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure. “War Horse” is one of the great stories of friendship and warĂ...
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Review – Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The original Transformers is one of my favorite movies and I feel no shame in admitting that. The nostalgia factor of seeing the adaptation of a show I loved growing up captured me completely and the visuals and action scenes were stunning to witness. Expectation levels were different then, when it exceeded them, compared to the sequel which was primed for a let down. Revenge of the Fallen lost everything that made the first so great as even the action sequences were too convoluted to follow...
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Trailer for The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers is being remade yet again and the first trailer has now arrived. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil, Death Race) the film stars Logan Lerman and Ray Stevenson. The Three Musketeers has a release date set for October 14th. The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war. ...
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Trailer for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Paramount has released the first trailer for the upcoming Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. The fourth film in the franchise is directed by Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) and stars Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner. It is intended to act as a bridge to Renner taking over as the lead character. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is slated to release on December 16th. This is not just another mission. The IMF is shut down when it’s implicated in a global terrorist bombing pl...
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