Spliced In Production?

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October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I am offering this on an occasional basis and I need your help. Here’s why.
The Dilemma
In the delectable spirit of Spy Magazine’s fabulously clever Separated At Birth? book series of the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, (where they paired look-alike pictures of two and sometimes three different well-known public figures), I shall periodically offer […]

Top 5’s:This Week

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October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

TOP 5’s Thru 10-29-07

Box Office
Rentals
Trailers

1-Saw IV
2-Dan In Real Life
3-30 Days of Night
4-The Game Plan
5-Why Did I Get Married?
1-Transformers
2-Four:Silver Surfer
3-Surf’s Up
4-Evan Almighty
5-Planet Terror
1-I Am Legend
2-Meet The Spartans
3-Rambo
4-X-Men Origins: Wolverine
5-The Mummy 3

*courtesy: IMDb.com, Boxofficemojo.com and comingsoon.net
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s The Game Plan stays solid enough to stay in the top five; Planet Terror, the Tarantino-Rodriguez […]

Owen Wilson After The Suicide Attempt

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October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In his first intentional appearance since the August suicide attempt in Santa Monica, California, there was no real insight into the actor’s psyche as to why his life took the turn it did late this summer. Not that we have to know, but interest is there nonetheless. Maybe we don’t need to know. […]

An Exorcist Remake?

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October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Robert Sanchez at IESB.net writes of how a reader relayed to him the news that, at the recent International Horror and SciFi Film Festival in Tempe, Arizona, Linda Blair had mentioned a remake of The Exorcist was at hand, one of the highest grossing horror flicks of all time. Warner Brothers had produced […]

The Comebacks (Current Release Review)

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October 22, 2007 | 4 Comments

Official The Comebacks Site
Trailer
Sports-Comedy
Starring:David Koechner, Carl Weathers, Melora Hardin, Matthew Lawrence, Brook Nevin
Rated PG-13 (adult-themed humor including language, crude sexual references, drug references)
Running Time: 84 Minutes
Released:October 19th, 2007
“Nothing is more inspirational than a sports hero…this is about a loser”
As the opening voice-over establishes that point, in due time, the viewer is most assuredly convinced the […]

Nosey Hospital Workers Spanked Over Clooney Visit

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October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Well, not really. But it’s somewhat of an economical equivalent.
The New York Times reported last week that some over-zealous medical workers not only clamored to see the star and his girlfriend while hospitalized after their September 21 motorcycle accident, some even snooped through Clooney’s medical records. One doesn’t need any imaging tools- magnetic […]

We Own The Night (Current Release Review)

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October 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Official We Own The Night Site
Trailer
Crime-Drama
Starring:Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, Danny Hoch, Alex Veadov
Rated R (for graphic violence, language, drug scenes, brief nudity and sexual content)
Running Time: 117 Minutes
Released:October 12th, 2007
With the sultry sax lines pinned to a 1970’s-1980’s-era photo montage of New York City’s finest in candid action shots of arrests, […]

1-18-08: JJ Abrams’ New Monster Flick?

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October 11, 2007 | 3 Comments

I’m an unabashed, out-in-the-open, giant monster-flick lover. I’ve got something to chew on for the next few months now.
First unveiled in the release of this summer’s Transformers, the trailer to what appears to be a new monster flick by JJ Abrams (of “Alias” TV show fame) is slated to be released January 18th, […]

This Weekend’s Pick: We Own The Night

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October 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

RELEASE DATE:   October 12, 2007
WHY:  Director/Writer James Gray, Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg team up again (see 2000’s The Yards), which was selected for the Cannes International Film Festival that year.
WHAT MAY MAKE THIS:  The buzz.  An IMDb user commented that the picture received a standing ovation at Cannes with the European critic’s screening.
Focusing on […]

Best Horror Movies of All Time?

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October 4, 2007 | 2 Comments

Yeah, it’s October. You may be wondering about the top horror movies of all time. Then again, you might have a real life.
Here’s a link to one list of the top 30.

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