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Day two here tooling around in the Los Angeles Convention Center, running back and forth like a crazy man trying to cram as much stuff into a day as one man can. The only thing more popular than laptops and Starbucks at Siggraph this year is the double-feature panel featuring the visual-effects wizards behind “Cloverfield” […]

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Well, it’s 2 am in Los Angeles, and now seems like a pretty good time to run down my big day at the Siggraph 2008 International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Technologies. I walked through the big technolgical dream/nightmare that is the main show floor many times today, but I can’t stop too […]

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Ever seen the documentary “Lost in La Mancha,” which follows Johnny Depp and director Terry Gilliam’s seemingly cursed and ill-fated attempt to film “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote”? His own version of the Quixote legend (taken from Cervantes’ legendary novel) was plagued by every production delay possible, and while it made for a great […]

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According to imdb.com, “The Dark Knight” is now “taking aim” at the U.S. box office champion of all time, James Cameron’s “Titanic.” so far, “The Dark Knight” has taken in a whopping $313 million following last weekend’s record breaking best-second-week performance ever of $75.2 million. “Titanic” is way ahead of everybody else at $600.8 million. […]

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OK, so after this past week, a lot of things are wrapped up for “The Dark Knight.” 1. The biggest-grossing weekend ever in America: $158 million 2. The biggest non-holiday Monday ever: $24.6 million 3. The fastest movie to gross $100 million ever: 5 days 4. At the conclusion of the film (SPOILER ALERT!), Batman […]

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I blogged about this site before when they had hilarious Oscar-themed e-cards up and now there are some pretty funny ones inspired by the “X-Files” movie, which comes out this weekend (although you’d never know with all the “Dark Knight” hype out there right now). It’s kind of exciting (I think) that they’ve made another […]

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Sorry this is so short this week, but I have no Internet access in the one room of my house that I’m living in right now…all apologies. After seeing the impressive new sci-fi movie “Wall-E,” I am convinced that it the only thing that makes it a “kids” movie is that Pixar studios has released […]

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OK, so this isn’t movie news this week. But it is Independence Day weekend, and to help celebrate the 4th of July, that most patriotic of all days, here’s a some great links to some rah-rah, sis-boom-bang “Go America!” fun. Sometimes I wonder: If aliens picked up only certain Earth transmissions (namely these!), what they […]

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We gave out a ton of free advance screening passes to the new Will Smith movie “Hancock,” but didn’t get to review it ourselves. If you were one of those people, or if you see “Hancock” anytime after it opens today, we’d like to know your opinion of it! As with our posting on “Get Smart” and “The […]

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Here is a press release I got today. If you live in KC…. But if you go, please remember YOU MAY NOT TOUCH THE BAT POD! EXPERIENCE A “DARK KNIGHT” ON A HOT SUMMER DAY! Batman’s Bat Pod to Make Special Public Appearances Across KC Metro Area   WHAT:             The original Bat Pod, as seen […]

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Here’s our radio reviews of “Wanted and Wall-E”: 6.27.08 Scene-Stealers J.D. and I have been appearing as weekly movie critics on the Dick Dale Morning Show for some time now, and it’s been really cool. The thing is, not everybody is up early enough to listen to us at 7 a.m. So here, courtesy Dick […]

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Big news on the “Watchmen” front: the much-anticipated Alan Moore graphic novel adaptation’s trailer will appear before “The Dark Knight,” which opens July 18. Collider has a big interview with director Zack Snyder (“300”) from the red carpet at the Saturn Sci-Fi Awards. Nicolas Cage and Pierce Brosnan will star in Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski’s […]

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Well, Friday is here and no new review from myself and J.D. Despite the big comedy showdown happening this weekend between Mike Myers and Steve Carell, we could not see either of them this week. However, we did give away a ton of free advance screening passes to both movies! In other words, we haven’t […]

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Besides the fact that it mentions three movies from my Top 10 Flops Turned Classics list, I love this great article by Variety’s Anne Thompson about why “Speed Racer” flopped so badly at the box office. Here’s the best three quotes: 1. “Sometimes filmmakers who are experimenting with something new wind up leaving moviegoers behind. Over time, movies […]

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