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Big guy on the big screen
‘The Simpsons’ to Hit the Big Screen I saw this trailer this weekend at the Ice Age 2 showing.
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Slate of DC Comics movies announced at Friday convention
For most of my life, it was true that DC Comics had the best movies, whereas Marvel’s attempts at doing other media resulted in embarrassing garbage that ended up straight to video or hidden in vaults. But for the last decade, while DC has turned out camp Batman & Robin, Steel and Catwoman (we won’t…
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V for Vendetta takes in $26.1 million
‘V for Vendetta’ takes the top spot, which isn’t really hard when the competition is the likes of cross-dressing soccer film “She’s the Man”, the Tim Allen Disney remake (that’s three strikes right there) “The Shaggy Dog” and the remake of “The Hills Have Eyes.” There really isn’t anything to see in theaters right now.…
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“Return to the Batcave” is on DVD?
I didn’t realize you could buy “Return to the Batcave.” This was a TV movie which seemed to have a multiple personality syndrome, but it was a lot of fun. It details the making of the 1968 Batman TV show in flashbacks, and that part is played straight while focusing on such silliness as Burt…
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SHOCKER: “Cars” to not feature gay shepherds
An advance preview of Pixar’s “Cars” has thrilled theater owners in its first public screening. The owners, who are, of course, interested in off-setting the poor 2005 ticket sales with movies that have wider audience appeal, were extremely satisfied with Cars, the first John Lasseter film since Toy Story 2. One of them describes it…
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Alan Moore speaks out
Alan Moore gives a rare interview to MTV.com about V for Vendetta and his frustration with all movie adaptations. In all the months we’ve been debating this movie, here and over on the Libertas boards, people are always firing back that the movie can’t be a parable or metaphor for the War on Terror because…
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Rocky VI “trailer” online
Rocky Balboa (Rocky VI) has a trailer, if that’s what you want to call it. It’s just Sly shot in extreme close-up while monologuing. Infiniti car ads were more informative. Oh, and extreme close-up of Sylvester Stallone at just-shy-of-60? Not a good look.
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Newsweek reviews “V for Vendetta”
Movies: Anarchy in the U.K. In point of fact, though, “Vendetta” is not good. The film may spark interesting debates—about the nature of terrorism and governments, about the inalienable right of artists to shock and provoke—but what we’re dealing with is a lackluster comic-book movie that thinks terrorist is a synonym for revolutionary. Another interesting…
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Dungeons and Dragons movie sequel
Sci-Fi Channel has a review of Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God, the straight-to-DVD sequel to the regrettable and forgettable 2000 movie. In short: better than the first one.
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2006 Razzies
The Razzie Awards for 2005 films didn’t really generate much news this last week. The list is so forgettable that I didn’t even recall many of the movies on the list. Then again, that was true even for the Oscars.