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Imax ...said on Tuesday its "Star Trek" screenings grossed a record $8.5 million during the film's first weekend, even as some purists complained that the company's big screens were not big enough.
"X-Men Origins: Wolverine," premiering May 1, seems a straightforward concept. The X-Men movies were popular, and Wolverine was the most popular character, so make a movie about him. But there's really nothing straightforward about the history of the feral X-Man -- and the movie won't make it any simpler. Let me X-plain....
A prequel to the "X-Men" trilogy made between 2000 and 2006, "Wolverine" is silly and typical, not in spite of but because it bonds an undeveloped family feud onto the main character's renegade story.
one of the common complaints about Heroes is that characters never really die, and just come back to life within a few weeks.
So, the finale airs and for those who've continued to watch, it's like admonishing a kid who achieves something great for not applying themselves all the time. Not saying that this was the best thing "Heroes" has ever done, but it might be the best ending so far.
It's tough being the dude who cares about this stuff even if he doesn't want to. It's a calling, really — like pulling a sword from a stone or being handed one of the Lantern Corps rings — and you can't turn it down. You have to watch the season finale of Heroes, even if you've sorta stopped caring.
The singer who shocked the world! NO, Susan has NOT passed away, despite what some idiots are posting in the comments. I'm not normally into this kind of music, but she has a beautiful voice. Other YouTube vids have been squashed to 4:3, so I have uploaded my own copy.
Soap is an American sitcom that originally ran on ABC from 1977 to 1981. The show was created as a parody of daytime soap operas, presented as a weekly half-hour prime time comedy. Similar to a soap opera, the show's story was presented in a serial format and included melodramatic plot elements such as amnesia, alien abduction, demonic possession, murder and kidnapping.
Looks like Pat's son, Monty Paulsen, is gearing up for a 2012 run for the White House. Here he hits the campaign trail to find the pulse of American voters.
Comedic actress Nora Dunn has frequently played acerbic character roles in films and TV as foils to generally likeable leads.
Hell in a Handbag Productions is thrilled to present a benefit staged reading featuring Hollywood's legendary eye-popping, scenery chewing film divas of all time Miss Joan Crawford and Miss Gloria Swanson in the roles that made them fabulous! See Handbag Artistic Director David Cerda and acclaimed actress and Saturday Night Live alumni Nora Dunn take on Mildred Pierce and Sunset Boulevard as only they can.
Also of note is the supporting work of Nora Dunn as television journalist Adriana Cruz, a headline-chasing nightmare version of CNN's Christiane Amanpour....
Britney had barely started performing when she abruptly left the stage, leaving the crowd quite literally in the dark. After a few minutes, an announcement informed the audience that "It's become uncomfortable and unsafe for the performers, including Ms. Spears…The show will resume as soon as the air around the stage is clear." ... Britney had barely started performing when she abruptly left the stage, leaving the crowd quite literally in the dark. After a few minutes, an announcement informed the audience that "It's become uncomfortable and unsafe for the performers, including Ms. Spears…The show will resume as soon as the air around the stage is clear."
signed photo of Saddam Hussein by US marines after the former Iraqi leader was shown their movie in prison.
In what could be a prelude to making the Beatles catalog available as digital files at on-line stores, the band's entire collection of compact discs will be digitally remastered for the first time in two decades and re-released Sept. 9.
It's not over quite yet, but we might be inching closer to the finish line. The latest man to contend for the director's chair is Martin Campbell, who's still coming off Casino Royale and just completed Edge of Darkness, also known as Mel Gibson's acting comeback.
Sir Paul headlined the concert, in aid of The David Lynch Foundation, and sang a string of Beatles and solo career hits before bringing Starr on stage. The pair performed the Beatles song, With a Little Help from My Friends together before embracing afterwards. Sir Paul also paid a tearful tribute to the late John Lennon before playing Here Today, a song he wrote for him.
A full-length version of the movie "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," starring Hugh Jackman, appeared online Wednesday, a month before it is due in theaters. ... "I just am so disappointed with this movie," blog co-founder Chris Lemke wrote. "They seemed to have all the tools to make this work and instead decided to dumb it down and essentially make a cartoon. … After this one, I don't have much hope for the rest of the franchise. If you are set on watching this, good luck."
The FBI are investigating the online leak of an almost finished copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a month before the film's cinema release.
Over the past 30 years, author Alan Moore has almost single-handedly reinvented the comic book, transforming its language, broadening its scope and deepening its intellect. So, naturally, Hollywood has been poaching his stories for years, the most egregious being the 2003 loud and dumb adaptation of his otherwise highly literate "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen." ... This weekend, however, we get director Zack Snyder's sprawling adaptation of " Watchmen...." Moore has sworn off movie profits inspired by his books; he recently told the Los Angeles Times that he is opposed to movies based on his work. About "Watchmen" he said, "I will be spitting venom all over it for months to come."
"'Watchmen' is an embarrassment of riches to the comics-obsessed philosopher," said Mark D. White, editor of the book "Watchmen and Philosophy: A Rorschach Test." The book is one of a series that uses pop culture as an entry point to the sometimes abstract subject of philosophy.
The long-awaited 'Watchmen' movie takes loyalty to new limits. And that's exactly what's wrong with it.
Who watches the "Watchmen"? Or maybe the question is: How closely will lovers of "Watchmen" be watching? If you don't think the answer is "very," you're living in an alternate universe. The Warner Bros. superhero action-drama arrives Friday with more than 20 years of heavy expectations. For the comic-book set, this is the Holy Grail of graphic novels. And director Zack Snyder and the rest of the team behind the film knew all the pitfalls and perils that such a notorious pop-culture work would bring.
Marvel held their fourth quarter/year-end earnings call this morning, where they discussed their financial performance for 2008 and gave a couple of updates for their upcoming film slate.
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