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October 12, 2011

It’s the wave of the future!  Well, who knows, but Paramount sure seems keen to try it out.  With a somewhat light slate of contenders to push this year (consisting of ‘Like Crazy’, ‘Rango’, and ‘Super 8′), they’re opting to try something different.  The Hollywood Reporter has the details on this experiment:

Read more on Paramount to send out digital screeners this year?…

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October 12, 2011

After a weak night of dancing it’s time for another star to go. Last night Ricki and J.R. were again the top of the leaderboard and everybody else seemed to be at risk to get eliminated. Let’s find out who our final three couples were.

Rob & Cheryl, Nancy & Tristan, Chynna & Tony were the remaining bottom 3 couples. After Nancy recieved the news she was safe, it was down to Rob Kardashian and Chynna Phillips. Kardashian performed a fun Paso dob lei and Chynna stumbled her way through the Tango, so who will be the next star to leave the dance floor…. Read more on Dancing with the Stars: Week 4 Results…

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October 12, 2011

After last week’s shocking elimination of reality star Kristen Cavallari, the stars now know that anybody can be voted off. The dance floor collides with the movie screen as this week is movie theme week. The stars will be dancing the Tango, Paso Dob Lei, Fox Trot and Viennese Waltz to the most memorable movie scores out there. I won’t make you wait any longer, let’s review.

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Author: Michael Ward
October 12, 2011

Hugh Jackman stars in "Real Steel" (Buena Vista)

As anticipated, the long-awaited science-fiction/action/family/drama “Real Steel” took the championship in the weekend box office tournament, easily outpacing the star-studded “The Ides Of March” in claiming the top spot.   A slew of other smaller releases flooded the arthouses and a couple of high profile independent films, a milestone 100th movie for Jackie Chan and the car crash of a horror film, “The Human Centipede II: Full Sequence”, were met with tepid to mediocre attendance.

Budgeted for $110 million (though many feel that number is vastly underreported), “Real Steel” shocked no one by running away with the domestic crown, with $27.3 million banked for its opening weekend.  Starring Hugh Jackman, in a film executive produced by Steven Spielberg amongst others, “Real Steel” was mocked as the Rock’Em Sock’Em Robots Movie, a fair depiction for a film set in a world in the not-to-distant future where boxing, MMA, and professional wrestling has given way to remote-controlled robots waging battle in the esteemed WRB – The World Boxing League.  Critics were muted and middle-of-the-road on the film, some championed the family dynamic of a father/son story which lies at the heart of the film.  Others made comparable comparisons to “Real Steel” as a “Science-Fiction Rocky”, citing its underdog trying to overcome the odds fighting story.  Others, including yours truly, found it incomprehensible and an outright mess.  Either way, tracking indicated that opening night audiences were on board, CinemaScore reported an “A” grade, and word-of-mouth was strong leading into Saturday.

Read more on Box Office Final: “Steel” Wins The Tournament…

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October 12, 2011

You know, I can understand not being prepared by the trailers for what kind of a film ‘Drive’ is.  I can also understand not liking it if it’s not your cup of tea.  Granted, I adore the film, but I realize everyone has their own tastes and it’s folly to assume everyone will like any film that comes out in theaters.  But to decide to sue it for not being enough like ‘The Fast and the Furious’?  Personally, I think it deserves a medal for that exact same reason.  Anyway, here’s the ridiculous story from TIME:

Apparently, even the likes of Ryan Gosling isn’t enough to get movie viewers’ hearts racing in anticipation anymore.

Sarah Deming, a Michigan resident, filed a lawsuit against FilmDistrict, the distributors of the recently released Drive which stars Gosling.  She claims that the movie’s trailer “promoted the film Drive as very similar to The Fast and [the] Furious, or similar, series of movies,” but failed to deliver on the adrenaline rush.

Read more on Is this woman the stupidest audience member in history?…

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