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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Release Date: September 26, 2006 |
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Kevin Costner’s The Guardian tells a story which has been told before and doesn’t bring anything unique to the telling. The script is formulaic and the characters, though not precisely one dimensional, are nevertheless stereotypes that could be traded with characters from other like movies without much damage being done to the project. Despite these unremarkable aspects, the movie was competently filmed and the subject matter is just interesting enough to entertain us most of the time. Hollywood could do, and has done, a lot worse. By Matthew Alexander on September 29, 2006 | Comments (11) |
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New Movies and Box Office Predictions: The Guardian, Open Season, School for Scoundrels This weekend Ashton Kutcher makes his return to the big screen, could this be his big test as a box office draw? Will he benefit from the Kevin Costner rub? Who knows. I am intrigued, but not especting much. Going against it we have an underdog comedy and an animated family film. Will this be […] By Chris Beaumont on September 29, 2006 | Be the First To Comment |
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Release Date: September 15, 2006 |
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The Royal Tenenbaums - Criterion Collection After the wild critical acclaim of Rushmore, Wes Anderson set out to direct his most personal piece to date. With an ensemble cast anchored by Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums made Hollywood and moviegoers stop and say “Who is Wes Anderson?” |
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Weekly Over/Under: Can Jackass stay offensive against The Guardian? Allow me to step up onto my soapbox for a moment and bask in the glory of actually winning a Weekly Over/Under despite going against the general consensus. Allow me to bring Cole Abaius up onto the soapbox as well, and share it as a team victory… |
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Release Date: September 1, 2006 |
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Here’s a blast from the past. A movie about a teenage computer hacker, original huh? Well back in 1983 this was relatively new. Computers were in the early stages of making it into the home and we were still in the Cold War, with the threat of nuclear war hanging over us. Then along comes […] By Chris Beaumont on September 27, 2006 | Be the First To Comment |
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Release Date: February 21, 1996 |
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DVD Pick of the Week: Lady Vengeance This week is loaded with titles worthy of adding to your collection, and mine if any of you are feeling particularly generous. Old titles, new titles, television titles, a whole assortment. There is one that stands above the pack, and it is a movie that I have not even seen yet. |
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Brian De Palma is no slouch when it comes to delivering stylish, captivating films that keep his audiences entertained and yearning for more. Of that, we can be certain. Scarface is quite possibly the second greatest gangster movie ever and The Untouchables was, to say the least, spectacular among modern westerns. De Palma’s latest offering, […] By Neil Miller on September 26, 2006 | Be the First To Comment |
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Release Date: September 22, 2006 |
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Film Festival: Shriekfest 2006 (Day 1) Shriekfest, now in it’s 6th year, is a small horror-themed film festival that takes place over two weekends. The first weekend was September 22-24 and the festival wraps up September 30 til October 2nd. Each day is filled with several film “programs,” generally either about 90 minutes of shorts or a short paired […] By Robert Fure on September 26, 2006 | Be the First To Comment |
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Rushmore (1998) - Criterion Collection Rushmore single handedly launched the mainstream career of director Wes Anderson and his star Jason Schwartzman. Not to be left unmentioned, this film also provided a much needed jumpstart towards the end of a disappointing decade for Bill Murray. While Rushmore is not Anderson’s first film, it is his most groundbreaking. |
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Box Office Update 9/22-9/24: Jackass Number Two Takes a Number Two on the Competition Before really going into my usual writings, I would like to take a bit of offense to something I read over at IMDB.com. In their box office recap they have the headline “Box Office Flunks Intelligence Test” as they describe the dominance of the teenage boy demographic at the box office and the rise of […] By Chris Beaumont on September 25, 2006 | Be the First To Comment |