Archive for January, 2008

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January 25th, 2008| Score: 7/10
When people first heard that Sylvester Stallone was pulling some of his iconic characters out of retirement, the majority of people seemed very skeptical – with good reason. He managed to make Rocky Balboa into an enjoyable film and one that fits perfectly with the rest of that series....

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January 25th, 2008| Score: 4.5/10
Last weekend it was really easy to forget that it was January. You see in the movie world January seems to always be a dumping ground for flicks that studios have no faith in. Cloverfield was a real treat, a high caliber movie you don’t often get to see in the first month of the year...

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January 22nd, 2008
I’m completely stunned right now. This is horrible news. Heath Ledger, star of the upcoming The Dark Knight was found dead in his New York City apartment. Not much is currently know just that his death is believed to be drug related. We’ll update this story as more details come in...

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January 18th, 2008| Score: 9/10
If you were one of the many people that saw Transformers this past summer you probably came out of the theater raving, or hating, about the giant robot spectacular. Odds are you probably also came out talking about a mysterious teaser trailer that played in front of the summer blockbuster. Sporting no title...

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January 15th, 2008
Cloverfield is right around the corner, and it’s obvious that this is the first flick of 2008 that has some serious hype behind it. Hype is a funny thing - if a flick lives up to all the press and gossip you’re not usually jumping for joy because you got what you expected. On the other hand...

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January 11th, 2008| Score: 5/10
I’m always a little cautious of films like The Bucket List. There packaged in a way that just doesn’t appeal to me. There the type of films that try and pull on heart strings without having any real reason to do so. There Filled with corny jokes and incredibly cheesy moments, and are constantly trying...

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January 8th, 2008
Is it just me or is it completely insane that the new James Bond flick, which just recently started shooting, is aiming for a November 2008 release? I’d like to think that MGM would want to give their golden child a little more time to cook. Regardless of what I think, it has started...

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January 7th, 2008
The writing was already on the wall as recently the Screen Actors Guild let it be known that they didn’t want any actors going to the Golden Globes – the death blow for the show. The Hollywood Foreign Press had tried to brokerage a deal that would allow the WGA to be involved with the show...

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January 6th, 2008
I haven’t really been covering the many ups and downs of the current format war, between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, simply because I just can’t see any point to it all. I’m of the mind that the two formats probably could just co-exist and everything would be ok, but we live in a world where...

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January 4th, 2008
Fear not comic book lovers, Warner Bros. might be butchering the Justice League movie as we speak, but there’s always The Avengers to cure your ensemble-superhero craving. Although, you’ll have to wait a bit before we get to see the Marvel heroes battling it out on screen – and that’s...