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Entries from June 2008

Early Oscar Buzz For "Wall-E"

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Steven Zeitchik, blogger for the Risky Biz Blog has blogged that Disney/Pixar’s Wall-E is a strong contender for a Best Picture nod from the academy.  “Ever since the best ani category was created seven years ago, the conventional wisdom is that no movie eligible for the category will ever work its way into the best [...]

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Weekend Box Office For June 27 – 29

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

#1 Wall-E from Disney and Pixar soundly beats out Wanted for the #1 position this weekend bringing in $62.5 million. Wall-E showed in 3992 theaters and cost roughly $180 million to make. #2 Wanted from Universal debuts at the #2 spot bringing in $51.1 million. Wanted showed in 3175 theaters. Budget was roughly $75 million. #3 Get Smart drops to the #3 spot [...]

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Theatrical Review: Wanted

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

For over a thousand years, an extraordinary order of assassins called The Fraternity have existed to “balance the scales” and keep the world adjusted by the decree of Fate. With superhuman abilities, these assassins can do things that normal men can’t, and in their way, they’re protecting the world. In the present day, a young [...]

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Theatrical Review: Wall•E

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Humanity has exhausted the Earth’s resources and left the planet nearly uninhabitable literally turning the planet into a huge dumping ground. Thanks to the BnL Corporation (Big n Large), humanity has left the planet and is living in space aboard huge luxury space liners, courtesy of BnL. On Earth, they’ve left behind robots, to clean-up [...]

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George Carlin

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

George Carlin, the man that made jokes that made history, the razor-witted comedian with little patience for the daily annoyances of life or people who take themselves too seriously died of heart failure in Santa Monica, California, on Sunday at the age of 71, according to The Associated Press. The iconic American comedian was perhaps [...]

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Nike, Movies, And Neil Gaiman For Phil Knight

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Co-founder and longtime chief of Nike, Phil Knight, unveiled plans for the future of his Portland film studio Laika on Tuesday. Laika’s first production, Coraline, based on a novel by Neil Gaiman, due in theaters in February, will be followed by a trio of movies and the new production house has a total of 6 projects in the [...]

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News Briefs

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Thanks to films from Marvel, DreamWorks Animation and the team of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, Paramount Pictures has become the first studio to sell $1 billion worth of tickets in the domestic marketplace this year. Paramount bettered the record that it set last year by nearly three weeks. In 2007, it took Paramount, then [...]

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New Releases For The Week Of June 23, 2008

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Tuesday, June 24 The Tattooist: R. At a tattoo expo in Singapore, American tattoo artist Jake Sawyer (Jason Behr) glimpses the exotic world of traditional Samoan tatau in the work of the fiercely proud Alipati (Robbie Magasiva). Fatefully, Jake is attracted to Alipati’s beautiful cousin, Sina (Mia Blake). When Jake impulsively steals an ancient Samoan [...]

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All politics aside…

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments

…this is just funny. Especially considering what our movie this week was. see Obama pictures

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BSP Episode 066: Blazing Saddles

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Tony, Tony and Adam recorded this special tribute episode to the late, great Harvey Korman in a local bar/restaurant. The sound isn’t the same quality as it usually is, such is the nature of bar ‘casting. Adam brings up the question that many have considered asking, but when it got around to it were just [...]

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