Back Seat Producers

This week we discuss the movie Wargames.  Tony and Tony were able to catch a 25th Anniversary screening of the film at a local theater. Come listen and marvel as we discuss the film and leave the mics running longer than we probably should. Next week we discuss A Few Good Men and Archon.

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An interesting quote from an interview with JJ Abrams in AMC’s Sci-fi Scanner regarding William Shatner and the New Star Trek movie: Q: How do you react to William Shatner’s ire at not having a role in the movie? A: It was very tricky. We actually had written a scene with him in it that was a [...]

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#1 Bangkok Dangerous from LGF takes #1 this weekend bringing in $7,800,000. Bangkok showed in 3473 theaters up 121 and has earned a total of $83,839,000. Bangkok cost $92 million to make. #2 Tropic Thunder from Paramount drops to #2 taking in $7,500,000, down 34%, in 3446 theaters, down 27. Tropic has grossed $96,811,000 and cost $70 million. #3 House Bunny from Sony drops to [...]

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In 1978 in Yemen, young Samir Horn sees his father killed in a car-bombing terrorist incident. Flash forward to now, and Samir is trafficking explosives to a terrorist organization. Devout in his Muslim faith, Samir proves to be a valuable asset to the terrorist cell that he’s trying to sell to and is soon brought [...]

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Laziness, because I just want to get this out… more later.

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Don LaFontaine arguably one of the most recognizable voiceover talents in movies has died. He was 68. LaFontaine, who also did voice-over work on countless radio and network television promotional spots and commercials, died Monday of complications after treatment for an illness at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his family said. The illness was [...]

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#1 Tropic Thunder from Paramount/Dreamworks takes #1 this weekend bringing in $11,505,000 thats down 29% over last week. Thunder showed in 3473 theaters up 121 and has earned a total of $83,839,000. Thunder cost $92 million to make. #2 Babylon A.D. from Fox debus at #2 taking in $9.5 million in 3390 theaters. Babylon cost %70 million. #3 The Dark Knight from Warner Bros. bounces [...]

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