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Entries from October 2008

Theatrical Review: Appaloosa

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s 1882, and the small town of Appaloosa in the New Mexico territory has fallen under prey by a ruthless rancher by the name of Randall Bragg. After Bragg cold-bloodedly kills the sheriff and two deputies while they try to apprehend two of his men for crimes committed against the townspeople, the town is in [...]

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Theatrical Review: Quarantine

October 11th, 2008 · No Comments

In New York City, a fluff news TV reporter and her cameraman are assigned the task of riding along with a group of firefighters for an evening. As things are looking to be a routine evening, an alarm goes off and the fire crew and the TV people head in, along with a couple of [...]

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News Briefs

October 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Studio Briefing reports that Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua has racked up Disney’s best October opening ever bringing $29.3 million in tickets. David Cronenberg is currently in talks with the MGM to direct The Matarese Circle, reports Variety, from a script penned by “3:10 to Yuma” writing duo, Michael Brandt and Derek Haas. Denzel Washington is [...]

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Real Men Wear Pink

October 6th, 2008 · No Comments

As a site and podcast that 98% managed and produced by men, it would be easy to say we are doing this to save boobies.  National Breast Cancer Awareness Month not just something to snicker about though.  Too many people are affected and afflicted by this disease. Women are made aware of the disease and [...]

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Weekend Box Office For October 3 – 5

October 6th, 2008 · No Comments

#1 Beverly Hills Chihuahua from Disney takes #1 this weekend bringing in $29 million. Hills showed in 3215 theaters. Budget is unknown. #2 Eagle Eye from Paramount drops to #2 this weekend bringing in $17.7 million, down 39% putting total earnings at $54.6 million. Eye showed in 3516 theaters, thats up 6 over last and [...]

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Theatrical Review: Blindness

October 5th, 2008 · No Comments

In what is an undisclosed city in maybe a near future time period, traffic is stopped as one young man is in his car and all of a sudden finds that he cannot see. This incident begins a chain reaction of events leading to all who come into contact with the young man also getting [...]

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Theatrical Review: An American Carol

October 4th, 2008 · No Comments

As our story starts, on the Fourth of July, a kindly old grandfather is sitting down to tell his grandchildren a story during a family picnic- the story is about a filmmaker named Michael Malone, who’s famous for his highly liberal documentaries, to the point where to the grandfather is anti-American. And so this story [...]

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News Briefs

October 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Studio briefing reports Director Spike Lee and Miracle at St. Anna screenwriter James McBride fielded questions and comments Monday from Italian journalists who accused the pair of presenting historical inaccuracies. Writer McBride sounded apologetic as he reminded reporters at a Rome news conference that the story was fiction and then remarked, “I am very sorry [...]

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