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MOVIE REWIND: “Boomerang” (1992)

January 12, 2011
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MOVIE REWIND: “Boomerang” (1992)

Boomerang is probably one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies. Of course, when it came out, 1992, it wasn’t a guilty pleasure; it was box office gold. But if we’re looking back on it in terms of nostalgic fondness, it has all of the hallmarks of a great guilty pleasure movie: 1) representing a fetishistic version...

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Mr. Plinkett is back!

January 6, 2011
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Mr. Plinkett is back!

I’m sure this is old news by now, but the review of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith is one of the most brilliantly executed and most thorough review ever. Kudos to you, “Mr. Plinkett”, kudos. (I’ve been watching all of his reviews over and over.) If you haven’t seen it yet, here you...

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Box Office Battle: “Little Fockers”, “Gulliver’s Travels”, “Blue Valentine,” “True Grit”

December 28, 2010
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Box Office Battle:  “Little Fockers”, “Gulliver’s Travels”, “Blue Valentine,” “True Grit”

credit: Google The last Box Office Battle of 2010! Let’s see how it played out. The lowest-rated movie of the set is Little Fockers. It rated at a searing 11% on Rotten Tomatoes, but it took the number one spot on the b.o. charts, grossing $53,499,480 through the Christmas weekend. Critics obviously weren’t kind...

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MTV’s NextMovie.com names the top 25 movies of 2010

December 21, 2010
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MTV’s NextMovie.com names the top 25 movies of 2010

It’s that time for year-end roundups, and MTV’s new movie site for the millennial generation, NextMovie.com, has released their round-up list for the top 25 movies of 2010. According to the editors of NextMovie, their top pick out of the lot will have to be The Social Network, saying: “Like “Black Swan” and ballet, director...

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Box Office Battle: “Tron Legacy”,”Yogi Bear”, “How Do You Know”

December 20, 2010
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Box Office Battle: “Tron Legacy”,”Yogi Bear”, “How Do You Know”

credit: Google The funny thing this week in the Box Office Battle thunderdome is that all of the movies this week are considered rotten, so the only true winner will be in box office grosses. I think we all know which movie that will be. The lowest-rated movie out of the three this week...

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GUEST REVIEW: “Tron Legacy” is a fantastic 3D IMAX adventure

December 19, 2010
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GUEST REVIEW: “Tron Legacy” is a fantastic 3D IMAX adventure

By LM Preston from www.lmpreston.com and http://lmpreston.blogspot.com I scooped this from fandango.com:Tron: Legacy: An IMAX 3D Experience is THE BEST!! (my opinion) Runtime:2 hr. 7 min. PGSequences of sci-fi action violence and brief mild language. “Tron: Legacy” is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big...

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Patrick Fabian on “The Last Exorcism”, “Working Class”, and his stellar year

December 17, 2010
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Patrick Fabian on “The Last Exorcism”, “Working Class”, and his stellar year

credit: patrickfabian.com Actor Patrick Fabian spoke with me from Stage 8, where he was currently wrapping up on the upcoming CMT original sitcom Working Class, in which he’ll play Rob Diamond, the rich owner of his family’s supermarket where love interest Carli Miller (Melissa Peterman), a working class mom who has recently moved her family...

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Moniqueblog is for “Tron Legacy”

December 12, 2010
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Moniqueblog is for “Tron Legacy”

I decided to deck the site out in Tron regalia! I have been waiting for this film since I saw the Comic-Con trailer, and I’m so excited for it to be just a few days away! I hope you enjoy!

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Box Office Battle: “I Love You, Phillip Morris”, “Black Swan”, and “The Warrior’s Way”

December 6, 2010
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Box Office Battle: “I Love You, Phillip Morris”, “Black Swan”, and “The Warrior’s Way”

A bit late, I know, but the outcome of the Box Office Battle is still the same. Let’s get to analyzing I Love You, Phillip Morris, The Warrior’s Way, and Black Swan. The last place movie out of the three is The Warrior’s  Way, garnering 50% on Rotten Tomatoes and making it to number 9...

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MOVIE ANALYSIS: “A Raisin in the Sun” and “In the Heat of the Night”: How Sidney Poitier’s characters exhibit the changing rhetoric about race in America

December 2, 2010
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MOVIE ANALYSIS: “A Raisin in the Sun” and “In the Heat of the Night”: How Sidney Poitier’s characters exhibit the changing rhetoric about race in America

The ’60s were a time of changing ideas about many social aspects of life, one of which being the treatment of minorities, especially African-Americans. Two of the movies addressing this changing climate were A Raisin in the Sun and In the Heat of the Night, both of which are Sidney Poitier-led films. In these...

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Box Office Battle: “Tangled,” “Burlesque”, “Love and Other Drugs”

November 29, 2010
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Box Office Battle: “Tangled,” “Burlesque”, “Love and Other Drugs”

credit: Google Another week, another battle. Even though we’ve got a winner of the week, none of these movies are the true winner of the week, which we all know to what that title falls. Let’s get into it: Burlesque is the lowest out these three, gaining only 34% from Rotten Tomatoes, making number four...

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GUEST REVIEWS: “Harry Potter”, “Tangled”

November 29, 2010
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GUEST REVIEWS: “Harry Potter”, “Tangled”

By LM Preston from www.lmpreston.com and http://lmpreston.blogspot.com MOVIE REVIEW OF HARRY POTTER DEATHLY HALLOWS Part 1 I will try to give an honest review, but with the pre-cursor that I’m biased. I just love the Harry Potter books. This movie is a continuation of the tale, and yes, you’ll want to see the other movies...

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