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Semi-Pro a Complete Disappointment

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“Semi-Pro” won the weekend box office race, but the total of only $15.3 million is a huge disappointment, especially when you compare that total to Will Farrell’s other recent sports comedies. Last year’s “Blade of Glory” made $33.0 million it’s first weekend. “Talledega Nights” (2006) opened with $47.0 million. Heck, the animated “Curious George”, in […]
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Horton Hears a Pancake

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Producers of the new animated film based on the Dr. Seuss book, “Horton Hears a Who!”, have teamed-up with IHOP restaurants. Beginning on March 3rd all IHOPs will be offerring food items that are also part of the movie. They include: The Mayor of Whoville breakfast, a cool slurpy drink and a cake made out […]
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Post-Oscar Thoughts

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I’m not happy that I only got four of my eight Oscar predictions right. I promise I’ll do better next year. As for the show here are some thoughts: – Regis did a great job on the red carpet. Who knew that he actually started the whole red carpet interview thing back in 1979? – […]
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Keeping Up with the Joneses

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As you probably know Harrison Ford is coming back as Indiana Jones in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” on May 22nd. Since I hadn’t seen any of the previous three “Indiana Jones” movies I got to work a few days ago and watched the original: “The Raiders of the Lost Ark.” […]
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Writers Settle, Actors Next?

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So the writers strike is finally over. It’s too bad so many TV shows are getting cancelled because of the strike. The good news is that the movie studios are starting to work on new films. And the other good news, of course, is that the Academy Awards ceremony will go on, as scheduled. But […]
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Jack is Coming Back

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Jack Black will be hosting this year’s Kids’ Choice Awards on Nickelodeon. Black previously hosted the event back in 2006. The producers of the show say they wanted Black back because kids love him and he’s got great spirit. Here are some of the movie-related categories and nominees: Favorite Movie: “Alvin and the Chipmunks”, “Are […]
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Oscar…Oscar…Oscar…

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Some very surprising results from today’s Oscar nominations, including… – Best Animated Film: “Persepolis” (expected), “Ratatouille” (of course) and “SURF’S UP”??? Shocking! What happened to “The Simpsons Movie”? Maybe Academy voters don’t like animated movies that are based on TV shows (“The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie” was snubbed back in 2005) or starring TV stars (Jerry […]
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