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The Best Batman Commercials on the Web
Hero, vigilante, Dark Knight…Batman has been called many things. Add to that list “corporate shill.”
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Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ Wins the Weekend, but is it a Winner?
Consider this weekend a study of three animation companies. Temporarily forget about ‘The Amazing Spider-Man‘ and ‘Ted‘ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom.’ What do the box office numbers of ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift,’ ‘Brave‘ and ‘Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted‘ tell us about their respective studios? ‘Ice Age’ won the weekend, but is it actually a winner?
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Meet Comic-Con’s Scariest Cosplayer
There are countless wonderful freaks and geeks cosplaying at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. It’s kinda hard to stand out in the crowd of masked, hooded, helmeted and made-up faces.
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New Movie Releases — ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’
A single new movie opens in wide-release this weekend, but with a whole cavalcade of stars, you may feel like you’re getting several flicks all rolled into one.
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‘Hunger Games’ Finale Will Be in Two Parts, Release Dates Set
Lionsgate will follow in the footsteps of the successful ‘Harry Potter‘ and ‘Twilight‘ franchises by splitting ‘Mockingjay’ — the final story in the ‘Hunger Games‘ trilogy — into two parts.
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‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Gets a NSFW Musical Parody
When it comes to E.L. James’ erotic novel ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ opinions are divided into three camps — women who love it, women who hate it, and men who have read the book but are afraid to admit it. This hysterical NSFW parody called ‘Fifty Shades of Grey — The Musical’ neatly addresses all three perspectives.
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Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ Lives Up to its Title
With the exception of poor Katy Perry, everyone was a winner at the box office this week. Seriously. Of the top ten films, nine of them either opened well or held well, making this one of the most consistent weekends of the summer season. Filmmakers and studios: pat yourselves on the backs. You’ve earned this one.
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‘The Amazing Spider-Man,’ ‘Twenty Twelve,’ ‘Savages’ — Check It or Chuck It
It’s Check It or Chuck It, a weekly column in which we recommend five things to check out and five things to “chuck.” Highlights this week include some web-slinging superhero fun, Oliver Stone’s return to the criminal underworld and BBC America’s Summer Olympics spoof. And, as always, we recommend a few things to avoid in your weekly media diet, including a fairy tale-based Blu-ray release and a pair of slumping reality shows.
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Weekend Box Office Report: R-rated Rules the Weekend
When ‘Prometheus‘ opened big last month, there was the usual “Ah, so R-rated movies can perform well at the box office!” discussion that tends to happen every year or so. Well, that has nothing on this weekend, which found two R-rated movies topping the box office. And it’s not like ‘Ted‘ and ‘Magic Mike‘ just did okay either…both films opened big, blowing away expectations and leading the charge in one of the most interesting box office weekends of the summer so far.
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Mom Busted for Overdue ‘Twilight’ Book
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‘The Avengers’ Makes Over $600 Million; Now Third Biggest Movie of All-Time
There’s no question — ‘The Avengers‘ is one of the biggest blockbuster hits to ever come out in theaters and nobody expected it to be as popular as it was. Fans went in droves and the film broke box office records left and right and it’s still going strong. How strong? How about $600 million domestic strong?
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Weekend Box Office Report: ‘Brave’ Plays Big
When it comes to winning big at the box office, never bet against Pixar. ‘Brave‘ is not only the acclaimed animation studio’s thirteenth film, it is their thirteenth film to open at number one at the box office. It’s a track record that just about everyone else in Hollywood would kill for.