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Take Five
John Cusack is on the editor's Top Five list of everything..
Greetings from Greece! It is July 9th as I write this intro. I have been in Greece for a full week and have finally gotten around to watching my first movie. It took me longer than expected, because I'm pretty forgetful and stupid and left my computer power cord at home in America.
Weekend Forecast
Harry, you're looking a little grey..
Although the early period of the summer season threw people for a loop, with many of the "sure things" falling through, and several films catching people by surprise, the later summer has tended back towards predictability. Now we have one of the last "big things" of summer, as sure a license to print money as anything, to start us on the home stretch of the season.
     
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Friday the 13th quiz

Friday the 13th was released on a peaceful summer day in 1980, spawning a masterfully never-ending franchise and cementing the early '80s as slasher film heaven. So let's journey back to where it all began, and see how well you remember that first long night at Camp Blood.



 
Harry Potter Giveaway Contest.
Harry Potter Giveaway Contest
Trailer Hitch
What kind of freaky movie is this?
This week: Liam Neeson follows up Taken with another thriller, Avian Flu makes its mark and Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire play convincing brothers.
Comics Weekly
Green Lantern is one of the lamest superheroes ever. Really.
It's time for a Green Lantern miniseries! Just imagine Ryan Reynolds in the lead role and everything will be fine.
Review: The Hurt Locker
Uh oh. That looks...bad.
The Hurt Locker is the first war picture I've seen that depicts battle as a glorified addiction.
The Order of the Phoneix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix quiz
The fifth film follows Harry and his comrades as they prepare for a battle with the wizard formerly known as Tom Riddle and deal with the Ministry’s meddling at Hogwarts.
How to Spend $20
We wonder what they're so angry about.
This week: A Connecticut family gets spooked, Americans land on the moon (in Blu-ray!) and Michael Ian Black does television.
Chapter Two
But before Transformers 2.
On-screen chemistry (not simply romantic, but otherwise as well) between a leading couple is a reaction that defies any attempts to create a defining formula.
Monday Morning Quarterback
She doesn't actually have much to cheer about.
It's just the calm before the storm as we await Harry Potter. Still, we can take a little time out to talk about Bruno and I Love You, Beth Cooper.
TiVoPlex
Rainy days and Mondays never get her down.
From the obscure to the obscurest to the merely overlooked or underappreciated; they all have a home in the TiVoPlex!
The Natural
The Natural quiz
Since its 1984, The Natural has stood as one of the best baseball movies - and sports movies - of all time. Robert Redford had one of his signature roles in the stoic yet iconic Roy Hobbs.
How Well Do You Know
Third answer is always C


The Office, Season 3 Episode 11: Back From Vacation
A Dunder Mifflin employee returns from vacation, and a shocking revelation is made about the holiday.... more
Weekend Wrap-Up
We're pretty sure they stole this idea from a shoot on The Hills
Sacha Baron Cohen came back to movie theatres in another B-movie, leaving the Kazakh news journalist Borat behind, and bringing us the gay fashionista, Bruno.
The Big Picture
Recent & upcoming films, awards and, if we're lucky, home phone numbers

July 15, 2009
Who is featured today? Here's a hint:

"Actual birth name: Seamus O'Grady"
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    New Line, Walden fire up sequel
 
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Trivia
This week's question:

Which production company is named after a 1968 short film, the first commercially-released work of a noted director?

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Top 5
Kyle Kunitake's
Top 5 Suggestions for Live-Action "The Simpsons" Movie
  1. Don't make it; it will suck
  2. No, really, don't do it.
  3. Didn't you hear me? Don't.
  4. Live action is a bad idea.
  5. Really, really, really, really, really bad idea.
This Date in Film History
  1988:

Bill Bright, the president of the Campus Crusade for Christ, offers to reimburse Universal Studios for all costs related to production of The Last Temptation of Christ in exchange for all copies of the film. Bright's attempt to prevent the film from being shown were unfruitful.
Source: Forbidden Films


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