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This Is So Last Week
Pop culture week in review quiz.
This week: Hot bodies, a sneaker theft and true love for a Jonas brother. Plus: Megan Fox issues a new demand. We invite you to wade through the strange brew that was the last seven days in pop culture. We hope you were paying attention.
July Forecasts
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Happy 4th of July, everyone!

Read forecasts from:

Shane Jenkins
Jason Lee
Michael Lynderey
David Mumpower
Borat Sagdiyev


 
Harry Potter Giveaway Contest.
Harry Potter Giveaway Contest
AFInity
There's nothing quite so scary as a gang of toys.
We're going back in time to look at Toy Story, the grand-pappy of all CGI animated films and the movie that set Pixar on its path to being a juggernaut both creatively and financially.
Things We Learned from Movie X
Look at me! I'm totally intimidating!
Remember when action stars actually looked like action stars?
Where Oscar Leads
He's just happy we're talking about him!
Jamie Foxx obviously knows that steadfast, yet unwritten, rule that if you play a real, troubled genius, you will likely score an Oscar nomination and quite possibly take home the trophy.
The Indie Month That Was
A couple of those brothers are quite effeminate.
This week: Soderbergh's experimental escapades, Biel & Firth try country living, and the foreign film plight
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight quiz
A popular and critical darling, Christopher Nolan's dark, complicated tale pitted Gotham's protector against an enigmatic, malevolent foe.
Chapter Two
At least his nose is okay in the sequel.
The Two Jakes would seem to have been a likely candidate for a film that would be swiftly eviscerated and then writ large in the ignominious hallows of “Unnecessary Sequels.”
Mythology
Time to save Kim from more mountain lions...
A few weeks back I wrote about the return of Futurama on Comedy Central and how it and other animated series are what have come to be called “mythology shows”.
Before Their Time
She's holding his gun. Hee HEE hee.
The two most recent Bond films have been praised for their gritty realism and depictions of an ill-tempered Bond driven more by personal vendettas than a desire to please his superiors.
Weekend Forecast
I hate this lousy eclipse viewer.
Suffice it to say that there is a reason why studios have decided to release this week's blockbusters, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Public Enemies, on Wednesday.
How Well Do You Know
Third answer is always C


Transformers
2007 was the year of the Transformer. To wit, we named the movie one of the three biggest industry stories of the year... more
Ice Age
Ice Age quiz
Combine a wise-cracking sloth, a mopey mammoth, a tiger with questionable motives and a hapless squirrel, and you've got Ice Age.
The Big Picture
Recent & upcoming films, awards and, if we're lucky, home phone numbers

July 4, 2009
Career notes, awards, recent and upcoming movies.

Featured today:

Mandy Moore
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Movie News
  Eclipse
    Summit goes with Spanish helmer
  Avengers
    Marvel stakes claim on summer 2011
  The First Avenger: Captain America
    Marvel stakes claim on summer 2011
  Thor
    Marvel stakes claim on summer 2011
  Spider-Man 4
    Marvel stakes claim on summer 2011
  Journey to the Center of the Earth 2
    New Line, Walden fire up sequel
 
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Upcoming Releases
Friday, July 3
I Hate Valentine's Day (Limited)
Friday, July 10
Bruno
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Humpday (Limited)

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Other Updates

Trivia
This week's question:

What do The Peacemaker, Pacific Heights and Heat have in common?

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Top 5
John Hamann's
Top 5 Actresses Paris Hilton Thinks Are Skanky
  1. Courtney Love
  2. Paris Hilton
  3. Pamela Anderson
  4. Denise Richards
  5. Sharon Stone
This Date in Film History
  1946:

Vietnam veteran-turned-protester Ron Kovic is born in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. Kovic is later the subject of a 1989 Oliver Sone/Tom Cruise biopic based on his autobiography Born on the Fourth of July.

1961:

Lauren Bacall and Jason Robards marry. The couple divorces in 1969.


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