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Amazon Movie Trade-In Program

Over at Amazon.com, you can now trade in your old DVD, Blu-ray and even HD-DVD titles. There’s a catch, of course, which is that they’re not buying everything, but it’s easy enough to search through what they are buying. They’ll even pay the shipping to get your old movies there.
You’ll get Amazon.com credit for anything [...]

I’ll See Your Robocop and Raise You A Red Sonja

Well, the 80’s remake craze continues.  Director Robert Rodriguez is remaking the Brigitte Nielsen “classic”, Red Sonja, and cast his real life girlfriend, Rose McGowan, in the title role.  Who’s taking the Schwarzenegger cameo role?  Matthew McConaughey?

The classic rock group Boston is back! Well, sorta…

Boston has always been one of rock’s most elusive bands by touring very infrequently, so when they announced a tour this year (just a year after the original lead singer, Brad Delp, committed suicide), it smelled as if someone may need some money.  Following the lead of some other classic rock acts, Boston turned to [...]

An Open Thank You Letter to Christopher Nolan

Though The Dark Knight has only been out a week, so many people have seen it already that posting a review now would be redundant.  So, instead, here is my open thank you letter to Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight’s director:
Dear Mr. Nolan,
Thank you for restoring my faith in the Hollywood summer blockbuster.  While viewing [...]

Mamma Mia Breaks Box Office Record!

Okay, so it got absolutely murdered this past weekend by The Dark Knight, but Mamma Mia actually broke the box office record for highest opening weekend sales for a musical.  So, there you go…now we never have to hear about Mamma Mia again.