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Villain Clip for Disney’s The Princess and the Frog

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August 24, 2009

Disney and Cartoon Brew have published a new behind-the-scenes look at the making of the upcoming hand-drawn Disney film, The Princess and the Frog. The clip explores the process to bring Dr. Facilier, the film’s villain, to life. Supervising… Read More

BioShock Movie Lures New Director

August 24, 2009

The seas around Universal’s attempts to bring BioShock to the big screen have been calm since the studio put the brakes on the project back in April amidst budget concerns. At the time, Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski… Read More

Weekend Box Office Sieged by Inglourious Basterds

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August 23, 2009

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds rode a wave of high marks and Brad Pitt’s star power to an easy opening weekend box office crown with an estimated $37.6 million in ticket receipts. Basterds easily beat out other newcomers… Read More

PS3 Slim Can Bitstream DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD Audio

August 23, 2009

One of PS3′ disadvantages coming to market so early in Blu-ray’s existence was the HDMI chip used at the time and through now is incapable of passing the lossless DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby TrueHD audio codecs via bit stream.… Read More

Avatar Trailer Breaks Apple.com Record

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August 23, 2009

Curiosity in James Cameron’s Avatar on Thursday lifted its trailer debut to become the most watch on Apple.com ever. The trailer drew over 4 million views its first day of availability. The previous unnamed record holder stood at a less… Read More

Inglourious Basterds Tops District 9’s Friday Opening

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August 22, 2009

Inglourious Basterds behind the star power of Brad Pitt and strong performance of Christoph Waltz proved to be a glorious return to form for director Quentin Tarantino with a fat estimated $14.3 million box office share on its opening Friday… Read More

Shutter Island Sinks into 2010

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August 22, 2009

Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, Michelle Williams, Max von Sydow and Jackie Earle Haley has been pushed back from its original October 2 release date all the… Read More

A Reserved Reaction to Avatar Preview Night

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August 22, 2009

Friday night I attended one of the many nationwide IMAX presentations of the preview reel for James Cameron’s much-anticipated sci-fi opus, Avatar. A friend of mine, who also attended the preview, informed me that the sold-out 12:01… Read More

Full Details: Kevin Smith’s Chasing Amy on Blu-ray

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August 21, 2009

A few days ago I clued you all in on the first details surrounding the arrival of Kevin Smith’s Clerks and Chasing Amy on Blu-ray Disc. Those specifics were a bit vague, I admit, so let’s take Chasing Amy and get to the bottom of what… Read More

Disney’s Dumbo Flying onto Blu-ray

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August 21, 2009

Disney Home Entertainment is currently planning to release the classic animated tale Dumbo on Blu-ray Disc and DVD sometime in February 2010. They’ve even whipped up a snazzy new contemporary logo to accompany the title. The special… Read More