Category: Movies
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‘Avatar’ earns $1 billion worldwide! James Cameron crowned King of the World again!
James Cameron must be feeling like the King of the World! right about now. "Avatar" has made $1.02 billion dollars worldwide in just three weeks. And it topped the domestic box office again, as well. That rumored $500 million budget is paying off bigtime for Cameron and his investors. I’m not surprised. It really is…
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Review: ‘The Road’ – I feel bad for Cormac McCarthy
Movie: The Road * Official Site In Theaters: Nov. 25, 2009 Runtime: 111 minutes Directed by: John Hillcoat MPAA Rating: R for some violence, disturbing images and language Gecko Rating: I feel bad for Cormac McCarthy, I really do. I don’t know how long it took him to write the book on which "The Road"…
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Hunter Parrish, Zoe Kazan and Caitlin Fitzgerald talk ‘It’s Complicated’
I really loved “It’s Complicated,” and actually wouldn’t mind seeing it again. It’s a lovely look at middle-aged love, sex and lust. Reelzchannel caught up with the actors who played the children of divorced couple Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin, and they talked about working with legends, as well as that awkward nude scene that…
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Review: ‘It’s Complicated’ is funny and heartfelt
Movie: It’s Complicated * Official Site * Trailer In Theaters: Dec. 25, 2009 Runtime: 118 minutes Directed by Nancy Meyers MPAA Rating: R for some drug content and sexuality Gecko Rating: I’ve been reading some not-so-good reviews of "It’s Complicated," so they’d already shaded my expectations of the movie. But I saw it last night…
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‘Shrek Forever After’ – The last sequel ever!
The trailer for “Shrek Forever After” is online, and Dreamworks is calling is the last sequel in this particular franchise. Of course, I don’t believe it. The cynical side of me says if they can keep making money on it, they’ll keep churning out sequels or video games or straight-to-dvd installments. But the characters really…
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Screamstress talks to Lance Henriksen (“Bishop” in the ‘Alien’ franchise)
One of my favorite characters in the “Alien” franchise is Bishop, the synthetic artificial person played by Lance Henriksen. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) wasn’t too keen on having him on the team, but she changed her tune by the end of the movie, after Bishop rescued her and Newt from the platform: Bishop: I’m sorry if…
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Do you want an ‘Avatar’ sequel?
As soon as I walked out of the theater after seeing “Avatar,” I started thinking this franchise could go anywhere. And they basically set things up to do just that, with most of the humans returning to their ravaged earth and the Pandorans taking back control of their planet. And based on the impressive box…
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‘G-Force’ – Good fun for kids!
“G-Force” was released on DVD and Blu-ray Dec. 15, 2009, and while kids older than 10 or 11 might be bored with the talking animals, it’s a cute flick for kids in the 5 to 9 age range. Read my full review here, but to summarize, it’s a CG-animated movie featuring super-smart animal spies who…
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‘The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard’ – The worst movie of 2009?
I don’t know if “The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard” is the worst movie of 2009, but it certainly ranks right up there. Or rather, down there. It had the potential to be a sleeper cult hit, but just didn’t hit the mark. It stars Jeremy Piven, who’s basically playing his Ari Gold character from…
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‘Paranormal Activity’ – Really? One of the scariest movies ever?
Maybe it’s because I only just watched this movie last night. Maybe it’s because I read all the hype and saw stars Micah Sloat and Katie Featherston on the talk show circuit. Maybe it’s because I’d already seen a lot of clips and trailers of the movie. Or maybe it’s because I watch a lot…