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Whether it’s Blade Runner or even A Good Year, Ridley Scott loves taking viewers to an entirely different universe, often painting his stories on a huge and seemingly unwieldy canvas.  With Alien and Blade Runner considered two of his finest works, Scott’s return to sci-fi with Prometheus has movie geeks waiting on bated breath [...]


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I’m still depressed Katherine Heigl’s a couple of seasons removed from Grey’s Anatomy, but thankfully her film career is still alive and kicking, as One for the Money hits Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Download, and On Demand on May 1st.  The movie, based on the popular series by Janet Evanovich, centers on a Stephenie Plum [...]


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Brave: The Video Game, a title based on the upcoming Disney Pixar film Brave, comes out on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, and Windows PC/MAC this summer.  The third person adventure has gamers play as archer Merida (voiced in the film by Boardwalk Empire’s Kelly Macdonald), a young lady who isn’t [...]


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Great word of mouth helped 21 Jump Street claim the box office throne in its debut weekend, as the Jonah Hill/Channing Tatum feature grossed $35 million, easily beating Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.  Eddie Murphy’s comedy A Thousand Words sputtered to a fifth place finish, managing just $3.75 million.  John Carter, director Andrew Stanton’s ambitious [...]


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New Year’s Eve, director Garry Marshall’s follow-up to his hit film Valentine’s Day, comes out May 1st on Blu-ray and DVD.  The all-star cast includes Katherine Heigl, Jon Bon Jovi, Halle Berry, Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Hilary Swank, Michelle Pfeiffer, Lea Michele, Ashton Kutcher, Josh Duhamel, and Sarah Jessica Parker.

The Blu-ray release is [...]


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With American Idol now down to its top 10 after last night’s elimination of Shannon Magrane and the disqualification of Jermaine Jones, the remaining singers must carefully choose each song for performance night, according to Idol judge Steven Tyler.

“The ones that are here now are the ones that can sing anyway,” says Tyler during [...]


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Shannon Magrane, the 16-year-old singer blessed with a powerhouse voice and moxie, was eliminated from tonight on American Idol (Elise Testone and Erika Van Pelt rounded out the bottom three).

“This is just a big giant stepping stone for me,” said Magrane, who performed the Mariah Carey/Boyz II Men tune ‘One Sweet Day’ on Wednesday.  [...]


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With his two picture collaboration with Steven Soderbergh (Haywire, upcoming Magic Mike) and a hit chick flick under his belt (The Vow), Channing Tatum is having a solid 2012.  Expect his star to rise even higher with Friday’s release of 21 Jump Street, a picture has received a warm critical reception (it currently holds [...]


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Ewan McGregor, who can currently be seen in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen with Emily Blunt, was asked about the  recent 3D release of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.

“I haven’t seen it,” said McGregor at the Salmon Fishing in the Yemen press junket.  “I’m happy it’s come out. There’s [...]


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Will Ferrell stars in the Spanish language comedy Casa De Mi Padre, playing Armando Alvarez, the inept son of a Mexican ranch owner (late actor Pedro Armendariz Jr.).  When he witnesses an brutal killing by a drug lord (Gael Garcia Bernal), he inadvertently puts his family (which includes his more ambitious brother Raul, played by [...]


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