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Cinema Static Top-10 Movies & Box Office NumbersEveryone is doing Top-10 movies from 2011 lists.  Or top-10 movies that they’re anticipating for 2012.  That’s all fine and dandy and I’m guessing maybe some of you like the idea of mulling things around.  (Let me know if you do.)  But in some regard it’s all pretty subjective, depending on who is saying what.

For instance, the connoisseur of popcorn movies might say that Transformers: Dark of the Moon was the best movie in 2011.  Or the comedy movies fan might say that The Hangover Part 2 was the best of 2011.  Or animated movie fans might say that Kung Fu Panda 2 was the best film of the year.

Or the art film fan might say something completely different, and claim that Drive or Hanna were wonderful artistic journey or risks taken by the director.  (But don’t tell the popcorn movie fans that!!!  They might say that the marketing for these movies was nothing but lies and they may never go near another movie from those directors again!)

But a more pragmatic perspective would be to take a look at who you, the movie-goer, spoke with your wallet in 2011.

Tom Cruise and Paula Patton in 'Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol'

Now obviously, there are a few movies missing from this list that should be there, but they’ve only been out a few weeks and they’re almost on the list!  Those movies are Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol; Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, who are both very close to my threshold of getting past the $100 million dollar domestic mark.

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New DVD and Blu-ray - Dolphin Tale; Futurama; Midnight in Paris

This week, the tide of new DVD & Blu-ray releases is slowing down a bit with the Christmas season in full swing! There are around 70 new titles hitting the market this week on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011.

You can look for stars such as Harry Connick Jr., Owen Wilson, Dianna Agron, Morgan Freeman, Chad Michael Murray, Tom Hardy, Kevin Spacey and Paul Bettany amongst the list that you can take home.

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Before I charge in to the new releases, don’t forget that some folks on your Christmas lists (Or maybe yourself!) might like to get some more popular older titles… I for one am looking to start filling up my Blu-ray coffers a little bit… and some of these titles are priced pretty decently. I mean heck, if you wait long enough, older titles get pretty well priced!

(Director/Movie/ IMDb rating)

  • Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight (8.9)
  • Jon Favreau’s Iron Man (7.9)
  • Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins (8.3)
  • Gore Verbinski’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (8.0)
  • Michael Bay’s Transformers (7.2)
  • Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale (7.9)
  • Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down (7.7)
  • Zack Snyder’s 300 (7.8)
  • Francis Lawrence’s I Am Legend (7.1)
  • Gore Verbinski’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (7.0)
  • Brad Bird’s Ratatouille (8.1)
  • Gore Verbinski’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (7.3)
  • James Mangold’s 3:10 to Yuma (7.8)
  • John Lasseter’s Cars (7.4)
  • Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (8.3)
  • Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element (Remastered) (7.5)
  • Alex Proyas’ I, Robot (7.0)
  • Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (8.5)
  • Marc Forster’s Quantum of Solace (6.8)
  • Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (8.4)

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New Movies & TV Shows on DVD and Blu-ray

Christmas is coming at us fast… if we have movie fans on our shopping lists, sometimes it’s pretty convenient to hit up online resources and git these titles in the mail pronto!!!

Movies coming out this week on new DVD & Blu-ray releases on Tuesday, December 13th, include stars such as Jack Black (voice), James Franco, Seth MacFarlane (voice), Timothy Dalton, Colin Farrell & some classic Judy Garland (on a new Blu-ray Disc {BD}).  (And don’t forget, if you’re interested, you can sign up for a chance to win Farscape, the entire series, on Blu-ray.  Now that would be a great gift for yourself loved on your list I mean!)

This week there are around 100 new titles hitting the market, so let’s dive right in looking at something for the entire family,

New DVD and Blu-ray Releases - Kung Fu Panda, Planet of the Apes, Family Guy

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Kung Fu Panda 2 on DVD

Kung Fu Panda 2 (on Amazon)

Kung Fu Panda 2 stars Jack Black, Seth Rogen and Angelina Jolie is a great and fun animated flick.  I caught this one in the theater and loved it. {Movie review of Kung Fu Panda 2 }

The DVD package special features include

- Sneak peek episode of the upcoming Nickelodeon TV series “Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness”
- Filmmakers’ Commentary
- Meet the Cast
- World of DreamWorks Animation

While the DVD/Blu-ray combo pack includes the following special features:

Disc One (HD)

- Kung Fu Panda 2 movie
- An all-new Po adventure, Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
- Sneak peek episode of the upcoming Nickelodeon TV series “Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness”
- Blu-ray Exclusive Extras:

The Animator’s Corner
Trivia Track
Animation Inspiration

- Filmmakers’ Commentary
- Kickin’ It with the Cast
- Panda Stories: Inside the World of the Giant Panda
- Kung Fu Shuffle
- Nǐ Hǎo
- World of DreamWorks Animation

Disc Two (SD)

- Kung Fu Panda 2 movie
- Digital Copy Download: Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda World
- Get 2 free Kung Fu Panda World Online Game Memberships (memberships good through 4/30/12).
- Kung Fu Panda World is the virtual game world for kids to follow in Po’s footsteps to become a kung fu master.
- Create avatars, play games with favorite characters, win points towards earning a kung fu black belt, chat with friends and more!

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If you ask me about whether you want to BRoWT (Buy, Rent, or Wait till it comes to TV), I think this is one of those special movies that would do a fine job sitting on your entertainment shelf for repeated viewing.

IMDb score, after almost 42k votes, sits at 7.5.  That’s  a good score!

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Jumping from the family friendly animated film to the serious movie buff and fan of the franchise, we have this week,

Rise of the Planet ofthe Apes on DVD and Blu-ray

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Two-Disc Edition Blu Ray + DVD/Digital Copy Combo)

Rise of the Planet of the Apes, starring James Franco, Andy Serkis and Freida Pinto.

As far as I’m concerned, this prequel to the Planet of the Apes classic movie franchise did the franchise justice and did not disappoint.

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According to various press outlets, the news on the digital street is that Michael Bay is in negotiations to direct another Transformers franchise movie.

Transformers 4

And that’s movie news that Transformers fans are loving to hear.

We all know that Michael Bay was saying that Transformers: Dark of the Moon was his last foray into the digital world of Optimus Prime.  And from all appearances, considering all the death and destruction he handed out in Dark of the Moon, he definitely came at it as if he was done with the franchise.  And he hit us with some surprises with a few character “developments.”

I was convinced he was done.  But millions and billions can sway one’s perspective.  Even, I’m guessing, Michael Bay’s.

'Transformers 3' Director Michael Bay, actor Josh Duhamel and actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley announce start the engines before the start of the Daytona 500

But what the media has indicated, is that their inside sources say that Bay is in negotiations.

But we also know that Bay was looking forward to something less technical than a CGI populated movie of huge alien robots.

Cue in his next project, titled Pain and Gain.  Though even that movie has not sealed any deals with Bay yet.

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New Movies & TV Shows on DVD and Blu-ray

This week, there are more than 100 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this Tuesday, December 6th, 2011.

With Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper, Daniel Craig, Jim Carrey, & Sam Worthington leading the fray of new DVD’s.  Other interesting titles you might want to ponder a few other titles down the list, like from The Biggest Loser, or cult fan favorite like Mystery Science Theater 3000!

There are quite a few exercise DVD’s, which I’m presuming, are aimed at all the holiday eating we’ll be doing and how we’ll need to work it all off again!

Check out my list of New DVD and Blu-ray releases below:

New Movies on DVD:

New on DVD The Help

The Help, from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures & starring Emma Stone and Bryce Dallas Howard

Buy, Rent or Wait?:

Having made $199M worldwide and being the number one movie at the box office for quite a few weeks, this breakout hit movie is rated 8 on IMDb…  this would seem to be a must-see, must-catch any way you can movie, if you haven’t already seen it in the movie theater.

[The Help on Amazon]

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New on DVD The Hangover Part II

The Hangover Part II from Warner Bros. Pictures and starring Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis.

Buy, Rent or Wait?:

with an $80M budget, and having made $565M worldwide in movie theaters, the movie has a 6.7 rating on IMDb.

Buy it?  Eh.  Renting it seems to be the thing to do here.

[The Hangover Part II on Amazon]

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New Movies & TV Shows on DVD and Blu-ray

This week, there are more than 200 new DVD & Blu-ray releases coming out this Tuesday, November 1st, 2011. (Happy Thanksgiving month!)  With Jessica Alba, Josh Hartnett, Amy Acker, Nicolas Cage and Robert Pattinson leading the fray of new DVD’s.  We’re also going to have some voice talent of Owen Wilson to boot.

We’re also finally getting some Sylvester Stallone, Dustin Hoffman, Lon Chaney, Bill Murray,  and Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck on some new Blu-ray titles this week.

Check out the list of New DVD & Blu-ray Releases below:

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New Movies on DVD/BD

Cars 2 on DVDAn Invisible Sign Starring Jessica Alba and J.K. Simmons

Bunraku Starring Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Gakt and Kevin McKidd

Cars 2 (2011) with the voice power of Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine

Christmas with a Capital C Starring Ted McGinley, Daniel Baldwin, Nancy Stafford and Brad Stine

Crazy, Stupid, Love Starring Steve Carell, Julianne Moore and Marisa Tomei

Water for Elephants on DVDDear Santa Starring Amy Acker, Gina Holden

Golden Christmas 2: The Second Tail

Holiday Baggage Starring Barry Bostwick, Cheryl Ladd and Julia Sobaski

The Christmas Bunny Starring Florence Henderson

Toy Story 3d Trilogy [Blu-ray] Starring Tom Hanks

Trespass Starring Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Cam Gigandet

Water for Elephants Starring Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon

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Movies New to Blu-ray

HOOK on blu-rayCop Land [Blu-ray] Starring Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel and Ray Liotta

Hook [Blu-ray] Starring Dustin Hoffman, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith, et al.

Phantom of the Opera (1925) (Silent) [Blu-ray] Starring Lon Chaney

Quigley Down Under [Blu-ray] Starring Alan Rickman, Tom Selleck

Scrooged [Blu-ray] Starring John Forsythe, Bill Murray, Bobcat Goldthwait, et al.

The Big Country [Blu-ray] Starring Burl Ives, Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck

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Brusimm Cinema Static Movie NewsFirst up, the website Movie Review Intelligence (MRI) says that The Mighty Macs have moderate movie reviews, Johnny English Reborn (Fair), The Three Musketeers (Poor) movie reviews. (Not too shocked on that one.)  Margin Call which is opening in select cities, is shown with very good reviews.

With that out of the way, let’s move on to Paranormal Acitivity 3!

The movie already has made $8 million in midnight showings, and that’s a good sign for the weekend.  It looks like it’s on track to dethrone Real Steel, Footloose and the other competitors from the box office top seed.

PA3 is shown with what MRI says are Good, Not Great reviews, with 63% of the reviews being positive.

Even though I like MRI, we have to weigh out who is saying what out there.  I like distinguishing who because when critics put Transformers on the same scale as 127 Hours, well, ya gotta tread on known territory and bring the salt shaker.

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Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon Moscow Photocall

Only Michael Bay Said He was Done With Transformers!

For the last few years we know that Michael Bay has said that he was only working on a trilogy of films for the Transformers movie franchise that he kicked back into the limelight.

For fans of the franchise, it was a bit a dreary piece of news that he would only make three movies.  He pulled the franchise out of the past and into mainframe CGI and 3D movies.  And despite hard-core movie critics having field days with the franchise, movie fans spoke volumes with their money.

Optimus Prime from 'Transformers 3'

Transformers: ($709M); Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen ($836M); Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon ($1.11B).  (Worldwide gross #’s)

And for Hasbro’s bucket of money, TF1 helped pull in over $400M in sales, TF2: $600M.  Transformers 3 has helped boost 3rd quarter profits to $171M so far.

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TRANSFORMERS products on Amazon

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Transformers 3Hey gang, as you all might be aware, the Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Transformers 3) DVD/Blu-ray went on sale today online and in stores and on your In-Demand rental menus.

It’s pretty exciting that Transformers: Dark of the Moon has finally come out for the home entertainment market.  Right?

You might want to put the brakes on before you head out to your local consumer electronics store to snatch up this newest release.

Wha?  Why in heck are you telling us to hold-our-britches Bruce?  That’s what I bet you’re asking right now.

Here’s what I’m thinking gang:

If all you want is the movie and only the movie in your possession, then go for it gang!  Have at and like me, enjoy!

But…

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Comic Con Images

The 2011 International Comic Con event that took place in San Diego in July is close to one of the biggest fan-gatherings for the entertainment venues that covers comic books, film and TV.  More specifically, a specific genre of the entertainment industry that entails fantasy & sci fi.

"Comic Con" News

This year fans and media flocked to the San Diego Convention Center and tales of fun and whoa were both regaled from folks I chatted with.  This year, it seemed that you needed to place yourself in line much earlier than normal to get to your chosen panel for your favorite movie or TV show.  For one, I’ve never heard tales before of fans getting in a line for a show 3 hours early and not getting into the panel they wanted, but that’s what I did hear from several folks that I chatted up in San Diego over that weekend.

But one of the things folks get to see and do is take pictures of cool things.

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Captain America suit

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