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Movie industry loses beloved actor

I didn’t know Paul Walker personally. I had never seen him in person. Hell, I didn’t even follow him on Twitter. However, I have emotional ties to the characters he portrayed on the big screen. Coming from a person who … Continue reading

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Weekend Wrap Up: Riddick Sees Through the September Dark

Yep, it’s September all right. A sure sign of this month is that new films will struggle to break even the $20 million barrier, when a mere six weeks ago, $20 million weekends were a joke. But that’s just the … Continue reading

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Life in the fast lane, pedal to the metal

Remember Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift? If you don’t, it was the supposed end of the Fast and Furious franchise and a quick money-making scheme. If you told me the franchise would live on after that film, I’d laugh. If … Continue reading

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Weekend Wrap Up: “Now You See Me” Almost Pulls off Real Magic

Coming into this weekend, most projections had Fast and Furious 6 staying on top for a second straight weekend, though not without a fight from After Earth, while Now You See Me would finish distantly behind those two releases. Well, … Continue reading

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Weekend Wrap Up: “Fast and Furious 6” Races to the Top

For weeks, I was thinking that this Memorial Day Weekend had a good shot at becoming the single highest grossing weekend ever. And while it ultimately fell just a few million dollars short of that lofty goal, it was still … Continue reading

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