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The Möbius strip: All new releases bomb, Batman vs. Superman getting expensive, Star Wars apparently just for boys
Four new wide releases bombed this weekend, putting The Martian back on top for the third time in four weeks. Two of them, Rock the Kasbah and Jem and the Holograms, rank among the worst opening weekends of all time- Box Office Mojo Presumed no. … Continue reading
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Tagged #al queda, #amy schumer, #aurora theater, #Batfleck, #Batman, #batman vs superman, #bill cosby, #braveheart, #DC comics, #fandango, #french blood, #green lantern, #indiana jones, #james bond, #jar jar binks is an abomination, #jem and the holograms, #justice league, #paranormal activity: the ghost dimension, #rock the kasbah, #spectre, #star wars, #star wars: the force awakens, #steve jobs, #suffragette, #superman, #the last witch hunter, #the martian, #the revenant, #the witch, #trainwreck, Paranormal activity
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The Möbius strip: Star Wars predictably takes over the Internet
Summarizing the group threatening to boycott The Force Awakens for daring to cast a black man as the lead — The Hollywood Reporter With the third trailer’s release coinciding with tickets coming available, Fandango spiked to seven times its normal peak traffic … Continue reading
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Tagged #alejandro inarritu, #american hustle, #bella lugosi, #bill cosby, #break the internet, #burnt, #dracula, #eddie redmayne, #government man, #jennifer lawrence, #jessica chastain, #kim jong un, #michael fassbender, #praise our sacred leader, #sony, #star wars, #the force awakens, #the hunger games, #the martian, #the revenant, #tom hanks, #underworld, #underworld 5, #wage gap, bradley cooper
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A brief history of space movies
With The Martian holding steady in the no. 1 spot, it’s time to take a look at how space has been used as a setting in movies over the years. The first space movie — the first science fiction movie, really — was the 1902 … Continue reading
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Tagged #2001, #2001: a space odyssey, #a trip to the moon, #abbot and costello go to mars, #alien, #destination moon, #farewell to the master, #flight to mars, #gravity, #harry bates, #HG wells, #interstellar, #iron man, #marooned, #moon landing conspiracy, #prometheus, #robert a heinlein, #rocketship galileo, #rocketship x-m, #space balls, #space race, #stanley kubrick, #star trek, #star wars, #starship troopers, #stranger in a strange land, #the day the earth stood still, #the first men in the moon, #the martian, #the silent era, #woman in the moon
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The Martian a fantastic third entry for new space horror/survival genre
At no point in The Martian does the guy discover water on Mars. Isn’t this supposed to be scientifically accurate? Based on the hit 2011 novel, the film tells the story of NASA botanist Mark Watney (Matt Damon), who is left for … Continue reading
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