Aug 01, 2008 -
Full disclosure: I've never paid too-too much attention to these Mummy movies starring Brendan Fraser, but I know they're meant to be fun action-adventures that we shouldn't take too seriously. For this third installment, I thought it would be a good idea to take my manfriend along with me to see The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Sometimes instead of spending brain power on a review of a movie like this, it's more helpful to just talk it out with someone who's more likely than I am to passingly enjoy this kind of Summer action flick.
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Dec 12, 2008 -
The last time I chatted with my boyfriend about movies here we discussed Brendan Fraser, mummies, and Yetis and it was a lot of fun. So, I recruited him again for The Day the Earth Stood Still, a remake of the 1951 sci-fi classic of the same name.
I had a feeling that despite a pretty neat-looking cast (Jennifer Connelly, Keanu Reeves, Kathy Bates, Will Smith's kid Jaden, Mad Men's Jon Hamm, and John Cleese — John Cleese!) this movie might not turn out to be all that great.
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Feb 16, 2009 -
- The fact that this season's Bachelor has a kid has reinvigorated the series for ABC. — The New York Times
- Keri Russell has signed on to star as Aileen Crowley, opposite Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford, in The Untitled Crowley Project. — ComingSoon
- Wall-E and Slumdog Millionaire nabbed this year's top Eddie Awards for editing, and Slumdog went on to also win top honors from the American Society of Cinematographers.
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Jan 29, 2009 -
The long-gestating live-action film version of beloved '80s cartoon series He-Man has found a director in Kung Fu Panda helmer John Stevenson. The He-Man movie — which also now has the title Masters of the Universe — will mark Stevenson's live-action directorial debut, and apparently he came on board for the project when he visited the Mattel headquarters and "was shown into a secret lair that contained the visuals created by the toymaker staff." According to him, "There was this locked bunker that you had to be escorted into.
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Jan 28, 2009 -
- Prize-winning author John Updike died at the age of 76 on Tuesday. — AP
- Grey's Anatomy's Shonda Rhimes is executive-producing an ABC pilot about a TV news bureau called Inside the Box. — The Hollywood Reporter
- Netflix's profits have actually spiked recently, attesting to the appeal of its mail-delivered DVD service during the onset of the recession.
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Jan 12, 2009 -
- Hilary Duff is set to star as a young lawyer in the NBC sitcom Barely Legal. — The Hollywood Reporter
- French actor, director, and producer Claude Berri has died at age 74. — AP
- Kristin Scott Thomas has signed on to play John Lennon's aunt, Mimi Smith, in the movie Nowhere Boy.
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Aug 04, 2008 -
For the third weekend in a row, The Dark Knight was No. 1 at the box office, narrowly beating The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor for the top spot. The Mummy earned about $42.5 million while The Dark Knight earned $43.8 million.
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Jul 31, 2008 -
- Fox has The Fog
- NBC has repeats of Most Outrageous Moments and is new with Dateline
- CBS has repeats of Ghost Whisperer and Numb3rs and is new with Swingtown
- ABC has Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and is new with 20/20
- The CW is new with Friday Night SmackDown
- USA is new with Monk and Psych
- MTV has True Life
- VH1 has 40 Greatest Reality Moments 2
- E! is new with The Soup
- Late-night highlights include Richard Simmons and Mary-Louise Parker on Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Bill Cosby and Emma Stone on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on NBC; and Seth Meyers, Becki Newton, and Brendan Fraser on Late Night With Conan O'Brien on NBC
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Jul 27, 2008 -
- Fox has repeats of Bones and House
- NBC is new with American Gladiators, Nashville Star, and Dateline
- CBS has repeats of The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, New Adventures of Old Christine, and CSI: Miami
- ABC is new with High School Musical: Get in the Picture, Wanna Bet, and The Mole
- The CW has repeats of Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill
- MTV is new with Kanye West Homecoming Special
- VH1 has The Fabulous Life
- TLC is new with Jon & Kate Plus 8
- TNT is new with the The Closer and Saving Grace
- Bravo is new with Date My Ex: Jo & Slade
- ABC Family is new with The Middleman
- Comedy Central is new with The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report
- Showtime is new with Weeds and Secret Diary of a Call Girl
- Late-night highlights include Gillian Anderson, Simon Pegg, and We Are Scientists on Late Show with David Letterman on CBS, Julie Scardina, Brendan Fraser, and Gnarls Barkley on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC, and Kelsey Grammer, Keke Palmer, and the Ting Tings on on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on NBC
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Jan 25, 2008 -
This movie is intriguing for the incredible ensemble cast, although when that's the only good thing its own stars have to say about it, that's not a good sign. The Air I Breathe opens in New York and Los Angeles tonight and I wanted to get your thoughts on the preview, as I'm a little torn. There's a lot of talent piled into this flick (Forest Whitaker, Andy Garcia, Julie Delpy, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Emile Hirsch), but I'm a little confused by the trailer .
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