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Do You Read Critics' Reviews Before Going to a Movie?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:30:23 PDT

Today, Disney-ABC Domestic TV pulled the plug on At the Movies, the long-running show featuring a critical take on the week's films. Over its nearly 30 years, the program has seen several changings of the guard - Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert made it popular in the '80s, Richard Roeper stepped in after Siskel's death, and most recently A.O. Scott and Michael Phillips have taken over the reins.

Disney-ABC blamed its decision on the show being "no longer sustainable," which makes sense, what with the ease of finding reviews online. Even so, I'm somewhat sad to see it go, and question if part of the reason is perhaps because many people don't want to hear a critics' perspective on a film they're dying to see. Many popular movies have been critically mixed (think New Moon or the current Alice in Wonderland), which means that audiences either don't read the reviews before going to theaters - or they just don't care. What say you?

Buzz News Roundup, 7/23

BuzzSugar — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:32:47 PDT

Despite rumors to the contrary, Access Hollywood is reporting that Tom Cruise will not reprise his role as Maverick in a sequel to Top Gun.
Variety has the news that Hancock director Peter Berg is developing a Hercules film based on a five-issue comic book series by Steve Moore.
According to Reuters, Disney has named replacements for Ebert and Roeper: Ben Lyons from E! and Ben Mankiewicz from Turner Classic Movies. At the Movies with Ben and Ben, anyone?
According to The New York Times, TiVo will introduce a product purchasing feature in partnership with Amazon.
TNT picked up the pilot for Night and Day, a show about an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms from 24 co-creator Joel Surnow, the Hollywood Reporter writes.
Billboard states Nas' untitled album topped last week's sales chart, moving 197,000 copies. Lil Wayne's album and the Mamma Mia! soundtrack rounded out the top three.
The Hollywood Reporter writes that Netflix is closing its Red Envelope Entertainment subsidiary, a film financing and acquisition firm that helped finance No End in Sight and Two Days in Paris, among others.

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Buzz News Roundup, 7/21

BuzzSugar — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:31:30 PDT

Variety reports that Fergie will, in fact, join the star-studded cast of Rob Marshall's movie musical Nine, which so far includes the likes of Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard and Judi Dench, among others.
The fine for Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" has been overturned, the New York Times reports.
The AP has the news that Ebert and Roeper are both done with their movie review TV show.
James Purefoy is in negotiations to play the lead in NBC's The Philanthropist, Reuters reports.
Remember "The Bro Code" from How I Met Your Mother? Well, it's going to be a real book in stores this Fall, writes the Chicago Tribune.
Over the weekend, Montreal's Just for Laughs comedy festival honored Judd Apatow with the Comedy Person of the Year trophy, according to Variety.
Battlestar Galactica's Jamie Bamber will star in the UK version of Law & Order, E! reports.
The AP declares the best albums of 2008 so far.

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