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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:11:27 -0800

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to these titles, you can now check out the second season of Big Love, High School Musical 2, and the indie movie Interview with Steve Buscemi and Sienna Miller.

The Bourne Ultimatum
This third installment in the Bourne series was one of the most refreshing things of the summer movie season. From the looks of my Best Action Flick of 2007 poll, you all seriously enjoyed it as well! This chapter of Bourne's story finds him bopping around Moscow, New York, Paris, Madrid, London, and Tangier as he continues to figure out his past. The DVD version boasts plenty of extras, from the audio commentary and deleted scenes to the many production featurettes, including pieces on the many locations they traveled to and the making of the chase and fight scenes.

Bourne, Timberlake Lead People's Choice Nominees

BuzzSugar — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:38:39 -0800

Question: Where can you find Jamie Foxx, The Rock, and Joaquin Phoenix in the same place? Answer: The People's Choice Awards. The three are nominated for Favorite Leading Man for this year's awards, which include a pretty motley collection of stars overall.

The Bourne Identity snagged nominations in several of the movie categories, including Favorite Movie, Favorite Action Movie, and Favorite Threequel. (Yes, Favorite Threequel is a real category.) Matt Damon also nabbed a nomination for Favorite Action Star.

Jessica Alba and Johnny Depp got themselves two nominations each, she for Leading Lady and Female Action Star, he for Male Movie Star and Male Action Star. The TV categories were a total grab-bag, with nominations going to everything from House to the now-canceled King of Queens. And in the music categories, Justin Timberlake racked up two nominations - three if you count a nomination for the Timbaland song "Give It To Me," on which he's featured.

Voting is now open and will stay open for about a month; the show airs Jan. 8 on CBS with Queen Latifah hosting. To see the full list of nominees, just read more

MOVIES

Favorite Movie
The Bourne Ultimatum
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Transformers

Favorite Family Movie
Evan Almighty
Ratatouille
Shrek the Third

Favorite Action Movie
300
The Bourne Ultimatum
Transformers

Favorite Movie Comedy
Knocked Up
The Simpsons Movie
Wild Hogs

Favorite Movie Drama
Disturbia
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Premonition

Favorite Threequel
The Bourne Ultimatum
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Spider-Man 3

Favorite Independent Movie
Becoming Jane
A Mighty Heart
Sicko

Favorite Female Movie Star
Halle Berry
Sandra Bullock
Reese Witherspoon

Favorite Leading Lady
Jessica Alba
Drew Barrymore
Queen Latifah

Favorite Female Action Star
Jessica Alba
Jodie Foster
Keira Knightley

Favorite Male Movie Star
Johnny Depp
Denzel Washington
Bruce Willis

Favorite Leading Man
Jamie Foxx
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Joaquin Phoenix

Favorite Male Action Star
Matt Damon
Johnny Depp
Bruce Willis

Favorite On Screen Match Up
Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in Rush Hour 3
George Clooney and Brad Pitt in Ocean's Thirteen
Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 3

TELEVISION

Favorite TV Drama
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
House
Law and Order: SVU

Favorite TV Comedy
The King of Queens
My Name is Earl
Two and a Half Men

Favorite Animated TV Comedy
Family Guy
King of the Hill
The Simpsons

Favorite Sci-Fi Show
Battlestar Galactica
Doctor Who
Stargate Atlantis

Favorite Competition/Reality Show
American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Favorite Game Show
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Deal or No Deal
Jeopardy

Favorite Female TV Star
Sally Field
Katherine Heigl
Jennifer Love Hewitt

Favorite Male TV Star
Patrick Dempsey
Charlie Sheen
Kiefer Sutherland

Favorite Scene Stealing Star
Richard Belzer from Law & Order: SVU
Neil Patrick Harris from How I Met Your Mother
Chandra Wilson from Grey's Anatomy

Favorite New TV Comedy
Aliens in America
Back to You
The Big Bang Theory
Carpoolers
Cavemen
Chuck
Reaper
Samantha Who?

Favorite New TV Drama
Big Shots
Bionic Woman
Cane; Dirty Sexy Money
Gossip Girl
Journeyman
K-Ville
Life
Life Is Wild
Moonlight
Private Practice
Pushing Daisies
Women's Murder Club

CELEBRITIES

Favorite Funny Female Star
Ellen DeGeneres
Whoopi Goldberg
\Wanda Sykes

Favorite Funny Male Star
Will Ferrell
Adam Sandler
Robin Williams

Favorite Talk Show Host
Ellen DeGeneres
Jay Leno
Oprah Winfrey

MUSIC

Favorite Female Singer
Beyonce
Fergie
Gwen Stefani

Favorite Male Singer
John Mayer
Tim McGraw
Justin Timberlake

Favorite Group
Daughtry
Maroon 5
Rascal Flatts

Favorite Rock Song
"Hey There Delilah" by Plain White T's
"Home" by Daughtry
"Makes Me Wonder" by Maroon 5

Favorite R&B Song
"Beautiful Liar" by Beyonce with Shakira
"Because of You" by Ne-Yo
"Shut up and Drive" by Rihanna

Favorite Country Song
"I Need You" by Tim McGraw with Faith Hill
"Never Wanted Nothing More" by Kenny Chesney
"Stand" by Rascal Flatts

Favorite Hip-Hop Song
"Give It to Me" by Timbaland feat. Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado
"Party Like a Rock Star" by Shop Boyz
"Stronger" by Kanye West

Favorite Pop Song
"Big Girls Don't Cry" by Fergie
"Irreplaceable" by Beyonce
"What Goes Around...Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake

Favorite Song from a Soundtrack
"Read My Mind" by The Killers from Friday Night Lights
"What I've Done" by Linkin Park from Transformers
"You Can't Stop the Beat" by the Cast of Hairspray from Hairspray

Favorite Reunion Tour
Genesis
The Police
Van Halen

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Box Office: Halloween Slashes to No. 1 Spot

BuzzSugar — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 06:30:00 -0700

This holiday weekend, Rob Zombie's reimagined remake of horror classic Halloween took the box office crown, bringing in $31 million in sales over its three-day opening.

Superbad continues to do impressively well - this weekend the bawdy flick came in second place, just before ping-pong comedy Balls of Fury. The Bourne Ultimatum continued to be successful, coming in fourth place, while Rush Hour 3 followed behind at No. 5.

This upcoming weekend promises some interesting choices at the theaters: There's the gritty remake of the Western 3:10 to Yuma, the Clive Owen/Paul Giamatti action film Shoot 'Em Up and, for lighter fare, there's The Brothers Solomon starring Will Forte and Will Arnett.

Photo courtesy of The Weinstein Company

Box Office: Superbad Has Super Staying Power

BuzzSugar — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:01:15 -0700

Teen raunch comedy Superbad continued to get tons of McLovin from audiences this weekend as it reigned at the box office for the second weekend in a row. Overall, this weekend's box office sales were somewhat unusual, with older movies taking the top three slots before the new releases. The Bourne Ultimatum came in second place - a nice accomplishment in the movie's third weekend in theaters - while Rush Hour 3 stayed strong at No. 3.

Mr. Bean's Holiday came in just slightly ahead of Jet Li's action flick War, the two films taking fourth and fifth places respectively. Meanwhile, The Nanny Diaries opened at No. 6 in the box office lineup, raking in just $7.8 million.

Superbad actually has a chance of taking the top slot a third weekend in a row this upcoming holiday weekend. The only real competition comes from Rob Zombie's Halloween and the bumbling comedy Balls of Fury. My money's on McLovin and Co.

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Rush Hour 3 Zooms to the Top of the Box Office

BuzzSugar — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:30:00 -0700

Well, Brett Ratner has become an even wealthier man. Having figured out a most profitable buddy action flick formula, his latest movie Rush Hour 3 took the box office crown this weekend, raking in $50.2 million. Though extremely respectable, this sum falls short of the $67.4 million made by Rush Hour 2 its opening weekend in the summer of 2001.

The Bourne Ultimatum stayed strong in second place for its second weekend in theaters, bringing in $33 million, while The Simpsons Movie followed up in the No. 3 slot. Stardust, the fantasy adventure based on the Neil Gaiman novel, sadly didn't do so well its first weekend, bringing in just $9 million in fourth place. It didn't do quite so poorly as Daddy Day Camp did in its first weekend, however, as it just barely edged Transformers out of the tenth-place spot and earned approximately $3.5 million.

This weekend should prove exciting at the box office with the releases of one of the summer's biggest comedies, Superbad, and the creepy-looking The Invasion, starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. Hopefully one of those will knock Rush Hour 3 off its throne.

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Box Office: Ultimate Bourne Breaks Records

BuzzSugar — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:30:00 -0700

For this weekend at least, Jason Bourne reigned supreme over James Bond. The Bourne Ultimatum finished its premiere weekend with an estimated $70.2 million in ticket sales, beating not only the other two Bourne films but also the premiere numbers for any Bond movie. It was also the biggest August premiere for any movie ever, and it was a personal best for both star Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass.

The Simpsons Movie didn't come close to the $71.8 million it pulled in during its opening weekend, but it still finished strong at No. 2 with an estimated $25.6 million in sales. From there, it was a big drop to Underdog, which made $12 million to finish at No. 3 in its debut weekend. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry pulled in $10 million more in the No. 4 spot, and Hairspray nabbed another $9.3 million to round out the top five.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, No Reservations and Transformers all finished ahead of another new release, Andy Samberg's comedy Hot Rod, which pulled in $5 million in the No. 9 spot. As for the final spot in the top 10? That would be Bratz, which made $4.3 million and proved that toy sales don't necessarily translate into ticket sales.

El Cantante managed to finish at No. 12 with $3.3 million, despite only opening in 540 theaters. Becoming Jane, meanwhile, made $1 million in its first 100 theaters, while The Ten made $117,000 in an extremely limited 25 theaters.

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The Bourne Ultimatum: Ultimately Awesome

BuzzSugar — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:55:00 -0700

From the breathless start to the wholly satisfying finish, The Bourne Ultimatum is, well, the ultimate action movie experience. Plenty of suspense, intrigue, and fight scenes that somehow make Matt Damon even sexier than ever all add up to the most exciting and tensely gripping movies of the summer.

From the instant The Bourne Ultimatum begins, the shaky camerawork makes the viewer feel rushed and frantic. Bourne is still running from the CIA, having been deemed a "serious threat until proven otherwise." For his part, Bourne thinks "someone started all this, and I'm going to find 'em." Thus, the cat-and-mouse game continues with Bourne trying to track down the person responsible for the way he is and the sketchy CIA guy Noah Vosen (David Strathairn) hot on his trail and taking down anyone who gets in his way. That's just a part of the tensely gripping plot, however, so read more

To help him get Bourne, Vosen strongarms Pamela Landey (Joan Allen) who awesomely turns out to be not just the brains and the beauty of the whole operation, but ultimately the heart and the guts, too. This is, in many ways, her story as well as Bourne's, which is very cool.

Watching the movie there is a sense of nothing being wasted and nothing being used extraneously - every edit a careful decision, every fight scene beautifully choreographed. Even when the point of view is not of one character spying on another, the camera angles are such that we always have this voyeuristic sense of seeing something maybe we shouldn't. It's this thoughtful direction that firmly and deftly places us inside this world of espionage, CIA-sanctioned murder and constant suspicion.

There is a blessed absence of unnecessary gore, zero sex scenes (save a flashback to Bourne making out with Marie), and no gigantic, masturbatory explosions. In this movie, less is more - way more. There's just a haggard man on a mission to find out the truth about his life, and a theater full of people cheering for their hero.

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Movie Preview: Bourne Ultimatum

BuzzSugar — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:30:00 -0700

The Bourne movies are action flicks that I can get behind. What with the high-speed chases, clever plots to elude the authorities and Matt Damon (who I enjoy watching despite my suspicion that he's not quite the sharpest tool in the shed - sorry, Pop!) looking cute while fighting the bad guys, there's enough stuff going on to keep me engaged.

So the fact that this new, full-length trailer for The Bourne Ultimatum has me excitedly awaiting the August 3 release is no big surprise, but it is a happy one. According to the IMDB plot description, "Bourne races to discover the final mysteries of his past while a government agent tries to track him down after a shootout in Moscow." To check out the trailer, read more

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Buzz News Roundup, 6/18

BuzzSugar — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:38:16 -0700

New international Bourne Ultimatum posters have hit the Web.
The powerhouses behind the fourth Indiana Jones movie are already planning a marketing blitz for next year, including tie-ins with fast food and candy companies, toy companies and Hallmark, Variety reports.
Billboard has good and bad news from Bonaroo 2007: box office numbers were through the roof, but jazz legend Ornette Coleman was hospitalized after the music fest.
From "The Closer" to "Age of Love," hot women are all over TV right now, writes the New York Times.
A Sonic Youth compilation album in which celebrities pick their favorite Sonic Youth songs is in the works for Starbucks, Pitchfork says.
Jesse L. Martin has signed on for his ninth season of "Law and Order," Zap2It tells us.
Friends and family of "Real World" star Frankie Abernathy, who died earlier this month, celebrated her life this weekend, writes the Kansas City Star.
Pitchfork informs us that the rumors about Sufjan Stevens' Oregon album are the work of a hoaxter.