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Buzz Gift Guide: Goodies For Gramps
Welcome back, folks, to the next installment of my Buzz Gift Guide series for all the entertainment lovers in your life. Yesterday I suggested some fun gifts for grandma (after tackling mom and dad), and that leaves us with grandpa!
The first thing I thought of for my grandpa was the soundtrack to AMC's hit show Mad Men.
What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
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.
Get Smart
Get Smart is the big pick of the week this week, and as far as rentals go, this would be an excellent choice.
Hancock Is a Box Office Superhero
A surprise to no one (but still a delight to me, since I find this Will Smith movie to be pretty fun), Hancock won the crown at the box office over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. According to Variety, the movie "is the eighth Smith film in a row to open at No. 1 domestically, as well as his fifth — and most successful — Fourth of July outing."
Box Office: Cuteness Will Always Triumph
The cutest robot to hit the screen in a long time, Wall-E, proved irresistible to audiences over the weekend, earning the top spot at the box office with an estimated $62.5 million. According to Variety, this is the third best opening for a Pixar film after The Incredibles ($70.5 million) and Finding Nemo ($70.2 million).
The Angelina Jolie-James McAvoy action flick Wanted nabbed the No.
Box Office: Carell & Co. Outsmart the Guru
Looks like enough people were craving the silly fun of an updated Maxwell Smart story this weekend, making the Steve Carell-Anne Hathaway comedy No. 1 at the box office. The Mike Meyers comedy The Love Guru was expected to show Get Smart some stiff competition during the opening weekend for both movies.
Get Smart: A Light, Easy Treat
You know when you're tired, cranky, and hungry right around mid-afternoon and you know you should just gnaw on the baby carrots you put in the office fridge during a fit of optimism but all you want to do is grab the Ho-Hos (or in my case, those Tag-a-Long Girl Scout cookies) in your top drawer and stuff your face? And then sometimes you decide to stuff your face and it's insanely satisfying (if only temporarily)? That's what my experience of watching Get Smart was like.
Spies and the BuzzSugar Who Loves Them
Spies are the coolest of the cool. The secret-holders and protectors. The smartest and often the most spry.
Link Time! 2/28
- There's a new, full-length trailer out for Get Smart with Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway and the dreamiest of men, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson up on /Film.
- Check out Mollygood for new images from The Incredible Hulk, starring Edward Norton.
- I'm not sure how I feel about this one, but The TV Addict is challenging NBC's remake-obsessed Ben Silverman to take on The West Wing: The Santos Years.
- You Ain't No Picasso loved Be Kind Rewind and tells us so with appropriate mp3s.
- According to Cinematical, anyone who calls himself or herself a horror film fan absolutely needs to see The Signal.
- TV with MeeVee thinks American Idol's Danny Noriega reminds them of someone a little fiercer.
- Popwatch wonders what shows you've been watching out of desperation while waiting for the strike drought to end, like, say, Two and a Half Men.
- Vulture decides that if Maxim can review albums without listening to them, they can review lots of things without seeing them.
New Get Smart Trailer Released
It's a good day for Steve Carell fans. An international trailer has appeared online for Get Smart, in which he plays the legendary bumbling Agent 86 (Maxwell Smart). The headquarters of US spy agency Control are attacked, and the identities of its agents compromised, just as evil crime syndicate KAOS plots world domination.
Comic-Con Report: Reaper, Clive, Gondry, More
Friday was another busy day at Comic-Con in San Diego, and Team member Phasekitty is again offering up her reports from the floor. Be sure to check out all of her blogging about the event. Here are a few highlights:
- At the "Reaper" panel, Phasekitty got to hear Kevin Smith talk about his role in directing one of my favorite pilots for the CW.
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