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How Well Do You Know?
Your shirt seems to have lost some buttons.
Spielberg and Lucas have all but disowned it, critics and concerned 80's parents hated it, and the MPAA even created the PG-13 rating because of it. And yet, for those of us who like to take a walk on the dark side now and then, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is an action classic.
Weekend Wrap-Up
Don't go away mad, just go away..
Two new releases entered the marketplace this weekend, sharing the same goal. Each wanted to steal Iron Man's momentum after only seven days in theaters. Given the $102 million start Robert Downey's Jr. blockbuster had on the competition, this appeared to be an ambitious goal, but upsets happen at the cineplex.
     


Friday Box Office Analysis
Racer X's identity will remain a mystery to most people.
Speed Racer doesn't quite crash and burn, but this certainly isn't the opening that anyone had in mind.
Weekend Forecast
*goes into epileptic seizure*
After getting off to a brilliant start, the summer movie season takes a weekend to exhale a little.
Daily Box Office
Turn on your heartlight...
Daily box office returns for:

Monday, 5/5
Tuesday, 5/6
Wednesday, 5/7
Survivor Recap
Yet another booboo
In which injury again alters the game, and someone finally figures out how to play the Immunity Idol.
Movie Quotes 2
No beer and no TV make Homer somethin somethin
It is the well written and executed quip that is the most memorable part of a film. Movie quotes hold a special place in popular culture. We've decided to test your knowledge of some select film lines.
Monday Morning Quarterback
It all went downhill with Piazza.
MMQB makes its triumphant return. Read:

Part One
Part Two
How Well Do You Know
Third answer is always C


Ratatouille
Brad Bird's Ratatouille continued Pixar's run of critical and popular successes.... more
TiVoPlex
But it's unfilmable!
From the obscure to the obscurest to the merely overlooked or underappreciated; they all have a home in the TiVoPlex!
The Big Picture
Recent & upcoming films, awards and, if we're lucky, home phone numbers

May 11, 2008
Career notes, awards, recent and upcoming movies.

Featured today:

Ryan Reynolds
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Movie News
  The Spirit
    Frank Miller's comic book adaptation gets Christmas Day release date
  Queen of the South
    Josh Hartnett, two more go drug-trafficking
  Jane Eyre
    BBC nabs Ellen Page as next Jane
  The Messenger
    Woody Harrelson joins Moverman's debut
  The Job
    Four actors sign on for dark dramedy
  Quantum of Solace
    Amy Winehouse stops recording for Bond
 
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Upcoming Releases
Thursday, May 22
Indiana Jones 4
Friday, May 30
Starship Dave
Friday, June 6
Kung Fu Panda
Mongol (Limited)

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Other Updates

Trivia
This week's question:

The hero of which movie searched for a villain who was the head of security for Devlin-MacGregor Pharmaceuticals?

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Top 5
Les Winan's
Top 5 People We Should Recruit for the BOP Staff
  1. Bill Clinton
  2. Boston Sports Guy
  3. Aaron Sorkin
  4. Rickey Henderson
  5. Nick Hornby
This Date in Film History
  1927:

The organizational banquet of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is held, and 231 of the 300 men and women invited to the banquet accept membership into the Academy. Thomas Edison is given an honorary membership in the Academy.
Source: Historical Study of the Academy

1931:

Peter Lorre makes his official screen debut in Fritz Lang's M, starring as the psychotic Hans Beckert.


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