Exclusive to MovieWeb.com readers! Get an exclusive advance ticket to see Take the Lead before it hits theatres on April 7th! CLICK HERE for a chance at an advanced ticket! Antonio Banderas stars in Take the Lead, a drama inspired by the true story of Pierre Dulaine, an inspirational Manhattan dance teacher and competitor who volunteers his time to teach ballroom dancing to a diverse group of New York inner-city high school students serving detention....
The Good A great release that matches the brilliance of the show with innovative extras. The Bad It wish placement of the commentary tracks would have been listed out in the hardcopy episode pamphlet. Seinfeld: The Complete Seventh Season was groundbreaking, bittersweet, and hilarious all in this four disc set. It included seminal episodes like “The Soup Nazi” and “The Sponge,” but there are others in this set like “The Wink,” “The Friars Club” and “The Calzone....
Recent lottery winner Kevin Carson isn’t so fortunate. Though lucky beyond human comprehension, Kevin isn’t able to just hop off his couch and head downtown to collect his state funded check. It’s the holiday weekend, and everything is closed until Monday. He has to wait out the claim for three long days. Which isn’t going to be easy, as every one on his block knows that he holds this winning ticket in his sweaty little hand....
The women reigned supreme in home video this week, with a popular female title sweeping all three home video charts. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sex and the City: The Movie ran through minimal competition and scored top spots in the national DVD sales, rental and Blu-ray sales charts. Sex and the City: The Movie was the only major release of the week, with the closet competition coming from the George Clooney football film, Leatherheads, which finished in a distant second place in sales, a closer second place in rentals and fifth in Blu-ray sales....
It can be difficult to develop a romantic life when you’re a superhero. There’s no time for dinner dates or walks in the park when battling intergalactic invaders or hopping between dimensions to stop a witch with reality-bending capabilities from utilizing the demonic Darkhold. Furthermore, falling for another person means inherently putting them at risk, as a superhero’s enemy could use the threat of harming their loved ones to defeat them....
You can bring home an infamous 1995 film in a brand new Blu-ray release this June. Showgirls will be released on Blu-ray on June 15. This two-disc set will include both the DVD and Blu-ray and will be priced at $29.99 SRP. You can take a look at the cover art and special features below. The film stars Elizabeth Berkley, Gina Gershon, Kyle MacLachlan and Robert Davi. It’s Vegas, baby, and Nomi’s (Elizabeth Berkley) dreams and desires to make it big are as sharp as a stiletto heel....
The Good Eye catching packaging that sets this release apart on the crowded DVD shelves. The Bad The same movie has been released for the 4th time and the main difference is the inclusion of a poker set? Does someone who would buy all 4 releases of this movie even play poker? Alright, I liked Snatch just as much as the next guy but at last glance there were already three versions of this DVD in the marketplace....
Moving aggressively to accelerate the transition to digital cinema, Christie/AIX, a unit of Access Integrated Technologies (“AccessIT”), today announced an agreement with Sony Pictures Entertainment whereby Sony Pictures will supply its upcoming films in DCI-compliant format to the 4,000 digital projection systems Christie/AIX intends to install in movie theaters in the U.S. and Canada over the next two years. “We look forward to supporting Christie/AIX’s Digital Cinema rollout, which combines innovative technologies with a true understanding of the specific business needs of each distributor and exhibitor,” said Jeff Blake, Vice Chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and Chairman of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group....
Once upon a time, New York City was changed permanently by a young man named Peter Parker. What started as an idea to introduce more teenage superheroes has since exploded into a franchise of Goliath proportions. Consistently ranked one of the most popular superheroes, as reported by Inside the Magic, and general fictional characters of all time, he really is everyone’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! Naturally, there are a lot of recognizable aspects of Spidey’s persona, most notably his costume....
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2 is an animated television series that will be premiering on Disney+ in January 2023. The show follows a group of unique clone troopers referred to as Clone Force 99 or The Bad Batch as they embark on thrilling adventures. The Bad Batch is a group of genetically enhanced clones created to be exceptionally skilled at specific tasks and possess unique physical abilities. They are voiced by actor Dee Bradley Baker and include Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Crosshair, and Echo....
SHF, MW NBC Universal Television DVD , Music and Consumer Products Group has commissioned comic book icon Steven Parke to help create and illustrate the CD packaging for the the upcoming Heroes soundtrack. In addition to Parke’s comic renderings of each featured band, the Heroes soundtrack also features some of artist Tim Sale’s images that were seen in the second season of the hit series. Images from both Parke and Sale, along with exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, soundtrack music videos and more are available starting today on NBC....
Audiences are chomping at the bit for more Stranger Things. With season 4’s premiere closing in, Netflix has given audiences a special treat to hopefully stave off hunger pains. It’s a newly animated teaser of the infamous chase scene in season 1! You can check it out below. The clip in question is a gorgeously re-animated twist on that now-famous chase scene from season 1, episode 7, “The Bathtub.” Mike, Eleven, Dustin, and Lucas are fleeing on bikes, chased by disguised vans from the Hawkins National Laboratory....
i>GOLDEN COMPASS IS REALLY DARK Gold, it turns out, may not have been the best ingredient for making a compass. Although New Line Cinema reportedly spent $250-300 million to make and market The Golden Compass, the movie earned only $26.1 million in its opening weekend. Most analysts had predicted an opening of between $30 million and $40 million – and even that would have been low for a movie carrying such a huge budget....
WARNER BROS.: A BILLION-DOLLAR STUDIO AGAIN Warner Bros. said Monday that it just managed to squeeze past the $1-billion mark at the domestic box office for summer 2009. Thanks to the performance of its 3D horror flick The Final Destination,which took in slightly more than the studio expected, Warner Bros. wound up the summer with $1 billion plus $10,269. It was not as much as it earned last year, when it had The Dark Knightgoing for it, but it did manage to command 23 percent of the domestic box office....
WITHOUT WRITERS, NBC SWITCHING TO REALITY NBC will be giving viewers a heavy dose of reality after the first of the year. Faced with the possibility, if not the probability, of a prolonged writers’ strike, the network unveiled midseason plans Thursday that include the return of The Biggest Loserand 1 vs. 100 and the debut of American Gladiators.The network had already announced that Celebrity Apprenticewill launch on Thursday, Jan. 3. Three other reality shows are due to air later in midseason: Amnesia, The Baby Borrowers, and My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad....
GRAMMYS MAKE A COMEBACK After ratings for the recording industry’s annual Grammy awards plunged to their third-lowest level in history last year with just 17.18 million viewers tuning in, they zoomed upwards Sunday night, attracting 19.05 million. Critics, as usual, generally dissed the awards telecast, but generally gave host Craig Ferguson high marks. In its report, Reuters commented, “The increased viewer ratings provided some cheer to an industry fighting a losing battle to maintain album sales in an era of legal and illegal digital downloads....
NBC WINS FIRST NIGHT OF FALL SEASON The eyes of the TV industry were focused on Aaron Sorkin’s new NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Stripas the fall TV season officially got underway Monday. But the eyes of most viewers were on another unheralded show, Deal or No Deal, which gave NBC a win for the night. The two-hour game show, which saw Staten Island truck driver Matthew Sollena take home $675,000, scored an 8....
Houston, the Patriots have landed. In the greatest comeback and first overtime game in Super Bowl history, the New England Patriots defeated the Atlanta Falcons, 34-28, Sunday night on Fox, delivering the network a record 172 million total viewers for all or part of the historic event. An average audience of 113.7 million watched the game on the FOX broadcast network, FOX Deportes and Fox Sports GO & NFL Digital, including 111....
Ever since the blockbuster success of Sam Raimi’s first Spider-Man film (preceded by the also very successful X-Men), superhero movies have been ruling movie theaters, with no sign of slowing down. Thanks to their dynamic characters, epic storylines, and mass appeal, comics have provided ample material for filmmakers to translate to the big screen. Most of the time, these adaptations are a hit with audiences that go on to birth entire franchises and further the fervor for more heroes to leap from the page to the screen....
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