What Happened to Movie Tie-In Videogames?
Which summer blockbuster has the better tie-in videogame: ‘The Avengers’ or ‘The Dark Knight Rises’? This will have to be a theoretical debate, because neither title actually got a console game to...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: Same Bat-Time, Same Bat-Channel
For the third week in a row, ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ not only topped the U.S. charts, but the international box office as well. Adding another $36.4 million to its domestic haul and $67 million from...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: ‘Bourne’ to Win
After three solid weeks atop the domestic box office, ‘The Dark Knight’ has finally fallen not just one, but two spots down the rankings. That’s not to say that final film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: ‘Expendable’ Income
Talk about a light weekend at the box office. Almost none of the movies, new or old, hit their projections. The most noteworthy statistic of the week is that ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ crossed the...
View ArticleWeekend Box Office: Don’t Worry, No Big ‘Rush’
Even though box office grosses slipped between 39 to 52%, this weekend’s Top 4 line-up is exactly the same as last weekend’s. The three major new releases pathetically debuted in the #7, #10 and #12...
View ArticleMid-Week Poll: Batman Reboot vs. ‘Justice League’ Movie
Christopher Nolan says that he’s done with the Batman film franchise. It should surprise no one to learn that Warner Bros. plans to continue making Batman movies without him. About a month ago, Luke...
View ArticleFull Metal Jackets: Bats in the Belfry
Christopher Nolan’s epic conclusion to the Batman saga will get a Blu-ray SteelBook exclusively available at Best Buy in the United States. From the official film synopsis: It has been eight years...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Belated Sequels
Almost lost amidst all the chatter about the Disney/Lucasfilm deal, this week also brought us the unexpected news that Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed on to reprise his role as Conan the Barbarian in...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights for December 4th, 2012 – The Bright Day Sets
Did you all take advantage of the slowdown in Blu-ray releases over the past couple of weeks to save up a few dollars? I hope so, because December will have no mercy on your wallets. New Releases...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Movies You Regret Buying
We’ve all done it. If you collect movies on DVD or Blu-ray, you’ve undoubtedly purchased a disc at some point that you later regretted. Perhaps it was a blind-buy that you expected to like, only to...
View ArticleHoly Mini Comic-Con, Batman!
The 2013 Central Canada Pop Culture Expo (formerly the Winnipeg Comic & Toy Expo) launches in early April, and this year spotlights a classic TV show by welcoming a trio of bat-tastic special...
View ArticleVideogame Releases: Week of April 14th, 2013
Take notice, comic book fans. This week sees Superman seize control in an act of injustice while Batman is forced to ally with some of his most villainous rogues. Meanwhile, fantasy RPGs take hold of...
View ArticleMid-Week Poll: Are You Excited for a Superman-Batman Team-Up Movie?
At the San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend, director Zack Snyder announced that his follow-up to this summer’s successful ‘Man of Steel’ will not be ‘Man of Steel 2′, but rather a Superman/Batman...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Best & Worst Videogames Based on Movies or TV
Hollywood loves to cross-promote its movies and TV shows with videogame tie-ins, and the videogame industry loves to license movies and TV shows for their instant name-brand recognition. This seems...
View ArticleA Constant Image Height Refresher
If projector owners are a niche within the home theater hobby, Constant Image Height projection users are a niche within a niche. A lot of that comes down to a simple lack of understanding. Also...
View ArticlePoll: Ben Affleck as Batman?
Film industry bible Variety reports that Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have signed Ben Affleck to play the Caped Crusader in the upcoming Superman/Batman crossover film (or, in Variety parlance,...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Favorite Movie & TV Toys
Yes, I know, it’s Friday the 13th today, but we’ve done other Roundtables on horror movie topics in the past. Let’s try to think out of the box this week. With the upcoming ‘Alien’ retro action figures...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of Sept. 22nd, 2013 – Heavy Boots of Lead, Fills His...
Zombies and superheroes – it feels like modern audiences will never get tired of either. Last week delivered a big zombie epic to Blu-ray, and this week brings us the first of this year’s many...
View ArticleVideogame Releases: Week of October 20th, 2013
In this week’s videogame releases, Marvel’s Avengers assemble… their Lego bricks. Also, Batman exposes his origins, the human revolution gets revamped, and more. All-in-all, the week is packed with...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights: Week of November 3rd, 2013 – Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh…
Do you remember how slow the last couple of weeks were for new Blu-rays, aside from a couple of big titles? That didn’t last long. November kicks off in a big way with a huge slate of new discs. Even...
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