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October 26th, 2008

007 Laptop Up for Auction

From our friends at Sony:
Who hasn’t dreamed of living the life of a secret agent while watching a James Bond flick - jetting off to exotic islands, seducing models and blowing up yachts with the click of a pen?  While we might not be able to turn you into Bond himself, we can outfit […]

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October 24th, 2008

Tonight on Clone Wars: Rookies

Star Wars: Clone Wars: Rookies
Air Date: Friday, Oct. 24 9 pm on Cartoon Network.
The episode finds a group of clones standing guard alone at a distant listening post. Clone Commanders Rex and Cody must inspire their rookie unit to believe in themselves to stave off a Droid Commando invasion.
“Rookies” director Justin Ridge (“Avatar: The […]

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October 17th, 2008

Tonight on Clone Wars: Destroy Malevolence

Padmé Amidala and C-3PO make a memorable entrance in “Destroy Malevolence,” an all-new animated episode of Star Wars: Clone Wars premiering at 9 p.m. ET/PT Friday, Oct. 17, on Cartoon Network.
In the episode - the final act of a three-episode arc - Padmé and C-3PO are taken hostage by General Grievous, leaving […]

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October 16th, 2008

EW Talks Trek

“I don’t think people even understand what Star Trek means anymore,” says JJ Abrams, who saw the first Star Trek film in 1979 with his father at a theater on the Paramount lot. But he feels no warm-fuzzy nostalgia about it. In fact, Abrams can sum up his regard for Trek in two words: Galaxy […]

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October 16th, 2008

Indiana Jones: A Long Time Coming

When it comes to movies, my husband Lars and I rarely agree.  Where he likes classic sci fi flicks such as “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” I’m more partial to the kitschy B-Movies like “Them” and “I Was a Teenage Werewolf.” Where we do agree, at least at the base level, is on […]

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October 14th, 2008

Indy Comes Back to DVD Today

There’s no debating what the biggest DVD in the genre is today: the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The LA Times reports today on the DVD release and the still mixed reaction from fans on the fourth film.
The debate won’t end anytime soon as there are still rumors […]

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October 13th, 2008

100 Scariest Movie Moments Returns

Bravo wants you to get your fright on this Halloween with a countdown of some of the scariest scenes ever put on film.  It all begins on Saturday October 25 with a line up of movies that includes “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” “The Omen,” “The Exorcist,” “The Exorcist 2″ and “Ghostbusters 2.”
Then, on Halloween, […]

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October 10th, 2008

Clone Wars: Y Watch

In the second of a three-episode arc, “Destroy Malevolence” finds Anakin Skywalker, his Padawan Ahsoka Tano and Jedi Master Plo Koon utilizing long-range Y-wing bombers to lead a bold strike on General Grievous’ warship, the Malevolence, and its destructive ion cannon.

The Y-wing bombers were first seen among the Rebel Alliance’s primary starfighters in 1977’s Star […]

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October 7th, 2008

It’s Happening This Week on DVD

The Happening is this week’s big sci-fi release, thanks to IMDB for the heads up. M. Night Shyamalan’s latest played to mediocre reviews but it’s his first R-rated film. The DVD contains extras that “couldn’t be shown” in theaters.
Ray Harryhausen fans get treats as the 50th Anniversary edition of The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad drops, […]

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October 7th, 2008

Spend Thanksgiving With The Apes

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Get your paws off my turkey leg, you damn dirty ape! The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that Fox Movie Channel will become the “Channel of the Apes” over the Thanksgiving Weekend, Nov.27-30. The channel will present all five of the theatrical films in their original widescreen format:
Planet of the Apes (1968)Beneath […]

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