Archive for September, 2010
CONTEST NOW CLOSED. Hey Chicago, Milwaukee and Indianapolis! Win Passes to RED, Starring Bruce Willis
by Erika Olson | September 30th, 2010 | Filed under: Quizzes, Contests & PollsTHIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. Redblog readers in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Indianapolis have an opportunity to win passes to an evening screening of RED on Wednesday, October 6! Here’s the official synopsis of the film: Based on the cult D.C. Comics graphic novels by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, RED is an explosive action-comedy starring [...]
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DVD Review: Babies
by Locke Peterseim | September 30th, 2010 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, MoviesAn entire documentary that’s just four infants being mind-blowingly cute could come off as a cheap stunt. (What’s next, a film called Kittens in Hats Falling Asleep?) Luckily Babies balances the cute with compelling cultural insights. Sure, watching human babies gambol and cavort is entertaining and aww-inspiring. After all, infant mammals are big-eyed and cute for [...]
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Redblog Readers Who Rock: SpaceMonkeyX (aka: Rob L)
by Erika Olson | September 30th, 2010 | Filed under: Readers Who RockHe’s one of redblog’s most thoughtful commenters — with one of the most curious usernames. Get ready to meet the one… the only… SpaceMonkeyX! Name: Rob Lammle Username: SpaceMonkeyX Age: 35 Location: St. Louis, MO Occupation: Day Job: Software Support, Nights/Weekends: Writer for mentalfloss.com Welcome to the Readers Who Rock club, Rob! First and foremost, [...]
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The Close-Up Poster Answer and Memorials for Menke, Stuart, Penn and Curtis
by Locke Peterseim | September 30th, 2010 | Filed under: Other Bits, Quizzes, Contests & PollsI was very impressed that not only did a decent number of you get the four poster images correct, but quite a few of you knew, sadly, why I picked them. SpaceMonkeyX was the first to get them all right and to point out the reason behind the theme. (It’s a big day for SpaceMonkey, [...]
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Movie Trivia: Your Close-Up Poster Quiz
by Locke Peterseim | September 29th, 2010 | Filed under: Other Bits, Quizzes, Contests & PollsIt’s a late-evening quiz for you fine folks. It’s a foursome this week, and while lately the quizzes have been thematically linked to a new film on DVD or in theaters, this one is not — it has a much sadder connection to the news. You know what to do: Study the images below, close-up bits [...]
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The Redblog Geek-News Roundup
by Locke Peterseim | September 29th, 2010 | Filed under: Box Office News, NewsStar Wars in 3D Soon we can see Greedo shoot first in glorious 3D! George Lucas–who’s never run out of ways to re-release Star Wars in different versions and formats–has officially announced he’ll be converting all six films into 3D for theatrical releases. Promising to take time and care with the post-production 3D process–about a year [...]
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The Caption This!/Ondine Giveaway Winner Is…
by Erika Olson | September 29th, 2010 | Filed under: Quizzes, Contests & PollsKaren Vinje! Here’s her winning entry: “I think my net worth just went way up!” It was very tough to pick a winner from over 460 entries, so let’s give Karen a huge round of applause for emerging victorious! She’ll get to choose between the DVD and Blu-ray versions of Ondine for her prize. We [...]
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DVD Review: Marmaduke
by Erika Olson | September 29th, 2010 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, MoviesIf you can get past the freakishly CGI’d mouths on Marmaduke‘s otherwise real cats and dogs, you’ll find some snappy dialogue and a sweet story about accepting others for who they are. But it’s really hard to get past those scary CGI’d mouths. The following is a reprint of our theatrical review of Marmaduke. Marmaduke [...]
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The Let Me In Screening Winners
by Erika Olson | September 29th, 2010 | Filed under: Quizzes, Contests & PollsThanks to all of our Chicago-area redbox fans who participated in our Let Me In screening-pass contest. We’ve picked eight winners at random, and they’ll each receive an admit-two pass to the show tonight. The winners are: Christian Ruzich Raul Mauna Samir Sulejmani Hortencia Garcia Martha Centenero Gregory Carter La Ree Knight Robert Cervenka Congrats, [...]
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Redblog Talks to Devon Graye, Star of Legendary
by Locke Peterseim | September 28th, 2010 | Filed under: Interviews, MoviesLegendary is the Karate Kid-style story of a gangly high schooler, Cal Chetley, who goes against the wishes of his mother (Patricia Clarkson) to join the school wrestling team. Cal wants to wrestle in part to gain confidence, but mostly to get closer to his estranged and emotionally closed-off older brother, Mike, a former HS-wrestling [...]
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