Archive for August, 2011
Documentaries at Redbox
by Locke Peterseim | August 31st, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Movie ListsThe other day I wrote about why I love documentaries so much. So here are six good ones currently available from redbox. (And later I’ll tell you about six more I’ve seen in theaters this summer.) – The Greatest Movie Ever Sold Super Size Me‘s Morgan Spurlock’s documentary-making method is find a subject that concerns [...]
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Tuesday Threes: The Answer
by Locke Peterseim | August 31st, 2011 | Filed under: Quizzes, Contests & Polls, ThreesGreat turnout for yesterday’s Threes, plus it looks like a lot of brand-new quiz players and folks new to redblog itself. Welcome, everyone! Hope you’ll hang around with us a while–we have a couple trivia quizzes a week (more if Sparky has his way), plus often have contest giveaways on Thursdays. And that’s on top [...]
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Soderbergh Really is Retiring… For Real… Probably…
by Locke Peterseim | August 30th, 2011 | Filed under: NewsFor those keeping score at home, last winter Matt Damon said director Steven Soderbergh was seriously considering retiring. At the time Damon, who’s starred in all three of Soderbergh’s Oceans 11-13 movies and The Informant!, was shooting the upcoming virus-thriller Contagion with Soderbergh in Chicago. Soderbergh, who’s 48, confirmed Damon’s statement in March, saying that after Contagion [...]
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Experiencing an Old Favorite in a New Way
by Erika Olson | August 30th, 2011 | Filed under: Hum Along, Movies, Other BitsSummer’s winding down—can you believe it? I’m going to cling to every last bit of warmth the sun sends our way, because I hate hate hate the winter. In order to not fall into a depressed funk just thinking about the cold and snow and blizzards that lurk ahead, I’m going to share with you [...]
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What’s New at Redbox This Week?
by Erika Olson | August 30th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Movie Lists, Movies, Redbox InsiderEight new movies and one returning fan favorite arrived in redbox kiosks today! Here’s more about the latest additions: Rio Blu is a domesticated macaw who never learned to fly and enjoys a simple life with his owner Linda in Minnesota. They think he’s the last of his kind, but when they learn about another [...]
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Movie Trailer: Dream House, Starring Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, and Rachel Weisz
by Erika Olson | August 30th, 2011 | Filed under: TrailersWhen I first heard about Dream House, the latest film from six-time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father, Brothers), I was really confused. It sounded like a straight-up horror flick to me, which seemed out of character for both Sheridan and its stars—namely Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, and Naomi Watts. (OK, [...]
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Movie Trivia: Your Tuesday Threes
by Locke Peterseim | August 30th, 2011 | Filed under: Quizzes, Contests & Polls, ThreesIt’s Tuesday and I have Threes for you. Here are the rules: I give you the names of three actors, you tell me what one single film all three were in together. Enter your guess in the comments section directly below this post, and if you’re first with the correct answer you win the homemade construction-paper medal! [...]
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Meet the Birds of Rio
by Locke Peterseim | August 30th, 2011 | Filed under: Movies, Other BitsRio is the story of Blu, a mild-mannered parrot (Jesse Eisenberg) raised in domestic comfort in Minnesota. This earth-bound house-bird becomes a feathered fish out of water when he’s brought to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to mate with Jewel (Anne Hathaway), one of the few remaining females of their rare and endangered species. Naturally a [...]
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Why I Love Documentaries
by Locke Peterseim | August 29th, 2011 | Filed under: In My Humble Opinion, MoviesFor decades, feature-length documentaries were considered the lima beans of movies. (Sorry–if you really love lima beans, swap them out for whatever healthy foodstuff you can’t choke down no matter how good it is for you.) They were usually serious and important, and far too often dry and dull. (Plus they always wrecked your Oscar [...]
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The Hunger Games’ Teaser Trailer (& Director Commentary!)
by Erika Olson | August 29th, 2011 | Filed under: Award Shows, TrailersI suffered through the MTV Video Music Awards last night in order to watch the teaser for The Hunger Games, since I do so love me Suzanne Collins’ trilogy of books and cannot wait to see how director Gary Ross (Seabiscuit) adapts the first novel for the big screen. Before we get to the HG [...]
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