Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by mikull
Transformers Movie named the Most Pirated Film of 2007 - TFW2005: In a somewhat dubious honor, the filesharing news blog TorrentFreak has compiled a list of most pirated movies in 2007. According to a representative sample from one torrent site, Transformers topped the movie list for last year.
Ironically, Transformers sold over 190,000 HD DVDs in [...]
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Posted on November 28th, 2007 by mikull
I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA
She’s tough. She’s fearless. She’s driven. She’s a brilliant strategist. She’s perhaps the most famous animal rights activist in the world. Get a glimpse inside the daily life of PETA President Ingrid Newkirk—from the moment she wakes up, well before dawn, until the end of [...]
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Posted on September 24th, 2007 by mikull
George Lucas on Star Wars at TVGuide.com
TVGuide.com has an interview with the maker himself, and he drops us some nice bits about what we can look forward to in regards to the future of Star Wars. Yes, my title was misleading for the uninitiated: No, there will not be Episodes VII, VIII, or IX. As [...]
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Posted on September 11th, 2007 by mikull
Variety.com - ‘Harry Potter’ toots box office horn
Warner Bros. is touting a Harry Potter milestone: Top-grossing film franchise worldwide. Ever. With two movies to go, the franchise had already hit $4.47 billion in worldwide earnings. This figure puts it above Star Wars and its sequels and prequels ($4.23 billion) and the 21 official James [...]
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Posted on May 25th, 2007 by mikull
On May 25, 1977, the original “Star Wars” - one of the highest-grossing movies of all time - changed the world. In theaters across America, audiences sat spellbound. Somewhere between the words “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away …” and the final scene, in which our triumphant heroes turn to face [...]
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Posted on April 30th, 2007 by mikull
In anticipation of this Summer’s movie offerings, mikull.com runs down the list of 13 films worth watching this summer. There should be no questions, no doubts, no surprises- this is an amazing summer for movies. And let’s be clear here, I’m talking guy movies… and with all the members here being movie enthusiasts, I’m happy [...]
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Posted on April 19th, 2007 by mikull
I ran across a great article this morning about the Simpsons from Parade Magazine. I’m sure I’m not alone in being a fan of the show; I remember when it premiered both as a short and show respectively, and has since become a weekly television staple in my life. With a feature film hitting screens [...]
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Posted on August 27th, 2006 by mikull
Star Wars: Episode IV | Episode IV: What Has Changed?
this was a great article and picture series over at starwars.com. being the known star wars junkie that am i, i thought i knew all the things that had been changed from the 1977 and 1997 versions of the film when the dvd set came out [...]
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Posted on August 3rd, 2006 by mikull
We’ve been talking on and off on the message boards about films like Flight 93 and World Trade Center. I am forced to deal with the internal conflict of whether it is ‘too soon’ to be seeing movies such as this. When I consider of some of the great films that have chronicled horrific tragedies [...]
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Posted on July 27th, 2006 by mikull
In the last few years, thanks in large part to Marvel’s resurrection from the near-dead, we’ve seen our big screen comic dreams come true with X-Men and Spider-Man. We’ve even seen the Sin City and Superman hit the screen, with even more new movies and sequels waiting in the production wings.
There’s a revolution: movie studios [...]
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