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‘Watchmen’ Scores $56 Million Debut, Biggest Yet of 2009

Watchmen scored a good — but not spectacular — $56 million debut, on the mid-to-low end of estimates.  The film was a major wild card this weekend as it was a superhero movie marketed as an event film but rated R and based on a property few people knew.  Warner Bros. will claim success, but [...]

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Gerard Butler Wishes More Women Would Talk Dirty To Him

On this edition of “be careful what you ask for”, Mr. This-Is-Sparta, during a brief interview with the Philadelphia Daily News said that the women in Philadelphia had been “very polite”, but that anything “dirty or sexy or provocative” came through someone else.  Butler in turn expressed a wish that they would actually say it [...]

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Warner Bros. Conjures Up Its 2009 Film Slate

Warner Bros. led the 2008 North American box office with $1.79 billion in ticket sales.  What does the studio have in store for 2009?  A few long stagnat franchises, a revered children’s tale and a boy wizard to name a few. Gran Torino (Jan 9th) - Clint Eastwood takes on an Asian gang and develops an [...]

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