Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 10, 2009, 9:20 am
“Eastwick” ran out of magic on Monday, and it will be going “poof.” The crime-show drama, “The Forgotten,” will be extended five more episodes. “Eastwick” is the least watched show o...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 10, 2009, 8:00 am
Is it wrong that the first thought that popped into my mind after viewing the trailer for Jim Sheridan’s new film Brothers was “I’m so glad somebody finally decided to capitalize on ...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 10, 2009, 7:48 am
This isn’t much in the way of news, but we got our hands on a new poster for Tim Burton’s upcoming adaptation of Alice in Wonderland! While looking a bit photoshopped, the poster does giv...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 10, 2009, 7:39 am
The Informant himself, Matt Damon, will be joining forces with Belgian actress Cecile De France to star in director Clint Eastwood’s “supernatural drama” titled Hereafter. Written b...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 10, 2009, 7:28 am
Len Wiseman, the man behind Underworld and Live Free or Die Hard,  has signed on to direct and produce an untitled pitch that Fox has just grabbed the rights to. Details (and screenwriters!) are sca...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 10, 2009, 7:20 am
Having recently revisited Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy, I’ve come to the conclusion that that film has a little slice of everything. It has incredibly light humor followed by the darkest of gal...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 10, 2009, 4:42 am
  We are all the end result of a lifetime of experiences. Who we are today has been directly decided by what we’ve seen, done, and been exposed to in the past. On tonight’s episode of The Big Ba...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 10, 2009, 4:39 am
Never underestimate the power of the written word. Words have the power to change the world, inspire people, and influence monumental decisions. It doesn’t matter if it’s an internationally bestse...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 10, 2009, 4:38 am
TV Land and TV Guide Network purchased the syndication rights to the HBO show, “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Beginning in February, “Curb Your Enthusiasm” will air on TV Guide Network, which will p...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 6, 2009, 11:37 am
It is up to you to decide. That’s about as far as the creators of The Fourth Kind are really willing to go in regards to confirming the truth behind their new film. Ultimately, that’s p...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 6, 2009, 8:05 am
If you push the button on the titular box in Richard Kelly’s new sci-fi opus, two things will undoubtedly happen. The first is that somewhere in the world, a person you do not know will die. The...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 6, 2009, 8:00 am
I sit in my seat and look about to see my surroundings; I start to hear clicking sounds getting louder and louder. I start to fly around the city of London, looking around I see people having snowball...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 6, 2009, 7:48 am
It really was only a matter of time before a film was put into production that directly emulates The Hangover in style and content. Universal has their hands on what’s potentially the first of t...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 6, 2009, 7:38 am
Twilight is out of control, and now its floodgates have burst, spilling its contents everywhere. Bit players such as Ashley Greene from the Twilight films are now getting genre work — in this case, ...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 6, 2009, 7:23 am
It seems that Fox Searchlight, desperate to have at least one film out by the end of the year (looks like they oddly don’t have enough on their plate this season) will be bumping Crazy Heart up ...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 6, 2009, 5:25 am
In Sutter Valley, Ca., a man is found dead from blunt force trauma to the head. Before the team can really dive into the investigation, however, Jane is arrested by Bosco for bugging the agent’s...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 6, 2009, 5:22 am
At the beginning of tonight’s episode, we find out that the blue hand is actually the symbol of a club, for people who saw nothing in their flash forwards. They gather together to take fate into...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 5, 2009, 9:19 pm
Following the trend of classic books and cartoons finding their way to the big screen, everyone’s favorite pic-a-nic basket stealing bear is making his way from the animated forest of Jellystone...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 5, 2009, 9:18 pm
Bradley Cooper, who shot to stardom in this summer’s The Hangover, has replaced Shia LeBeouf to star in Relativity Media’s Dark Fields. Cooper will be playing a writer who’s down on...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 5, 2009, 7:54 am
The Tourist, which will tell the tale of an American tourist drawn into a plot of intrigue with a female Interpol agent, has had an increasingly hard time gearing up to launch into production this com...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 5, 2009, 7:40 am
Director Danny Boyle (28 Days Later, Sunshine, Slumdog Millionaire) has found his next project with Fox Searchlight: 127 Hours, which will tell the true story of mountaineer Aron Ralston. Simon Beauf...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 4, 2009, 11:17 pm
I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised by this. An idea takes off, people are bound to try capitalize on that idea for themselves. But this particular marketing strategy is one I feel may be tak...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 4, 2009, 11:15 pm
Oh my goodness, my inner five-year-old (who is always quite present) is absolutely giddy right now. The last couple of months have seen screen adaptations of a couple of my favorite childhood books: ...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 4, 2009, 6:46 pm
It’s been a fair while since Anthony Hopkins has had the chance to stretch his legs within a role, and I can think of no better opportunity for him to remind people what a fine actor he is than ...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 4, 2009, 6:34 pm
We’ve got Ridley Scott’s Monopoly on the horizon. We’ve got Peter Berg’s Battleship. We have Ouija. Risk? Hey, why not? Sony Pictures has picked up the board game that is hell...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 4, 2009, 5:54 pm
While his performance in The Dark Knight earned Heath Ledger a posthumous Oscar, it won’t have the distinction of being the last movie to star the late actor. On December 25th, audiences will b...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 4, 2009, 10:33 am
After purchasing DIC Entertainment for a cool $83 million last year Cookie Jar Entertainment has positioned itself to launch its new online component, Jaroo.  Jaroo is an ambitious project with a sim...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 4, 2009, 8:59 am
Is it possible to hold a film like Amanda Gusack’s In Memorium in a truly objective, critical light after seeing Oren Peli’s Paranormal Activity? I would have to say probably not, consider...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 4, 2009, 8:09 am
Want to know why Sigourney Weaver has the comedic ability to do a great job in movies like Ghostbusters or Galaxy Quest? Or why John C. Reilly cracked you up so darn well in Step Brothers? Take a loo...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 3, 2009, 6:37 am
Morgan Freeman has signed on to star in the Warner Bros. comedy Dirty Old Men (working title). In the film, Freeman will be playing the best friend and wingman of an aging playboy who finally meets t...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 3, 2009, 6:34 am
Owen Wilson is going to the dogs. First he starred alongside an adorable golden lab in Marley and Me, and now he will be starring as…well, as a dog himself. Wilson has signed on to voice the r...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 3, 2009, 6:32 am
What’s that you say? “I can own the Terminator? Surely Carly must be talking about the DVD. Or maybe scientists in an underground laboratory have created actual Terminators that I can buy!...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 3, 2009, 6:30 am
I don’t think it’s going too far out on a limb to say that this is one of the most interesting marketing moves I’ve heard in a long time: The Mouse House will reintroduce its famous...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 2, 2009, 9:46 pm
The only man in Hollywood busier than Ridley Scott must be Uwe Boll, who has had a videogame-to-film adaptation in theaters or on DVD every twelve minutes since House of the Dead. But word on the stre...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 2, 2009, 9:24 pm
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is definitely aiming to recapture his Pirates of the Caribbean mojo with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, if this trailer is any indication. From the humor on display to...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 2, 2009, 9:07 pm
Want to know How to Train Your Dragon? Well know you can get to know the film a little better with the new trailer for the film that has been released today. It looks like it’s pretty much par f...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 2, 2009, 2:57 pm
Despite being canceled a mere two weeks before its new season began, Southland has managed to secure itself a spot on TNT.  The addition to TNT’s lineup originally only aired 7 episodes and was...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 2, 2009, 2:32 pm
Haven’t had enough of the Twilight frenzy yet? Can’t wait until November 20th to get your fix with the release of New Moon? No worries! Here’s a little sampling of some of the new ca...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Nov 2, 2009, 8:33 am
Tron Legacy is definitely on my list of most anticipated upcoming movies. I love the original Tron, and can’t wait to see a revitalized 3D version of that world with Jeff Bridges returning to th...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Oct 29, 2009, 8:54 am
Oh dear. The teenage boy within me loves this story, and I’m sure this movie will make a lot of moolah specifically for that reason. Jessica Biel has signed on to star in F***ing Engaged, based...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Oct 29, 2009, 8:44 am
This just in: Tony and Ridley Scott buy rights to make a movie about the Sun, the Earth, and everything that has existed upon it throughout human history. Seriously. The Scott family is becoming omnip...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Oct 29, 2009, 8:20 am
Whether you were jazzed about the first trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar or even if it left you cold, you have to admit that the release of the film this December is the largest thing looming ...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Oct 28, 2009, 11:01 pm
November 6th will see the release of the much anticipated The Men Who Stare at Goats. The film about an army battalion of “psychic spies” stars four Hollywood’s heavyweights: George ...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Oct 28, 2009, 5:39 pm
I can’t say I’m entirely surprised by the new rumor that actor/writer/director Peter Berg (Hancock, The Kingdom, the upcoming Battleship movie) is leaving the new film version of Frank Her...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Oct 28, 2009, 5:18 pm
Whether you’re a fan of what Robert Zemeckis has been doing with motion capture technology lately, in films such as Beowulf and the upcoming adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Caro...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Oct 28, 2009, 5:13 pm
It’s quite possible that the closest we’ll get to a biopic about the Beatles, at least as long as the remaining members of the band are alive, is Sam Taylor Wood’s Nowhere Boy, which...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Oct 28, 2009, 4:57 pm
People who don’t know much about me probably wouldn’t guess that I’m a huge Star Trek fan. But the facade of being normal cracks at the seams, once you start noticing Trek-themed coa...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Oct 28, 2009, 9:08 am
We usually don’t cover games and technological silliness here on AtomicPopcorn.net, but some stuff is too good to pass up. Like this $7.99 iPhone 3G app called ReelDirector, which essentially c...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Oct 28, 2009, 8:36 am
Here’s a recipe for … well, I’m not sure what dish this will make, but it’ll certainly be interesting: Emmanuelle Chriqui, a recurring actor on Entourage, and Val Kilmer (Tombs...
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Matthew S. posted an article on Atomic Popcorn - Movie Reviews, News and more - Oct 26, 2009, 8:26 pm
Warner Bros. studios recently picked up the rights to Missing Links, a comedy based on a novel by ESPN magazine columnist Rick Reilly. The novel tells the story of a group of golfers who get tired of...
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