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Posted by Robin Hare on Jul 7th, 2010 | View Comments

Good one, Hollywood: I nearly believed you when you said you lost money on HARRY POTTER 5

Whenever I explain to people that big movie studios (like Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount, etc.) don’t make much annual profit (relatively speaking), I’m usually met with blank stares or open incredulity. “But Tentpole: The Movie: Sequel #3 made $xxx million!” they say; “of course they make billions of dollars every year!” That’s not actually the case. Why? Because,...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jun 26th, 2010 | View Comments

THE LAST AIRBENDER cost $280 million — that’s a lot of dollars

If I had $280 million, I’d probably buy a new jacket, because it’s really cold right now. Last night as I drove home from work my car thermometer indicated that it was 5 degrees outside (that’s five real degrees, on the scale that actually makes sense, not the Fahrenheit one). Last time I was out and about in that kind of cold I was on the other side of the planet, and saw a frozen puddle of...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jun 26th, 2010 | View Comments

WORLD OF WARCRAFT movie alarmingly close to getting made

You’ve probably heard of World Of Warcraft; it’s kind of like Farmville on Facebook, but with more particle effects and Tolkien plagiarism. The idea that 11 million people pay money to keep playing a game that never ends literally hurts my brain. It’s like paying $5 per episode to watch “The X-Files,” but they only give you the monster-of-the-week episodes, rather than the story...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Jun 26th, 2010 | View Comments

Reel Thinker Podcast #01, June 25 2010

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. You’re moments away from listening to our first ever podcast. Go ahead, click the players above or below to start streaming from the web or Download the mp3 file (19 mb). Jason Stringer, Danny Clark and Nyrie Anne share their...
Posted by Robin Hare on Jun 23rd, 2010 | View Comments

By all means, ruin my childhood: THE LION KING undergoing 3D conversion

I haven’t watched The Lion King since I was a wee grasshopper, sometime in the early-mid 1990s. I don’t really want to watch it again any time soon, either — perhaps I’ll give it a spin when / if I have kids, or when I feel a particularly strong urge to indulge in some hard-hitting nostalgia. Being that I watched The Lion King when I was a kid, I don’t even know if it’s a...
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