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Favorite Movies: Aliens, Jaws, Inglourious Basterds, the Mad Max movies except the kid read more parts of Thunderdome, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Starship Troopers, the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, They Live, Pandorum, The Warriors, Darkman, The Thing, The Untouchables, a good percentage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, B-movies, Westerns

Likes: Mass Effect, ginger, the 1960s Batman TV show, diversity, Fallout, non-iron read more shirts, Angela Bassett, comics, funk, making and/or consuming satisfying meals, xenomorphs, the Elric saga, weird art, volume, She-Hulk, freeze-frame credits, my goofy cats, green things, transdimensional travel, vindication

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Weekend Box-Office: February 10-12, 2012

Wow — The Vow! Roses are red, dollars are green, THE VOW was the movie that was most often seen. With Valentine’s Day looming, ladies were clearly looking for a little romance, and that’s exactly what they got (along the...
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Weekend Box-Office: February 3-5, 2012

Chronicle has the power! It may be Super Bowl weekend, but people obviously had plenty of time to check out a movie or two before kickoff. The new superpowered-teen “found footage” flick CHRONICLE just barely grabbed the top spot with...
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Weekend Box-Office: January 27-29, 2012

The Grey gets the green! A movie about people stranded in freezing weather may not seem like appealing escapism during the chilly month of January, but a chance to watch Liam Neeson battle voracious wolves in the Alaskan wilds was...
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JoBlo.com’s Box-Office Predictions! (January 27-29)

It’s always fascinating to observe the box office competition, the bloody Hollywood gladiatorial clash. To cheer for champions and underdogs, to speculate on tactics, or to hail the demise of the dreadful. And, of course, to witness the weekly reminders...
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Weekend Box-Office: January 20-22, 2012

Underworld: Awakening kills the competition! Kate Beckinsale was back in body-hugging leather this weekend, and she was packing enough ammo to slaughter all comers as UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING opened at the top of the box office. The fourth in the vampires-vs.-werewolves...
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JoBlo.com’s Box-Office Predictions! (January 20-22)

It’s always fascinating to observe the box office competition, the bloody Hollywood gladiatorial clash. To cheer for champions and underdogs, to speculate on tactics, or to hail the demise of the dreadful. And, of course, to witness the weekly reminders...
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Weekend Box-Office: January 13-15, 2012

Contraband grabs your dough! This weekend’s craving was clearly more for action than animation, and Mark Wahlberg was armed and ready for it — his R-rated bullet-riddled thriller CONTRABAND took the top with $24.1 million in its first weekend. As...
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