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July 2nd, 2010

Playing the Numbers Game

M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender [Photo - Paramount]

Everyone seems to be buzzing about The Last Airbender’s Rotten Tomatoes score of 7%, asking things like “is it really that bad,” “is it actually worse than Marmaduke or Twilight: Eclipse,” or “is it really that bad?” It really is interesting to see how much discussion there is out there about scores and numbers and percentages alone on this movie compared to what discussion there is out there on what exactly made the movie so shitty. The Happening is quite possibly one of the worst acts of cinema ever perpetrated on the world, but knowing its Tomatometer score is 18% does nothing to clarify that. READ MORE!

By Dan Euto • Posted in Games, Movies • 1 Comment
June 22nd, 2010

Triweekly Podcast: Of Biker Boyz and Men

What’s this, again? Has it been three weeks already? IT HAS BEEN LIKE FIVE WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

Not pictured - DEADLY BARBS [Photo - Bjork.com]

Woogmoog Triweekly Podcast 06-17-2010

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YOU AIN’T GOT NO PANCAKE MIX:

  • The A-Team
  • Torque
  • Timothy Olyphant, the star of Torque
  • Biker Boyz
  • Piranha 3D, savior of Summer 2010
  • Example #514 of someone from The Wire whose name isn’t Idris Elba and is stuck in a horrible movie (not counting Prom Night because that movie is suck, redefined)
  • More people should like Neil Marshall and Doomsday
  • Punisher: War Zone is Season 6 of The Wire
  • Josh Brolin is apparently in Men in Black 3
  • Have you ever seen Sphere? Explain.
  • Splice and Björk
  • WHAT IF you could somehow make Mortal Kombat dumber?
  • E3!

MUSIC

Intro: Pat and Mike

Outro: Pat

Hate mail? RIGHT THIS WAY, BUCKO

We’ve pared down the length because apparently folks who have lives can’t stand to listen to us prattle on and on for hours and hours. We live to serve, condensed or no. Enjoy!

By Dan Euto • Posted in Podcasts • No Comments
May 25th, 2010

Shrek Forever After Box Office Opening Disappoints, DreamWorks Stock Drops

Shrek Forever AfterDreamWorks’ stock plunged more than 13% this week after the very 3D and very expensive Shrek 4: Endgame stumbled at the box office this weekend. The weekend totals were just a hair over $70 million, the lowest opening for the franchise since the first Shrek. You know, Shrek, that movie that ended up raking in nearly $500 domestic + foreign. Shrek 4: The Revenge also cost nearly $100 million more than the original. Those numbers are even more galling when you consider the inflated 3D ticket prices and the panic over the possibility of crossing the $20 ticket threshold.

DreamWorks’ earlier animated effort this year, How to Train Your Dragon, managed via word-of-mouth READ MORE!

By Dan Euto • Posted in Movie News, Movies • No Comments