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		<title>If Nolan Doesn&#039;t Direct &#039;Batman 3&#039; Who Would You Like to See Take Over?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/if-nolan-doesnt-direct-batman-3-who-would-you-like-to-see-take-over</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/if-nolan-doesnt-direct-batman-3-who-would-you-like-to-see-take-over#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Batman 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Nolan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Batman On Film posted a short story last week saying &#034;there&#039;s some scuttlebutt that in early 2010, Warner Bros. and Chris Nolan will finalize the plan for Batman 3.&#034; While many sites are running with the story and saying there will be an announcement of sorts, Batman On Film clearly states whether there will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has &#039;Prince of Persia&#039; Nailed What It Means to be a Video Game Adaptation?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/has-prince-of-persia-nailed-what-it-means-to-be-a-video-game-adaptation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time]]></category>

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Jake Gyllenhaal puts on his sexy face in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Photo: Walt Disney Pictures




I&#039;m not much of a gamer, and that may in fact be an understatement considering in the last few years the only games I have played and finished are &#034;Gears of War,&#034; &#034;Burnout,&#034; &#034;Uncharted,&#034; &#034;Call of Duty: Modern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Far is Too Far When Characterizing a Film&#039;s Intended or Actual Audience?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/how-far-is-too-far-when-characterizing-a-films-intended-or-actual-audience</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/how-far-is-too-far-when-characterizing-a-films-intended-or-actual-audience#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever watched a movie and hated it so much you can&#039;t imagine anyone in their right mind actually enjoying it? I&#039;m not talking about the films we all know cater to a tightly knit audience of fans, I&#039;m talking about those films where you simply say to yourself, Nope, that film was so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suggestions Please: What are the Scariest Movies You&#039;ve Ever Seen?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/suggestions-please-what-are-the-scariest-movies-youve-ever-seen</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/suggestions-please-what-are-the-scariest-movies-youve-ever-seen#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>

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Beware, it&#039;s the Predator pumpkin!


I&#039;m not sure how many more articles I will be writing between now and Sunday morning so I decided it is time to ask a question I also asked last year around this time: What are the scariest movies you&#039;ve ever seen?

Last year I also listed six movies I consider to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Does Jim Carrey Playing Multiple Roles in &#039;A Christmas Carol&#039; Benefit the Film?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/how-does-jim-carrey-playing-multiple-roles-in-a-christmas-carol-benefit-the-film</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/how-does-jim-carrey-playing-multiple-roles-in-a-christmas-carol-benefit-the-film#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Christmas Carol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Carrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Zemeckis]]></category>

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The idea of one actor playing multiple characters in a film isn&#039;t a new one even though many people begin and end the conversation with Eddie Murphy for his performances in films such as Nutty Professor and Norbit all while forgetting the comedy he brought us in Coming to America.

Before Murphy we had the likes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are Your Favorite Winter Holiday Themed Movies?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/what-are-your-favorite-winter-holiday-themed-movies</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/what-are-your-favorite-winter-holiday-themed-movies#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>

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I wasn&#039;t quite sure how to properly word the headline for this post considering I want to make sure you understand I am talking about the season pretty much running from Thanksgiving to Christmas, but I also want to make sure you know the film itself doesn&#039;t have to necessarily be about the holidays.

Take Die [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Audio Commentary: Digging Deeper into &#039;Where the Wild Things Are&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/audio-commentary-digging-deeper-into-where-the-wild-things-are</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/audio-commentary-digging-deeper-into-where-the-wild-things-are#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audio Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Where the Wild Things Are]]></category>

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The Wild Things and Max (Max Records) in Where the Wild Things Are
Photo: Warner Bros.


We are moving into phase four of Spike Jonze&#039;s Where the Wild Things Are. First came the long production marred by arguments, reshoots, anticipation and hinted at disagreements between filmmaker and studio. Next came acceptance and increased anticipation as the movie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Ever Skip a Movie in Theaters Because It Will be on DVD Soon Enough?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/do-you-ever-skip-a-movie-in-theaters-because-it-will-be-on-dvd-soon-enough</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/do-you-ever-skip-a-movie-in-theaters-because-it-will-be-on-dvd-soon-enough#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Video News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I began working on an article that was going to stress the importance of seeing certain films in theaters. I got about two paragraphs in and realized it was either going to be very long or I was going to end up half-assing it and it would be very short. Neither option worked for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>What are Your Guilty Pleasure Movies, but Don&#039;t Like to Admit It?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/what-are-your-guilty-pleasure-movies-but-dont-like-to-admit-it</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/what-are-your-guilty-pleasure-movies-but-dont-like-to-admit-it#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought the response to my &#034;Do You Ever Lie about the Movies You&#039;ve Seen? &#034; post was excellent, and on top of everything so many of you said, several new questions came as a result. One of them, offered by &#039;Steve Mott&#039;, asks the question in the headline: Do you have guilty pleasures you [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>80</slash:comments>
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		<title>DVD? Blu-ray? On Demand? What&#039;s Your Preferred Method of Home Entertainment?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/dvd-blu-ray-on-demand-whats-your-preferred-method-of-home-entertainment</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/dvd-blu-ray-on-demand-whats-your-preferred-method-of-home-entertainment#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Video News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


  

Over at The Wrap Daniel Frankel has posted a piece regarding the sales numbers for the three-year-old high-definition Blu-ray format saying &#034;the savior format still only generates about 6 percent of total home entertainment revenue.&#034; He compares this to DVD, which at age 3 commanded 20 percent of home entertainment revenue back in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewatching &#039;Natural Born Killers&#039; On Blu-ray and Exploring What is Found</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/rewatching-natural-born-killers-on-blu-ray-and-exploring-what-is-found</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/rewatching-natural-born-killers-on-blu-ray-and-exploring-what-is-found#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DVD and Blu-ray Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Video News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Born Killers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I sat down to watch Natural Born Killers on Blu-ray. It was the first time I had seen the director&#039;s cut since it was originally released on VHS in 1996. I remember how I had anticipated the film prior to its 1994 release and how I pretty much played the soundtrack on a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do You Ever Lie about the Movies You&#039;ve Seen?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/do-you-ever-lie-about-the-movies-youve-seen</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/do-you-ever-lie-about-the-movies-youve-seen#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Godfather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you seen The Godfather? How about 12 Angry Men? Casablanca? Or even Citizen Kane? I ask this after reading Xan Brooks&#039; piece over at The Guardian headlined &#034;Have you actually seen The Godfather?&#034;

Brooks&#039; article cites a survey conducted by Orange which resulted in learning that one in five of us have lied about seeing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>One Woman is Still Questioning Why &#039;Jennifer&#039;s Body&#039; Failed</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/one-woman-is-still-questioning-why-jennifers-body-failed</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/one-woman-is-still-questioning-why-jennifers-body-failed#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer's Body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megan Fox]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20965</guid>
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I can understand exactly where i09&#039;s Annalee Newitz is coming from when she writes &#034;Did Stupid Marketing Kill Jennifer&#039;s Body?&#034; even if I think she is beating a dead horse. We all have movies we either like or love that we wish more people would have seen and supported. The thought behind this is that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>How Well Do Your Friends Know Your Taste in Movies?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/how-well-do-your-friends-know-your-taste-in-movies</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/how-well-do-your-friends-know-your-taste-in-movies#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cinematic Taste Buds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20845</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How well do your friends know your movie tastes? This question came to my mind over the weekend when I texted our box-office guru Laremy Legel asking him if he thought I would like the Coen brothers&#039; film The Hudsucker Proxy. Little did he know I had just finished watching it and wanted to see [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>This Roman Polanski Chatter is Simply Out of Control</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/this-roman-polanski-chatter-is-simply-out-of-control</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/this-roman-polanski-chatter-is-simply-out-of-control#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roman Polanski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20600</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know read what Debra Winger, standing in as Zurich Film Festival jury president, was quoted saying with regard to Roman Polanski&#039;s recent arrest? &#034;We hope today this latest order will be dropped [as] it is based on a three-decade-old case that is all but dead but for minor technicalities,&#034; she said. &#034;We stand [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Michael Bay the Death of Cinema?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is-michael-bay-the-death-of-cinema</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is-michael-bay-the-death-of-cinema#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Bay]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20548</guid>
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Michael Bay&#039;s influence on films is undeniable, but in most cases his influence has inspired others toward comedy. &#034;South Park&#034; creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone delivered Team America: World Police, which was just as much a visual slam on Jerry Bruckheimer films as it was Bay, and they did it again in an episode [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who&#039;s a Film Critic? Am I? Are You?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/whos-a-film-critic-am-i-are-you</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/whos-a-film-critic-am-i-are-you#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>

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Photo: Walt Disney / Pixar


Awards Daily writer Sasha Stone has sparked an interesting conversation while pointing to IndieWire&#039;s Toronto Critics Poll, which takes a look at 34 films from the Toronto International Film Festival and sums up an overall opinion using a variety of online reviews a la RottenTomatoes.

Stone&#039;s commentary on the polling data has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caution! This Movie May Cause Motion Sickness!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/caution-this-movie-may-cause-motion-sickness</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/caution-this-movie-may-cause-motion-sickness#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[500 Days of Summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battlestar Galactica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cloverfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[District 9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quarantine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Blair Witch Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bourne Supremacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bourne Ultimatum]]></category>

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Photo: The Film Experience





  

The picture above came from a posting at The Film Experience and while Nathaniel makes fun of the use of the definitive article before &#039;hand held shooting style&#039;, I started thinking more about the use of hand-held camerawork in films nowadays and the complaining that comes as a result. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3-D: Movies on Steroids! Should All Box-Office Numbers Count the Same?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/3-d-movies-on-steroids-should-the-box-office-numbers-count-the-same</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/3-d-movies-on-steroids-should-the-box-office-numbers-count-the-same#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audio Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Box-Office News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Final Destination]]></category>

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For our next short audio commentary we turn our attention to 3-D and the dollars brought in by the latest incarnation of the theatrical gimmick. Over the weekend a reader sent a question in and it had me scratching my head. It read:

When the viewing public pays more to watch a 3-D movie, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Okay to Use a Movie to Personally Attack a Filmmaker?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is-it-okay-to-use-a-movie-to-personally-attack-a-filmmaker</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is-it-okay-to-use-a-movie-to-personally-attack-a-filmmaker#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audio Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quentin Tarantino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Zombie]]></category>

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Michael Bay. Quentin Tarantino. Rob Zombie. McG. Uwe Boll. The list of directors many find easy to attack for one reason or another can go on and on, and a lot of the time their films are used as the jumping off point to air out one&#039;s personal grievances. And I&#039;m not necessarily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which One Will You Choose? &#039;Final Destination&#039; or &#039;Halloween II&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/what-one-will-you-choose-final-destination-or-halloween-ii</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/what-one-will-you-choose-final-destination-or-halloween-ii#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audio Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween II]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Final Destination]]></category>

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In our second attempt at an audio commentary Laremy and I take a little over four minutes of our time to discuss this weekend&#039;s release conundrum pitting Dimension&#039;s Halloween II up against New Line&#039;s The Final Destination, something Laremy describes as a game of chicken that just went horribly wrong.

With Lionsgate&#039;s Saw franchise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Campaign for Change and &#039;District 9&#039; is My Candidate</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-campaign-for-change-and-district-9-is-my-candidate</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-campaign-for-change-and-district-9-is-my-candidate#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Frank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Shallow End]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[District 9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra]]></category>

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David Frank shares a piece of himself in digital ink&#8230;

Last year fanboys around the world were offered up the tasty chew toy that was The Dark Knight and they slobbered all over it and then some. Virtually over night, it seemed people lost all sense of perspective and The Dark Knight became the measuring stick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Examining Quentin Tarantino&#039;s Foot Fetish</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/examining-quentin-tarantinos-foot-fetish</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/examining-quentin-tarantinos-foot-fetish#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Dusk Till Dawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grindhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackie Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kill Bill: Volume One]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pulp Fiction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the less imaginative haters of Quentin Tarantino love to point out the writer/director&#039;s foot fetish and how it leaks into damn near every single film he has made. Of course, if Tarantino was trying to hide the fact feet light a fire where it counts it would perhaps be a little more disturbing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Should Skip &#039;Avatar&#039; Day and Here are Thoughts On Why</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/you-should-skip-avatar-day-and-heres-thoughts-on-why</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/you-should-skip-avatar-day-and-heres-thoughts-on-why#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audio Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[District 9]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, August 21 audiences will have a chance to see 16 minutes of footage from James Cameron&#039;s upcoming sci-fi adventure Avatar in one of over 100 IMAX 3-D theaters worldwide. There will be two screenings of the footage (at 6 and 6:30 PM) in what is being dubbed &#034;Avatar Day,&#034; which will include an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Reich Minister Dr. Joseph Goebbels: Perhaps Audiences Are Stupid</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/from-reich-minister-dr-joseph-goebbels-perhaps-audiences-are-stupid</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/from-reich-minister-dr-joseph-goebbels-perhaps-audiences-are-stupid#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>

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The trailer begins saying, &#034;From Reich Minister Dr. Joseph Goebbels,&#034; and Deadline Hollywood pot-stirrer Nikki Finke is in the kitchen with her All Clad and opening up a storm of stupidity, only this time she is in favor of and joining the crowd when it comes to answering &#034;yes&#034; to my recent &#034;Are General Audiences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Saying a Movie Has a Twist Ending Sort of Spoil the Movie?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/does-saying-a-movie-has-a-twist-ending-sort-of-spoil-the-movie</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/does-saying-a-movie-has-a-twist-ending-sort-of-spoil-the-movie#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angels and Demons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knowing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State of Play]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Sixth Sense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Uninvited]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a movie coming out later this year that has a big ol&#039; twist ending and people keep on asking me about it (the movie, not the twist), and I end up not saying much because my opinion on the story is based 100% on its ending. Its twist ending. I keep my mouth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are General Audiences Too Stupid to Enjoy Smart Movies?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/are-general-audiences-too-stupid-to-enjoy-smart-movies</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/are-general-audiences-too-stupid-to-enjoy-smart-movies#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funny People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the Loop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whatever Works]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, the headline could have been worded a little kinder. I could have asked if supposed &#034;smart&#034; movies were considered too boring for general audiences. I could have even gone middle-of-the-road and asked if audiences just don&#039;t &#034;get&#034; smart movies. But all of those alternatives would simply beat around the bush and avoid the real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is With the Knee-Jerk Aggression Toward &#039;The Fantastic Mr. Fox&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/what-is-with-the-knee-jerk-aggression-toward-the-fantastic-mr-fox</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/what-is-with-the-knee-jerk-aggression-toward-the-fantastic-mr-fox#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Fantastic Mr. Fox]]></category>

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Photo: Fox Searchlight


The opinion on the trailer for Wes Anderson&#039;s The Fantastic Mr. Fox seems to either be screams of delight or scowls of discontent. It seems as if it is just one more example of people forgetting completely about the story-telling aspect of movies and hoping the look fits into the nice little box [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Film Adaptations and Their Source Material, How Faithful Should They Be?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/film-adaptations-and-their-source-material-how-faithful-should-they-be</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/film-adaptations-and-their-source-material-how-faithful-should-they-be#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revolutionary Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watchmen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I guess I shouldn&#039;t be surprised so many Harry Potter fans are banging down doors complaining about how Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince isn&#039;t a page-by-page faithful adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s book. A couple of the comments registered on my review read as follows:

&#034;Poor adaptation came across as a sickly romance/comedy rather than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To What Extent Does Word-of-Mouth Affect Your Movie Viewing Habits?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/to-what-extent-does-word-of-mouth-affect-your-movie-viewing-habits</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/to-what-extent-does-word-of-mouth-affect-your-movie-viewing-habits#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks there has been a lot of talk concerning &#034;word-of-mouth&#034; and how it affects a film&#039;s box-office performance. Obviously Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was a kick-off point as critics came down hard on the film while audiences experienced a mixed reaction trending more toward acceptance. The film has now managed [...]]]></description>
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