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	<title>Rope of Silicon &#187; Reactionary Causes</title>
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		<title>&#039;Clash of the Titans&#039; is the New &#039;Transformers&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/clash-titans-transformers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/clash-titans-transformers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wrath of the Titans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Warner Bros. has reportedly brought in a team to begin working on a script for <i>Clash of the Titans 3</i> as <i>Wrath of the Titans</i> makes way to theaters in March. The question is, can <i>Clash 2</i> be good enough to warrant a third film, or will it, at the very least, make enough money?]]></description>
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		<title>Why Complain that Scenes from the &#039;Paranormal Activity 3&#039; Trailers Weren&#039;t in the Film?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/scenes-paranormal-activity-3-trailers-film/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/scenes-paranormal-activity-3-trailers-film/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paranormal Activity 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48770</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you upset scenes from the <i>Paranormal Activity 3</i> trailers weren't in the final film? Should you be? Wouldn't you prefer to <i>not</i> know any of the surprises rather than sitting around waiting for scenes to happen?]]></description>
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		<title>Modern Movies: Marketing and Franchising Today&#039;s Two-Hour Advertisements</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/modern-movie-marketing-franchising-todays-hour-advertisements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/modern-movie-marketing-franchising-todays-hour-advertisements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cars 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Footloose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marvel's The Avengers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Steel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Thing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The merchandising and franchising of today's films is destroying the movies we look forward to. Safety is the name of the game as each film must appeal to all audiences ensuring enough people will turn out for a sequel, buy the DVD/Blu-ray and buy the toys, but at what cost...]]></description>
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		<title>Netflix Drops Foolish Qwikster Idea, a Decision I Can Respect</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/netflix-qwikster/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/netflix-qwikster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced this morning the company's decision not to move forward with their DVD mailing spin-off service Qwikster and I decided to write up a few words praising the decision.]]></description>
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		<title>Lars von Trier Decides to Shut Up&#8230; for Good</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/lars-von-trier-decides-shut-up-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/lars-von-trier-decides-shut-up-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lars von Trier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melancholia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lars von Trier's publicist has issued a statement in which he says he will "refrain from all public statements and interviews" after being investigated for comments he made at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Click through and read the full statement...]]></description>
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		<title>Charlie Kaufman&#039;s New Script for &#039;Frank or Francis&#039; is Amazing, but Can It Possibly be Made as Is?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/charlie-kaufmans-script-frank-francis-downright-amazing-possibly-made/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/charlie-kaufmans-script-frank-francis-downright-amazing-possibly-made/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Kaufman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank or Francis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Black]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Kline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicolas Cage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Carell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Kaufman's script for <i>Frank or Francis</i>could very well end up being one of the greatest films ever made... should it get made. As of now Steve Carell, Jack Black, Kevin Kline and Nicolas Cage are attached to star in what may be the blackest Hollywood satire you'll ever see. The question is, will you ever see it? Click through to learn more...]]></description>
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		<title>I&#039;ll Believe It When I See It: &#039;Arrested Development&#039; Fourth Season and Movie Confirmed?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/it-arrested-development-fourth-season-movie-confirmed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/it-arrested-development-fourth-season-movie-confirmed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arrested Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Bateman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Arnett]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again, the folks behind the cancelled Fox television series, "Arrested Development," are talking about a film, this time co-creator Mitch Hurwitz saying the plan is to shoot a shortened fourth season followed by a film. Are you buying it?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Please, Please, Let &#039;Blade Runner&#039; Be</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/leave-blade-runner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/leave-blade-runner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Frank</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blade Runner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ridley Scott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45229</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ridley cott now plans to <a href="http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/ridley-scott-set-direct-installment-blade-runner-franchise">re-enter the world of <i>Blade Runner</i></a>. I expect he shall return to the world of <i>Thelma and Louise</i> soon afterwards. At best, this has the reek of an old man too tired to imagine new worlds. At worst, it's a crass money grab wrapped in brand-name marketing. Either way, as I see it, going back to <i>Blade Runner</i> is a no-win situation for Scott. Click through and find out why...]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;The Help&#039; Hits Theaters on a Wave of Its Own Controversy</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-help-hits-theaters-wave-controversy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-help-hits-theaters-wave-controversy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Help]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=44817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer in The Help Photo: DreamWorks Pictures Controversy surrounds two of this week&#039;s new releases. 30 Minutes or Less is a comedic adaptation of a real life situation that ended in the death of a man due to a collar bomb. The Help, however, is not based on a true story&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is &#039;The Adjustment Bureau&#039; as Close as We Can Get to &#039;Before Sunrise&#039; and &#039;Before Sunset&#039; Today?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/good-live-world-before-sunrise-before-sunset-exist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/good-live-world-before-sunrise-before-sunset-exist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Before Sunrise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Before Sunset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Adjustment Bureau]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in Before Sunset Photo: Warner Independent Pictures I hope you&#039;re ready for a random, out-of-the-blue stream of consciousness, because that&#039;s exactly what this is as the following idea struck me yesterday and this is the result&#8230; How often are you watching a movie where you want to just yell at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too Much of a Good Thing: Movies and the Disappointing Results of Not Knowing When Enough is Enough</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movies-unfortunate-nature-bad-timing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movies-unfortunate-nature-bad-timing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cowboys & Aliens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=44331</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A scene from Cowboys &#038; Aliens Photo: DreamWorks Pictures / Universal Pictures Why did Cowboys &#038; Aliens fail to light the box-office on fire this weekend? Sure, it sold more tickets than The Smurfs, which is neck-and-neck with Jon Favreau&#039;s genre stew thanks to 3D, but it still fell well short of expectations for a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are the Days of the Johnny Depp We Once Knew Over?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/days-johnny-depp-knew-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/days-johnny-depp-knew-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dark Shadows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Depp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pirates of the Caribbean 5]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Lone Ranger]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=42987</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wrap is reporting Johnny Depp is close to a deal to star, once again, as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean 5 after the fourth installment, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, recently crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box-office. Terry Rossio reportedly turned in the script for the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#039;s It All Mean? Kevin&#039;s Early Reflections on &#039;The Tree of Life&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/early-reflections-the-tree-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/early-reflections-the-tree-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Blumeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Penn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrence Malick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Tree of Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=41642</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sean Penn in The Tree of Life Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures Even after attending countless midnight shows over the years, I have never been part of a more eager audience than I was this past weekend. Every seat in the theater was filled with the exception of a handful of seats in the very front [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Offensive Photo from &#039;The Hangover 2&#039; are Ebert and Roeper Talking About?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/offensive-photo-the-hangover-2-ebert-roeper-talking-about/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/offensive-photo-the-hangover-2-ebert-roeper-talking-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 01:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hangover Part II]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=41135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon Photo: Eddie Adams In case you don&#039;t know what I&#039;m referring to, at the end of The Hangover Part II, just like the first film, there is a photo montage of what really went down during the forgotten night the film revolves around. Among [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>53</slash:comments>
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		<title>Exploring the Cannes Ban of Lars von Trier &#8211; Who&#039;s to Blame?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/blame-cannes-ban-lars-von-trier-von-trier-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/blame-cannes-ban-lars-von-trier-von-trier-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 17:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Cannes Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lars von Trier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melancholia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=40757</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lars von Trier and his inexplicable finger tattoos at the 64th Cannes Film Festival I&#039;ve remained quiet when it comes to the now infamous Lars von Trier, Cannes Film Festival press conference following the first press screening of Melancholia held Wednesday, May 18, but as the entire scene seems to have played itself out, at [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Was the Trailer for &#039;Immortals&#039; Really That Bad?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/trailer-immortals-bad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/trailer-immortals-bad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immortals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=39828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so last night I posted the first trailer for Tarsem Singh&#039;s Immortals and in the span of about 12 hours the comments from users were not kind. Based on their description the quotes on the poster wouldn&#039;t exactly be a selling point as you can see with the image to the right. &#034;Awful,&#034; &#034;put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marvel and Paramount&#039;s &#039;Thor&#039; &#8211; Brought to You By Acura, Dr. Pepper and Slurpee</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/paramounts-thor-brought-acura-dr-pepper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/paramounts-thor-brought-acura-dr-pepper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=39622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thor loves the 23 flavors in Dr. Pepper Photo: Paramount Pictures I have not yet made it a point to see any of the screenings of Morgan Spurlock&#039;s POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, although based on what Kevin wrote in his Weekly Alternatives post it may be worth it just to hear [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bill Revisits Malick&#039;s &#039;The New World&#039; Just for You&#8230; Twice</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/bill-revists-malicks-the-new-world-just-for-you-twice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/bill-revists-malicks-the-new-world-just-for-you-twice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The New World]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=39396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: New Line Cinema Last week, I got a lot of people riled up when I called Terrence Malick&#039;s film The New World a &#034;stinker&#034;. It seemed the complaints stemmed from the fact people either disagreed or because they didn&#039;t appreciate my disregard for the film without accompanying reason. So, when Brad emailed and suggested [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Path to Oblivion: Is a Studio Version of &#039;Atlas Shrugged&#039; Now Entirely Unlikely?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/path-to-oblivian-is-a-studio-version-of-atlas-shrugged-now-entirely-unlikely/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/path-to-oblivian-is-a-studio-version-of-atlas-shrugged-now-entirely-unlikely/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atlas Shrugged: Part I]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I believe the first time I ever mentioned a filmed adaptation of Ayn Rand&#039;s controversial 1957 novel &#034;Atlas Shrugged&#034; was October 18, 2006 when Randall Wallace (Braveheart, Pearl Harbor) was assigned the task of scripting the film with Angelina Jolie attached to star as Dagny Taggart, in a story that follows Taggart&#039;s struggles to manage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is There a Discernible Difference Between &#039;Sleeping Beauty&#039; and &#039;Sucker Punch&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/is-there-a-discernable-difference-between-sleeping-beauty-and-sucker-punch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/is-there-a-discernable-difference-between-sleeping-beauty-and-sucker-punch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sleeping Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sucker Punch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rachael Blake, Emily Browning and Peter Carroll in Sleeping Beauty Photo: Transmission Films I try not to watch trailers. I do my best not to even read plotlines. In my position I am likely to see the movie anyway so what good does it do to know any more about it than is absolutely necessary? [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who is Terrence Malick and Will &#039;Tree of Life&#039; Live Up Its Lofty Expectations?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/who-is-terrence-malick-and-will-tree-of-life-live-up-its-lofty-expectations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/who-is-terrence-malick-and-will-tree-of-life-live-up-its-lofty-expectations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrence Malick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Tree of Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have a bone to pick with many of today&#039;s films critics. Every time a director shows up at a film festival with a slow paced, meandering film critics of all stripes immediately compare that filmmaker to the legendary Terrence Malick, a filmmaker who is perhaps the most misunderstood of the last 50 years. Sometimes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing Double: Snow White, Greek Epics and a Side of Wyatt Earp</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/seeing-double-snow-white-greek-epics-and-a-side-of-wyatt-earp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/seeing-double-snow-white-greek-epics-and-a-side-of-wyatt-earp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Blumeyer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Friends With Benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immortals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mirror Mirror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No Strings Attached]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snow White and the Huntsman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wrath of the Titans]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#034;Good things come in pairs, man, you know?&#034; &#034;Oh, for sure.&#034; &#034;Volcano, Dante&#039;s Peak, Deep Impact, Armageddon, right? Wyatt Earp, Tombstone.&#034; &#034;Panda Express, Yoshinoya Beef Bowl.&#034; &#034;Exactly!&#034; Sure, that conversation from Knocked Up is funny, but it also holds a lot of truth. And perhaps it&#039;s now more true than ever with rival Snow White [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Hope &#039;Scream 4&#039; Comes Up With Its Own Scary Movie Rules</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/i-hope-scream-4-comes-up-with-its-own-scary-movie-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/i-hope-scream-4-comes-up-with-its-own-scary-movie-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scream 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scream 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scream 4]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE: This post contains spoilers for the first three Scream films. So I watched the Scream trilogy on the recently released Lionsgate Blu-rays over the weekend as I&#039;ll be seeing Scream 4 next week. I&#039;m mildly excited to see the new film considering the first Scream was a definite favorite of mine, but if it&#039;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Visual Directors of Today Fizzle and Fade?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/will-the-visual-directors-of-today-fizzle-and-fade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/will-the-visual-directors-of-today-fizzle-and-fade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph Kosinski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oblivion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Superman: Man of Steel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zack Snyder]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=38550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps Zack Snyder will be the only one of this current visual age to truly survive and thrive. He&#039;ll be under the tutelage of Christopher Nolan while directing Superman: Man of Steel, which is a leg up on his co-horts who are just out there trying to use special effects to mask the problems of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hollywood&#039;s Continued Search for &#039;That Guy&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hollywoods-continued-search-for-that-guy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hollywoods-continued-search-for-that-guy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Blumeyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colin Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeremy Renner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Worthington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taylor Kitsch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Taylor Kitsch Upon hearing the news that Taylor Kitsch (&#034;Friday Night Lights,&#034; X-Men Origins: Wolverine) is being courted to star in Oliver Stone&#039;s next film, Savages, Cinematical&#039;s Jacob Hall posted an article asking &#034;Is Taylor Kitsch the Next Sam Worthington?&#034; And it makes sense. Kitsch has a similarly rugged and athletic look, and he&#039;s already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Red Dawn&#039; Filmmakers Essentially Say &#039;They All Look the Same&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/red-dawn-filmmakers-essentially-say-they-all-look-the-same/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/red-dawn-filmmakers-essentially-say-they-all-look-the-same/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Dawn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This story out of the Los Angeles Times doesn&#039;t necessarily shock me in terms of its content as much as it sort of surprises me how blatantly they just announce their plans. I&#039;m sure many of you remember the Red Dawn remake at MGM that has been sitting on the shelf for quite some time [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can &#039;Bridesmaids&#039; Possibly be as Good as the SXSW Reviews?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/can-bridesmaids-possibly-be-as-good-as-the-sxsw-reviews/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/can-bridesmaids-possibly-be-as-good-as-the-sxsw-reviews/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Trailer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridesmaids]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=38030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Surprisingly, Bridesmaids is getting extraordinary reviews out of the South by Southwest Film Festival. Perhaps it&#039;s because the first trailer was so terrible that expectations weren&#039;t hard to top. Perhaps it&#039;s because pretty much everything that plays at the genre festival seems to get glowing reviews as critics sit in the presence of the folks [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#039;Hunger Games&#039; Casting is Continued Evidence Hollywood has Gotten Lazy</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hunger-games-casting-is-continued-evidence-hollywood-has-gotten-lazy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hunger-games-casting-is-continued-evidence-hollywood-has-gotten-lazy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hunger Games]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=37919</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I finished reading &#034;The Hunger Games&#034; by Suzanne Collins and now I am about halfway through book two, &#034;Catching Fire&#034;. Knowing full well Lionsgate is preparing a filmed adaptation of the trilogy, and that casting rumors have been surfacing since the project was announced, I can&#039;t help but think about which actors would [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>66</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#039;Mars&#039; Bombs, Should Dreamworks and Sony Worry about &#039;Tintin&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/mars-bombs-should-dreamworks-and-sony-worry-about-tintin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/mars-bombs-should-dreamworks-and-sony-worry-about-tintin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mars Needs Moms!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Adventures of Tintin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=37910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Walt Disney Pictures When the final film from Robert Zemeckis&#039;s ImageMover Studios, Mars Needs Moms bombed in spectacular fashion this weekend there was much speculation in the comment section on the industry laden site Deadline Hollywood this might he a harbinger to come for the Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson flick The Adventures of Tintin: The [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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		<title>Not All Animated Movies are For Kids</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/not-all-animated-movies-are-for-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/not-all-animated-movies-are-for-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rango]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[But he looks so happy! Photo: Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies A comment was recently posted on my review of Rango by someone going by the name of &#034;Shera&#034; and I wanted to share it with you before digging deeper into the matter brought up in the headline. The comment read: This is bar none [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>60</slash:comments>
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