http://www.ropeofsilicon.com The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:20:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/drive-blu-ray-edition-to-kill-mockingbird-lead-weeks-dvd-blu-ray-releases/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/drive-blu-ray-edition-to-kill-mockingbird-lead-weeks-dvd-blu-ray-releases/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:16:39 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53846 Drive, and Universal's 50th Anniversary Blu-ray release of To Kill a Mockingbird, cleaned up, restored and brilliantly packaged. Click on through for the rest of this week's releases as well as new release dates for titles including Martin Scorsese's Hugo.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/drive-blu-ray-edition-to-kill-mockingbird-lead-weeks-dvd-blu-ray-releases/feed/ 8 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/15-biggest-flops-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/15-biggest-flops-2011/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:14:20 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52413 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/15-biggest-flops-2011/feed/ 31 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/modern-movie-marketing-franchising-todays-hour-advertisements/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/modern-movie-marketing-franchising-todays-hour-advertisements/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:49:30 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48275 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/modern-movie-marketing-franchising-todays-hour-advertisements/feed/ 6 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watched-watched-installment-115/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watched-watched-installment-115/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:06:41 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48187 Footloose and The Thing as well as 2009's actioner Taken on a whim...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watched-watched-installment-115/feed/ 21 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/weekend-box-office-real-steel-hangs-week-victory-footloose/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/weekend-box-office-real-steel-hangs-week-victory-footloose/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:24:40 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48178 Real Steel edged out the newcomer, Footloose, at the box-office with $16.3 million in its second weekend. Question is, will that result hold up once actuals are announced? Click through for the weekend breakdown...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/weekend-box-office-real-steel-hangs-week-victory-footloose/feed/ 31 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-footloose-real-steel/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-footloose-real-steel/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:59:09 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48127 Footloose remake takes the top spot at the Friday box-office and should coast to a first place finish for the weekend.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/friday-box-office-footloose-real-steel/feed/ 11 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/brad-n-laremy-movies-podcast-talking-tom-cruise-taylor-lautner-art-vs-entertainment-the-thing-footloose/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/brad-n-laremy-movies-podcast-talking-tom-cruise-taylor-lautner-art-vs-entertainment-the-thing-footloose/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:22:45 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48087 The Thing, Footloose and a host of other topics.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/brad-n-laremy-movies-podcast-talking-tom-cruise-taylor-lautner-art-vs-entertainment-the-thing-footloose/feed/ 6 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/thing-review-2011/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/thing-review-2011/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:03:35 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=48033 The Thing is more of a passing curiosity. It's a mild exploration of events hinted at in Carpenter's original and hopefully a film that will encourage modern day audiences to seek out the far better 1982 feature.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/thing-review-2011/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-real-steel-cut-loose-footloose-the-thing/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-real-steel-cut-loose-footloose-the-thing/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:53:25 +0000 Laremy Legel http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47998 Real Steel got us back on track last weekend, but the newborn streak is in real danger (again). Dancing or robots, remakes or CGI, that's the call. Let's break it down!]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/box-office-oracle-real-steel-cut-loose-footloose-the-thing/feed/ 18 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/100-pictures-films-real-steel-three-musketeers-the-thing-puss-boots/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/100-pictures-films-real-steel-three-musketeers-the-thing-puss-boots/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:18:38 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47177 Real Steel, Dirty Girl, W.E., The Thing, A Cat in Paris, Puss in Boots, The Three Musketeers and many more. So click on through and browse the galleries of your choosing.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/100-pictures-films-real-steel-three-musketeers-the-thing-puss-boots/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2011-edition-if-movie-posters-told-truth/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2011-edition-if-movie-posters-told-truth/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:59:49 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47111 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, Abduction, The Thing, Drive and Jack And Jill. Click through for a good laugh...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2011-edition-if-movie-posters-told-truth/feed/ 8 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sonething-beneath-ice-russian-poster-the-thing/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sonething-beneath-ice-russian-poster-the-thing/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:50:19 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=46991 The Thing has surfaced and sets out to explore what's beneath the ice rather than what's been preserved inside.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sonething-beneath-ice-russian-poster-the-thing/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-thing-red-band-trailer/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-thing-red-band-trailer/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:11:57 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=46472 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-thing-red-band-trailer/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/clip-the-thing-prequel/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/clip-the-thing-prequel/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:50:39 +0000 Brad Brevet 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