Back Seat Producers

M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening, toplining Mark Wahlberg, exceeded expectations in its international debut, just as it did far better domestically ($30.5 million) than predicted. Shyamalan has had a strong track record at the international B.O., with his film grossing more than $800 million. Hulk, won the June 13-15 frame domestically and both Happening and Hulk did solid [...]

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#1 Get Smart from Warner Bros. takes the #1 position this weekend bringing in $39.1 million and knocking Universal’s The Incredible Hulk  down to the #3 position. Get Smart showed in 3911 theaters and cost roughly $80 million to make. #2 Kung Fu Panda from Dreamworks keeps the #2 spot for a second weekend bringing in $21.7 million, down [...]

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more cat pictures So, after making some changes over to the Back Seat Producers and extending the feed to pull more files into the feed than it had previously, I was reminded of a report I got from a fan that some of the old episodes weren’t downloading properly. Specifically, these were the “On the [...]

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Maxwell Smart is an analyst with the covert secret agency CONTROL. Max is very good at his job, but now yearns to be an agent in the field. After passing the tests that he needs to in order to advance, the arch forces of the enemy agency KAOS threaten to strike in a devastating way. [...]

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The renowned spiritual guru, Guru Pitka, has found himself always being the second best to the famous Deepak Chopra and now he’s got the opportunity to turn things around and get himself his appearance on Oprah, thus elevating himself above the aforementioned Mr. Chopra. All the Guru Pitka has to do is help the hockey [...]

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Movie executives at Paramount Pictures honored their promise to preview Mike Myers’ new film The Love Guru for concerned Hindu leaders in Los Angeles in an effort to ally fears of prejudice and stereotyping. But the screening has only served to bolster the religious opposition to the film, which Zed and his followers insist is [...]

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This week we have a special guest with us. While Tony #2 is off apparently visiting the early 70′s (See comments from the last episode), we’ve got a “real” doctor joining us to talk about one of his favorite films from the 80′s. Also a couple of announcements about the quotes at the beginning of [...]

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As may of the comments have indicated about episode 64, Adam and Tony #2 weren’t really prepared for the discussion of the movies. Friend of the show, Phil Hicks (Red Earth Saga) has challenged Tony Mast to a battle of movie trivia to reclaim the honor lost by Tony #2 and Adam. There will be [...]

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Hollywood legend Stan Winston, the Oscar-winning special-effects maestro responsible for bringing the dinosaurs of Jurrasic Park and other iconic movie creatures to life, has died. He was 62.  According to a representative from Stan Winston Studio, Winston died at his home in Malibu surrounded by family on Sunday evening after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma. Working [...]

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Friday, June 20 Get Smart: PG-13. When the headquarters of the super secret U.S. spy agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief, played by Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine), has no choice but to promote his over-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, played by Steve Carell (The 40 Year Old Virgin), who has always dreamt [...]

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