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Entries from August 2010

Weekend Box Office: August 27-29

August 30th, 2010 · No Comments

#1 Takers from Screen Gems debuts at #1 with an opening weekend gross of $20.5 million in 2206 theaters. Budget was $20 million. #2 The Last Exorcism from Lionsgate debuts at #2 with an opening weekend gross of $20.3 million in 2874 theaters. Budget was $1.8 million. #3 The Expendables from Lionsgate drops from #1 [...]

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Theatrical Review: The Last Exorcism

August 29th, 2010 · No Comments

The Reverend Cotton Marcus is a man on a mission, and he believes in his own way that it is a mission for God. Marcus is a moderately successful preacher with his own showy and persuasive style. Since the birth of his son, suffering from defects, Marcus has lost his faith but still believes that [...]

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BSP Episode 134: A Perfect Getaway

August 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Join us with our special guest, Melina, as we chat up this action, suspense, thriller, druggie, horror, Jedi flick. I maybe going overboard with a few of those adjectives… but maybe not. This episode was recorded on 3/3/10.

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Tags: Back Seat Producers · Season 4 · Shows

BSP Episode 133: Up

August 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments

It was a long time coming but you knew we’d get around to talking about Pixar movies at some point. Let us know what you think! Psst.  The next episode is coming on Saturday.  SRSLY! This episode was originally recorded on 2/24/2010.

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Tags: Back Seat Producers · Best Picture Nominated · Pixar · Season 4 · Shows

Weekend Box Office: August 20-22

August 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

#1 The Expendables from Lionsgate holds at #1 with a weekend gross of $16.9 million (-51.3%) in 3270 theaters (no change). Total gross to date is $65.3 million. Budget was $80 million. #2 Vampires Suck from Fox debuts at #2 with an opening weekend gross of $12.2 million in 3233 theaters. Budget was $20 million. [...]

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Theatrical Review: Piranha 3D

August 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

Pretty simply, every year, the small resort area of Lake Victoria sees it’s population rise thanks to the influx of thousands of college students wanting to party their brains out for spring break. This year is no exception, but with one addition: a small earthquake hits opening a fissure in the lake bottom, releasing thousands [...]

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Weekend Box Office: August 13-15

August 17th, 2010 · No Comments

#1 The Expendables from Lionsgate debuts at #1 with an opening weekend gross of $34.8 million in 3270 theaters. Budget is unknown. #2 Eat Pray Love from Sony debuts at #2 with an opening weekend gross of $23.1 million in 3082 theaters. Budget was $60 million. #3 The Other Guys from Sony drops from #1 [...]

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Theatrical Review: The Expendables

August 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Barney Ross is the leader of a group of mercenaries called The Expendables and they’re about to take on a job where they overthrow a dictator in a small country called Vilena. That’s about all I’ll say about the overall story to The Expendables, the long-awaited movie from director and star Sylvester Stallone that gathers [...]

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BSP Episode 132: Moon

August 15th, 2010 · No Comments

In this episode, we discuss, and egregiously spoil, MOON. Seriously, if you haven’t seen this flick, we’ll ruin it for you.  Before you listen, do yourself a favor and go watch the movie.  Especially if you like any of the following: Sam Rockwell Kevin Spacey Robots that act like robots Good Movies This episode was recorded 2/17/2010. [...]

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Tags: Back Seat Producers · Season 4 · Shows

BSP Episode 131: The Blues Brothers

August 11th, 2010 · No Comments

In this episode we discuss the comedy and musical classic, THE BLUES BROTHERS. Yeah, it’s late… we’ve got about 20 episodes in the tank that we are working our way through editing now and we’ll release them as they are ready. Note: There is some clipping (mostly at the beginning) in this episode. It’s part [...]

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Tags: Back Seat Producers · Season 4 · Shows