From big blockbusters to foreign films, there's something for everyone being released today. These overviews should help you choose which movies you'd like to shell out for this weekend. DOA: Dead or Alive We thought DOA meant dead on arrival, but fans of video games and girls in bikinis likely won't quibble with the title of this action movie featuring scantily clad heroines. Babes! Yeah! Eagle vs. Shark Nerds kiss while wearing animal costumes,...
Sharks and Surfers and Nancies, Oh My: New movie releases
Projectionist Fired For Dishing To Ain't It Cool
[Via Chris Garcia @ Austin360] According to the Hollywood Reporter, a Memphis projectionist named Jesse Morrison was fired after writing a scathing early review of the new Fantastic Four flick for Austin-based Ain't It Cool News. (Because it's apparently some kind of closely guarded trade secret that Silver Surfer is going to blow.) In his capacity as a projectionist for the Malco Theater chain, Morrison was able to sneak a peek at quite a few...
Last Week in -IST
There's so much going on across the Ist-a-Verse that it's almost impossible to keep track these days. Fortunately, we do it so you don't have to! Londonist took a walk through Oliver Twist's London, thanks to a gorgeous map layer for Google Earth. They also caught up with modern-day fictional London, with the Fantastic Four and 28 Weeks Later. It was a week of insanity over at DCist. They started the week off with...
Go See “Cinderella Man;” It Couldn’t Hurt (Your Wallet)
In an almost unprecedented move (not since “Mystic Pizza”), AMC Entertainment is offering refunds to people who go see “Cinderella Man” and leave with a sour taste in their mouths. The Ron Howard film starring notorious hothead Russell Crowe has underperformed greatly at the box office. The film has not come close to making back its $88 million production costs, so far making only about $50 million in its first month of release. In an effort to put more butts in the seats, AMC is offering on-the-spot refunds for those who do not like the film. We are not sure what the requirements will be vis-à-vis showing proof of your disdain, but we doubt you will have to show vomit stains or bleeding eyeballs to prove your point.

