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“Rowdy” Roddy Piper Talks Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

“Rowdy” Roddy Piper ruled the wrestling ring for the better part of four decades, crafting a Hall of Fame career that brought cheers – and huzzahs – from fans across the globe.

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THOR (2011) (***)

Thor always seemed like he should be a DC comics character instead of a Marvel character. Now only the true geek might understand what I mean. DC characters, outside of Batman, were all all-powerful god-like heroes. Marvel’s characters were more human and thus flawed. With hammer in hand, Thor is virtually unstoppable. The battles of gods are less compelling than the struggles of humans. So I was delighted that Kenneth Branagh’s feature adaptation of the character brings humanity to both the drama of the gods and humans.

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HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN (2011) (*1/2)

Jason Eisener won Robert Rodriguez’s SXSW Grindhouse trailer contest for his fake trailer HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN, which was featured in Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s GRINDHOUSE. Unlike that film and Rodriguez’s fake trailer turned feature film MACHETE, this film is simply an exploitation flick. The film has little purpose other than being violent and bloody.

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Chiller Announces Casting For Brian Keene’s Ghoul

Nolan Gould (Modern Family, Friends with Benefits) and Barry Corbin (The Closer, No Country for Old Men, That Evening Sun, Urban Cowboy, War Games, Northern Exposure) have joined the cast of Chiller’s first-ever original movie, Brian Keene’s Ghoul.

Imax Headline News

IMAX Enters Joint Revenue Sharing Agreement With Southern Cinemas

IMAX Corporation (NYSE:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) and Southern Theatres, LLC today announced a four-theatre joint revenue sharing agreement to install and operate digital IMAX theatre systems in four locations in Panama City Beach, FL; Slidell, LA; Winston-Salem, NC; and Macon, GA.

Team Headline News

Bigelow-Boal Thriller To Include Bin Laden Assassination

Call it serendipity. The team of director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal were already prepping a fictional thriller about a special ops team hunting Osama bin Laden before Sunday's announcement from President Barack Obama that the U.S. had assassinated the Al Qaeda leader.

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