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Movie DiaBlog: Five Breakout Stars of Summer 2010

Aug 31, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Features

We (Steven and Simon) sat down and drew up a list of our top five breakout stars of the summer of 2010 and then traded, writing in our own comments below the others’ choices. There’s not a lot of heated debate here, but the choices only overlap once and our conversation will at least get your mind going when it comes to defining a “breakout” performance or if an actor/actress has “broken though” into the mainstream and into the public consciousness.

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Like “The Switch?” Try “When Harry Met Sally”

Aug 31, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Features

Most guys would rather see a good horror, or action flick, or comedy, or drama than a chick flick at the local theater. But it isn’t because we’re averse to love stories, it’s because we’re averse to formulaic and derivative ones, which the majority of rom-coms unfortunately tend to be.

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Box Office Wizard (8.27.10)

Aug 27, 2010 | Steven Chaitman | Movie Features

Feel funny lately? Do you tremble at the sight of a cross? Does your head occasionally rotate around as you vomit pea soup? No, you don’t need an exorcist, you need Box Office Wizard, our weekly box office prediction competition. All you’re required to do is predict which five movies will place in the top five of this weekend’s U.S. domestic box office chart.

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Movie Heists: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Aug 27, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Features

Whether existing only as simple-minded escapist fun or playing to everyone’s secret desire to become a wanted thief, double cross your partner and shoot it out with the coppers, movie heists satisfy our unlawful urges thus preventing us from landing in the very real slammer (plus I hear Atticus Finch is booked solid).

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Trailer Tracker: 127 Hours, Vanishing on 7th Street and Fair Game

Aug 25, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Features

The dog days of summer are upon us; post summer, pre-Oscar. But fear not, because here at Player Affinity, Trailer Tracker will still manage to scrape up the brand new clips hitting the web like a hobo scrounging for morsels in a dumpster. First in the proverbial bindle is Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle’s latest film 127 Hoursstarring James Franco. Next is the debut trailer for the creepy sci-fi thriller Vanishing on 7th Street starring Hayden Christensen, followed by director Doug Liman’s spy thriller Fair Game. Rounding out the collection is the long-shelved supernatural horror flick Case 39 with Renee Zellweger and the teaser for the sequel to cult horror filmHatchet.

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The PAM-10: Greatest B Horror Movies

Aug 20, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Features

In honor (is that the right word?) of Piranha 3D’s release today, the time has come for a list of the top ten B horror films, those low-budget efforts almost without exception containing lurid violence and sexual content, the stark middle ground from the star-driven commercial vehicles and indie arthouse features.

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Like Expendables? Try these films!

Aug 19, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Features

Last week’s The Expendables took almost every action star of the last twenty years and threw them all together in the most fun bloodbath I’ve seen in a long time. In our latest feature at Player Affinity, we’re trying to recommend films you might not have seen based on what’s hot and in theaters, but in this case, there’s decades of action films to choose from. So here’s a look at some other flicks our stars have been in that you should check out.

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Trailer Tracker: Black Swan and The Next Three Days

Aug 18, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Features

So, summer’s coming to an end. At least you still have Trailer Tracker, where we at Player Affinity prepare for hunting season and stalk the latest trailers hitting the web. Coming off his Oscar-nominated indie smash The Wrestler, Darren Aronofsky is back with the mind-bending ballet thriller Black Swan. We then move on to The Next Three Days starring Russell Crowe as a father on a mission, and shiver with Wes Craven’s latest slasher flick My Soul to Take. We wrap things up with the possible documentary, possible spoof, I’m Still Here, which is about actor Joaquin Phoenix’s transition from actor to rapper and finally visit the trailer for Love and Other Drugs with Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. Let’s lock and load.

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Box Office Wizard (8.13.10)

Aug 13, 2010 | Steven Chaitman | Movie Features

There’s only one epic of epic epicness at Player Affinity and that’s here at Box Office Wizard. It’s our weekly box office prediction competition. All you’re required to do is predict which five movies will place in the top five of this weekend’s U.S. domestic box office chart. Simple enough, right? I will make my own predictions here and explain them to you each week to give you some sort of reference point. It’s then your job to enter a comment with your top five.

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Director Affinity: Edgar Wright

Aug 12, 2010 | Justin Moody | Movie Features

When a filmmaker directs a video-game-loving comic book for the big screen, that your clue that we will kowtow before him and give him his own feature at Player Affinity. That’s a lot of love for a lot of departments and Edgar Wright deserves a return of affections.

Movie DiaBlog: Five Breakout Stars of Summer 2010

Like “The Switch?” Try “When Harry Met Sally”

Box Office Wizard (8.27.10)

Movie Heists: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Trailer Tracker: 127 Hours, Vanishing on 7th Street and Fair Game

The PAM-10: Greatest B Horror Movies

Like Expendables? Try these films!

Trailer Tracker: Black Swan and The Next Three Days

Box Office Wizard (8.13.10)

Director Affinity: Edgar Wright

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