"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" -- A FilmCritic Review

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Reviewed By: Bill Gibron - for Filmcritic.com Directors: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller Producer: Pam Marsden Screenwriters: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller Voice Actors: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Neil Patrick Harris MPAA Rating: PG FilmCritic Rating = 4.0 out of 5.0 Stars "Formulated as a spoof of famous disaster [...]

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Blizzard Working on 'Broad Appeal" MMO

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With sequels to "Diablo" and "Starcraft" causing fans to salivate with excitement, game maker Blizzard says that it wants reach out to a wider audience with its next massively multiplayer online game. Speaking Monday at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference in San Francisco, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick predicted the game will reach more [...]

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Mars Rover May Be Permanently Stuck

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The Mars rover Spirit traveled millions of miles to the red planet and has been sending back NASA scientists a wide variety of pictures and data. But now it appears the rover may have come up against an obstacle it can't overcome. The rover has been stuck in the sands of Mars since May and [...]

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SciFi Wire Lists Options for "Gravity"

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U.S. fans are still wondering just when and if they'll get to see the final episodes of the season for "Defying Gravity." ABC says they're looking for options to air the final episodes of the season, but with the fall premieres looming, space on the schedule isn't all that open. Today SciFi Wire has four [...]

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3-D Movies a Victim of Their Own Success?

Whether you like them or not, 3-D movies are here to stay. The next big thing in Hollywood is proving to be just that with audience and is crediting for helping Hollywood achieve a record breaking summer, according to Variety. But now some within the Hollywood community are beginning to criticize the new format, saying [...]

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"Fringe" Season Premere -- A Variety Review

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Variety has a look at tonight's season premiere of "Fringe." Toeing the line between creature-of-the-week procedural and an overarching storyline that foretells apocalyptic nastiness, "Fringe" returns for a second season with a greater sense of purpose. If only the bosses at the FBI would stop interfering with the gang's mission, the faster everyone at the [...]

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Cage Discusses Why He Left "Hornet"

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Actor Nicolas Cage created a bit of a buzz last week when he decided to bow out of the upcoming "Green Hornet" movie. Cage has been cast as the villain in the upcoming film, starring Seth Rogan and directed by Michael Goundry. At the time, no reason was given as to why Cage decided to [...]

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Wise Joins "Dollhouse"

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Add one more genre great to the list of actors guest starring on "Dollhouse" this fall. The man who played the Devil on the CW's series "Reaper" has signed on for a guest role on "Dollhouse" reports EW's Michael Ausiellow. Actor Ray Wise will appear as Howard, an intelligent higher-up in the Dollhouse who has [...]

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Johansson Auctioning Tickets for "Iron Man 2" Premiere

Actress Scarlett Johannson is looking to provide one fan with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and raise a bit of money for charity at the same time. Johansson, who stars in the upcoming "Iron Man 2" is auctioning off the chance to attend the world-premiere of one of next year's most anticipated films. The proceeds will go [...]

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Whedon Discusses "Dollhouse" Season Two

It's just ten more days until the second season of "Dollhouse" debuts on Fox. And creator Joss Whedon says that upcoming second season feels more "centered" than the first and that he feels like show will continue the stride it hit in the latter half of the first season. "The problem with last year was [...]

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Norton Not in "Iron Man 2"

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Last year, Marvel Entertainment set movie fans abuzz with a cameo by Samuel L. Jackson in "Iron Man." Later that summer, Robert Downey, Jr. had a cameo at the end of "The Incredible Hulk." Both cameos concerned the creation of SHIELD. Now with Marvel producing a series of movies, all intended to culminate in the [...]

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DC Entertainment: "No Plans" for Superman

Fans better enjoy "Smallville" while they can. It may be the only chance to see a live-action version of the Man of Steel on either the big or the small screen for the near future. DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson tells MTV's Splash Page that the newly formed division of Warner Brothers has no plans [...]

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"Spidey 4" Opens May 2011

With news that Bruce Campbell has been offered a big role in the upcoming "Spider-Man 4" hitting the 'Net this week and production gearing up for the film, Columbia has decided on a release date for the next installment. The movie will open on Thursday, May 5, 2011. The movie will be the first of [...]

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NASA Program Gets Possible Boost

On last week's Slice of SciFi, we brought you news that the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee found that NASA would need an additional $3 billion a year to continue its current goal of back to the moon and possibly onward to Mars. And given the current economic climate, it wasn't looking [...]

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Contact ABC About "Defying Gravity"

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While "Defying Gravity" hasn't yet been canceled, American distributor ABC has pulled the final five episodes of the season. Fans who want to make their voices heard and politely ask the network to show the final episode and consider picking up the second season (if it happens) can go to this link and send feedback [...]

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