<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" version="2.0">

<channel>
	<title>RopeofSilicon.com Movie News, Trailers, Reviews and More</title>
	
	<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article</link>
	<description>The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:44:20 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/ropeofsilicon/headlines10" type="application/rss+xml" /><item>
		<title>The 2010 Oscar Race Begins… 'The Contenders' Has Officially Opened</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-2010-oscar-race-begins-the-contenders-has-officially-opened</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-2010-oscar-race-begins-the-contenders-has-officially-opened#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18331</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

I&#039;ve talked about it for nearly a month and I can now officially say the 2010 edition of &#034;The Contenders&#034; is now live with Oscar nomination predictions nearly eight months in advance of their Tuesday, February 2, 2010 announce date as well as a list of 30 films I consider to be the top contenders [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-2010-oscar-race-begins-the-contenders-has-officially-opened/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Film Adaptations and Their Source Material, How Faithful Should They Be?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/film-adaptations-and-their-source-material-how-faithful-should-they-be</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/film-adaptations-and-their-source-material-how-faithful-should-they-be#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revolutionary Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watchmen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I guess I shouldn&#039;t be surprised so many Harry Potter fans are banging down doors complaining about how Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince isn&#039;t a page-by-page faithful adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s book. A couple of the comments registered on my review read as follows:

&#034;Poor adaptation came across as a sickly romance/comedy rather than a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/film-adaptations-and-their-source-material-how-faithful-should-they-be/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Producers Understand You'll Pay for Anything and Greenlight 'Voltron' Movie</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/producers-understand-youll-pay-for-anything-and-greenlight-voltron-movie</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/producers-understand-youll-pay-for-anything-and-greenlight-voltron-movie#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voltron]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the worldwide success of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen producers Charles Roven, Richard Suckle and Steve Alexander of Atlas Entertainment have once again resurrected Voltron based on the 1980s cartoon series.

When we last heard of the proposed feature Max Makowski (&#034;Queer Eye for the Straight Guy&#034;) was in negotiations to direct the film [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/producers-understand-youll-pay-for-anything-and-greenlight-voltron-movie/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>We're Giving Away Three (3) Copies of 'Coraline' On DVD</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/were-giving-away-three-3-copies-of-coraline-on-dvd</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/were-giving-away-three-3-copies-of-coraline-on-dvd#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coraline]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t do a lot of giveaways around here so maybe this is seen as a big deal, but today I am offering up three (3) copies of Universal&#039;s stop-motion animated film Coraline on DVD. The disc hits store shelves on July 21, but this way three RopeofSilicon readers won&#039;t have to pay a single [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/were-giving-away-three-3-copies-of-coraline-on-dvd/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Box-Office Wrap-Up: Jul. 17 – Jul. 19, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-wrap-up-jul-17-jul-19-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-wrap-up-jul-17-jul-19-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laremy Legel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Box-Office News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Love You Beth Cooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Sister's Keeper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Enemies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hangover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Proposal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
As it turns out, I was closest on the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince number, somewhere in the single digits variance range. But alert commenter John might be on to something: All fan based movies are looking extremely front-loaded these days. If something opens Wednesday that&#039;s when it will bank, it&#039;s too risky to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-wrap-up-jul-17-jul-19-2009/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What I Watched, What You Watched: Installment #1</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[What I Watched, What You Watched]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coraline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For All Mankind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oliver!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sense and Sensibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watchmen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you run a movie website you will undoubtedly come across people and commenters that say one of two things:

&#034;I can&#039;t believe you haven&#039;t seen that movie!
&#034;You need to watch more movies!&#034;

Depending on the site you run and the attitude you have I think these are two entirely legitimate comments. If you (in this case [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-1/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Sunday Morning Movie Jumble: July 19, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/sunday-morning-movie-jumble-july-19-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/sunday-morning-movie-jumble-july-19-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sunday Morning Movie Jumble]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18296</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

[jumble_form]
CLUE:

Five Oscar nominations for Best Director
Four films on the current AFI Top 100

ADDITIONAL CLUE:
(Highlight for the clue if you are about ready to give up)

Never won an Oscar for Best Director

GIVE UP? CLICK HERE

Don&#039;t give away the answer in the comments, but help me out&#8230; Was this one too easy? Too hard? Just right?
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/sunday-morning-movie-jumble-july-19-2009/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Oscar Contender Assets: Poster for Jane Campion's 'Bright Star'</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-contender-assets-poster-for-jane-campions-bright-star</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-contender-assets-poster-for-jane-campions-bright-star#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Posters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bright Star]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The RopeofSilicon &#034;The Contenders&#034; section &#8212; tracking the winding road through the awards season &#8212; will be going live on Monday, July 20 as we make our way to the 2010 Oscars. The section is pretty much completed and just needs a few words added here and there, but I think you are really going [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-contender-assets-poster-for-jane-campions-bright-star/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Movie Review: 500 Days of Summer (2009)</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/movie-review-500-days-of-summer-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/movie-review-500-days-of-summer-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[500 Days of Summer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel in 500 Days of Summer
Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures


Perhaps what I appreciate most about 500 Days of Summer is that it doesn&#039;t try too hard, which it very easily could have considering its fractured style of story-telling. As a result, it won&#039;t be looked at as quirky or even indie as [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/movie-review-500-days-of-summer-2009/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pfriday's Poster Puzzles: July 17, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/pfridays-poster-puzzles-july-17-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/pfridays-poster-puzzles-july-17-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pfriday's Poster Puzzles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18277</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

The rules for this one are simple. I have washed away all the credit details from the poster snippet above leaving only the cast names. Your job is to guess the title of the movie. Be sure to spell correctly, misspelled titles are wrong answers.

[poster_form]
CLUE:

&#034;Infinite Space, Infinite Terror&#034;

If you can&#039;t read the names on the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/pfridays-poster-puzzles-july-17-2009/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Box-Office Oracle: Jul. 17 – Jul. 19, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-oracle-jul-17-jul-19-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-oracle-jul-17-jul-19-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laremy Legel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Box-Office News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Love You Beth Cooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Sister's Keeper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Enemies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hangover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Proposal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

#1 movie predicted correctly: 1 Week in a Row

1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
It&#039;s going to need a really strong Thursday to reach $180m over the five day period.  But this would represent a 20 percent gain (per theater) over Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. So that wouldn&#039;t be shabby.
Estimate: [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/box-office-oracle-jul-17-jul-19-2009/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>'Eyes Wide Shut' is Ten Years Old, Did You Buy It a Present?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/eyes-wide-shut-is-ten-years-old-did-you-buy-it-a-present</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/eyes-wide-shut-is-ten-years-old-did-you-buy-it-a-present#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Happy Anniversary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eyes Wide Shut]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago today Warner Bros. released Stanley Kubrick&#039;s final film, the sexually charged romantic thriller Eyes Wide Shut starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman and several folks around the Internet are celebrating.

First off, over at Movieline they have posted a pair of retrospectives, one of which is a short video interview captured with Leelee [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/eyes-wide-shut-is-ten-years-old-did-you-buy-it-a-present/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Opens With $58.4 Million</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-opens-with-58-4-million</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-opens-with-58-4-million#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Box-Office News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18261</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Laremy&#039;s early Wednesday/Thursday predictions had Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opening to the tune of $60.1 million with expectation the film would earn $34.7 million on Thursday. It appears he wasn&#039;t too far off.

After earning a record-breaking $22.2 million in midnight shows the film has rolled to a $58.4 million opening day from 4,275 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-opens-with-58-4-million/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>First Look at Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow in 'Iron Man 2'</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/first-look-at-scarlett-johansson-as-black-widow-in-iron-man-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/first-look-at-scarlett-johansson-as-black-widow-in-iron-man-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pictures and a Paragraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iron Man 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scarlett Johansson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Photo: Paramount Pictures and Entertainment Weekly


Entertainment Weekly has managed to score the first look at Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow in the upcoming Iron Man 2 as the film and its stars make the mag&#039;s July cover story in preparation for next week&#039;s San Diego Comic Con.

Johansson enters the film as Stark&#039;s mysterious new assistant, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/first-look-at-scarlett-johansson-as-black-widow-in-iron-man-2/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Spielberg's New DreamWorks Close to Finding $825m in Financing</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/spielbergs-new-dreamworks-close-to-finding-825m-in-financing</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/spielbergs-new-dreamworks-close-to-finding-825m-in-financing#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studio Dealings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Spielberg]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18250</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Matthew Garrahan and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson over at The Financial Times report Steven Spielberg is on the verge of completing an $825m financing for the new birth of DreamWorks Pictures, nine months after he began looking for capital in the worst funding market in Hollywood&#039;s recent history.

Word is the much talked about deal between Spielberg and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/spielbergs-new-dreamworks-close-to-finding-825m-in-financing/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>UPDATE: Alexander Skarsgard and Kate Bosworth Set To Star in 'Straw Dogs' Remake</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/alexander-skarsgard-set-to-star-in-straw-dogs-remake</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/alexander-skarsgard-set-to-star-in-straw-dogs-remake#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Skarsgard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Straw Dogs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Okay, now Kate Bosworth has been confirmed by Variety as Marsden&#039;s wife in the feature. As much as the Skarsgard casting impressed me, Bosworth&#039;s addition&#8230; not so much. On top of that, the more fleshed out storyline from Variety sounds rather generic to me. I updated the article below to contain all the new [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/alexander-skarsgard-set-to-star-in-straw-dogs-remake/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Trailer for Drew Barrymore's 'Whip It' Rolls In</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/trailer-for-drew-barrymores-whip-it-rolls-in</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/trailer-for-drew-barrymores-whip-it-rolls-in#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visit to the Trailer Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whip It!]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18245</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo has released the trailer for Drew Barrymore&#039;s feature directorial debut Whip It starring Ellen Page, Zoe Bell, Marcia Gay Harden, Drew Barrymore and Kristen Wiig. 

The film centers on a Texas teenager named Bliss (Page) who is tired of being pushed into beauty pageants by her parents, as a result she finds herself after [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/trailer-for-drew-barrymores-whip-it-rolls-in/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>UPDATE: 'Half-Blood Prince' Takes Down 'The Dark Knight' and 'Star Wars' for Midnight Record</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/half-blood-prince-takes-down-the-dark-knight-and-star-wars-for-midnight-record</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/half-blood-prince-takes-down-the-dark-knight-and-star-wars-for-midnight-record#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Box-Office News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revenge of the Sith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars: Episode III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: USA Today is reporting the midnight number for Half-Blood Prince as $22.2 million.

Well, how do you think the Wednesday/Thursday box-office results for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince are going to shake out now that it is being reported the film pulled in a record $20 million in midnight showings alone to beat The [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/half-blood-prince-takes-down-the-dark-knight-and-star-wars-for-midnight-record/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Latest MPAA Ratings: BULLETIN NO: 2078</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/latest-mpaa-ratings-bulletin-no-2078</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/latest-mpaa-ratings-bulletin-no-2078#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Ratings Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fame]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Damned United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Road]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18237</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[





Here are the new MPAA ratings from BULLETIN NO: 2078.


Afterwards
Rated R For language and some violent content.


Bio-Dead
Rated R For violence/gore, some torture and pervasive language.


Castle In The Sky
Rated PG For fantasy action violence and peril.


Christmas Town
Rated G


The Crew
Rated R For brutal bloody violence, strong and aberrant sexual content, nudity, pervasive language and drug use.


The Damned [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/latest-mpaa-ratings-bulletin-no-2078/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>In My Opinion: Ranking the First Six Harry Potter Films</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/in-my-opinion-ranking-the-first-six-harry-potter-films</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/in-my-opinion-ranking-the-first-six-harry-potter-films#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rank and File]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Photo: Warner Bros.


Ranking the First Six Harry Potter Films

I ranked the Potter films back in July 2007 following the release of Order of the Phoenix, and at that time Goblet of Fire came out on top. However, a new installment has graced our big screens which demands a second look and after watching all five [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/in-my-opinion-ranking-the-first-six-harry-potter-films/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>35</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cate Blanchett Boards Joe Wright's 'Indian Summer'</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/cate-blanchett-boards-joe-wrights-indian-summer</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/cate-blanchett-boards-joe-wrights-indian-summer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Casting News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cate Blanchett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian Summer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in March it was announced Joe Wright&#039;s follow-up to The Soloist would be Indian Summer based on the book of the same name by Alex von Tunzelmann. After taking to Los Angeles for The Soloist, Wright said he &#034;was looking for something that was primarily about the British experience&#034; for his next film and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/cate-blanchett-boards-joe-wrights-indian-summer/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Third 'Bridget Jones' is On the Horizon</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/a-third-bridget-jones-is-on-the-horizon</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/a-third-bridget-jones-is-on-the-horizon#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sequel Round-Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridget Jones's Diary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renée Zellweger]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was one of the few people that didn&#039;t have much of a problem with Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Sure it wasn&#039;t a masterpiece, but it was certainly watchable and had a fair share of laughs. However, I can&#039;t say I necessarily stand by the B+ I gave the film back in 2004 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/a-third-bridget-jones-is-on-the-horizon/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Oscar Contender Trailer: 'An Education'</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-contender-trailer-an-education</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-contender-trailer-an-education#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visit to the Trailer Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[An Education]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18200</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo has debuted the first trailer for Sony Pictures Classics&#039; festival favorite An Education, a film we were just discussing yesterday with an emphasis on its star Carey Mulligan who plays Jenny, a teenage girl living in Britain in the early 1960s on the cusp of the strait-laced, post-war period and the free-spirited decade to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-contender-trailer-an-education/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Predicting 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' Wednesday/Thursday Box-Office</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/predicting-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-wednesdaythursday-box-office</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/predicting-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-wednesdaythursday-box-office#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laremy Legel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Box-Office News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Photo: Warner Bros.


UPDATE: Now the Los Angeles Times is reporting 4,500+ midnight showings are sold out and the film has a shot at beating the all-time domestic record for Wednesday ticket sales.

Doesn&#039;t it figure Brad would hit me up for a Harry Potter Wednesday and Thursday prediction piece nine hours before audiences will begin filling [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/predicting-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-wednesdaythursday-box-office/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Trailer for Universal's 2010 Animated Feature 'Despicable Me'</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/trailer-for-universals-2010-animated-feature-despicable-me</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/trailer-for-universals-2010-animated-feature-despicable-me#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visit to the Trailer Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Despicable Me]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo has debuted the first trailer for Universal&#039;s animated feature Despicable Me, starring the voice talent of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Miranda Cosgrove, Jack McBrayer, Mindy Kaling, Jemaine Clement and Julie Andrews.

An official synopsis for the film has not been released, but word has it the film [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/trailer-for-universals-2010-animated-feature-despicable-me/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Teaser Trailer for 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians'</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/teaser-trailer-for-percy-jackson-and-the-olympians</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/teaser-trailer-for-percy-jackson-and-the-olympians#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visit to the Trailer Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18185</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[AOL has just debuted the teaser trailer for Percy Jackson &#038; the Olympians: The Lightning Thief which is based on the book by Rick Riordon and due in theaters on February 12. The film is directed by Chris Columbus who just suffered a massive failure with I Love You Beth Cooper, but with this fantasy [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/teaser-trailer-for-percy-jackson-and-the-olympians/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/movie-review-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/movie-review-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18181</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Bonnie Wright and Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Photo: Warner Bros.


Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince isn&#039;t a misstep in the Harry Potter franchise as much as it is the slow build to an extremely entertaining conclusion to one of the better fantasy stories to be told. As a matter of fact, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/movie-review-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-2009/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: July 14, 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/this-week-on-dvd-and-blu-ray-july-14-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/this-week-on-dvd-and-blu-ray-july-14-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[This Week On DVD and Blu-ray]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[





 DVD LINKS: DVD NEWS &#124; RELEASE DATES &#124; NEW DVDS &#124; REVIEWS &#124; RSS FEED 

It&#039;s a mixed bag this week with a few you may want to check out and others you will probably want to avoid. However, the most notable item in this release is in the new release date section at [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/this-week-on-dvd-and-blu-ray-july-14-2009/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Blu-ray Review: For All Mankind (Criterion Collection)</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-for-all-mankind-criterion-collection</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-for-all-mankind-criterion-collection#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Video News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For All Mankind]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18178</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I should begin by telling you I have never purchased a documentary and I have yet to see a documentary I would say is worth buying. I don&#039;t say this because I don&#039;t like documentaries. As a matter of fact, to go along with the opening statement I would say there is hardly a documentary [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-for-all-mankind-criterion-collection/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Oscar Contender Assets: 'Brothers' and 'An Education' Posters and Clip</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-contender-assets-brothers-and-an-education-posters-and-clip</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-contender-assets-brothers-and-an-education-posters-and-clip#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[An Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brothers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I only have one more piece of coding detail left to do and the RopeofSilicon 2010 &#034;The Contenders&#034; section will open up and two of the titles featured in that section have just enjoyed a couple of online updates.



First off we have the poster for An Education as well as a clip featuring the much [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-contender-assets-brothers-and-an-education-posters-and-clip/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
