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• For the past couple days, I have been researching the average time it takes for a movie to be released on DVD following its theatrical release going back to 1998. Results are pretty interesting...
• Anatomy of a Fascinating Disaster: Fire Walk With Me
• Summon Teaser Trailer!
• Piers Morgan on the RNC, Prince Harry, and 'AGT'
• Fourth The Impossible International Poster
• This week's last chance movies: 'Bernie' and 'Your Sister's Sister'
• Spring Breakers 'Same Things' Clip with Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens
• As surrogate for daughter’s baby, Maine woman delivers her own grandson
• Republican kids: When partisan politics stretch parent-child bonds
• Susan Sarandon Goes Public With Her Much Younger Boyfriend
• Rockstar Launches Free Disorganized Crime Pack DLC for Max Payne 3
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II Collector's Editions Announced
• A Few Minutes With... 'So You Think You Can Dance' Choreographer Spencer Liff
• FX Orders 90 More Episodes of Anger Management
• What house from a movie would you want to live in?
• My neighbor Hulk
• 'Family Guy's' Seth MacFarlane to Host Season Premiere of 'SNL'
• Suspect shot and killed by police in Wheat Ridge hotel
• FAN FIC: Updated Rules & Regulations On Posting
• Colorado anti-abortion intiative misses ballot by 3,859 signatures

For the past couple days, I have been researching the average time it takes for a movie to be released on DVD following its theatrical release going back to 1998. Results are pretty interesting... Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:43 AM PDT It's really no secret that the time from theatrical release to DVD release is much shorter than it used to be. But I wanted to know how much shorter. A nice graph to look at the results. The 2012 numbers are through August. To save time and not research every single movie released since 1998, I limited my choices to movies that made at least $100 million in worldwide box office, or fairly close to that. I wanted to go back further but I was unable to consistently find data. Interesting things to note: *2003 saw the biggest drop in wait time, averaging 153 days from 176 days in 2002. *2012 is on track for the shortest average wait time so far, averaging 115 days. *The first movie to crack 90 days was the 2003 movie Mona Lisa Smile, released theatrically on December 19, 2003 then on DVD on March 9, 2004. A wait of 81 days. *The shortest overall wait was the 2007 Ben Stiller movie The Heartbreak Kid, released theatrically on October 5, 2007 and released on DVD on December 21, 2007, just 77 days later. *The longest wait was the 2002 movie The Santa Clause 2, released theatrically November 1, 2002 and released on DVD November 18, 2003. A wait of 382 days, though not unusual for a Christmas movie. *Also not surprisingly, the number of movies hitting $100 million in worldwide box office has risen a lot since 1998. Sources: VideoETA The-Numbers Ok. Any questions? EDIT: Standard Deviation: about 22.5 (days) EDIT 2: Okay, as of 2:07PM EST, I am logging off. I'll answer more questions if anyone has them later today. submitted by steve599 [link] [7 comments]

Anatomy of a Fascinating Disaster: Fire Walk With Me Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:10 AM PDT submitted by wharpua [link] [comment]

Summon Teaser Trailer! Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:18 AM PDT Brock Otterbacher directs Jeff Wiesen, Tim Hansen, Katy Foley and Debbie Kagy in the thrilling new short Summon, with music from MovieWeb's very own Brian Balchack. We have the first teaser trailer for this occult masterpiece. Check it out! For more info, go to www.builtbycyclops.com "No one knows where it came from, but the first recorded use of it is from the journal of one James Mason, who, in the late nineteen century, documented the numerous times he tried to summon the spirit of his dead wife. While each time he felt a contactor, he reported stranger and stranger occurrences happening in his house. Until one day...He just disappeared. At this point, he'd become a recluse, so no one noticed he was missing until about a year later, when someone thought to check in on him. It was clear that he'd been in the middle of some sort of ritual. There was all kinds of occult paraphernalia lying about, including this spirit orb, which seemed to be at the center of everything. Do you want to know how they knew he disappeared?"

Piers Morgan on the RNC, Prince Harry, and 'AGT' Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:14 AM PDT "Extra" host Mario Lopez spoke remotely with Piers Morgan, who is covering all the action at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. "It's very exciting," said Morgan. "Everyone's who's anyone in the media or politics is down here. I always think politics is show business for ugly people!"

Fourth The Impossible International Poster Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:05 AM PDT Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts star in The Impossible, which recounts one of the worst natural disasters in human history. Check out the fourth international poster for this thriller, which will splash its big, black waves upon our shores this Christmas. The Impossible comes to theaters December 21st, 2012 and stars Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Geraldine Chaplin, Marta Etura, Tom Holland, Soenke Möhring, Dominic Power, Olivia Jackson. The film is directed by Juan Antonio Bayona.

This week's last chance movies: 'Bernie' and 'Your Sister's Sister' Posted: 29 Aug 2012 09:29 AM PDT Catch 'em while you can! This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Spring Breakers 'Same Things' Clip with Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:02 AM PDT You saw all of the behind-the-scenes fun happening in Florida, now watch as the first clip from director Harmony Korine's ode to 80s sex comedies is revealed! Spring Breakers stars Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Rachel Korine, and Ashley Benson as four high school girls who rob a bank to fuel their spring vacation, but instead are jailed on their way to the beach. James Franco eventually steps in as a hip-hopping drug dealer who springs the girls from their cell to help in a murder. Watch this rather somber moment from the film, which finds Selena Gomez pontificating on the sameness of her small, boring existence in this world. Spiring Breakers - Same Things Spring Breakers comes to theaters in 2013 and stars Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Rachel Korine, Ashley Benson, James Franco. The film is directed by Harmony Korine.

As surrogate for daughter’s baby, Maine woman delivers her own grandson Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:05 AM PDT Maine woman who carried her daughter's baby as a surrogate delivers her own grandson.

Republican kids: When partisan politics stretch parent-child bonds Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:05 AM PDT Republican kids and Democrat parents: the strains of partisan politics in Washington can be mimicked at home if a child comes home with different political views than Mom and Dad.

Susan Sarandon Goes Public With Her Much Younger Boyfriend Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:00 AM PDT Although she has repeatedly denied it, Susan Sarandon appears to be dating a man half her age. Men (both famous and not) do it all the time, so what's the big deal? Read More >

Rockstar Launches Free Disorganized Crime Pack DLC for Max Payne 3 Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:02 AM PDT Rockstar continues releasing incredible downloadable content (DLC) for their game Max Payne 3, which came out in May. Even better—it's free. The new one that launched today is called the Disorganiz... Read More >

Call of Duty: Black Ops II Collector's Editions Announced Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:03 AM PDT Yesterday, Activision unveiled the special Collector's Editions of their forthcoming videogame blockbuster, Call of Duty: Black Ops II. There's the "Care Package," "Hardened Edition" and "Digital D... Read More >

A Few Minutes With... 'So You Think You Can Dance' Choreographer Spencer Liff Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:00 AM PDT "My father took me to New York City when I was four. We saw Broadway shows and one of them was Cats, and that was it," said Spencer Liff of his introduction to the performing arts. From that moment... Read More >

FX Orders 90 More Episodes of Anger Management Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:28 AM PDT FOX has ordered 90 more episodes of the Charlie Sheen sitcom Anger Management, the network announced on Wednesday. The pickup is part of the show's original deal, which stipulated that if the show met a specific ratings average over the first eight episodes, it would be picked up for an additional 90 episodes.   Read More > Other Links From TVGuide.com Two and a Half Men Anger Management

What house from a movie would you want to live in? Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:26 AM PDT We all have that movie from our childhood or that favorite movie. My question is which house from those movie would you want to live in? For me, it's the house from Caspar. I love the architecture and design of the house, not to mention it would be totally rad to live with ghosts. So what's your choice? submitted by BigEasyBobcat [link] [15 comments]

My neighbor Hulk Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:17 AM PDT submitted by Afrotators [link] [2 comments]

'Family Guy's' Seth MacFarlane to Host Season Premiere of 'SNL' Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:37 AM PDT Comedian Seth MacFarlane, the man behind "Family Guy," will be stepping into the spotlight this fall on "Saturday Night Live."   The voice actor best known for playing Peter, Stewie and Brian Griffin will be "SNL's" first host of the 38th season. Frank Ocean will join him as musical guest on the Sept. 15 premiere episode.

Suspect shot and killed by police in Wheat Ridge hotel Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:39 AM PDT A suspect was shot and killed by West Metro SWAT officers Tuesday after a nine-hour standoff in a Wheat Ridge hotel.

FAN FIC: Updated Rules & Regulations On Posting Posted: 29 Aug 2012 10:28 AM PDT For those who don't know, several weeks ago Jim/Galactus/Big G asked me if I would be interested in being the Fan-Fic moderator. I graciously accepted because I had noticed that the Fan-Fic section was littered with poorly written, half-assed work. After a few hiccups, the process seems to be working fine and I have gotten some feedback, good and bad, about it. But a lot of users still seemed confused about what constitutes as Fan-Fic. 1. What qualifies as Fan-Fic material? Obviously anything based off a comic book (Batman, Spider-Man, Archie, Nemesis, etc.) counts. If it is something that at some point and time has been a comic book (Tim Tebow, The Expendables, Django Unchained, etc.) then it also counts. If it is something related to what we cover on the site (Game of Thrones, The Hunger Games, Mission: Impossible) then in most cases that could count too. 2.

Colorado anti-abortion intiative misses ballot by 3,859 signatures Posted: 29 Aug 2012 11:02 AM PDT  The proposed anti-abortion measure called the Personhood Amendment won't be on the ballot, Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced Wednesday morning. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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