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Avatar #1 For 5th Straight Weekend

There’s no question that the movie Avatar has been a smashing hit in movie theaters.  Having two versions – one regular viewing and one 3-D version – has been a great strategy for 20th Century Fox! Avatar has remained No. 1 for the fifth-straight weekend raising its domestic total to $491.8 million and should top […]

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iPhone Technology

How the Flixster iPhone App Allowed Me To See Avatar

Tonight was the night I was finally going to see the movie Avatar.  The anticipation was building for me all day and I couldn’t wait to get in and see the 2 hour and 40 minute movie.  But things didn’t go as I expected, and if it wasn’t for the Flixster iPhone App, I might […]

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Technology Twitter

Sherlock Holmes – Live Movie Reviews via Twitter

Sherlock Holmes is set to premier today in the United States.  Below is a live Twitter feed of movie reviews, and up to the second feed back from movie goers! We found with our recent live Twitter feed of Avatar that movie goers are tweeting feedback literally as they are watching the movie. This real-time […]

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Technology Twitter

Avatar Sales Fall Short of Expectations, Weather To Blame

The hit movie Avatar, from Titanic’s director James Cameron, opened in the United States this weekend and earned an estimated $73 million at the North American box office, distributor 20th Century Fox said on Sunday. The movie industry had higher expectations for Avatar with sales forecasted to be  in the $85 million range. However, the […]

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Technology Twitter

Ashton Kutcher Sends Condolences For Britney Murphy via Twitter

Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) is the king of Twitter with currently 4,151,677 followers (as of this writing).  And today he used Twitter to send condolences to the friends and family of actress Britney Murphy. Brittany Murphy, who died today of cardiac arrest at the age of 32,  met actor Ashton Kutcher in 2002 on the set […]

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Technology Twitter

Here’s A Summary of Avatar Twitter Reviews So Far

What Twitter is saying about Avatar so far! Early this morning I put together a live Twitter stream of Avatar movie reviews. The Twitter updates are definitely picking up as hundreds of new posts are hitting every 10 seconds or so. Watch the live Avatar Twitter stream here I’ve been watching it sporadically throughout the […]

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Technology Twitter

The Meaning of “Avatar”

There is a lot of  buzz on Twitter right now surrounding the new movie Avatar.  And several times now, I’ve seen people ask the question:  “what does Avatar mean?” After seeing the question asked a few times, I decided to dig into it and provide everyone with an answer. There are actually several meanings to […]