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When Deirdre Clemente watches “The Great Gatsby,” which premieres May 10, it won’t strictly be for entertainment purposes. It won’t necessarily be because she feels she knows F. Scott Fitzgerald, either.
A look at some of the DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week:
“Iron Man 3” was the heavy-lifter at theaters with a colossal overseas debut that overshadowed a gang of mercenary bodybuilders in a sleepy pre-summer weekend at the domestic box office.
The only muscles they never exercised were their brains.
Given the prevalence of smartphones, tablets and those screens in the back of every other minivan, watching a movie in your car isn’t the novelty it once was.
When it comes to the Vegas Indie Film Fest! less is most definitely more.
A look at some of the DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week:
Movie fans slipped into “Oblivion” as the Tom Cruise sci-fi thriller led Hollywood with a $38.2 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The pre-movie chat went something like this: Turn off your iPhones, don’t try to sneak an Instagram picture or two during the show, and learn about the human element of a historical figure whose courage shattered seemingly indestructible racial barriers.
A typical movie theater sound system operates at around 4,000 watts. For four days this week, the Colosseum at Caesars Palace trembled under the power of a spleen-shimmying 495,000 watts.
You don’t go to Tom Cruise movies to think.
The Motion Picture Association of America announced changes to its movie rating system Tuesday, saying it wants to help parents make informed decisions at the multiplex.