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The Simpsons: The Movie takes home the d’oh on DVD. The Simpsons: The Movie was the top seller on DVD for the week ending December 23. The news isn’t all that surprising, when you consider the massive marketing campaign Fox Home Entertainment rolled out for the news disc. New York City’s iconic Empire State Building was turned Simpsons yellow, the first time the building was involved in a movie promotion, NYC’s Bryant Park displayed a 25-foot inflatable Homer along with 2,500 inflatable donuts and on Wall Street, promotional teams were handing out yellow Santa hats....

Greetings. It’s your ol’ friend B. Alan Orange here with a look at this week’s new releases. Today, I’ve invited The Angry Lesbo (tm) to help me out with my reviews of Mr. Woodcock and The Brave One… What’s up, Angry Lesbo? Why did you decide to come down here today? The Angry Lesbo: Because you had free tickets to the new Jodie Foster movie, and you know us Lesbos. We love us some Jodie Foster....

The Good Jason Statham is very good as an action star. The Bad I would have thought this release might have had more extras. The Transporter is one of those movies that seems to come from nowhere, it looks like a run of the mill action movie but it actually is a bit better than you might imagine. Jason Statham stars as Frank Martin, a former Special Forces officer who has decamped to France and makes a nice living driving high priced cargo to and from various places....

Singer Melanie Martinez, who is best known for appearing as a contestant on Season 3 of NBC’s reality series The Voice, has been accused of sexual assault by her one-time friend and fellow female singer, Timothy Heller. Timothy Heller took to her Twitter account last night to share a lengthy story about how Melanie Martinez sexually assaulted her during what she called “the most difficult time in her life,” when she was sleeping over at Martinez’s place....

Over the weekend, the news suddenly dropped that Henry Cavill will depart the Netflix series The Witcher, leaving actor Liam Hemsworth to take over as the monster hunting Geralt. Well, since the shocking news broke, fans of The Witcher have been racking their brains in an attempt to work out why Cavill would leave a project that he is so vocally passionate about. And some may have worked out the reason…...

Sean Penn is one of, if not the best, actor of his generation. He might be a grumpy, outdated “homophobe” (according to Mickey Rourke) and “fool” (according to Thandiwe Newton), but there’s no denying that he’s a great actor, one of the best to completely inhabit their roles until they become their character (who knows, maybe Penn is preparing to play a transphobic person?). How else do you explain how Penn so deftly played stoner Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jimmy Markum in Mystic River, and Harvey Milk in Milk?...

From iconic Western face-offs to battles between cops and robbers and even vigilante justice, some of cinema’s best pictures feature thrillingly epic shootouts. Audiences are in for a wild ride in these electrifying action flicks, and are able to live vicariously through their fearless and tenacious leads. It can be quite a tall order to produce a cutting edge, visually stunning and entertaining showdown, but when filmmakers are able to masterfully do it, the result is spectacular....

You can get two new standard versions of your favorite robots in disguise this September. Transformers will be released in two separate standard versions on September 2, the day the film gets its Blu-Ray release. A bare-bones single-disc version, that comes with an Optimus Prime mask, will be available for $19.99 SRP and the two-disc version with a transforming Megatron DVD case, will be available for $29.99 SRP. The film stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson....

Super friends Warner Bros. Television (WBTV) and TV Guide Magazine have joined forces for the fifth year in a row, teaming up on a special Warner Bros.-themed Comic-Con special edition of the magazine, taking fans behind the scenes of their favorite series and offering up four sets of collectible “flip” covers featuring Arrow star Stephen Amell; The Flash star Grant Gustin; The Following stars Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy; Supernatural stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles; The Vampire Diaries stars Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder; Constantine star Matt Ryan; a celebration of the 75th anniversary of Batman; and Gotham....

After spending years with TV characters and developing genuine care for them, it is hard to say goodbye. That is why there is a lot of pressure when creating a finale episode, especially for a series that has been on the air for a very long time. The pressure combined with multiple storylines that need closure is sometimes the recipe for disaster and the reason why a beloved series can become the object of hostility from fans....

Actor Al Strobel, best known for his role as Philip Gerard in the cult classic 90s drama Twin Peaks, has died at the age of 83. Strobel’s Friday passing was announced by producer and long-time David Lynch collaborator Sabrina Sutherland on Facebook Saturday, with the Twin Peaks: The Return executive producer writing, “I am sad to have to post that Al Strobel passed away last night. I loved him dearly.”...

Universal Pictures and Hasbro, Inc. today announced that the first feature film to be released under Universal and Hasbro’s six-year partnership, Stretch Armstrong, has been dated for theatrical release on April 15, 2011. They also announced Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind, American Gangster) will team with Hasbro to bring the iconic action figure to life for the silver screen. Steve Oedekerk (Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty) is writing the screenplay for the fun, action adventure based on the toy that was made popular around the world beginning in the 1970s and re-launched in the 1990’s....

You can take home Tom Cruise and a stellar supporting cast of a true-story war movie this May. Valkyrie will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on May 19th. The film will be released in a barebones single-disc edition ($29.98 SRP), a two-disc special edition, with Digital Copy ($34.98 SRP) and a two-disc Blu-ray edition, also with Digital Copy ($39.99 SRP). We have no cover art as of yet, but we’ll update this story as soon as we have the new images....

The critically acclaimed political satire Veep debuted on HBO in April 2012 and ran for seven seasons until its finale in May 2019. It follows Selina Meyer, played by accomplished comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a fictional Vice President of the United States on her journey to distinguish herself in her political career. En route to leaving her legacy, she is often roped into various political high jinx, which leads to some truly great comedy....

The fourth episode of Vikings’ fifth season, The Plan, begins in the country of York, King Aethelwulf is talking to Bishop Heahmund about getting rid of their pagan invaders after their previous efforts to force them out went very poorly, to say the least. Heahmund apparently had a vision that he saw all the bodies of the Northmen lying dead in the city from starving to death. So he convinces Aethelwulf to blockade all the roads and rivers in an effort to keep their foes from getting any food or supplies....

Violent Night producer Kelly McCormick wants a sequel for Christmas, and reveals that plans are already in place to begin work on Violent Night 2. Provided that the first outing does well, of course. Speaking with Collider, McCormick explained that the next few weeks will determine whether David Harbour’s not-so-jolly Saint Nick will ride again in Violent Night 2. Starring David Harbour, John Leguizamo, Beverly D’Angelo, Alex Hassell, Alexis Louder, Edi Patterson, Cam Gigandet, and André Eriksen, Violent Night finds Harbour’s Santa reaching into his sack and bringing out the big guns after a team of elite mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage....

Walton Goggins talks about his role as Boyd Crowder in the new FX series Actor Walton Goggins enjoyed much success on the cable network FX with his seven-season run as Shane Vendrell on the groundbreaking cop series The Shield, which ended its run in 2008. Now Goggins is back on the network with its brand new series Justified, which makes its debut tonight, Tuesday, March 16 at 10 PM ET on FX....

Stranger Things star David Harbour is a ghost with a mysterious past in the first trailer for the upcoming Netflix comedy, We Have a Ghost. Starring alongside Marvel actor Anthony Mackie, the first trailer for We Have a Ghost comes courtesy of the streaming giant and teases the mixture of laughs a terror that will no doubt delight audiences when it lands next month. Check out the trailer for We Have a Ghost below....

The genre of video game movies is ripe with potential that major Hollywood studios have consistently failed to capitalize on for years. This isn’t for lack of trying though, as the last ten years have seen an exponential increase in the number of movies adapted from video games. This year has already seen two high-profile video game movies find success on the big screen; those being the Tom Holland-led Uncharted film and the second live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie....

FX’s new verité vampire comedy series What We Do in the Shadows premiered as one of the top-rated new cable comedy series in over two years, with the highest three-day lift of any primetime cable comedy series premiere in that period and the highest three-day lift of any series premiere in FX’s history. The premiere episode of What We Do in the Shadows (Wednesday, March 27 at 10 p.m.-10:38 p.m.) scared up 1....