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"Ted" top seller, "Total Recall" top renter, on DVD chart
The hit Mark Wahlberg comedy "Ted" topped the DVD sales chart for the second week in a row, easily besting two new competitors: The science-fiction flop "Total Recall" and comedy "Pitch Perfect." Sony Pictures' "Total Recall," a remake of the 1990...Tags: DVDs, Redbox, Total Recall (movie, 2012), Mark Wahlberg, Rentrak Corporation
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‘Non-Humans’: ‘Blade Runner’ meets ‘Toy Story’ in dystopian tale
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comA dystopian tale that calls to mind a certain L.A.-set sci-fi classic starring a replicant-hunting Harrison Ford in a colorful ...... -
Holiday gift guide 2012: ‘Hobbit,’ ‘Star Wars,’ superheroes, more
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comCall it Christmas, call it Hanukkah, call it Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice or Festivus. The truth is, we here at Hero ...... -
Growing body parts and improving prosthetics
Dr. Anthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, is used to hearing his work described as science fiction. Way back in 1999, he and his team grew bladders in a lab and successfully implanted them in patients with...
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Review: 'How to Build an Android' by David F. Dufty
How to Build an Android The True Story ofPhilip K. Dick's Robotic Resurrection David F. Dufty Henry Holt: 288 pp., $26 In 2005, at the edge of robotics, a curious project took shape: an android that was an eerily realistic copy of science fiction...
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Pithy posters for writers
Jacket CopyQuotes by authors are brought to life in a witty poster series by artist Evan Robertson, currently for sale on Etsy.... -
‘Catching Fire’ writer sinks sharp teeth into werewolves, ‘Sharks’
24 FramesSimon Beaufoy, writer of Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire, is writing adaptations of Raw Shark Texts and Sharp Teeth, the latter possibly with his Slumdog Millionaire collaborator Danny Boyle... -
Test-How Ridley Scott came to direct the new 'Blade Runner'
Alcon Entertainment producer Andrew Kosove knew how badly he wanted Ridley Scott to return for a new "Blade Runner." He just had no idea if he could land him.
"We had a few Plan Bs. But we were really focusing on Plan A, which was Ridley," Kosove...Tags: Harrison Ford, Fencing, Movies, Ridley Scott, Alcon Incorporated
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MOCA announces 2011 acquisitions
Culture MonsterMOCA is planning to announce today a gift of 122 works from collector Laurence Rickels and to release details on other 2011 acquisitions.... -
Sunday: Building alternative worlds, William Gibson and 'The Lady in Gold'
Jacket CopyMatt Ruff builds an unexpected, alternative version of the 9/11 attacks in his novel "The Mirage"; cyberpunk patron saint William Gibson showcases his nonfiction work; "Bell Curve" co-author Charles Murray makes a dire assessment of America in "Coming... -
When moon rocks were swag
Jacket CopyThe Case of the Missing Moon Rocks is the latest multimedia ebook story from The Atavist.... -
Nonfiction
The Age of Movies
The Selected Writings of Pauline Kael
Edited by Sanford Schwartz
Library of America, $40
Witty, entertaining and often exhilarating, this wide-ranging collection of pieces captures the film critic at her best.
Alice James
A...Tags: Folklore and Mythology, Orlando Magic, Correspondents (music group), Abraham Lincoln, Dick Cheney
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