A Fight Between AMC And A Small Movie Theater That Could Have Big Ramifications

Despite a few rousing successes, the overall box office in 2014 was down 5.2% from the year before. That's hundreds of millions of dollars. In this landscape, where movie theaters are scraping and fighting for every dollar, looking for any competitive advantage, one lawsuit claims that big chains have an inside track, and an ongoing legal battle between giant AMC and a small collection of theaters could have a big impact on the industry. In January 2014, Cobb Theaters filed an antitrust lawsuit against AMC Entertainment, the nation's largest theater chain, alleging their tactics and practices amount to conspiracy to commit competitive harm. ...

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Jason Segel Is Going Into Business With The LEGO Movie Franchise

It appears that the burgeoning film franchise that was launched last year with The LEGO Movie is getting a rather curious choice of filmmakers for one of its upcoming spinoff films. It's being reported that actor Jason Segel has been hired for the upcoming spinoff film, The Billion Brick Race, except not for an acting performance, but rather to co-write the script and co-direct. How did the Segel, the sitcom star and former Freak get into the creative aspect of the business? Well, truthfully it's been a long time coming. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jason Segel will step out ...

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What Deadshot May Look Like In Suicide Squad

Suicide Squad boasts a diverse cast of actors playing villains and other characters from around the DC Universe - but its biggest star is unquestionably Will Smith, who will play Floyd Lawton, a.k.a. Deadshot. The assassin is said to be one of the film’s three primary characters (the other two being Joker and Harley Quinn), and Smith has expressed his fascination for the character’s motivations to kill for money. Now thanks to a new description, we may have an idea of what the superstar will be wearing for Deadshot’s live-action film debut. ...

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Idris Elba May Be Star Trek's Next Big Villain

Idris Elba, the actor who played Stringer Bell on HBO's The Wire, is in early talks to play the main villain in the upcoming Star Trek 3 movie, The Hollywood Reporter reports.

Details on Elba's potential role are being kept under wraps.

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Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson Publicly Imagined an Atheist Family Getting Raped, Castrated, and Murdered

Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson may have exhaled a little too much oxygen into one of his family's duck callers instead letting it go to his brain. The outspoken slaughterer of waterfowl imagined an interesting scenario while criticizing atheists at a Florida prayer event on Friday, reports

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VIDEO: Who Has a Sex Tape in the New Entourage Movie Trailer?

Attention, L.A.-based bikini-clad movie extras! Yes, every single one of you. Proof that you are in the upcoming Entourage movie has arrived in the form of a new trailer.

Why is Vincent Chase a Cyborg DJ in the first Entourage movie trailer?

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6 Reasons Why Mellie Would Make a Great President on Scandal

When the election rolls around, make sure to vote Mellie Grant. Scandal 's incumbent First Lady has big White House dreams and hit deploy on her grand plan last week when she announced her plan to run for senator of Virginia. The Oval Office is still a long way away for Mellie (Bellamy Young), but if

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