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Ok it seems like the studios are coming around:

Reuters reports:” The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday became the latest Hollywood studio to offer movies for sale via the Internet by providing films like recent thriller “Flightplan” to CinemaNow, the online service said.”

It may have to do with Steve Jobs now being on the board of Disney, but in any case it’s great news they have taken half the step to what consumers want.

I will spell it out again.

1. A fair price. Why pay more for less than you can by in retail? (Hint: think Wal-Mart)
2. Allow burn to DVD so we can watch on out TV’s.

We all know the Wal-Marts of the world will flip out if you do the following but think about how many people on the other side you are pissing off. It’s a nice first step but you still have a long way togo.

Check out this exclusive Superman returns trailer on Yahoo.com

Cast: Brandon Routh (Clark Kent/Superman), Kate Bosworth (Lois Lane), Kevin Spacey (Lex Luthor)

Logline: Following a mysterious absence of several years, the Man of Steel comes back to Earth.

Release Date: June 30th, 2006 (wide)  

What once started out as a hobby site has now turned into the industry standard for Movie information online. IMDB.com is ranked as the 10 most popular entertainment site.

Not bad for site less focused on profits and more on passion. Col Needham founder and managing director states, “We didn’t sit down and think, ‘What’s the best way to make money on the Internet?’ ” Needham said. “This is very much a labor of love. When we started the company, there was no commercial use of the Internet.”

My dad once told me find what you love and make a career out of it. If you do that the money will come. Looks like Needham is living proof of this theory.

X-men 3 take number one at the box office this weekend. The last of the trilogy brought in $107 million dollars on this 3 day weekend. This is the largest Memorial Day opening movie in history and four biggest in all of box office history!

Here are the numbers for the long weekend:

1. “X-Men: The Last Stand,” $120.1 million.
2. “The Da Vinci Code,” 43 million.
3. “Over the Hedge,” $35.3 million
4. “Mission: Impossible III,” $8.6 million.
5. “Poseidon,” $7 million.
6. “RV,” $5.3 million
7. “See No Evil,” $3.2 million
8. “Just My Luck,” $2.3 million.
9. “United 93,” $1.1 million.
10. “An American Haunting,” $936,680.
Da Vinci code also did well for it’s 2nd weekend. It pulled in $77 million.

I don’t know why I want to see this so bad? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that is was my favorite as a kid? Not sure and don’t care. All I care about is seeing the flick. I hope it’s as good as the 2nd movie. RottenTomatoe only gave it a 5.9 out of 10. Oh well, I am still going to see it.