Name: Chris Beaumont
Dateline: Wappingers Falls, NY
Weblog: draven99.blogspot.com [RSS]
Articles: 2489
First Published: Tuesday, July 6, 2004
Last Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Christopher Beaumont spends much of his time writing about entertainment when he isn't sitting in a movie theater. He is known around the office as the "Movie Guy" and is always ready to talk about his favorite form of entertainment and offer up recommendations. Interests include science fiction, horror, and metal music. His writings can be found at Draven99's Musings and Draven99's Media Center. Currently listing articles 2489-2451:
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DVD Pick of the Week: The Day the Earth Stood Still— A classic is back on DVD.
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Box Office Update 11/28-11/30: Four Christmases Proves to be a Winner— Twilight slips while Vince and Reese ride high.
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Movie Review: Four Christmases— Good idea, but it misses the mark.
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Movie Review: Transporter 3— Looking for some fun action? This is for you.
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Movie Review: Twilight— Tween romance drowns under the weight of lustful gazes.
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Movie Media: Special Thanksgiving Edition— Ready to eat some turkey?
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New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Australia, Four Christmases, Transporter 3, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
— Thanksgiving brings cinematic riches.
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DVD Pick of the Week: Hancock— Plenty of titles to get you through your holiday week.
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Box Office Update: Twilight Leads the Way— Toothless vampires rule the weekend.
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Movie Review: Bolt— Fun, if predictable, family entertainment.
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TV Media: Special Thanksgiving Edition— Is everyone ready to get drunk on food?
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Movie Media: The Pink Panther 2, Up, 2012, Repo! The Genetic Opera, The Day the Earth Stood Still, 30 Second Bunnies, Dance Flick— Clips, trailers, and worse.
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Music Media: Metallica, Opeth, Hate Gallery, Mind Assault, Cloudscape, Legion of the Damned— Live cuts, videos, bands from around the world.
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News Bites: Control-Alt-Delete, New Eastwood Film, World War Z, The Host to be Remade, X-Men: First Class— Remakes, adaptations, and sequels.
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New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Bolt, Twilight— Two new choices — which one will win your wallet?
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Music Review: Repo! The Genetic Opera - Original Motion Picture Soudtrack
— Need an organ? It can be provided. At a price.
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Music Review: Kip Winger - From the Moon to the Sun— A mature work from an artist who seems to be more comfortable in his own skin as he grows older
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Box Office Update 11/14-11/16: James Bond Finds His Quantum of Solace— This weekend was all Bond.
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DVD Pick of the Week: WALL-E— Plenty of worthy titles this week.
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Concert Review: The Red Chord w/ Overcast, Burning Human, Ruin, Architect - Poughkeepsie, NY 11/15/08— An evening of metal featuring a pair of bands reuniting and making some noise.
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Movie Review: Quantum of Solace
— Action and character unite in Casino Royale Part II.
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Music Media: Tom Morello, DEF-CON-ONE, Dir En Grey, Sarkom, Noise Within, Antagonist, Satyricon, Cattle Decapitation, Mudvayne, Sebastian Bach— Want a little heavy with your music?
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TV Media: Smallville Mashup, Volkswagen, South Park, My Own Worst Enemy, Kath & Kim, The Price is Right, Saturday Night Live, Family Guy— Game shows, webisodes, and giraffes.
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Movie Media: Monsters vs. Aliens, Nobel Son, Star Trek, Watchmen, Silent, Hotel for Dogs, Angels & Demons— Trailers and posters for movies known and unknown.
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News Bites: Black Panther's Voice, Ratner and Conan, A New Karate Kid, Demonic Toys 2, Dark Knight and the Academy— Academy issues, sequels, and barbarians.
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Music Review: Bear McCreary: Rest Stop - Don't Look Back, Soundtrack— Very strong score from a great young voice.
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News Bites: Keep Coming Back, Spielberg and Oldboy, Captain America's Director, Spoofing Spoofs— Remakes, new directors, and bad ideas.
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New Movies and Box Office Predictions: Quantum of Solace
— One movie, one choice.
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Music Review: The Best of Bond... James Bond— An excellent collection of Bond tunes.
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Movie Review: Role Models— This feels like a Judd Apatow film that took a wrong turn.
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Movie Review: Soul Men— Not terribly original, but terribly funny.
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Box Office Update 11/7-11/9: Madagascar 2 Escapes to the Top
— November gets off to a pretty good start with its new animated offering.
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DVD Pick of the Week: Hellboy II - The Golden Army— The pickings are somewhat slim this week, but there's still enough to keep you busy.
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Movie Review: House (2008)— Credit for trying, but this misses the mark.
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Movie Review: Madagascar - Escape 2 Africa— Entertaining but nothing special.
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Movie Review: Zack and Miri Make a Porno— Very funny excursion into relationships and low-budget film making.
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News Bites: Forbidden Planet Remake, The Three Stooges, The Expendables, Sideways Remake— Remakes on both sides of the Pacific, and an interesting new action film.
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Movie Review: RocknRolla— Visually stylish gangster film that fails to involve the viewer.
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Movie Media: Twilight, Friday the 13th, My Bloody Valentine, Punisher: War Zone, Fanboys, The Unborn, Watchmen— Plenty of trailers as this column gets back on track.
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