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Hello, everyone. I hope your navigation of the internet machine has brought you to something that you will enjoy reading and perhaps give you something to think about on your own time and maybe even act upon. I will be writing about the movie business as it pertains to the everyman. My reviews will be on wide release movies only unless something else is particularly intriguing. There is nothing more annoying to me than getting reviews from snobby out-of-touch film critics who claim to have good taste even though (or perhaps because, those snobs) no one agrees with them.

I will also keep you up to date on what’s going on in the movie business, and perhaps the TV business, and how that affects us as viewers. Since most people aren’t in the entertainment industry, they don’t want to know the inside story unless it makes a difference in how they view content, or what content they get to view.

You should know that the industry is looking to allow moviegoers a way to view newly released feature films in the comfort of their own homes either on the theatrical release date or shortly after. You should also know that the Golden Globes are kind of a joke and you should not give weight to the opinions of small-time foreign film critics, because they are just large Romanian women with mustaches.

You should not, however, have to search through information that does not pertain to you or your interests. I will do the sifting for you. Call it the “in touch, young, normal person’s movie blog.”

Just a few quick FYI’s:

1. Avatar will become the highest grossing film of all-time.

2. Yes it’s that good, so if you haven’t seen it yet it’s time to fix that mistake, advisedly in 3D. That is, unless you’re in China where the movie has been banned. (I thought they weren;t Commies anymore).

3. The Chipmunks “Squeakquel” has already earned about $200 million in the US alone. This should make us all: A. sad (if you didn’t see it), or B. ashamed (if you did see it).

4. District 9, Inglorious Basterds, and The Hangover are now all on DVD. You should have already seen all of them.

5. Sony has scrapped Spiderman 4 and is looking to reboot the franchise with an all new cast and director.

6. Yes this is a stupid idea, even if Spiderman 3 sucked.

7. If you’ve actually read this far, you care, and should, therefore, have a Netflix account.

8. Everyone involved with Sherlock Holmes has sent a personal letter to Robert Downey, Jr. thanking him for carrying them on his back.

9. OK, that last one isn’t true, but it should be.

10. I will not be checking RottenTomatoes.com and then use it to help form my opinion. Probably.

Ticket sales are up the highest they have been since 2004, so let’s all thank James Cameron and the recession. More people are seeing movies, and there is some good stuff out there to see even if the holiday movie season put you to sleep. So hopefully you’re ready to to get to watching and reading, because there are some shake-ups going on, and although the news sites are trying to bore you, some of these stories actually do matter.