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This week sees the release of the soundtrack to the new Tom Hanks film News of the World from composer James Newton Howard The set will come pressed on two 180 gram vinyl discs and goes on sale this coming Wednesday at Noon EST. Mondo News of the World Soundtrack Mondo News Of The Week Release Details "Mondo,[...]

The theater chains will get a cut of the digital sales from the movie as well. News of the World, the new western starring Tom Hanks and directed by Paul Greengrass, brought in $1.7 million, bringing its total to $5.4 million Monster Hunter continues to struggle as it brought in $1.2 million, bringing its domestic total to $6.3[...]

News of the World might be the last adult movie about people saying interesting things that's going to play on a big screen somewhere, because after this, in order to guarantee that people show up again, we're going to have the Marvel Universe and all sorts of franchises." He makes some good points there, but once that[...]

A Banksy-eye-view on the current Murpert Murdoch phone hacking scandal.

The most entertaining news this past week has been the phone-hacking scandal in Britain leading to News International shutting down one of the country's most vile – and bestselling – tabloids The News of the World It was American crime journalist (and expert on the Japanese underworld as shown in his excellent book TOKYO[...]

While the buzz on the floor is that despite the hype, it's a rather mediocre movie, the News Of The World gave it the lowest grade possible. With quotes such as "this superhero flick, based on the popular DC Comics series, is two finger-drumming hours of puffed-up, prancing tripe, that couldn't have been any[...]