J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek back in IMAX for 2 week engagement…

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We saw it in IMAX. Highly recommend it! Will probably catch it again.

Via SciFiWire:

If you missed seeing Star Trek when it played in IMAX theaters last May for a limited two-week run, now’s your chance to catch it on the big screen—and we mean the really big screen. J.J. Abrams’ blockbuster reboot will relaunch this Friday… into more than 89 IMAX theatres for an additional two-week limited engagement.

www.IMAX.com for theaters and showtimes.

September 2, 2009. Tags: , , . Art, Entertainment, Fantasy, Fiction, Film, gaming, graphic art, Popular Culture, Sci Fi. Comments off.

Update: Bill Gross on double dip…Market Mover: Gold!

Update: Well lookee here, Bill Gross, the Bond King, agrees with MiM’s assessment on the double-dip, I sure hope he isnt suggesting more spendulus though, UGH that is what got us here, too much spending!:

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…”To the extent that we have had a trillion dollars worth of stimulus, from the standpoint of deficits, and more, the government basically has to continue to do that and to add to that in order to keep the economy chugging along,” he said. “To the extent that that’s limited, to the extent that they pull back on some of those stimulus programs—Cash for Clunkers and those types of things—then the double-dip moves into the realm of possibility.” A double-dip refers to a second leg down in the recession, which many economists say is ending.

But Gross said the situation remains precarious in what his firm repeatedly has called the “new normal” of much slower growth rates than normal over an extended period of time….

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September 2, 2009. Tags: , , , , . Economy, Finance, Foreclosures, Housing, Labor Department, Obama Administration, Politics, Taxes, Unemployment Statistics, Wall St. Comments off.

Joss Whedon Update: Dollhouse S2 Sneak Peeks and 2nd Cabin in the Woods teaser poster…

Update: Lots of scoop on the Season Two premiere at SciFiWire here.

Our previous posts on Joss, Cabin in the Woods and Dollhouse here

Courtesy of popculturez

Examiner- Jeremy Beyer:

According to Fox’s press site the first episode of season 2 will be entitled “Vows”.  Jamie Bamber (Battlestar Galactica) plays a wealthy financier who decides he wants to get married, and Echo is the lucky girl.

The honeymoon is soon over when Agent Ballard comes in to warn Echo of danger and she doesn’t recognize him. Fighting starts and Ballard tries to make Echo remember to save her life….

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Click the image to go to the official film site

More from Jeremy Beyer at the Examiner:

Cabin in the Woods is “The horror movie to end all horror movies” according to writer Joss Whedon. Written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard (Cloverfield) who also directs, it is part horror movie, part reality TV, and part comedy.

The basic premise of the movie is the standard “group of teenagers go into the woods to party” formula. Unbeknownst (sp) to them they are being manipulated by a pair of white collar business men who have their own agenda….

September 2, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , . Entertainment, Fantasy, Film, Horror, Mystery, Popular Culture, Sci Fi, Supernatural, Suspense. 1 comment.

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