TMMC's Weekly Round Up

Just a few hours remain for voting in this week's poll and we have a nail biter on our hands.  It looks like The Dark Knight and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King are our prize fighters for favorite highest grossing movie amongst TMMC readers.  Are we going to end up with a tie?  I suggest we put  directors Peter Jackson and Christopher Nolan in a ring, tie their hands behind their backs, glue beaks to their noses and let them cock fight it out - who's with me?  James Cameron will have to sulk in the corner sucking his thumb, poor guy hates being left out.

Closing out January,  TMMC's off to a great start in 2010 - thanks to all you who take the time to read my drivel!  Unfortunately, Barack Obama's not doing as well in the new year - if he were a t.v. show, he'd be canceled over his 8% drop in State of the Union t.v. ratings this week.  Thank goodness he doesn't work for NBC! 

Thanks to our TMMC interns, who we keep chained underneath the desks, here's a look back at the week that was.

• In case you've been under a rock, or a pile of work, Avatar has unseated Titanic as the highest grossing movie of all time.  In related news, J. Cameron was spotted on a Carnival cruise shouting, I'm still king of the world!  Read more.
• Is the world ready for the first 3-D porn movie ever?  It's bring new meaning to the phrase, "watch out for that pole!"  I'd see this out of sheer curiosity.  Read more.
• Almost as good as porn, Warner Bros. has also announced the final two installments of Harry Potter will come out in 3-D.  Unfortunately we still have to wait until Nov. to check it out - that's just plain riddikulus.  Read more.
• Et tu Mickey?  The 31 year old movie distributor Miramax has officially shut its doors, thanks to a pink slip provided by Disney.  The list of acclaimed movies Miramax has brought to audiences is enormous, but more interesting are the six completed films that haven't been released yet and their fates, yet to be determined.  Read more.
• Thanks to TMMC's rating system, Netflix reached 12 million subscribers in the 4th quarter.  Now it expects to spend $600 million on postage this year.  That's a whole lot of stamp licking - I'm sure they can get Andy Dick to help.  Read more.
• Apple launched the iPad, women of the world cringed, and Hitler got really mad.  Totally unmovie related, but absolutely hilarious.  Watch more.

Now that you're up to speed, go have yourself a great weekend and rest up for the big Oscar nominees announcement next Tuesday!