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T.V. Commercials are always against competition of each other. We have collected from a range the top 10 TV commercials of 2010, starting from number 10; 10. Bridgestone: Bachelor Party Yes, this ad for Bridgestone tires is a total rip-off of the movie The Hangover, with a whale instead of a tiger. But the copycat works, because angry mammals in a backseat, particularly those with a blowhole, are [...]

A speaker dock for your iPad is a great investment for your home entertainment set-up. Besides offering vastly improved audio, it gives your precious ‘Pad somewhere tidy to sit and charge. Whether you want to boost your iPad’s audio for music, movies or gaming, we’ve got five docks that offer different functionality and suit different budgets — from $80 to $300. Have a look through the docks [...]

Black Swan — a thriller about two New York City ballet rivals who form a twisted friendship — promises plenty of pirouettes from Natalie Portman. Lets take a look at cinema’s most memorable dance scenes. #10 ‘The Dance of the Hours’ inFantasia Disney’s Fantasia may strike the modern viewer as a bit disconcerting at times — not least the bits suffused with themes of fascist [...]

One of the greatest things about the burgeoning smartphone app market is all the apps, tools and games for movie lovers. Beyond just finding movie times and getting actor or director information, these apps can actually enhance the moviegoing experience itself by making it easier to manage your personal collections, rent movies online and even find out when it’s safe to skip out for a restroom break. With [...]

Unstoppable, a new movie starring Denzel Washington aboard an out-of-control train, opens this weekend. Trains — both deluxe and down-market — have often served as prime cinematic locales. Lets take a look at other locomotive-heavy films. #10 Throw Momma from the Train In this dark 1987 comedy, Larry Donner (Billy Crystal) and Owen Lift (Danny DeVito) make a deathly pact: You kill my wife, I’ll [...]

You know you saw Toy Story 3 this weekend, and you know you cried. Lets take a look back at some of film history’s other great kid-movie weepies. #10 Fluke, 1995 This movie is sort of like Ghost, if Patrick Swayze had been a Golden Retriever instead of a vaguely effeminate male spirit. A dude who is not a very good family man dies, is reincarnated into a dog and uses his second chance to [...]

The rebirth of war movies — there’s another big one, Green Zone, coming out next week — set us to thinking about some important examples of the genre from the whole span of film history, from The Birth of a Nation in 1915 to Black Hawk Down in 2001. We picked 10; you have others. Shall we fight over it? #10 Black Hawk Down (2001, Ridley Scott) — Somalian mission 123 elite U.S. soldiers [...]

Yet again, Hollywood has taught us that animals want nothing more than to devour us. As Piranha 3D hits movie screens, lets a look at some of cinema’s other memorable killer-creature flicks. #10 The White Buffalo Deemed Jaws’ western equivalent, The White Buffalo stars Charles Bronson as Wild Bill Hickok, a man tormented by his recurring nightmares of a savage albino beast. The giant [...]

The only time I felt more uncomfortable than I did when I heard they were making a Wall Street sequel was when I heard the new installment’s title. Inspired by a snippet from a quote from the original film, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleepssounds like a starless, straight-to-DVD sequel stuck at the bottom of the bargain bin at Wal-Mart. But it’s not at all. In fact, it’s wannabe [...]

With high competition and developing media technology; 2010 would be the tough year for horror movies to compete in the gallery. Here is the top 10 ridiculously extreme movies, starting from #10. #10 High Tension Two college friends, Marie and Alexa, encounter loads of trouble (and blood) while on vacation at Alexa’s parents’ country home when a mysterious killer invades their quiet [...]