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Video Game Movies

Friday, August 13th, 2010 at 11:47 AM | Posted by:
Category: Games, Movies
The Wizard

By now, you’ve probably heard the joyous news that we’ve added video game rentals to Blockbuster By Mail subscription plans at no extra cost. That’s right! You can get games mailed to you just by adding them to your Queue like movies. Find out more on our lovely games page.

We’re naturally pretty excited about this, as are many of our customers. And since the only way I know how to express my joy about new things is to make a corresponding list of movies, here’s a list of video game movies to add to your Queue. Along with some actual video games. Because that’s how we roll now. Read More

Blockbuster on New Droid Phones

Thursday, August 12th, 2010 at 12:59 PM | Posted by:
Category: Updates | Tags: , ,
Watch

A lot of people say to me, “David, I love watching movies from Blockbuster, but I’m a bit of a hobo/International Man of Mystery, and I’m not often in front of a TV and DVD/Blu-ray player. What can we do to solve this admittedly first world problem?”

Well, figment of my imagination, your eloquent question has been answered — now you can download and watch Blockbuster On Demand movies on the latest Droid phones from Motorola and Verizon! You can download all sorts of movies from Blockbuster On Demand, including new releases, with no monthly fees, due dates, or late fees.

The Blockbuster app comes pre-loaded on the Droid X and the incredibly new (just released today) Droid 2. All you have to do is activate the app, then get started buying/renting movies and watching them on your sweet new phone. The best part is that when you activate, you’ll get SPECIAL BONUS PRIZES. Find out more by clicking the links for each phone below. Read More

Top Weekly Rentals: 8/8/2010

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 at 9:42 AM | Posted by:
Category: Movies, Top Rentals
Kck-Ass

Here were the top rentals from Blockbuster stores for the week ending 8/8/2010:

1. Kick-Ass
2. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
3. Clash Of The Titans
4. Repo Men
5. The Ghost Writer
6. Cop Out
7. The Bounty Hunter
8. The Losers
9. Our Family Wedding
10. Hot Tub Time Machine

Competition Movies

Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 3:09 PM | Posted by:
Category: Movies
Step Up

In honor of the release of Step Up 3D this Friday, I’m going to make a confession to you, dear Blockbuster Blog readers, which I have never made to anyone else. I am a sucker for a particular kind of movie. I don’t really have a name for it, but the elements are usually all the same. Read More

Top Weekly Rentals: 8/1/2010

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 at 10:42 AM | Posted by:
Category: Movies, Top Rentals
Clash of the Titans

Here were the top rentals from Blockbuster stores for the week ending 8/1/2010:

  1. Clash of the Titans
  2. Cop Out
  3. Repo Men
  4. Bounty Hunter
  5. The Losers
  6. Hot Tub Time Machine
  7. Our Family Wedding
  8. Brooklyn’s Finest
  9. Green Zone
  10. Shutter Island

Top Online Rentals for July, 2010

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 at 3:42 PM | Posted by:
Category: Movies, Top Rentals
The-Book-of-Eli

As we always do around this time, I present to you the top 50 online rentals for last month.

  1. The Book of Eli
  2. Hot Tub Time Machine
  3. Green Zone
  4. The Bounty Hunter
  5. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
  6. Brooklyn’s Finest
  7. Cop Out
  8. When in Rome
  9. Clash of the Titans
  10. Dear John
  11. From Paris With Love
  12. Invictus
  13. Alice in Wonderland
  14. The Crazies
  15. The Losers
  16. The Wolfman
  17. She’s Out of My League
  18. Valentine’s Day
  19. Extraordinary Measures
  20. Remember Me
  21. Shutter Island
  22. A Single Man
  23. It’s Complicated
  24. Youth in Revolt
  25. Leap Year
  26. Edge of Darkness
  27. The Runaways
  28. Unthinkable
  29. Greenberg
  30. Crazy Heart
  31. Chloe
  32. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
  33. Sherlock Holmes
  34. The Road
  35. Tooth Fairy
  36. Avatar
  37. Brothers
  38. Up in the Air
  39. Repo Men
  40. The Blind Side
  41. Our Family Wedding
  42. Old Dogs
  43. The Lovely Bones
  44. Did You Hear About the Morgans?
  45. Legion
  46. The Spy Next Door
  47. The Time Traveler’s Wife
  48. The Messenger
  49. The Twilight Saga: New Moon
  50. The Young Victoria

Top Five Shark Movies

Monday, August 2nd, 2010 at 2:56 PM | Posted by:
Category: Movies, Television | Tags:
Jaws

“Live every week like it’s Shark Week.” — Tracy Jordan

Shark Week Shark Fact: Sharks are the coolest. Oh, how I love Shark Week. It’s one of my favorite times of the year — a full week dedicated to the wonderful, toothy majesty of the most awesome predator on the planet. So in celebration of this joyous season, I present to you my top five shark movies. It would have been more, but I think putting all the Jaws movies in there is cheating. Also, some are legitimately horrible. Read More

(Dysfunctional) Family Movies

Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 3:45 PM | Posted by:
Category: Movies, Television | Tags:
Little Miss Sunshine

July is National Family Reunion Month (who decides these things, anyway?), so I’m highlighting a few of my favorite dysfunctional movie families. I find these to be much more realistic than many fictional families like The Cleavers. They’re the kind of people who would show up at my family reunion: criminals, weirdos, misanthropes, etc. Read More

Movies for Mad Men Fans

Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 2:26 PM | Posted by:
Category: Movies, Television | Tags:
Mad Men

I refuse to use the term “Maddicts.” Even though I just did. Anyway, Mad Men fever is sweeping the nation! And why not? The show is a look back at a simpler time, when it was cool to smoke on airplanes, get blitzed at work, womanize, and generally be kind of a jerkface.

I’ve always loved the culture of late 50s/early 60s America, and Mad Men does an excellent job of capturing it. I mean, as far as I can tell — I wasn’t alive. If you’re a fan of Mad Men and the time in which it’s set, you’ll probably like these movies from the same era. Read More

Top Weekly Rentals: 7/25/2010

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 9:34 AM | Posted by:
Category: Movies, Top Rentals
Cop Out

Here were the top rentals from Blockbuster stores for the week ending 7/25/2010:

  1. Cop Out
  2. The Bounty Hunter
  3. Losers
  4. Our Family Wedding
  5. Hot Tub Time Machine
  6. Brooklyn’s Finest
  7. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
  8. Green Zone
  9. Shutter Island
  10. The Book of Eli
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