TOP 10 OF 2007

January 14th, 2008 | by Tom
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Hey, gang.

I know I promised that I would type up my list of the Top 10 Movies of 2007 and I kind of flaked. So I started working on it tonight to have something to reference back to instead of breaking another promise.

One problem – my write-up wasn’t very good.

I thought that I could add some value to my picks by punching it up a little copy. I started writing and found myself just kind of regurgitating what I said in last weeks Triple Feature broadcast, so I scrapped it.

My advice? Download last week’s show. You won’t regret it. Gordon, Joe and I put together a great show with a lot of back and forth and a few surprises. It’s probably one of my favorite shows we’ve done over the last year. I was really proud of it.

Don’t forget to check out this week’s show, while you’re at it. We’re broadcasting live at 9:00 PM CST. We’ll be discussing In The Name of the King, The Orphanage, 27 Dresses as well as The Bucket List and First Sunday.

Sorry again for flaking out on the Top 10 list. But come back to the site for a DVD review of Paul Rudd in The Ten tomorrow.

I swear!

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NATIONAL TREAUSRE 2-DISC DVD GIVEAWAY

December 17th, 2007 | by Tom
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Hey, guys. I know this is extraordinarily short notice, but it was one of those happy accidents that just cropped up at the last minute and I wanted to let you know about it.

In celebration of National Treasure: Book of Secrets being released in theaters this Friday, Disney has also released a brand new 2-disc collectors edition of National Treasure on DVD this Tuesday, December 18.

National Treasure

This thing is loaded to the hilt with features. Four brand new documentary shorts, deleted scenes, an alternate ending and a slew of featurettes that go further behind the scenes!

You’ll have a chance to win a copy of your very own by listening to The Triple Feature talkcast tonight at 9:00 PM CST.

The last few weeks we’ve been doing call-in trivia contests. I didn’t have enough time to prep any questions this week, so that means we’ll probably do our old standby routine – I drop one half a clue in the broadcast and you come back here on Wednesday for the second half of the clue. Send the completed clue along with your name and e-mail address to theaterhopper@hotmail.com and one winner will be chosen at random!

Be sure to dial in and listen to the show live tonight. We’ll be talking about I Am Legend, Atonement, The Kite Runner and the brand new trailer for The Dark Knight!

Be there!

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POPULARITY CONTEST

November 9th, 2007 | by Tom
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I’ve been getting some great feedback from people about this latest arc. Thanks for taking the time out to shoot me an e-mail, guys!

If you could link today’s comic through whichever social bookmarking site you prefer, that would be great way to help bring a little attention to this arc and a high note to head into the weekend on!

I appreciate it!

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DEEP DISCOUNT DVD

November 9th, 2007 | by Tom
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Hey, guys. I just wanted to clue you in on the big DVD sale going on over at DeepDiscountDVD.com – 20% off everything until November 25.

I don’t see a kickback, or anything. I’m just really excited about this sale. Deep Discount DVD does this once or twice a year and I always take the opportunity to stock up on stuff I’ve missed. Just use the code “SUPERSALE” at checkout for the discount.

Anyway, enjoy!

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SICKO DVD GIVEAWAY

November 6th, 2007 | by Tom
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I hope everyone had a chance to listen to The Triple Feature talkcast last night. If not, it was a good show. We covered a lot ground talking about American Gangster, Bee Movie and Shia LaBeouf being arrested in Chicago. Good times.

Something else I touched on quickly was the release of Michael Moore’s Sicko out on DVD today. In addendum to the review posted above, I have one copy to give away, so I’m running a little contest.

Download last night’s episode of The Triple Feature from our profile page and listen for the first half of a clue. Combine it with the second half of the clue (that I’m going to give to you in a second) and e-mail the compelted clue to theaterhopper@hotmail.com with your name and address. Make sure the subject line of your e-mail is “SICKO” so I’ll know you’re entering the drawing. One winner will be chosen at random. If you don’t want to download the show from TalkShoe, we’re also available on iTunes. Sign up for our podcast and have the latest epsiode sent to your computer every week!

Anyway, without further delay, the second half of the code is “YOU.”

Send in the complete phrase for your chance to win!

GOOD LUCK!

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FACEBOOK GROUP

November 2nd, 2007 | by Tom
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A few months ago I created a Facebook account and I’ve been very cautious about who I accept as a member of my group of friends. My MySpace account was overrun fairly quickly. Not just by fans, but by spambots – and I didn’t want to repeat that with Facebook. I wanted the social interaction element to shine through.

So instead of accepting everyone to my personal account, I created a Facebook group for Theater Hopper where everyone can get together and shoot the breeze.

If you have a Facebook account and you’re interested, you can join up here!

Thanks and see you on Facebook!

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HILARIOUS

October 5th, 2007 | by Tom
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I just had to leave a quick post to say that it’s been very entertaining reading some of the guesses for The Sarah Silverman Program: Season One contest giveaway. Some of you guys have guessed correctly and a few of you are hilariously off base – but God bless ya for trying!

Keep ’em coming, guys!

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THE FEED IS ON!

October 3rd, 2007 | by Tom
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Hey, guys!

I just wanted to send a quick note to everyone to let them know that we’ve recently upgraded the RSS feed for the site. Whereas before there would be one post with the link and title of the most recent comic and another post with the most recent blog, we’ve now compiled everything into a single post! As an added value, you can now also SEE the comic in the feed. It’s not a lonely link anymore!

There was some concern about posting the comic and blog independent of the site. If you’re reading it in the feed, you’re not coming to the site and that kind of sucks because I’m missing out on the traffic. But then I figured “Who cares?” Because if the point is to get the comic in front of as many people as possible, it’s limiting to say “This is the only way you get to see it.” That’s like saying “I’ve got a great widget, but I’m only going to advertise it on radio!” Make the tools available to people to read your stuff the way they want to read it and let the chips fall where they may!

MAJOR credit goes out to my man Anthony DiSanti. He wrote the entire script and put up with several back and forth messages as we tweaked things. He did this all while taking Finance and Information Systems classes at NYU and working a part time job. He’s a friggin’ dynamo and I totally appreciate his hard work to help me bring this to you.

Anthony has a web site you can vist it at http://anthonydisanti.blogspot.com. Why don’t you swing by and say “Hi” and thank him for all his hard work! Thank you, Anthony!

You can subscribe to the RSS feed using the reader of your choice through FeedBurner. Here’s the link:

And, if you’re on LiveJournal, you can add Theater Hopper to your friends list here:

Happy reading, everyone!

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MY CONTESTS ARE GREAT!

October 1st, 2007 | by Tom
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So you guys remember that contest I was running last week for The Kingdom, right? On Friday I received the prize pack in the mail and I wanted to share this picture with you:

Prizes for The Kingdom contest giveaway

First of all, let me say that it is KILLING me to give this stuff away. I would happily keep all of it. But that’s not the agreement I made with you. One of the lucky folks who submitted their entry has been randomly chosen to receive these goodies and they are on their way this week!

Secondly, I wanted to post this to demonstrate that I am NOT FOOLING AROUND when it comes to these contests. I am giving away cool stuff here, people! In fact, I’m kicking myself that I didn’t make you guys jump through more hoops to be eligible for this contest. Since The Triple Feature talkcast was down last week, you didn’t have to listen to the broadcast for a clue or anything. Crazy!

And, by the way, another Triple Feature talkcast is on for tonight at 9:00 PM CST so you need to listen in to see what kind of crazy stuff we have cooked up.

At any rate, if you want to stay on top of these contests, I strongly suggest that you sign up for the mailing list. I’ll give you guys the advance notice on the upcoming contests I’ll be running along with weekly recaps of Theater Hopper news. Who knows – I might just offer my next DVD giveaway to my mailing list subscribers EXCLUSIVELY! But you’ll never know unless you sign up!

Talk to you all tonight during The Triple Feature talkcast. Take care!

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APOLOGIES AND CONTEST!

September 25th, 2007 | by Tom
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Apologies to anyone who tried to participate in or download last night’s Triple Feature talkcast. Gordon and I ran into some technical difficulties around the 15 minute mark and decided to scrap the show after neither of us could log back in. You wouldn’t have missed much. Joe was M.I.A. because he got to attend an early screening of American Gangster and neither Gordon or I had much to talk about. We were pretty much going to wing it. There weren’t that many people in the chat field, either. I think everyone was off watching the premiere of Heroes, or something.

We might try and do another show later in the week to make up for it. Possibly Thursday. Joe is game. We’re still waiting for confirmation from Gordon. So stay tuned for that one. Either way you slice it, don’t worry about getting the first half of The Kingdom prize package giveaway code. I’m going to give you the whole thing on Wednesday and you can enter the contest then.

Speaking of contests, I’ve got another one for you!

Contest

Stargate Atlantis: Season Three

I have two copies of Stargate Atlantis: Season Three to give away and I’m going to make you work a little bit to be eligible to win.

All I need you to do is pick your favorite three Theater Hopper strips and submit them to your favorite social bookmarking site. It could be StumbleUpon, it could be Reddit, it could be Digg. Whatever works best for you.

If you’re new to social bookmarking, you can use the handy little drop down at the bottom of this post. Be sure you’re on the individual page you want to bookmark before tagging it.

Once you’ve bookmarked your three favorite strips to the social bookmarking site of your choice, send a screen shot or a link to your profile page so I can see your entries to me at theaterhopper@hotmail.com along with your name and mailing address. You have until this Friday to enter. From the entries, two winners will be chosen at random.

Hopefully you guys appreciate that I’m just trying to drum up some interest in the site and it’s really not that much effort for a chance to win something cool. Your efforts help promote the site and ,when that happens, everyone wins!

Get bookmarking and good luck!

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