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On DVD: The Marmaduke Principle, or: There Is No Such Thing As An Animated Star

I understand that Marmaduke , new to DVD this week, “stars” Owen Wilson “as” an animated Great Dane. Shockingly, it’s not the money and marketing thrust behind a movie based on a one-panel comic strip about a dog that most disgusts me, nor is it the movie itself, which is merely unwatchable . It’s this business about celebrities “starring” in movies in which they do not, in fact, appear.

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On DVD: The Marmaduke Principle, or: There Is No Such Thing As An Animated Star

Movieline Reviews the New True Blood Figurines

Don’t quite have $700 to spend on Stephen Moyer’s autographed c**k sock , but you’re still in the market for a classy True Blood collectible? HBO has an answer to your consumer conundrum in the form of three bust figurines of your favorite Bon Temps characters — that is, if your favorite Bon Temps characters are Sookie Stackhouse, Bill Compton and Eric Northman. And unlike Moyer’s auction, none of the proceeds HBO accepts will go to charity! Check out Movieline’s reviews of each many-of-a-kind product below.

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Movieline Reviews the New True Blood Figurines

J.J. Abrams Planning Trip to Alcatraz

Our sister site Deadline is reporting that island aficionado J.J. Abrams is about to blitz TV networks with the spec script Alcatraz , written by Lost executive producer Elizabeth Sarnoff. Though the story’s setting is the famous prison island in the San Francisco Bay, there is no word about the actual plot. I’m pulling for a Party Down -type show about bored-yet-beautiful tour guides! [ Deadline ]

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