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Hurricane Sandy was a tropical cyclone that devastated portions of the Caribbean, Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, and Eastern Canada in late October 2012. The eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Sandy was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, as measured by diameter, with winds spanning 1,100 miles (1,800 km).[4][5] Sandy is estimated in early calculations to have caused damage of at least $20 billion (2012 USD).[6] Preliminary estimates of losses that include business interruption surpass $50 billion (2012 USD), which, if confirmed, would make it the second-costliest Atlantic hurricane in history,[7] behind only Hurricane Katrina.   Sandy developed from a tropical wave in the western Caribbean Sea on Octo Read more text

The Avengers are about to assemble — for some very interesting Blu-ray sets. Amazon has started taking pre-orders for Blu-ray versions of Disney’s blockbuster, as well as a superhero-sized 10-disc box set. That box is titled Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One – Avengers Assembled, and it’s currently on pre-order with an MSRP of $219. If that kind of green makes you very angry, know that Amazon does have its pre-order price guarantee in effect for the $153.30 sale price. According to the listing, the box will pack in six superhero films and a total of 10 discs. The limited-edition set will include Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D versions of Marvel’s The Avengers, Captain America: The First Avenger, and Thor, as well as Blu-rays for Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and The Incred Read more text

  As another week goes by, ‘The Avengers’ continues to break box office records both domestically and worldwide. Yesterday, Disney announced that the film has now become the third highest grossing film both domestically and internationally. The domestic third place record position was previously held by ‘The Dark Knight’ which has earned $533 million. Currently, the estimated cumulative gross for ‘The Avengers’ is $538.1 million and will undoubtedly be even higher before its theater run is over. The movie also set a new speed record of earning $500 million in only 23 days whereas it took ‘Avatar’ (the former record holder) 32 days. It may be a while (if ever) for ‘The Avengers’ to rise higher on the list as it trails behind two of James Cameron’s hottest films: Read more text

In space, no one can hear you scream. But in 1979, audiences at Ridley Scott’s groundbreaking, science-fiction-horror-hybrid “Alien” there were shrieks aplenty. While Scott’s hotly anticipated “Alien” follow-up “Prometheus” has been described as everything from an “Alien” prequel to a companion piece, it in-arguably shares DNA with its landmark predecessor. The “Prometheus” premise: Archaeologists discover ancient cave paintings of, you guessed it, aliens, and a team of intrepid explorers (Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba and Michael Fassbender as a robot) blast off to discover the origins of life on Earth. Bad move. Before heading off to catch a screening, it wouldn’t hurt to bone up on the acid-dripping, egg-laying, bloodthirsty forebears Scott first in Read more text