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Former RottenTomatoes.com parent IGN Entertainment has sold majority ownership of the review aggregator site to Flixter, whose services center on movie listings and trailers. The exact terms of the deal were not disclosed.

IGN Entertainment will still have a minor stake in RottonTomatoes.com, and IGN Ent. president Roy Bahat is even joining the Flixter board.

“Joining RottenTomatoes with Flixster creates a company that can dominate the online movie category,” Bahat said – HollywoodReporter

IGN Ent. has stated that it wants to focus more on its own operations, which primarily include covering videogames and men’s lifestyle. The news corp. also covers movies and movie-related topics, which you can access at movies.ign.com.

Source: HollywoodReporter

The Ugly Truth

Marisa –

The Ugly Truth starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler debuted on July 24, 2009.  Like any other film, the usual slew of reviews appeared; according to RottenTomatoes.com only 15% of critics recommended the film.  While reading many of the reviews yields the impression that the film is a sign of the death of the romantic comedy, there is an even more interesting trend that becomes clear regarding the course language used in the film.  Quite a number of critics complained of the film’s vulgarity not because it was more offensive than the average film, but because it was so unexpected in a romantic comedy aimed mainly at women.
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