Joe here with not a lot of news again.  We're deep in the post-summer-blockbuster, pre-holiday-game-release phase of the year more commonly referred to as "September," and, in some cultures, "October."  I support those of you who enjoy watching TV shows when they, you know, get broadcast (not on DVD months later, like me) then you are getting your fill of new entertainment each night.  But for the rest of us...it's a bit of a down period.

Except for Batman, of course (Steve's review coming soon!)

Oh yeah, and Uncharter 2 is coming, and will apparently melt your face with awesomeness.

The weekend movies...well, not so great, overall.  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs took first (second straight week) with $25 million.  Bruce Willis and his Surrogate could only drum up second place at $14.9 million; Fame (which I admit I haven't even heard of) came in at third with $10.1 million.  The Informant! took fourth with $6.6 million, and Tyler Perry took fifth place with $4.7 million.  And that was that.

Danny Trejo has been cast in Predators.  This is not a surprise, if you know the producer and look at Trejo's body of work to date.

With the end of summer comes the inevitable question: what movie performed the best at the box office?  Naturally, this being America, one of the worst films of all time did!  But only in total revenue, not necessarily in terms of ROI.  See explanation here.

Who likes Dawn of War II?  *Faint scream of affirmation from Steve, probably others*  Well, here's a trailer for the stand-alone expansion.  Yes.

Avatar.  THE GAME.

And because I'm obsessed, despite it probably not coming out until 2011: (another) Diablo III preview.