Cinderella Man

Blockbuster – the one-time giant in the home video rental business which went bankrupt last September – was bought at auction this past week by Dish Network for $320 million.  According to Dish, it intends to combine its wireless technology with Blockbuster’s brand name recognition, studio relationships and digital rights to re-establish Blockbuster as a player in …

Watching Secretariat fighting for box office air against much more muscular earners like comic actioner Red ($43.5 million after two weeks), the David Fincher/Aaron Sorkin rendering of the birth of Facebook in The Social Network ($72 million in four weeks), Ben Affleck’s gutsy crime thriller The Town ($84.7million in six weeks), and box office steamrollers …