The first trailer below my first two paragraphs is the official Russian trailer for “The Avengers.” For some reason the characters seem more rounded (as rounded as one can get in two minutes and 13 seconds) and less like they were just posing. It strikes me as odd because I would think that more Americans […]
I have never been a fan of Fred Armisen, of Saturday Night Live and Portlandia fame. Appearance-wise he’s ethnically vague enough that he can play Barack Obama one moment, and a white person the next. The problem is that I don’t find him particularly funny. That is, till I saw this video, courtesy of the […]
I don’t think that I posted this, so here goes. I do so not because I expect the film to be that good–I don’t–but because I dig the genre. That being said, how is it that Selene was able to be captured by humans? If you take a look at the trailer, she makes short […]
“Tintin,” while perhaps not for everyone, is so well-done that the occasional misstep is easily forgotten. I must admit that I went into “The Adventures of Tintin” with somewhat low expectatations, due less to the input of Steven Spielberg, (director) Peter Jackson (producer) and Steven Moffat (Dr. Who, Sherlock), Edgar Wright (Shawn of the Dead, […]
After the numerous problems in 2011 that Netflix has encountered under the leadership of Reed Hastings, it’s comforting to know that his stock option allowance has been slashed for 2012. Sure, that means that the value of his stock options has dropped to $1.5 million, but seeing that his reimbursement has fallen to that amount, I […]
According to Deadline, Alan Taylor, of HBO’s “A Games of Thrones,” will be helming Marvel’s “Thor 2” after Patty Jenkins left the project for “creative reasons.” “Creative reasons” is in quotes because whatever was the real reason that Jenkins left the project, I am not sure that creativity had anything to do with it.
I visit my parent’s regularly during the holidays, and this one is no exception. I was channel surfing, when I came upon Tron: Legacy on Starz: Edge. Seeing that I have seen the film at least seven or eight times in various forms of media, I figured that I would just watch the special effects […]
Now this is how to cut a trailer! I know virtually nothing about Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus,” other than it makes use of the “Space Jockey” from the Alien films, and contains no xenomorphs. That being said, the trailer makes it seem like there’s a “Ghosts Of Mars” vibe going on. By which I mean that […]
ITunes has Pan Am, Season one, for free. It’s not quite my cup of tea, but if anyone happens to be a fan, this is the time to pick it up because I have no idea how long this deal will last. All you need is iTunes, and an iTunes account.
The web site for Marc Webb’s “The Amazing Spider-Man” has been live for a few days now, and from what I have heard about the film–beyond a basic plot synopsis–I find disappointing because it appears that they’re going to tackle his origin. Again. For the most part I enjoyed Sam Raimi’s take on the character–with […]
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