Archive for the 'Movies' Category
November 19th, 2009, 4:59 pm by Jayson Peters
 Brad Pitt’s production company has snagged the film rights to Dark Void, a new video game property from Capcom.
 Brad Pitt Plan B Entertainment has agreed to develop a sci-fi action franchise for the big screen as a potential starring vehicle for the actor.
Capcom will release Dark Void on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC in North America on Jan. 19, 2010, and across Europe on Jan 22. The game is described as “an adrenaline-fuelled blend of aerial and ground-pounding combat which centers on Will, a pilot who crash lands in the Bermuda Triangle following a routine mission.
“Will wakes up to find himself in ‘The Void,’ an alternate world resembling a primitive earth where aliens with superior technology are planning to take over civilization. Together with a faction of humans who have disappeared into the Void, Will takes on the alien race using their own advanced technology including a high-powered jet pack to defeat them and keep order in the civilized world.”
Posted in: Gaming • Movies • PC • PlayStation 3 • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Xbox 360 • Brad Pitt • Capcom • Dark Void | Post a Comment »
November 19th, 2009, 9:45 am by Jayson Peters
So, what do you do when you’re dumped by both your brooding vampire boyfriend and your brooding werewolf rebound? That’s the plot of New Moon, the sequel to Twilight, the movie based on Stephenie Meyer’s first novel.
The answer, Bella Swan decides, is to throw yourself into one hazardous situation after another just to get a fleeting glimpse of your former happiness. What else?
New Moon is a tight adaptation of the novel, which was full of action, humor and some decent drama. If you can get past the long stretches of unapologetic beefcake and the accompanying girly cheers and tween hype, it doesn’t make a bad movie.
Where it suffers, unforgivably, is in its leading man. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in: Movies • Reviews • New Moon • Stephenie Meyer • Twilight | Post a Comment »
November 17th, 2009, 9:20 pm by Jayson Peters
 It’s a relic from a time when Michael Jackson was trusted to entertain children, and now it looks like Captain EO is about to ride back to the big screen on the coattails of the documentary This Is It.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the short musical film produced by George Lucas and directed by Francis Ford Coppola will soon play again at Disneyland, where it ran in glorious 3-D from 1986-94. The unofficial Disney Blog reports that the park showed the space opera recently to Jackson family members — including the megastar’s children, who had never seen it.
After EO left Disneyland, it was replaced by another 3-D experience: Honey, I Shrunk the Audience.
See also: The King of Pop’s forgotten pop culture empire
Posted in: Deaths • Disney • Movies • Music • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Captain EO • Michael Jackson | 1 Comment »
November 13th, 2009, 2:39 am by Chris "KeL" Adams
Hollywood’s master of disaster movies director Roland Emmerich is back this week with his newest tale of wholesale destruction, 2012. Emmerich’s previous efforts have included such destructive fare as The Day After Tomorrow, Godzilla and of course, Independence Day. All of these were just practice for his latest work, however. After warming up by destroying things piecemeal with weather, giant monster lizards and aliens, he’s moved on to wrecking the entire Earth at once.
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Posted in: Movies • Reviews • 2012 | 3 Comments »
November 6th, 2009, 5:53 am by Chris "KeL" Adams
In 2001, after bursting onto the scene and receiving critical acclaim for his mind-bending sci-fi film “Donnie Darko,” writer-director Richard Kelly stumbled badly with his 2006 follow-up “Southland Tales.” His next major project “The Box,” opening this week, achieves neither the highs, nor lows of his previous efforts. It is, however, a thought-provoking and respectable effort, that proves Kelly is a talent and “Darko” wasn’t entirely beginner’s luck.
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Posted in: Movies • Reviews • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • The Box | 3 Comments »
October 30th, 2009, 5:17 pm by Jayson Peters
 New Line Cinema Actor John Rhys-Davies recently told Empire Online that he will not be joining the cast of The Hobbit to play the father of his character from The Lord of the Rings.
“Really I am not sure my face can take that sort of punishment any more,” he said in reference to the prosthetic makeup that turned him into Gimli son of Gloin — and gave him a severe allergic reaction that prompted him to ceremonially burn the mask after production wrapped. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in: Hobbit • Movies • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Tolkien | Post a Comment »
October 29th, 2009, 10:02 pm by Jayson Peters
 Images: Twentieth Century Fox The trailer for James Cameron’s upcoming sci-fi epic Avatar will screen Sunday on the world’s largest high-def video display at Cowboys Stadium before kickoff at the Dallas-Seattle game.
Twentieth Century Fox says Avatar ads will also be shown Sunday on all Fox-affiliate regional football games and during the Phillies-Yankees World Series game.
The film, shot entiredly in 3-D, opens in theaters everywhere Dec. 18.
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Posted in: Movies • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Sports • Television • avatar • James Cameron | Post a Comment »
October 26th, 2009, 10:55 am by Jayson Peters
The twisted souls over at io9 posit that this animated Klingon propaganda film may be a viral promotion for the sequel to J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. But even if it’s just fan media, it’s fun to watch:
Update! More details, a follow-up video and a translation here.
Posted in: Internet • Movies • Star Trek • Klingons • YouTube | Post a Comment »
October 26th, 2009, 8:28 am by Jayson Peters
 Starting next month, PlayStation 3 owners with Netflix subscriptions will be able to stream movies right to their consoles, according to Sony.
To make it work, you’ll need a free, Netflix-issued Blu-ray disc that you can order here.
Via The Associated Press and Kotaku
Posted in: Gaming • Movies • PlayStation 3 • Technology • Netflix • Sony | Post a Comment »
October 18th, 2009, 3:23 pm by Jayson Peters
 Production of Warner Bros.’ Green Lantern has pulled up stakes from Australia, part of an overall decision by the movie studio to reassess its overseas filming operations, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The reason is the power of green — or the lack thereof. As the falling U.S. dollar continues its slide, the once-sound financial strategy to film Down Under has become more expensive. George Lucas took production of his Star Wars prequels to the then-new Fox Studios Australia in Sydney. In 1998, it was a bargain.
With a live-action Star Wars television series on the way, the land of koalas and kangaroos has been floated as a possible base of operations for that lucrative venture — but these days even Lucas isn’t so sure. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in: Business • Comics • Mesa • Movies • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Star Wars • Australia • DC • Green Lantern • Lucasfilm | Post a Comment »
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