The investigation into the incident brings to light some potentially damming evidence against him, however, and the film revolves around his struggle to deal with life under the media microscope.
"Flight" opens November 2nd.
Jun 7, 2012
"Flight" - trailer
After more than a decade away from live action film making Robert Zemeckis returns with "Flight" starring Denzel Washington as an airline pilot whose cockpit heroics prevent a full-fledged catastrophe after the plane he's piloting begins to break up at 30,000 feet.
The investigation into the incident brings to light some potentially damming evidence against him, however, and the film revolves around his struggle to deal with life under the media microscope.
"Flight" opens November 2nd.
The investigation into the incident brings to light some potentially damming evidence against him, however, and the film revolves around his struggle to deal with life under the media microscope.
"Flight" opens November 2nd.
New clip from "The Amazing SpiderMan"
In this new clip we get to watch Peter Parker as he tries to get a hold of his new found web-slinging abilities. He's here he's there he's everywhere and he'd driving Dennis Leary nuts.
Jun 6, 2012
New video blog for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
While the rest of the world has been going crazy over "The Avengers" (as well as other summer tentpoles like the now-rolling-out "Prometheus" and next month's "Dark Knight Rises") the folks in New Zealand have been hard at work on that other little flick that's due out in December named "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey".
In this video blog post Peter Jackson and Co take us through Stone Street Studios in Wellington to give us a feel of what things are like at the nerve center of Middle Earth.
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is expected to hit theaters on December 14th.
In this video blog post Peter Jackson and Co take us through Stone Street Studios in Wellington to give us a feel of what things are like at the nerve center of Middle Earth.
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is expected to hit theaters on December 14th.
Jun 5, 2012
"Prometheus" TV spot takes a strange twist
Just when I thought I'd seen it all comes this spot. While it does contain some new material it's that musical selection that's got me rockin'. Tres bizarre!
"Prometheus" opens stateside this Friday.
"Prometheus" opens stateside this Friday.
The top 10 movies for the weekend of June 1 - June 3, 2012
| 1) Snow White and the Huntsman | $56.2 Million |
| 2) Men In Black III | $28 Million |
| 3) The Avengers | $20.4 Million |
| 4) Battleship | $5 Million |
| 5) The Dictator | $4.7 Million |
| 6) The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $4.48 Million |
| 7) What to Expect... | $4.40 Million |
| 8) Dark Shadows | $3.7 Million |
| 9) Chernobyl Diaries | $3.1 Million |
| 10) The Greater Glory | $1.8 Million |
Jun 4, 2012
New trailer and TV spot for "The Dark Knight Rises"
UPDATE: Well, somebody doesn't want that new trailer to be widely distributed because it was apparently removed even from the venerable "comingsoon.net". Sorry about that. I'm going to keep the link in place in case the video makes a reappearance. In the meantime the TV spot is still good to go.
Okay, here we go again. I posted this trailer earlier today but after the video source was removed I removed the post. The footage has resurfaced though so I'm going to try again.
As I mentioned in my initial post I've been underwhelmed by the trailers and tv clips released so far, and most of that has to do with Nolan's decision to make Batman's ultimate foe a warehouse worker with a plate of spaghetti stuck to his face. However, this new piece has me excited for the first time about the movie. For whatever reason Bane seems a bit more menacing which makes him a bit more believable as a foe for the Caped Crusader. I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that the look and feel of things as presented here is closer to the actual finished movie than what we've seen up to this point.
The TV spot focuses more on some of the underlying themes; Bruce Wayne retiring as The Bat, Catwoman prowling around the edges of the narrative, Bat-tech.
So here they are. First the trailer.
"The Dark Knight Rises" opens July 20th.
Okay, here we go again. I posted this trailer earlier today but after the video source was removed I removed the post. The footage has resurfaced though so I'm going to try again.
As I mentioned in my initial post I've been underwhelmed by the trailers and tv clips released so far, and most of that has to do with Nolan's decision to make Batman's ultimate foe a warehouse worker with a plate of spaghetti stuck to his face. However, this new piece has me excited for the first time about the movie. For whatever reason Bane seems a bit more menacing which makes him a bit more believable as a foe for the Caped Crusader. I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that the look and feel of things as presented here is closer to the actual finished movie than what we've seen up to this point.
The TV spot focuses more on some of the underlying themes; Bruce Wayne retiring as The Bat, Catwoman prowling around the edges of the narrative, Bat-tech.
So here they are. First the trailer.
"The Dark Knight Rises" opens July 20th.
"Snow White and the Huntsman" - 2012 - movie review
Snow White and the Huntsman is an ambitious attempt to infuse the deservedly maligned Hollywood fairy tale film with some of the dread and foreboding of the source materials. Fairy tales after all were more often than not cautionary tales parents used to drive home points about the environmental and personal dangers of the medieval world. They were not meant to send little girls and boys off to dreamland with delusions about the dangerous, inbred swine collectively called "royalty" dancing in their head as most fairy tale films of the past half century or so would have one believe. So, if there was ever a genre in need of a reboot it is the fairy tale genre and Snow White and the Huntsman deserves credit for attempting to do just that.
First time director Rupert Sanders doesn't take anything remotely resembling a risk with the presentation yet his lack of directorial imagination is more than compensated for by art direction that is spot on. The first hour of the movie evokes comparison with nothing short of "the Lord of the Rings" trilogy. It's that visually sumptuous. At this point too the script has no obvious shortcomings since we're not expecting things to pay off or wrap up at the 1 hour mark.
Charlize Theron does a laudable job imbuing the evil stepmother Ravenna with the genuine creepiness of the narcissist. She gives a master class in acting to her young cast mate and Kristen Stewart suffers by comparison, her extremely limited gifts on view for all to see. Chris Hemsworth, while not exactly challenged by having to play a guy who beats people up while looking hunky doing it, nonetheless takes another giant step in making the movie going public forget about his Aussie compatriot, Sam Worthington. The rest of the cast do their jobs with the elves - supporting characters if there ever were any - perhaps enjoying the most satisfying and complete story arcs.
So as I said the first hour or so moves along smoothly and I was pleasantly surprised by my level of engagement. As things moved into the second hour, though, cracks began to open in the production, and questions began spilling out. Why, for instance, is this film called "Snow White and the Huntsman" when it is clearly about Snow White and her evil stepmother? Every plot point driving the narrative has to do with the relationship between Snow White and Ravenna. Another question: why even bother introducing the character of "William", Snow White's childhood friend who comes back into her life in young adulthood? The natural thing is to think there will be a budding romance between the long separated pair, or that William and the Huntsman will compete for Snow White's affections as the story moves along. But they don't. William is just kind of... here, and the Huntsman is just kind of... over there and the two never bother to duke it out over Snow White and indeed she never bothers to do more than slip a glance to one or the other here and there and maybe offer a wry smile or two. And speaking of wry smiles; Kristen Stewart? Fairest of the all? Nothing personal against Ms Stewart but...
To be fair though none of these questions are of the kind that derail a film by themselves and Snow White and the Huntsman manages to get across the finish line more or less in one piece. It should be noted though that the last 15 minutes or so seem very hastily constructed and have the feeling of editing-by-committee where things could go one way or could go another but wind up going nowhere. The emotional neutrality of the finale is maybe the most head-scratching part of the whole film which ends, not because the story is wrapped up, but because the screen fades to black.
As a whole I enjoyed this movie much more than I thought I would. While comparisons to "the Lord of the Rings" dissolved pretty completely during the second hour the movie still stands on it's own and has enough things going for it to recommend it.
First time director Rupert Sanders doesn't take anything remotely resembling a risk with the presentation yet his lack of directorial imagination is more than compensated for by art direction that is spot on. The first hour of the movie evokes comparison with nothing short of "the Lord of the Rings" trilogy. It's that visually sumptuous. At this point too the script has no obvious shortcomings since we're not expecting things to pay off or wrap up at the 1 hour mark.
Charlize Theron does a laudable job imbuing the evil stepmother Ravenna with the genuine creepiness of the narcissist. She gives a master class in acting to her young cast mate and Kristen Stewart suffers by comparison, her extremely limited gifts on view for all to see. Chris Hemsworth, while not exactly challenged by having to play a guy who beats people up while looking hunky doing it, nonetheless takes another giant step in making the movie going public forget about his Aussie compatriot, Sam Worthington. The rest of the cast do their jobs with the elves - supporting characters if there ever were any - perhaps enjoying the most satisfying and complete story arcs.
So as I said the first hour or so moves along smoothly and I was pleasantly surprised by my level of engagement. As things moved into the second hour, though, cracks began to open in the production, and questions began spilling out. Why, for instance, is this film called "Snow White and the Huntsman" when it is clearly about Snow White and her evil stepmother? Every plot point driving the narrative has to do with the relationship between Snow White and Ravenna. Another question: why even bother introducing the character of "William", Snow White's childhood friend who comes back into her life in young adulthood? The natural thing is to think there will be a budding romance between the long separated pair, or that William and the Huntsman will compete for Snow White's affections as the story moves along. But they don't. William is just kind of... here, and the Huntsman is just kind of... over there and the two never bother to duke it out over Snow White and indeed she never bothers to do more than slip a glance to one or the other here and there and maybe offer a wry smile or two. And speaking of wry smiles; Kristen Stewart? Fairest of the all? Nothing personal against Ms Stewart but...
To be fair though none of these questions are of the kind that derail a film by themselves and Snow White and the Huntsman manages to get across the finish line more or less in one piece. It should be noted though that the last 15 minutes or so seem very hastily constructed and have the feeling of editing-by-committee where things could go one way or could go another but wind up going nowhere. The emotional neutrality of the finale is maybe the most head-scratching part of the whole film which ends, not because the story is wrapped up, but because the screen fades to black.
As a whole I enjoyed this movie much more than I thought I would. While comparisons to "the Lord of the Rings" dissolved pretty completely during the second hour the movie still stands on it's own and has enough things going for it to recommend it.
Jun 2, 2012
"The Avengers" passes "The Dark Knight" and "Deathly Hallows Part II"
Marvel's "The Avengers" assault on box office history continued today as the superpic passed "The Dark Knight" to become the 3rd highest grossing film in US box office history. At the same time it also moved past the Harry Potter finale "Deathly Hallows Part II" to become the 3rd highest grossing film of all time worldwide. While $600 million domestic seems well within reach James Cameron's dynamic duo of "Avatar" and "Titanic" are probably safe for now as the #1 and #2 biggest films in history (not adjusted for inflation of course).
According to boxofficemojo "The Avengers" domestic total now stands at $538 million ($5 million above TDK) while it's worldwide total is now a staggering $1.33 billion (some $3 million above the Harry Potter swan song).
According to boxofficemojo "The Avengers" domestic total now stands at $538 million ($5 million above TDK) while it's worldwide total is now a staggering $1.33 billion (some $3 million above the Harry Potter swan song).
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| "The Avengers" captures all-time bronze |
Jun 1, 2012
New TV spot for "The Expendables 2"
Looks like a double helping of kick-some-ass-and-take-no-prisoners action is on the menu for later this summer. I only have one question: how many kids will be saying "That's my grandpa!" on August 17th?
Full trailer for "The Bourne Legacy"
The trailer looks great though it does raise questions about just how much footage they used from "Ultimatum".
"The Bourne Legacy" starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton opens August 3rd.
"The Bourne Legacy" starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton opens August 3rd.
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