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The World’s End US trailer is finally here
2 days ago
by Mark Pacis
in Movies
A couple of days ago the UK trailer for The World’s End was released for the very first time. This was the first footage we’ve seen for the final movie in The Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy. Judging from the new trailer, the film promises to deliver the same charming brand of humor Wright and his More >
Top 20 Theme Songs: Video Game Edition
3 days ago
Back in college, my ‘Music in Film’ teacher always said that music is one of the key elements into making something great. It’ll make you cry. It’ll make you laugh. It’ll even inspire you to do great things. Without it, our films, television shows, and video games would be radically different, and More >
Hero Complex Film Fest: The Devil’s Backbone/Pan’s Labyrinth and Guillermo Del Toro
1 week ago
Saturday at the Los Angeles Times Hero Complex Film Fest, Guillermo del Toro was on hand to discuss not only The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth, but also his other (many, many) projects on his plate. Guillermo Del Toro gave updates on his in development project Justice League Dark and the More >
Hero Complex Film Fest: They Live/Halloween and John Carpenter
1 week ago
Friday night at the opening of the Los Angeles Times Hero Complex Film Fest, the legendary filmmaker John Carpenter was there to talk about his extraordinary career.
It was after the screening of the cult classic They Live that John Carpenter gets more in-depth about his movies. The two things I More >
First trailer for Arrested Development S04 arrives
1 week ago
by Mark Pacis
in TV
Arrested Development is almost here! Michael, GOB, Lindsay, Buster, George Michael, Maeby, Tobias, George, and Lucille are all back on Netflix on May 26th, and today Netflix has revealed the final trailer for the much anticipated fourth season. Now without further ado, here’s the first trailer for More >
Check out the first teaser for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
1 week ago
Agent Phil Coulson is back in the first teaser for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.! Clark Gregg, everyone’s favorite S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, never expected to return as Coulson after The Avengers premiered but as it is in the comics, no one stays dead for too long (This really isn’t the Ultimates universe). More >
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. gets full series order
1 week ago
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is coming to a TV screen near you! Coming as a big surprise to no one, the Joss Whedon drama based on Marvel Comics’ S.H.I.E.L.D. has landed a series order at ABC, they announced Friday. The series was developed by Joss Whedon, in collaboration with his brother Jed More >
First look at James McAvoy in X-Men: Days of Future Past
2 weeks ago
X-Men: Days of Future Past is going to be a monumental movie. Combining the original X-Men cast along with the cast of X-Men: First Class can do that to a movie. In anticipation for the movie, Bryan Singer has tweeted us some behind-the-scenes shots of Patrick Stewart’s Professor X, Hugh Jackman’s More >
AFI’s Night at the Movies: Kurt Russell and John Carpenter’s The Thing
2 weeks ago
It seems like John Carpenter and Kurt Russell have a knack for making awesome cult classic films, and The Thing is one of my favorite cult classic films of theirs. I remember watching this film without knowing anything about it. In my mind, The Thing was from the same guys who made one of my More >
Guardians of the Galaxy news: Zoe Saldana in, Feige talks, and new concept art
3 weeks ago
We finally have our Gamora! Kevin Feige has confirmed that Zoë Saldaña has joined the ranks of the Guardians of the Galaxy as the universe’s most dangerous woman in the galaxy. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Feige discussed the hiring: “Audiences will respond to an alien Zoë More >
Review: Iron Man 3 is a great addition to the MCU
3 weeks ago
Tony Stark is back and better than ever! Well no, not really, not in Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 anyways. Tony Stark goes through the ringer in the third installment of the mega Iron Man franchise, and takes you along for the ride.
While it isn’t better than the first Iron Man (or The Avengers, if More >
Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver confirmed to be in The Avengers 2
3 weeks ago
Word has been floating around the internet in recent days that a certain brother and sister would be joining The Avengers in the sequel. “I’ve got these two characters, two of my favorite characters from the comic books.” Whedon said at the Iron Man 3 LA premiere. ”A brother/sister act. They’re in More >
Zack Snyder says DC’s heroes are purer than Marvel’s heroes… Oh boy
3 weeks ago
With Man of Steel looming on the horizon, the recent trailer for Superman’s next outing has put Man of Steel on my top 5 summer movies to watch this year. In speaking with SFX Magazine, this comes as no surprise to Zack Snyder as he claims that this is all Superman’s world and we’re just living in More >
Return of Phil Coulson in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D revealed?
4 weeks ago
If you’re one of the 99.9% that has seen The Avengers, then you know that fan-favorite Phil “Agent” Coulson died at the hands of Loki. Many fans theorized that Agent Coulson would return but as the android Vision. Instead, we found out that Gregg was cast in Marvel’s new TV series Marvel’s Agents More >
Review: Nuu MiniKey for iPhone 5
4 weeks ago
Let’s face it the iPhone’s keyboard is not the most well designed keyboard in the crowded smartphone market. I like to type messages fast, but doing this on the iPhone results in typos and possibly auto-correct mistakes. It’s not really efficient when you’re out and about (like at lunch) and More >
AMC and Disney end dispute and resume advanced ticket sales for Iron Man 3
4 weeks ago
Few weeks ago we reported that AMC, one of the biggest theater chains in the US, was refusing to put Iron Man 3 tickets on advance sale because of a dispute with Disney. Disney wanted to leverage the film in order to renegotiate the studio’s future terms with the chains beginning with Iron Man 3. More >
Time to put the hammer down as the Thor: The Dark World trailer has arrived
1 month ago
Yesterday, Entertainment Tonight had our very first peek at the trailer for Thor: The Dark World. The footage that was shown on ET did reveal that the trailer description that leaked last week was in fact true. This time around instead of reading what the trailer is like, we finally get to SEE More >
New Man of Steel stills and set images from Empire magazine
1 month ago
In the latest issue of Empire Magazine, we have a fantastic new batch of stills and set images for Man of Steel. These scans include plenty of awesome new shots of Superman along with General Zod, Faora, Jor-El, Lois Lane. Check them out!
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Fresh new stills and details released for Thor: The Dark World
1 month ago
In anticipation of the first trailer for Thor: The Dark World this week, USA Today has released two new stills and some details about the upcoming sequel. As with the first film, Thor: The Dark World will deal with the relationship between Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth). More >
First look at Halle Berry in X-Men: Days of Future Past
1 month ago
Bryan Singer has tweeted another behind-the-scenes look for his upcoming “crossover” X-Men: Days of Future Past. This time he has tweeted a picture of Halle Berry in her full look for the movie. Check it out!
So gone are the leather outfits and in are… well whatever that material is. I can’t help More >
Check out Iron Man 3 IMAX at midnight and you’ll get this cool poster too
1 month ago
We’re 2 weeks away from the kick-start of not only the summer movie season but also the start of Marvel’s Phase 2 when Iron Man 3 hits US theaters next Friday. Those of you attending the midnight IMAX screenings will receive this kick ass poster to take home. Check out the poster below!
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Daft Punk releases first single off Random Access Memories with ‘Get Lucky’
1 month ago
by Mark Pacis
in Music
From the SNL ads (1, 2, 3) and the Coachella teaser video to the The Collaborators series videos, we heard snippet after snippet of the song Get Lucky. Today, radio stations (delivered in an armored briefcase no less) around the world have finally and officially unveiled Get Lucky to the world. More >
The first R.I.P.D. trailer gets released
1 month ago
Ryan Reynolds is in another comic book movie! Just not the one any of us we’re expecting *coughs* Deadpool. Ryan Reynolds teams up with Jeff Bridges in R.I.P.D., or Rest In Peace Department. The film follows a recently slain cop Ryan Reynolds who joins a team of undead police officers working for More >
Sorry Michael Arndt, Patton Oswalt has an even more awesome idea for Episode VII
1 month ago
Patton Oswalt is one super-nerd, as you can tell by his Halloween costume with his daughter, and he decided to put that to good use this week as he’s guest starring on NBC’s Parks and Recreation. In this outtake from the episode as Oswalt delivers an impassioned speech to the citizens of Pawnee More >
New Lone Ranger trailer is released
1 month ago
by Mark Pacis
in Movies
Today during a QA with Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp, Yahoo! movies have unveiled the final trailer for Disney’s The Lone Ranger. The Lone Ranger follows Native American warrior Tonto as he recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice. Check it More >
