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Prometheus video shining more light on Charlize Theron’s Meredith Vickers
21 hours ago
by John "Spartan" Nguyen
in Movies
Here’s the latest Prometheus featurette on Charlize Theron and her character Meredith Vickers. She talks about how her character creates tension on the ship. She does remind me of Sigourney Weaver’s character in Alien, except she actually tries to do something to prevent a catastrophe from More >
The Wolverine to shoot in August
22 hours ago
The Wolverine’s production has been delayed for a while, but now Hugh Jackman has confirmed that it will begin shooting in August.
The story takes place in Japan as Wolverine falls for a Japanese woman. The problem is that she’s going to be married to another man, and her family consists of More >
The Avengers DVD & Blu-ray release date and box art revealed
2 days ago
by Narvin Seegoolam
in Movies
A forum post has revealed the upcoming release date for the DVD & Blu-ray versions of The Avengers will be September 25th this year. There 3 different versions confirmed: the standard DVD, a 2-disc Blu-ray set and a 4-disc 3D Blu-ray set. There is also rumored to be a possible 10-disc super set More >
Pixar’s Brave gets a first clip
3 days ago
by John "Spartan" Nguyen
in Movies
Here’s the first clip from Pixar’s Brave called “Fergus Shares a Legend.” In the clip, King Fergus tells a story to the family while his kids are mocking him. Merida comes in to join in on the story.
After Cars 2, I’m really hoping that Pixar gets back up on its feet and deliver a movie with a More >
Edgar Wright wants to start filming Ant-Man this year
5 days ago
by Narvin Seegoolam
in Movies
Obviously, the Avengers has just been exploding in theaters everywhere, with the film already grossing just over a cool $1 billion dollars. All of the main Avengers in the movie have their own individual series, but what about a certain founding member of the Avengers that wasn’t included in the More >
Idris Elba confirms he will be back as Heimdall in Thor 2
5 days ago
by Narvin Seegoolam
in Movies
Now that The Avengers has been released, all of the characters will now be getting back to their own story arcs in preparation for 2015′s Avengers 2. So far there has already been much news and speculation of Iron Man 3′s plot, but not much of Thor, Captain America or the Hulk. Well now we have a More >
Iron Man 3 to have cyborgs?
5 days ago
With the casting of James Badge Dale as Eric Savin announced, it may be a possibility that we’ll be seeing cyborg-action in Iron Man 3. In the Marvel comics, Eric Savin was turned into the cyborg Coldblood-7 after stepping on a land mine.
We’re not sure if Eric Savin will ultimately become More >
Yutani logo in Prometheus viral video
5 days ago
by John "Spartan" Nguyen
in Movies
Verizon has released a new viral Prometheus video for their Verizon Home Monitoring and Control system. In the video, Dr. Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) pleads with Peter Weyland via video messages to let her lead an expedition to outer space to find out the mystery of man’s origin. She’s been More >
Chronicle Blu-ray review
6 days ago
Chronicle is one of those movies that completely took me by surprise. When I first saw the trailer, I thought it was going to be another teenage flick trying to capitalize on the whole found-footage craze while jumping on the generic superhero (Jumper, Push) bandwagon. Boy was I wrong. This is one More >
Iron Man 3 begins shooting in less than 2 weeks!
1 week ago
by Mike Villarreal
in Movies
While Avengers-mania continues to truck on pass the film’s second weekend, more news continues to break. Yesterday we reported that the film had finally hit the $1 Billion dollar mark in revenue and it still continues to climb. The film is currently ranked #11 in Highest Grossing Film of All-Time More >
Retro Podcast Review: Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1 week ago
Nothing says classic Sci-Fi like the Gremlins, a unique one-of-a-kind franchise that gave us the unbelievably adorable pint-sized hero, Gizmo. When I heard John had never seen Gremlins before, I admit that I wanted to strangle him. How could he possibly not have enjoyed the classic gem that is the More >
New 4-minute super preview released for The Amazing Spider-Man
1 week ago
by Narvin Seegoolam
in Movies
There has been much speculation about the reboot of the Spider-Man series that it might be too soon and that it might not be good. I was one of those that opposed the reboot and have been waiting to see something from the movie that would really “wow” me. Well I think I found it. Sony Pictures has More >
45 Minutes was cut out of The Avengers
1 week ago
by Mike Villarreal
in Movies
Avengers-mania continues to roll on into the film’s second weekend. Reports are coming in that the film is doing as well as analysts predicted and is right on track for surpassing the $1 Billion dollar mark. The Avengers achieved another milestone, as it is the first film to bring in over $100 More >
The Avengers to gross $1 billion worldwide in 19 days
1 week ago
by John "Spartan" Nguyen
in Movies
Disney has announced that The Avengers is set to cross the $1 billion mark globally on Sunday, May 13th, just 19 days after its release. It set a record on its domestic opening weekend with $207.4 million at the box office, the biggest domestic opening ever. The Avengers also set a new second-week More >
Joss Whedon talks Thanos and what he has in store for The Avengers (Spoilers)
1 week ago
by Mike Villarreal
in Movies
Avengersmania continues! Just recently we reported that the film is scheduled to reach $1 Billion dollars in revenue by Mother’s Day and took in a record-breaking $207.4 million over the opening weekend. While the film continues to dominate the box office, word has begun to spread that some fans More >
The Amazing Spider-Man changes Spider-Man’s origin? (Spoilers)
1 week ago
by Mike Villarreal
in Movies
Definitely one of the most highly anticipated movies of this summer will be the Spider-man reboot, The Amazing Spider-man. With the film only being a few months away, a few new bits and pieces have been coming out about the movie. Recently, a new trailer was attached to Marvel’s The Avengers and More >
Canon: Called to action in Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’
1 week ago
Point-of-view (POV) to capture awesome shots of Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’ was the sole success of Canon’s EOS 5D Mark II and EOS 7D digital SLR cameras. Stunts and action work were seamlessly intercut with 1920 X 1080 HD recordings in 24p frame rate and principal 35mm/digital cinematography. This More >
First clip and new images from Superman vs. The Elite
1 week ago
We have some new items for you today from DC Comics Premiere’s Superman vs. The Elite animated movie. With four new images being released, we are also treated with a premiere clip featuring the arrivals of The Elite (seen above). Looks like Superman’s way of fighting crime is being put to the test More >
Please Prometheus, don’t spoil me anymore with your featurettes
1 week ago
by John "Spartan" Nguyen
in Movies
Whoops, I just spoiled myself by watching this Prometheus featurette, and I know that once you’re reading this, you will click on the play button and watch it from beginning to end too.
In the featurette, Ridley Scott talks about the story of Prometheus, which is about our search for humanity’s More >
Development on The Avengers 2 begins!
1 week ago
by Mike Villarreal
in Movies
Today Disney CEO, Bob Iger, was on a conference call to discuss the companies 4th quarter earnings. While the current success of The Avengers was not included in the companies earnings, it did not stop Disney’s head-honcho from boasting about the success of the film and announcing that The Avengers More >
Adoption community says Avengers joke is offensive and calls for boycott
1 week ago
by Mike Villarreal
in Movies
The Avengers continues to be the hot topic these days. While the film is smashing box-office records and satisfying every fanboy’s superhero wet dream, it’s offending people who are adopted. If you don’t know by now, Loki is the adopted son of Odin. In the film Thor, Loki finds out that he was More >
Tobey Maguire interviews new Spider-man, Andrew Garfield
1 week ago
by Mike Villarreal
in Movies
There will always be a debate of who was better. Keaton or Bale? Ledger or Nicholson? Reeves or Routh? Norton or Ruffalo? And of course with the debut reboot of the Spider-man franchise on the horizon, Maguire or Garfield?
Recently,the former webslinger sat down with his successor to talk about how More >
The Dark Knight Rises’ Marion Cotillard denies being Talia Al Ghul…and I’m the Queen of England
1 week ago
Marion Cotillard denies that she’s playing Talia Al Ghul, Ra’s Al Ghul’s daughter in the upcoming Dark Knight Rises movie. Ra’s Al Ghul, who was played by Liam Neeson, was the main villain in Batman Begins and is the leader of the League of Shadows.
In a recent interview she said that her More >
NR Podcast Review: Area 407
2 weeks ago
The NR podcast crew takes a look at the new found-footage horror film, Area 407. The film follows two sisters returning from their Christmas trip back from New York to Los Angeles. On their flight, they experience some unexpected turbulence and crash lands in the middle of nowhere. Now, the More >
Captain America 2 will be ‘closely associated with Avengers’
2 weeks ago
Now that the Avengers movie has hit theaters nationwide, what’s next for our superheroes? The answer to that are Iron Man 3, Thor 2, and Captain America 2. Marvel Studios’ President of Production Kevin Feige reveals some details on what we can expect the upcoming single movies, especially for More >
