‘Transformers 4’ Plot Details

‘Transformers 4’ Plot Details
FilmoFilia

As humanity picks up the pieces, following the conclusion of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Autobots and Decepticons have all but vanished from the face of the planet. However, a group of powerful, ingenious businessman and scientists attempt to learn from past Transformer incursions and push the boundaries of technology beyond what they can control – all while an ancient, powerful Transformer menace sets Earth in his crosshairs. The epic adventure and battle between good and evil, freedom and enslavement ensues.

I cannot possibly convey just how much I DON’T care about Michael…

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Music Piracy Does Not Harm Industry

Music Piracy Does Not Harm Industry
Dan Graziano - BGR

A new study published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has found that illegal downloading doesn’t hurt the music industry. After examining the browsing habits of more than 16,000 Europeans, the research showed that there is actually a positive link between online piracy and visits to legal music stores — so rather than negatively impacting digital revenues, researchers found that music sales can actually benefit from piracy.

“It seems that the majority of the music that is consumed illegally by the individuals in our sample would not have been purchased if illegal…

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Halle Berry’s Hair

Halle Berry’s Hair

TJ and Joe kick off the podcast talking about the Slash Filmcast Episode 221, their take on ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’, film criticism in general, and how they both hope they don’t get jaded to the point where films loose their wonder and wow factor. Then they discuss the Apple TV software update and the new Hulu interface, the upcoming ‘Hansel and Gretel’ sequel, the delay of the Steve Jobs film staring Ashton Kutcher, Pepper Potts in an Iron Man suite, China lifting their ban on the IMDb site, and Joe’s review of ‘Emperor’. And for the main review this week they discuss Halle Berry’s new film, ‘The Call’. Be sure to tune in to hear more about this film and why it was good until it ran off the rails.

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‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ International Trailer

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ International Trailer

This trailer will apparently be shown with international screenings of G.I. Joe: Retaliation but we’ve also got it right here for you. This is the U.K. version of the trailer. I watched a couple of the other version of the trailer and they all appear to be identical except for the end date so far as I can tell.

This trailer is really opening up and showing us a lot more than previously, and yet I still feel like we’ve barely scratched the surface. I have high hopes for this film. Sure it will have JJ Abrams typical whiz bang, and annoying propensity for lens flares, but I do expect it to…

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George Lucas Sent Drawing to James Cameron

George Lucas Sent Drawing to James Cameron

I may be behind the times here because apparently this image has been around for a while but I only just saw it yesterday and I thought it was hilarious. I couldn’t help but sharing it with you.

This is reported to be what George Lucas sent to James Cameron when Titanic overtook Star Wars at the box office.

I love it! This is so awesome!

‘Everything Wrong with The Dark Knight’

‘Everything Wrong with The Dark Knight’

I saw this going around last night and I was looking forward to it. I usually like these, even if I did like the film they were criticizing, because they are fun and hilarious. This one however, seems to be a dud. It’s just not any good at all. I didn’t laugh once. I did crack a smile once or twice early on, but no laughing at all for me.

It’s possible, but I don’t think my funny bone is broken this morning, I think this one is just a complete dud.

See for yourself (for our more sensitive watchers, there are several bleeped bad words).

Superman Kills Lois Lane

Superman Kills Lois Lane
John Gholson

He mentioned a few specific plot points, most of them idiotic, and the most offensive of these bits takes place in issue #3 - a comic that finds Superman punching his pregnant wife so hard that it kills her and sends her flying into space. Sure, he’s hallucinating that Lois Lane is Doomsday, but the event still happens. Sims has a pretty thorough critical breakdown of the series, so I’m not going to do that here, but I am going to pound the stump, pull up a soapbox, and cry in the streets to anyone who will listen that DC Comics allowing Superman to punch Lois Lane and his unborn child to…

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‘Turbo’ Trailer #2

‘Turbo’ Trailer #2

Ummm, wow. Okay, this is not quite the movie I thought it was going to be. Something tells me this is going to be a little ridiculous actually. I’m still trying to put my finger on it, what makes a Pixar film with a ridiculous concept more appealing than this crazy thing? I don’t know but the whole “nuclear snail” thing or whatever it is that is going on here is not quite appealing to my inner movie geek… at all. I hope I’m wrong.

It doesn’t help that pretty much the only decent thing Dreamworks animation has ever turned out is Shrek and Shrek 2 (followed distantly by Shrek Forever…

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Emperor — Review

3.5 of 5 stars
Emperor

I sat down to watch Emperor expecting the larger-than-life persona of General Douglas MacArthur to blow me away through the performance of Tommy Lee Jones. By the end of the film, there would be several vocal exclamations from the audience endeared to his beguiling reenactment, much the way audiences responded to Tommy’s performance of Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln (2012). The emperor of Emperor would be Douglas/Tommy.

While Tommy’s acting was as good as ever, the film took a different turn. Rather than dwelling on the general and his greatness, it is a close look at one of the men behind…

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MovieByte Podcast #36 Live Broadcast

MovieByte Podcast #36 Live Broadcast

Don’t forget you’ll want to tune in tonight to get the scoop on Halle Berry’s latest film The Call. Joe and I have seen said film and we’re going to give you the run down — as always, we do have opinions we want to share with you about this film, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

There is also something else I will want to discuss at least briefly. It’s something that bugs the tar out of me sometimes. Here’s a spoiler from our show outline:


 

You’ll have to tune in tonight to find out more. I like the /Filmcast, I really do, but once in a while I get irritated about stuff they say…

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