This week, TJ and Chad travel back in time to 2005 to review what TJ considers to be Michael Bay’s only really good film: ‘The Island’. It seems appropriate since Bay’s latest film ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ will be hitting theaters this weekend. You also won’t want to miss Chad’s thoughts on ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’, some analysis of Young Adult Material and some geeking out about the upcoming ‘Hunger Games: Mockingjay’, Harrison Ford’s injury on the set of ‘Star Wars’, TNG Season 6 Blu-ray, Rian Johnson as director for ‘Star Wars VIII’, ‘The Judge’ trailer staring Robert Downy Jr. and Robert Duvall, and Joe Darnell’s op-ed on marketing films.

Despite the very obvious influence of Michael Bay, I’m cautiously optimistc that this might just be good stupid fun. I have no delusions that it will be “good” but can it please just be better than Transformers?

The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April O’Neil (Megan Fox) and her…

I’ve had this in my Instapaper queue for several days, possibly before my vacation if memory serves, but I’ve finally gotten around to watching it. I am completely unfamiliar with this story but it seems like it could be a good sci-fi epic. But it also feels like it could just be cheesy and bad. Here is the description from IMDb:

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off all life on the planet except for a lucky few that boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, where a class system evolves.

Check out the trailer and let me know what you think in…

It’s been four years since the Robert Rodriguez-produced, Nimrod Antal-directed “Predators,” a reboot of the franchise that kinda went nowhere. The film opened third at the box office in its first weekend, barely made more than $50 million domestic, and ultimately tallied up less than “Alien Vs. Predator” or “Aliens Vs. Predator - Requiem.” But Fox reckons it’s still a valuable property that people care about (or they’re gonna make them care about it) because barely four years on, plans are underway for a reboot.

I don’t know a lot about the Predator franchise because I’m really not just…

Oh man, I nearly laughed myself to death watching this. This, folks, is why you can’t quite trust trailers. In my heart, I truly believe that Guardians of the Galaxy will be pretty much like what we’re getting in the trailer, but this is proof that trailers can be extremely deceptive.

Uh-oh. Please take out your official Star Wars: Episode VII Salt Lick, but now that it’s been officially revealed that Harrison Ford’s leg is broken, the rumor is he’ll be sidelined for six full months — which means the movie’s either getting delayed or massively rewritten.

The potential news comes from the UK-based site Jedi News, who says sources told them of an emergency meeting ay Pinewood Studios this morning to discuss how to handle Ford’s sudden unavailability. Since Ford’s Han Solo is reportedly the film’s lead, the only way to make its Christmas 2015 release date — which Disney has…

Over the weekend, Maleficent hit over $520 million at the worldwide box office, making it Angelina Jolie’s highest-grossing film of her career, besting previous record holder Mr. and Mrs. Smith, which took in $478.2 million in 2005.

Deservedly so, in my estimation.

Season 6 is arguably the best season of TNG. The writers that we associate with TNG’s better episodes were all present, the production staff had TNG down cold, the visual effects were at their peak technologically, and the episodes covered a diverse group of subjects and genres.  Read on to see how the season looks re-mastered and details of  the treasure trove of deleted scenes the CBS Digital team were able to find, available June 24th in North America.

I can’t wait to get my hands on all these remastered episodes. Unfortunately, I think it will be a long time as my budget just can’t…

Though it picks up after the events Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Transformers: Age of Extinction isn’t just a sequel but also a quasi-reboot. It introduces a new cast of human characters and is intended to jumpstart a fresh trilogy.

But for everything that’s changed about the series, more things have stayed the same — at least if the first reviews are to be believed. Hit the jump to read the early buzz onTransformers: Age of Extinction.

Click through to read several excerpts of early reviews spelling out what we’re in for. I’ll be doggone if there’s just nothing else new to review that…