Winners at The Golden Globes

Winners at The Golden Globes
Film.com

In between the jokes on Sunday night (January 12), the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is revealing its picks for the best films, TV shows and actors of 2013.

Regardless of whether you want to revel in your winning picks or comment angrily about why your favorites were more deserving than the winners, we’ve got you covered. Keep us bookmarked for the full list of Golden Globe winners below!

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Best Motion Picture – Drama
WINNER: ”12 Years a Slave”
» ”Captain Phillips”
» ”Gravity”
» ”Philomena”
» ”Rush”

I’ve listed only the one category in my quote above,…

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Looking Forward - 2014

Looking Forward - 2014

Anticipation is half the fun isn’t it? Well, in the case of some films, it’s all the fun unfortunately. But then sometimes films really exceed expectations and then it’s more than half. So I reckon that it sort of balances out to, “half the fun.”

In that spirit, let me tell you about a few films that I’m looking forward to in 2014. There will be more movies to come that we don’t know about yet for sure. Some on my list will not be good, and those not on my list that we don’t know about yet will likely more than make up for it. That’s the way of things. But at this very moment, these are the…

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Honest Action - Home Alone

Honest Action - Home Alone

Screen Junkies just keep cranking ‘em out. You know maybe some of you have just recenlty seen Home Alone, since it’s kind of a Christmas movie. Maybe it’s a Christmas tradition? Well I didn’t see it, but this kind of makes me want to go back and watch it again. Because no matter how stupid and implausible, it’s just fun. And so is this video.

Have you ever wondered how many lives your favorite action hero would really need to survive a movie? We asked an actual doctor to answer that question for us in Screen Junkies’ new series “Honest Action.” Next up, The Wet Bandits in Home Alone.

Stan Lee to Appear on ‘Agents of SHIELD’

Stan Lee to Appear on ‘Agents of SHIELD’
Kimberly Nordyke - The Hollywood Reporter

After weeks of speculation, Stan Lee has confirmed that he will appear in an upcoming episode of ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD.

While details on just whom he will play are unclear, Lee—who also serves as an executive producer on the freshman series—tells The Hollywood Reporter that it’s a “big role.” The episode—see the first-look photo above—will most likely air Feb. 4, though that is subject to change.

I just love that old guy!

ILM’s Visual Effects for ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’

ILM’s Visual Effects for ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’

Star Trek Into Darkness was a lot better than J.J.‘s first film in this new, rebooted universe in my opinion, but man holy cow! there’s a lot of CGI in it.

ILM has released to videos to showcase the work they did on the film. The first is really a sort of visual effects reel of the overall film. The second features commentary from Roger Guyett, Visual Effects Supervisor, and Paul Kavanahg, Animation Supervisor. They talk about all some of the things that went into making the red planet look as it did.

“Star Trek Into Darkness” contains over 1600 visual effects shots, created by Industrial…

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‘First Stars I See Tonight’ - Short Film Staring Elle Fanning

‘First Stars I See Tonight’ - Short Film Staring Elle Fanning

This is a fun little short film staring Elle Fanning as a girl recounting her experience of seeing stars for the first time after having been diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa from a very early age. It’s a great little story, and man can Elle Fanning put on a charming Scottish accent or what? The visual effects are also interesting. It was all shot on green screen and all elements around the actors were added in.

Very sweet little film.

Michael Bay Has a Bit of Stage Fright, Walks Off Stage at CES

Michael Bay Has a Bit of Stage Fright, Walks Off Stage at CES

Were you ever in any kind of a play and/or some sort of big production? Well if so, you might be able to relate to Michael Bay. And as much as I don’t like his films (except for the one fluke of his career where he made a really good film, The Island), I really kind of felt bad for him watching this. He went on stage expecting the teleprompter to guide him through, and apparently the teleprompter got messed up and he didn’t know what to do or say. He tried to wing it, and then just walked off the stage. It’s sort of entertaining, but mostly I was just cringing.

See what I mean?

Bay has

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Movies Turning 30 in 2014

Movies Turning 30 in 2014
Jessica Catcher - Mashable

Prepare to relive the greatest time in cinematic history — 1984.

Don’t laugh. There’s no other way to describe a year that produced bothGremlins and Ghostbusters. And, not one, but two Tom Hanks movies.

We gathered up some of our favorite flicks from the year George Orwell warned us all about. Take a look and let us know in the comments if your favorite made the cut.

Sorry in advance for making you feel old.

Way to make me feel old. I’m only turning 32 this year. Yeesh! I recognize many of these films, not all. But among the ones that make me feel old are:

  • Karate Kid
  • The NeverEnding…
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LEGO Ad: ‘Let’s Build’

LEGO Ad: ‘Let’s Build’

With the LEGO movie coming up, I thought maybe I could slip this in here as related. Just go with me on this, okay?

LEGO usually does such a good job with their ads, and this is one of the better ones even. So many ads these days either sell with sex, or with stupidity, or crazy gimmicks, or flashy lack of substance. Not LEGO. Now, I admit that I may be partial, prejudiced. I loved my LEGOs (yes, I know LEGO says you aren’t supposed to make that word plural, but I’m going to anyway) when I was growing up. LEGOs are awesome. My kids have LEGOs but they are not into them as much as me, and…

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