‘Men in Black 4’ In Development

‘Men in Black 4’ In Development
Jeff Sneider - TheWrap.com

Sony Pictures has quietly started development on a new chapter in the “Men in Black” franchise, tapping Oren Uziel (“The Kitchen Sink”) to write “Men in Black 4,” TheWrap has learned.

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“Men in Black 3,” which found Josh Brolin and Emma Thompson joining original stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, grossed $625 million worldwide last summer and was the highest-grossing film in the franchise.

Well, no wonder they’re jumping up and down to make another one. There were a lot of things I liked about the 3rd installment so I hope they can keep up the good work. And really, the Men…

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Damon Lindelof Speaks of ‘Star Trek “3”’

Damon Lindelof Speaks of ‘Star Trek “3”’
Ben Mortimer - HeyUGuys

“Even while we were working on the first movie, I think we had plans for the second one.”

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“You should always know where you’ve been, you should always know where you are, but most importantly, and I learned this from Lost, you should know where you’re going.”

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“You can never see enough Klingons, and I think in this film we’ve given the audience a little taste, but there’s also a promise that there’s a larger conflict on the horizon, and that would be fun to see.”

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“Draw your own conclusions my friend. I confirm nothing and deny all.”

My conclusion, more…

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Interview with Shane Black and Kevin Feige

Interview with Shane Black and Kevin Feige
Robert DeSalvo - Film.com

Robert DeSalvo: Kevin, for Iron Man’s third stand-alone movie, what specifically did you want to do differently from the other “Iron Man” films?

KEVIN FEIGE: Well, the most important thing was to make a good part three. The curse of the threequel is something that people write a lot about, and I didn’t want to fall prey to that. One way to try to not fall prey to that was do something different and not rely on making things bigger, bigger, bigger. Although, ironically, this has some of the biggest action set pieces in any of our movies. But, knowing that it would come a year after “The…

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“Mom” Tells Son the Plot of ‘The Matrix’

“Mom” Tells Son the Plot of ‘The Matrix’

Everyone sees things from a different perspective as proved by this mother who recently watched The Matrix with her son, and then retold him the plot.

I think she may have got a few of the details wrong… Moshimo? Super Powers? Beat out the Matrix?

Also apparently Neo got in water and lost his hair. Oh, and also, he went through tunnels. See below:

Apparently, she watched a very different film than the film that I love so much…

My mom hadn’t seen (or heard of) the Wachowski’s classic sci-fi film The Matrix. We watched the entire movie together and right after she told me what it…

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Keep Going, Scotty! - ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Clip 4

Keep Going, Scotty! - ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Clip 4

The Paramount marketing machine is churning something new out almost every day at this point. One almost gets the impression that they want this film to be big or something.

In this fourth clip it looks like the Enterprise is headed down and the artificial gravity is going crazy, stuff is flying around, and Kirk and Scotty are in a hurry to get to, what is apparently, engineering.

And of course, the “red shirts” are biting the dust around them. Oh, also, the bridge chairs have seat belts now?

It makes sense actually, we’ve just never seen such a think before (except for in a…

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Instacast for Mac - Public Beta

Instacast for Mac - Public Beta
Vemedio

I am happy to announce that Instacast for Mac is available for download as a free beta version. We’ve been working very hard for the last 4 months to bring everything that you love from Instacast on iOS to the Mac. While it resembles a lot of similarities to the iPhone and iPad app, Instacast for Mac is not merely a port of the iOS app, it is a true OS X app in every possible way.

Everything’s there: subscriptions, show notes, playback and playlists, but also a lot of stuff that you can only get on the Mac: True Background Processing, Flattr, Search and an Up Next Playlist to only…

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan — Review

5 of 5 stars
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

“THIS IS CETI ALPHA FIVE!”

No, actually, this is not Ceti Alpha Five. But it is one of those reviews that I am really nervous to write. Why? you might ask. The answer is that this would be my second favorite film of all time. You might remember when I wrote my review of The Matrix that it was my favorite film of all time. Well this is the second film on that list.

It is true that I love pretty much all things that have to do with Star Trek, but I am not blind, nor do I place this film in second place of my favorite films list lightly. And indeed, as much as I love Star Trek, I think if…

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Homemade Bullet Time

Homemade Bullet Time

Apropos of nothing, this is a fun little homemade video remake of a scene from my favorite film. The Matrix being my favorite film, how could I not post it?

Olga Kay (Trinity) and Jeremy Jahns (Neo) enter The Matrix this week on Homemade Movies! The rooftop showdown with the famous shot of Neo dodging bullets gets the homemade makeover without VFX. Be sure to checkout the non-VFX breakdown of the shots in the Behind The Scenes video.

Just as much fun are the following two videos, the side by side comparison, and the behind the scenes:

‘RED 2’ - Trailer 2

‘RED 2’ - Trailer 2

Man oh man, this looks like a lot of fun!

This trailer unravels a little more of the plot for us, but let’s be honest, while the film would be nothing without a decent plot, it’s really as much about the old action star humor as anything. I loved the first film and I expect to love this one. If you were not a fan of the first film, I suspect you won’t like this one either.

This trailer also gives us a little bit better look at Anthony Hopkins and the character he is playing, who is apparently a mad scientist. Hopkins often plays is more serious roles but it looks like he’s having fun…

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Dan Benjamin and ‘The Wrath of Khan’

Dan Benjamin and ‘The Wrath of Khan’

I am pleased to announce that next week, Joe and I will be joined by the esteemed Dan Benjamin of 5by5 on The MovieByte Podcast, and we will be broadcasting that episode live. But it will not be at the normal time. Dan’s availability is such that we will be doing the show live on Thursday at 3:30 PM Central Time.

Dan is a great inspiration to me and does great work over at 5by5, in fact he is the reason why I am in podcasting. I have been a consumer of his broadcasts for some time, but eventually I felt compelled to contribute to this great medium of podcasting — the way of the future as…

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