Iran’s state TV dismissed the Oscar-winning film Argo on Monday as an “advertisement for the CIA” and some Iranians called the award a political statement by America for its unflattering portrayal of the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Well of course they say that.

And while Argo has not appeared in any Iranian cinema, there has been no shortage of buzz from those who saw the movie through bootleg DVD networks.

The discussions over Argo in Iran have often pried open a generational divide: Iranians who took part in the 1979 Islamic Revolution picking apart the portrayals…

Bryan Singer‘s first two X-Men movies are generally very well-regarded. They were so well-regarded, in fact, that Singer was given the keys to the biggest superhero of them all: Superman, leaving the door open for Brett Ratner to direct the third film, X-Men: The Last Stand. The results were disappointing. The Last Stand looked like an X-Men film, but the script was all over the place, killing major characters and all but destroying the franchise. Thankfully, Matthew Vaughn swooped in to fixed much of the damage with the reboot X-Men: First Class.

Couldn’t have said it better myself. I…

Captain James T. Kirk made a visit to the Academy Awards last night. He traveled back in time all the way from the 23rd century to try to help MacFarlane out and prevent him from being the worst host ever.

Seriously William Shatner may be starting to show his age a bit (he’s going to be 82 this year, can you believe it?) but it was good to see him in that uniform again — and I still think that uniform design from the post The Motion Picture Original Series Trek films is the best… but I’m losing my train of thought here.

Check out the video below to see Captain Kirk at the Oscars.

Yay! I’ve heard from Joe this morning. He’s on the mend and, more importantly, Episode 32 is a go for today! We’ll be talking about the Back to the Future trilogy, rocking out with Marty McFly and the Doc, and we’d love to have you listening live and with us, partcipate  in the chat room, and generally having fun with us!

We’re going to be broadcasting at 3:30 PM Central Time (4:30 Eastern) so be sure to tune in, and be ready to travel to 1985, 1955, 2015, and 1885 with us, it should be a blast from the future past!

Who’s ready to see what Bryan Singer has been up to with Nicholas Hoult, Ewan McGregor, Ian McShane, and Bill Nighy? I sure am!

Jack the Giant Slayer tells the story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack, into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable…

While Inception was okay, it was certainly not Nolan’s best work by any stretch of the imagination. And now, we have the proof! Cinema sins has done a good job of encapsulating everything wrong in Inception. If you love the film, well you might not want to let this spoil it for you!

As usual, J.J. Abrams has done his best to keep a tight lid on the project which is sure to leave fans both excited and frustrated. But for those who were wondering whether we’d get to see any familiar faces that weren’t in the first film, you can at least count on this: the Klingons will be back.

As Abrams told MTV News, “Their role in this is definitely adversarial and you’ll see how that plays out.” What exactly that entails could be anyone’s guess at this point.

Great! The Klingons were always great villains. I’m surprised J.J. is confirming it though, being a man known for his…

I don’t know whether to laugh or shake my head, or run away screaming at how horrendous this is…

But I think I’m landing on the side of funny so, here you go, I’m sharing it with you.

And now, having watched that, I’m guessing your raction, like mine, went a little something like this:

Oh aspect ratio, how you vex us! I can remember when I was younger seeing the caption at the beginning of a film on VHS, “This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit this screen,” and wondering what it meant. Now of course that I know what it means it makes me upset and angry that doing that was ever a thing. In the video below, the talk is of how cinematographers composed for many different aspect ratios and how things might be either cut off or shown in different contexts, mattes, and aspect ratios. I wish that all films could be shot and composed…