ComingSoon.net has your first look at Chris Pine (Star Trek) as a young Jack Ryan, cruising the downtown streets of Manhattan for the prequel out Christmas Day 2013!

Directed by Kenneth Branagh, the film also stars Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley and Branagh himself.

It’s not much, but it’s something. I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for more news and pics on this one.

Believe it or not, some of us have managed to breed successfully. Even Steve Lutz. So we talk about what media we provide for our kids. Topics include dealing with the Star Wars prequels, Spongebob Squarepants, how young you need to be to watch “Apocalypse Now” or “The Exorcist,” why “Tron: Legacy” cost Ben dearly, why John became a master weaponsmith in his childhood, Jason’s debates with his son over whether Spider-Man or Batman is better, Lisa’s childhood reading of “The Godfather,” picking video games for your kids, and how your children’s peers will just ruin them anyway.

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The newest entrant, “Kubrick // One-Point Perspective,” masterfully weaves shots from the director’s oeuvre, pulsing along to a soundtrack of Clint Mansell’s “Lux Aeterna,” a track best known as “that Requiem for a Dream song.” Each shot utilizes the same framing technique: a wide angle with everything in focus, directed at a single point in space in the dead center of the frame. It’s difficult to explain, which is why one should give it a look.

It is very interesting, stylistically. It’s not something you see much in modern film making. I know that when filming or photographing I…

Now I’m starting up a TV show, which is something I really wanted to do, but I thought it wasn’t going to be a part of my life for the next several years. It’s like a tapas menus of projects that excite me, in addition to the Avengers sequel, which I’m excited for because I’m incredibly excited about the next story that I’m going to tell. For me, it’s a huge win.

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The important thing to me is that we know what the show is. We love what it is. It came together very organically, so when we went in to pitch [to Marvel], it wasn’t like, We’re trying to find this because you want a TV…

People with smart phones capable of doing so will shoot video. Some shoot a lot of video. Some of them have Vertical Video Syndrome (VVS). That is, they hold the phone vertically while recording. It is a blight upon the face of the earth (or YouTube anyway) and you should not do it. Ever.

VVS is real, and it’s a danger. Just think if George Lucas had the opportunity to re-release Star Wars: The Skinny Edition. I shudder at the possibility. I’d hate to give him the ability to ruin more childhoods.

Just watch the video, it’s funny.

Fringe is the best show on TV right now. And yes, I’m still sad this is the last season.

I am really cautiously excited to see how they end it though. I’ve been disappointed too many times by the ending of great television (*cough* Battlestar Galactica *cough*).

Here are the promos.

In this version, The Avengers would have opened with a high, slow, Nolan-esque cruise over a battered Manhattan in the wake of the film’s climactic battle. The bulk of the sequence sets up a flashback structure as it features Cobie Smulders as SHIELD Agent Maria Hill, speaking during a post-battle debriefing. “Who would bring those people together and not expect what happened,” she wonders, bitterly.

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And while this sequence isn’t bad, it really doesn’t fit with the movie Marvel and Whedon ultimately signed off on.

Agreed. This scene belonged on the cutting room floor. Still,…

This may be a bit off topic, but it’s fun, and it’s a video so it’s closely related to movies, right? Right?!?

Anyway, I sort of envy the ability this guy has to make chalk art like this. And of one of the icons of my childhood no less. It’s sort of aweseom.

Enjoy.

You asked and he answered. Gary Ross, the director of “The Hunger Games,” took on a wide range of questions from readers about his film version of the Suzanne Collins novel. Mr. Ross selected some of the best questions and  has responded below.

I love stuff like this. My favorite though is:

Q. With the ongoing transition from film to digital capture, the fundamental aesthetic of movies (and TV) is changing. Why did you decide to shoot “The Hunger Games” on film rather than in a digital format? — David, Los Angeles

A. Several reasons. I love the look of the film and, for the…