Disney Launches Muppets Digital Series

Disney Launches Muppets Digital Series

Disney has launched a new Muppet series straight to the interwebz. It’s not as good as the movies or anything, but it’s kind of fun I guess. Drew Taylor over at The Playlist has a pretty skeptical view if you’re more interested in that sort of take. I tend to look at it more as embracing the internet as a distribution medium. I could be wrong, and it’s not like Muppets Most Wanted did really, really well or anything. In fact, it only made $78 million world wide on a budget of $50 million. That’s quite a bit less than the 2011 film and it’s not great at all. So it’s not too much of a stretch…

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‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Blows The Box Office Away With $94 Million Domestic

‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Blows The Box Office Away With $94 Million Domestic
Kevin Jagernauth — The Playlist

So, where do we start? Marvel’s “Guardians Of The Galaxy” came into the weekend with good tracking numbers, with many expecting it to come near or even modestly past the previous August weekend record holder, “The Bourne Ultimatum,” which opened to $69.3 million in 2007. But no one expected this.

‘Guardians’ took a staggering $94 million this weekend, becoming the third biggest opening of the year (behind “Transformers: Age Of Extinction” and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”), and it also tallied $66.4 million overseas, for a total worldwide haul of $160.4 million. Not bad for a movie…

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‘Community’ Season 6 Online Will Still Be One Episode Per Week

‘Community’ Season 6 Online Will Still Be One Episode Per Week
Kevin Jagernauth — The Playlist

While Yahoo has been producing modest amounts of exclusive video content (such as the underseen faux reality series “Burning Love”), the tech giant is set to challenge the likes of Netflix and Amazon in the “prestige tv” sweepstakes . At the end of June, Yahoo swooped in and saved “Community” from disappearing forever by ordering up a sixth season, and it wasn’t long before movie talks emerged. But will the company squander its most high profile programming asset by presenting it in a week-to-week schedule that viewers (especially online) have long abandoned?

Squander its programming? I…

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A Most Wanted Man — Review

4 of 5 stars
A Most Wanted Man

If you were looking for a modern spy thriller with lots of bangs and explosions, a lot of high paced action scenes and over the top explosions and bombs going off in all directions, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this film is not the right one for you. There is only one scene in this film which might fall under the heading of action chase scene — and the chase part lasted exactly 5 seconds.

The thing is, this film is almost too slowly paced. Almost. Perhaps this is what actually elevates the film that much higher. There was a knife edge to ride, and this film rides it brilliantly…

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Roberto Orci Promises To Uphold ‘Power Rangers’ Continuity (wait, what?)

Roberto Orci Promises To Uphold ‘Power Rangers’ Continuity (wait, what?)
Tor.com

In a recent interview, Roberto Orci assured fans that he “won’t ruin” the upcoming Power Rangers reboot because they’re making pains to uphold the series’ continuity. But that’s where things get tricky, because matching canon wholeheartedly means reconciling ninjas, aliens, and dinosaurs. Let’s tap into the Morphing Continuity Grid and see what’s what!

Wait, Power Rangers has continuity?

Info On ‘Interstellar’ And Description of New Trailer From Comic Con

Info On ‘Interstellar’ And Description of New Trailer From Comic Con
Russ Fischer — /Film

We’ve told you about the Comic Con debut of Matthew McConaughey and Christopher Nolan, who took the stage in Hall H today to discuss their upcoming film Interstellar. While seeing Nolan field a few questions was a treat, the two also brought along a new Interstellar trailer.

We don’t have that trailer to embed, as it won’t be shown to the general public for a while yet. But we’ll tell you a bit about what it contains, after the break.

Click through for the full description. This is Nolan we’re talking about so I expect it to be good, if a bit self serious. I have yet to be completely…

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Suposed ‘Star Wars VII’ Plot Details

Suposed ‘Star Wars VII’ Plot Details
Devin Faraci — Badass Digest

I’m going to keep this vague. I have no interest in spoiling Star Wars Episode VII, although I’m sure some people will find any information about the film’s plot to be spoilery. If you’re a spoilerphobe or want to go into Star Wars Episode VII totally, completely clean, stop reading now. If you want to know what, on a very basic and general level, is the premise of Star Wars Episode VII, read on. 

Ready?

You’ll have to click through for the details, I’m not going to post the spoilers here — although I don’t even know if what Devin posted can be considered spoilers. In any event, what…

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Trailer for ‘12 Monkeys’ TV Series — A Complete Reimagining

Trailer for ‘12 Monkeys’ TV Series — A Complete Reimagining

I really didn’t like the film Twelve Monkeys starring Bruce Willis. So color me a little bit skeptical about this TV series. I felt like the film had no story to tell, no real moral to convey, and no interesting characterization. I know people are going to argue this with me, but when you stop and think about it, I think you will know, deep down in your heart, that I am right.

So I watched this trailer with quite a bit of skepticism. But I do think this looks far more interesting and enjoyable than the film. I doesn’t look like it’s going to tell much of the same story as the film for that…

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes — Review

3.5 of 5 stars
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is the latest in the reboot of the Apes franchise. I really love it for a few reasons.

But first, newsflash: I’m new to the franchise. I know, I know. This series of films is a cult classic, and you have to be a pitiable noob if you haven’t at least seen the original.

I’ve actually watched documentaries that addressed Apes at length. I have seen interviews with the cast and directors. I’ve watched a really decent review of the first film in this reboot. Friends have told me I have to watch at least the good ones.

So my excuse is that I simply don’t find apes…

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Gone Baby Gone — Review

5 of 5 stars
Gone Baby Gone

“This city can be hard. When I was young, I asked my priest how you could get to heaven and still protect yourself from all the evil in the world. He told me what God said to His children. ‘You are sheep among wolves. Be wise as serpents, yet innocent as doves.’”

In a world of page-to-screen adaptions gone oh so wrong, Gone Baby Gone is proof of the good that can come from sticking close to the source material. With little deviation beyond the dictates of its own two hour running time, the film brings Dennis Lehane’s powerhouse novel to life with intelligence and grit to spare.

The story…

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