The group Geeks Out has launched an online protest and is asking people to “Skip Ender’s Game” because of anti-gay marriage comments made by Orson Scott Card, author of the 1985 book upon which the Lionsgate film is based.

“Do not buy a ticket at the theater, do not purchase the DVD, do not watch it on-demand. Ignore all merchandise and toys,” the site implores. “By pledging to Skip Ender’s Game, we can send a clear and serious message to Card and those that do business with his brand of anti-gay activism—whatever he’s selling, we’re not buying.”

I’m doing the risky thing by going a…

Russell Crowe has been receiving a lot of questions from his fans on Twitter asking him if he’d consider reprising his role of Jor-El from Man of Steel in a prequel and the actor says he’s game.

“A lot of you are asking about a KRYPTON prequel, if that’s something you feel strongly about let @Legendary pictures know your thoughts,” he said. He added, in response to someone, “Just getting sick of reading the same question mate, however, if it came up, i’d give the tights another go.”

Huh. Now that’s an interesting thought, although I find prequels to often be very challenging,…

Gather your minions and hide the moon! This weekend Gru is back baby! Of course, also in theaters, Captain Jack Sparrow will be playing an indian named Tonto who aids a ranger, a lone ranger no less, who must wear a mask to serve justice, or some such thing. Whatever, one thing is for sure, the film is not really about the lone ranger or Armie Hammer, it’s about Captain Jack Sparrow! Duh!

New This Weekend

Despicable Me 2 — PG

I’m not sure whether I’m going to see this or The Long Ranger tonight. They are both equally tied for the “meh” classification in my mind. I saw the first one…

Olympus has fallen… again…

In the latest from director Roland Emmerich, the White House is under attack for the second time this year, and as much as I liked Olympus Has Fallen and gave it 4 stars when I talked about it on the podcast, White House Down almost wants to make me downgrade Olympus Has Fallen, by a half star. The reason is because I don’t feel this film merits 4.5 stars, but I also feel like it’s a little better than Olympus Has Fallen. So it’s sort of that strange in-between place for me. I’m sticking with 4 stars for both of them.

Roland Emmerich At It Again

Man, Roland…

How does one judge a zombie film? I’ve personally never had any interest in the genre; in fact, I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a zombie film or television show about zombies before now, excluding 2007′s I Am Legend (which I’m not counting because the “creatures” in the original book by Richard Matheson that the film was based on were actually vampires). It’s a genre that I’ve always been skeptical of, so I wasn’t even sure if I wanted to see World War Z…frankly speaking, the trailers didn’t make me at all interested. However, I finally saw it, and, guess what? Wow.

Based on the book by…

The Dark Knight trilogy star Christian Bale is speaking for the first time about his potential involvement with the planned Justice League movie, stating he won’t be a part.

“We were incredibly fortunate to get to make three [Batman films],” Bale told Entertainment Weekly when asked if he could slip into the role of Batman once more. “That’s enough. Let’s not get greedy. Chris [Nolan] always said he wanted to make it one film at a time. And we ended up sitting there looking at each other, saying ‘We’re about to make the third.’ We never really knew if we were going to get to be there,…

Following my review of World War Z, a discussion broke out in the comments section regarding the merits (and demerits) of the film’s approach to the zombiepocalypse. One of the most interesting things this discussion yielded was the assertion that WWZ is “barely passable” as a zombie film. Why? Mainly because there is no such thing as a fast-moving zombie. The movie shows us infected humans - crushing armies, leveling cities, chasing Brad Pitt hither and thither – but these feral chompers cannot be designated “zombies”. Real zombies don’t move like that.

To tell the truth, I’d never heard…

Two weeks in a row Pixar dominates the box office. Clearly, MU is a big winner here. But Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy seem to be setting fire to the White House, and bringing the heat so to speak. In fact, it seems Zombies are attacking the presidential residence as well.

Let’s dive in.

#1 - Monsters University

Budget: N/A
Totals: $46.2 Million Weekend Gross / $129.3 Million Foreign Total / $300.3 Million Worldwide Total
Week Number: 2

A strong second weekend for Monsters University, particularly with foreign totals. I’d say everyone liked it. And I mean, it’s a solid…

Margot Kidder, who played Lois Lane in the original 1978 Superman: The Movie, has expressed her two cents on the Man Of Steel. It turns out Margot Kidder was a big fan of Man Of Steel. According to WAtoday, Margot Kidder said, “I thought it was wonderful and I thought that young Amy Adams was just terrific.”

However, Margot Kidder did have just one complaint about the movie, but it wasn’t the Superman and Zod scene that others have been debating. Margot Kidder’s complaint was that there wasn’t more of Amy Adam’s Lois Lane in the movie. Kidder said, “”I wanted a lot more of her, I wish…