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In Generations, McDowell’s Soran character tries to destroy two stars and one inhabited planet in order to gain entrance into an imaginary extra-dimensional realm, called the Nexus, where all of one’s desires come true. Although he doesn’t accomplish his destructive pursuits, Soran does succeed in killing James T. Kirk in the process. A feat that apparently makes the actor proud, because “he got to be the guy who shut Shatner up.”

“I did them a favor,” says McDowell and proceeds to state that…

Plutarch is new Head Gamemaker at the Capitol, replacing the seemingly executed Seneca Crane (Wes Bentley) from The Hunger Games. A far savvier political animal than his predecessor, Plutarch is charged with overseeing the 75th annual Hunger Games, also called the Quarter Quell. As the name suggests, the event occurs every 25 years, tweaking the rules of the Hunger Games in a new, significantly brutal way. For the first Quarter Quell, citizens in each district voted on who would compete in that year’s Hunger Games. For the second Quarter Quell, each district provided four tributes to the…

It’s the kind of revelation that would melt the face of any die-hard Indiana Jones fan (this time, with joy): “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” the 1981 adventure film that introduced that globe-trotting archaeologist, will receive a one-week Imax release next month, Lucasfilm said on Tuesday.

Prepare to be shocked and horrified… I’ve never been a big fan of the Indiana Jones trilogy. It’s a shocking revelation, I know, but it just never worked for me. However, this is kind of a big deal. And I particularly love this (emphasis mine):

Mr. Spielberg, who with the sound designer Ben Burtt…

The Bourne Legacy will come and go without a lot of fanfare, but it’s worth noting there is something almost historic about this additition to the Bourne film series. It may very well be the first time a franchise continues on without its lead character, yet somehow it works the way Bourne Legacy is told. Perhaps it’s because everything else about Bourne Legacy will be relatable for audiences familiar with the Bourne conventions. It’s a serious kind of action thriller that simply works for large audiences.

But a lot of moviegoers are detracted by The Bourne Legacy. It looks like the…

As such, “The Bourne Legacy” opened just over $40m, easily taking the crown away from “The Dark Knight Rises.” and besting alternative newcomer “The Campaign” as well. Still, “The Bourne Legacy” couldn’t match 2007′s “Bourne Ultimatum,” though it did open at a higher dollar amount than “The Bourne Identity” which means the reboot transplant operation has worked, and we’re a go for sequels. Could a second or third film feature a Damon / Renner mash-up? If Universal has the budget and a decent screenplay, I’m sure the gents would at least take the meeting.

I wonder how well it will do…

The emotional stakes have been muted, the romance feels half-hearted and the thematic relevance of the original trilogy has been lowered from a righteous drive to a dull roar. Talented actors like Oscar Isaac, Corey Stoll and the returning Joan Allen and David Strathairn go to waste, and the main plot to take out every assassin seems handily undone when it’s time to introduce an antagonist (Louis Ozawa Changchien), whose capacity for empathy has been dialed down as the rest of his skills have been amped up.

I agree with almost everything in this review. The one thing I disagree with is,…

There is a kind of one-upmanship going on among the titans of the mega-uber-blockbusters, Jackson and James Cameron—who himself just announced that he plans to shoot “Avatar 2” and the film’s third installment using digital equipment that delivers 60 frames per second. While admiring the LOTR trilogy and “Avatar,” which remains the state of the art in 3D, I believe their expanding ambitions come with risks.

Right, I see it as a sort of abandoning of the story telling craft and instead, exactly as Ebert says, trying to one up each other on technological prowess. Good technology is…

“Being 24, posing for newspaper photo shoots in a cartoon sweatshirt, and having your mother and Jimmy Wales speak for you, does not mean you are incapable for [sic] breaking the law.”

The reminder above comes from a supposedly leaked MPAA memo obtained by TorrentFreak. It outlines talking points when discussing the much publicized O’Dwyer case, involving the 24-year-old and the “link site” he used to run. TVShack.net didn’t directly host possibly infringing materials, but the site did link to such videos.

This is one of my pet peeves so I am likely to talk write about it from time to…

Lawless directed by John Hillcoat is coming to theaters August 29th. What in the trailers sort of looks like a western setting is really a depiction of depression era Franklin County, Virginia. Two bootlegger brothers have local authorities hustling in on their racket. To make matters worse (read as “exciting”), it escalates into a larger conflict between lawmen and career criminals.

The most notable reason the film is worth wartching is to see Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain, and Shia LeBeouf. Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman were filming these roles back-to-back with with filming of…