Pixar Boldly Goes Where No Man Has Gone Before!

Oh my goodness this is so much fun! I want this so much! I think my favorite is Dr. McCoy. Looks just right for a cartoon version of the curmudgeonly doc!

As J.J. Abrams and company endeavor to keep the lid tightly sealed on whatever they’re cooking up for “Star Wars: Episode VII,” reading between the lines of reports over the past few months, it is starting to emerge that the lineage to the first trilogy of films will be pretty direct. Particularly is this bit of info turns out to be true.

Latino Review is reporting that Harrison Ford is set to return as Han Solo in “Star Wars: Episode VII.” Whether it’s just a cameo or something more something they don’t know just yet, but according to their sources, it’s a done deal. Naturally,…

How did the Galactic Empire ever cement its hold on the Star Wars Universe? The war machine built by Emperor Palpatine and run by Darth Vader is a spectacularly bad fighting force, as evidenced by all of the pieces of Death Star littering space. But of all the Empire’s failures, none is a more spectacular military fiasco than the Battle of Hoth at the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back.

This is such a fun read! I’ve always said that the Empire was extremely bad at fighting. I always justified it by saying they had grown lazy as the renitence dwindled.

As we reported earlier there are two collectible covers for the new issue of Star Trek Into Darkness. If you go online to the ew.com site to buy the one with Chris Pine and Benedict Cumberbatch, the cover title appears to confirm the true secret identity of Cumberbatch’s character (John Harrison). See image below…

Being that the cover story includes exclusive new images and on the record comments from JJ Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and many of the actors from the movie is this actual “Khanfirmation.” Actally, no.

Here is what is said about Khan in the actual EW cover story…

Yesterday it was revealed that Disney is developing a Star Wars spin-off standalone film that would follow a young Han Solo, set between Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV: A New Hope.

But what will this movie be about?

Sifting through the backstory established in the original trilogy, the elaborate expanded universe in the books and games, witht he help of Wookieepedia, we have some good ideas of what we might expect from this stand alone tale.

I had fun reading this one this morning.

Alright guys, I know we said we were going to talk about The Wrath of Kahn on this week’s episode of The MovieByte Podcast, but we’re changing it up a little. From my conversations with Joe, I am not at all convinced that I will be satisfied with an episode talking about that film with only Joe and myself.

I am trying to lock down a guest that I think may help me out a little for such an awesome film and once I have him we’ll do a Wrath of Kahn episode then. It will probably be a special insert episode and will broadcast live at a different time so keep your eyes open for that.

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April is going to be a big month for Star Trek on Blu-ray. First up is season three of Star Trek: The Next Generation coming on April 30th, along with a special stand-alone release of the two-part episode “Best of Both Worlds” on the same day. In addition on the same day Paramount is releasing a number of Star Trek feature films that were previously only available in box sets. And finally “Best of Both Worlds” is also getting a theatrical release.

I can’t get tickets yet in Nashville for the the theater event, but I’m keeping my eyes peeled. And I’m excited for Season 3. It is one of…

Three notable new releases to streaming and video on demand that you might be interested in watching:

Skyfall

Not the great film that critics seem to rave about, but it’s a fine film and worth watching. It has great cinematography, great acting and character development, and more. And even though I was a bit disappointed in Silva, he’s still a good villain. So the film is worth watching. Read my review here. I gave it 3.5 of 5 stars.

Availability: iTunes » VUDU » Amazon »

Argo

You should most certainly watch this film. This made it into my personal top ten films of 2012 and it’s a…

I understand it, and I get why Netflix thinks this is the way things should be. Netflix has ton of television programing available, and their users binge watch seasons in the matter of days. They have the stats to prove this. Why change whats been working for them? Why not challenge the status quo of releasing an episode a week with an original series?

I’m all about challenging the way things are done… but does it make sense?

A fine question, and as much as it may surprise you to hear it, I don’t think I like the idea of releasing all episodes of a season at once. I think Peter makes…