So apparently in 2048, we’re going to get robot police officers, which actually sounds a little bit scary. But it makes for a great sci-fi TV show concept, amiright? Especially when Karl Urban is involved. Count me in!

JJ Abrams is techincally the executive producer — however much that means for the busy man these days — so we can only hope that this show can get somewhere in the ballpark of Abrams last really good show: Fringe.

The show premieres on Fox, Monday, November 17th, 2013.

Alright, let’s go over this score, shall we? Liam Neeson trained Obi-Wan, he was Ra’s al Ghul who nearly defeated Batman (!!!), he’s Aslan, Zeus, and Bryan Mills from Taken where he did a lot of killing and getting back at people. Who’s stupid enough to hijack this guy’s plane?

Joking aside though, I’m a sucker for this sort of thing and I think it’s just the sort of film I’ll like prett well. I don’t expect to be anything fancy or “best film of all time” or anything like that. But I’ll bet it will be decent, and to some extent, that’s all I’m looking for.

Aside from Liam Neeson, the film…

This one is looking mighty good to me. I’m so ready for more good films. Captain Phillips and Gravity have spoiled me now and I want all my films to be good for the rest of the year (we’ve really had a bummer of a summer as far as I’m concerned, or at least it sure seems that way).

In this new clip from the upcoming film, things get a little bit intense with a crowd of black folks, while the white soldiers train guns on them. Eventually, one fires into the crowd, several more shots are fired. And then we see Idris Elba burning what is apparently his papers of citizenship? I’m given to…

Oh, hey there. While we’re anxiously waiting for JJ Abrams to decend upon us with the goodness that we presume he will bestow upon us through the next entry into the Star Wars franchise, the official Star Wars YouTube account has given us a little bit of a goody by way of the original trailer for The Empire Strikes Back — by far my favorite Star Wars film to date. But I’ll tell you, man were the trailers bad back in those days. I mean the trailer is just awful. If I were to see anything remotely like this trailer now, I would stay very far away from this film. My how times change.

Check it…

I am really not liking the look of this. This is not the Jack Ryan we might remember. This is a retconned version. This looks more like a cousin to the Jason Bourne films than anything — which really just irritates me more than anything else. Jack Ryan was never a superstar hero. But, whatever. I’m sure I’ll watch it and even enjoy it on some level. But some part of me will be sad. This is not the film I thought we would get.

Here’s the summary:

The story follows him from 9/11, through his tour of duty in Afghanistan, which scarred him forever, and into his early days in the Financial…

Let the 75^th annual Hunger Games begin! Well, in 36 days anyway. And I’m looking forward to this one a lot. This outing is directed by Francis Lawrence and he’s already said he’s ditching the whole frenetic crazy camera thing. That’s great news as far as I’m concerned.

I really like the story even in I felt the ending could have been a bit stronger. And who knows, maybe they’ll do something a little better with the ending in the films. We’ll see. But I think this film is going to shape up to be a better film than the first one. Just a hunch.

Check out the TV spot:

Nope. Stil lnot feeling it. I still can’t muster an ounce of care. It looks silly and hokey and cheesey, etc. But I seem to be the only one. A lot of you seem to be looking foward to this one. So I post this trailer for you.

The film opens on Christmas Day. I sure won’t be seeing it on Christmas Day. I’ll be opening presents with my family and spending time with them!

But enjoy, if you must:

Surely, I cannot be the only one for whom Hurcules is completely ruined by the animated U.S. Acres cartoon? I’m speaking of the cartoon that aired each Saturday with Garfield. There was more than one time when Orson’s imagination took them to old Rome and he became Hogcules. I kid you not. I can never again see or hear anything about Hercules without thinking about that.

That aside though, this film does not look great. It looks like a complete mess actually — it looks like some sort of fan-made trailer complete with an overabundance of slow-mo for no reason, stylized rain, a twist involving…

I’m thinking we have another Oscar contender here. We’ve certainly had a few films lately looking at that dark time in the U.S.‘s past when the institution of slavery was alive and well. Not that I’m complaining because often times these films make for good ones.

This one is looking like it will measure up with the best of them. It will not be rolling out to a wide release all at once though. It will begin in limited fashion on October 18^th and go for wide release on November 1^st. Check out the clipo and trailer below.