Now that I have tried to excise the memory of that horrible film the Wachowskis made preiously: Cloud Atlas, I think I’m ready to give them one more chance to make a great follow up to the greatness of The Matrix. They’re on probation as far as I’m concerned, but I know they can make a good film if they want to. Their score-board isn’t great though because they also made the next new Matrix films. But they were not terrible like Cloud Atlas was.

Still, this film looks exactly like what I had hoped Cloud Atlas was. A thrilling new sci-fi concept with originality and a fun but well put…

The opinions coming from the pre-screenings are a bit mixed but I continue to hold out hope that this will be a decent film. It will be a monster movie for sure, but I hope there’s a good story to dive into. This clip isn’t really about the story though. It’s about a big giant monster rising up out of the ocean for an attack.

The film opens this Friday, May 16.

Oh man, this looks GOOD! I love good sci-fi, and Tom Cruise usually delivers on the sci-fi action/thriller front. Couple that with what looks to me like a smart story. Any time a story feels like it’s almost hard to explain in the trailer, there’s a good possibility that it’s a good one. It’s always possible of course that it’s an overcrowded story mess, but I don’t think that’s the case here. It does add up to me, and I’m fully on-board with this premise. So June 6 can’t get here soon enough.

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has a great article about the Star Wars Episode VII casting news. In the article, “sources with direct information about the project who spoke on condition of anonymity” confirmed a bunch of behind the scenes tidbits we’d long since begun to take as fact. Primary among those is that Harrison Ford‘s Han Solo is considered a “co-lead” of the film, along with “three of the younger actors.” Which of the three? We still don’t know.

EW also confirmed casting is still ongoing, the main cast members have been attached for a while, re-writing Michael Arndt‘s…

I’m not sure what’s up with the first clip using the track Ron’s Victory from the soundtrack of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, but it’s a little bit strange. I guess that’s the problem with being so familar with certain various soundtracks. Other than that though, How to Train Your Dragon 2 looks fantastic and I can’t wait to see it.

Perhaps somewhat infamously to my readership, I have only recently watched How to Train Your Dragon and I thought it was fantastic. So I hope this one is just as good!

Take a peak at these two clips, and watch the featurette to get your appetite…

After an aggressive lobbying campaign, Roberto Orci has emerged as the clear frontrunner to replace JJ Abrams and direct Paramount‘s third installment of the Star Trek series. I’m hearing they’re in talks. This comes after Orci parted company with longtime partner Alex Kurtzman (though they continue on TV projects). This would amount to another first-time director taking on a massive project, which has been hit (Snow White And The Huntsman) and miss (Transcendence, John Carter, 47 Ronin).

(Yes, I said Star Trek 13, in the headline, because that’s what this is. Mike Flemming Jr. says Star…

I can’t say I’m all that excited for this film. I finally got around to seeing Rise of the Planet of the Apes and it was fine. And I’m sure this one will be fine. But I am having a hard time seeing how I’m going to like this film as much without a couple of the characters that made the previous film what it was. Yes, Ceaser was a big part of that film, but so was Will Rodman. Why isn’t he in this film. It’s kind of annoying. I understand that this is about the “planet of the apes” but I wanted to follow the human characters too. But it looks like Ceaser is the only character that is… Read The Rest

Press screenings for X-Men: Days of Future Past took place this week in preparation for the upcoming junket, and now, the first reactions have emerged via Twitter, as they always do. As you’ll see below, there seems to be unanimous praise for the film, with every single Tweet exclaiming how incredible and amazing it is.

Like I said earlier today, a lot of people are saying good things about this film. Cant wait!

We’re getting close now. Just a couple more weeks and we’ll finally get to see this film that looks like it’s going to be wonderful!

There’s also starting to be some buzz from critics and pre-screenings that it’s as great a film as it looks. And I couldn’t be more excited to see the franchise back in good hands under Bryan Singer.

To keep your hopes up, here’s the clip I promised in the headline.