I can’t say I’m a big fan of Sylvester Stalone, nor Arnold Schwarzenegger. But for whatever reason, this film actually looks like it may have something. I don’t know, call it intuition, or stupidity, I don’t know which. But it feels from what I can tell like there might be a half-way decent plot here that could make this film worth it. I think one of my problems with typical films from either of these guys is that the plots never seem worthy of… well, anything.

In any event, check out this clip, which, granted, doesn’t really prove my point — my feelings on this film come from the other…

“This time, it has Brad Pitt…

Bwaas!”

Man I love these trailers. World War Z wasn’t a bad film, but it did have its problems, as highlighted here.

And so it begins…

This marks Pixar’s first foray into TV specials. I suppose it was inevitable. Despite the fact that I’m not a big fan of Halloween, I suppose I like this. It looks like it will be sufficiently goofy.

Have a look:

I have to admit, a little bit of humor can go a long way to diffuse a situation, and he handles the situation with grace and humor here.

Warner Bros. apparently advised Affleck to stay away from the net for a few days after the casting announcement in order that he might avoid the disparaging fan comments he would receive. Says he, “Well, I’m tough, I can handle it.” After reading one comment he temporarily reverted to the stone age of the pre-internet era. Fun stuff.

I’m not going to pretend that this looks like it will actually be good, but there is something intriguing about it. But then, I’m a bit of a sucker for sci-fi and/or space films. This film looks like it has elements of both a thriller, and a horror film, which “could” be okay.

But as I say I’m not holding my breath. For one thing, it’s going straight to VOD on Halloween and does not hit theaters until December 6th, and that at a limited release. You’d think if the film were any good they’d go for a full theatrical release.

Here’s the trailer:

Everything we’ve seen up to this point from The Fifth Estate shows a cool and confident hero of a man in Julian Assange. In this clip though, he looks a little more worried. And it appears with good reason. It seems the CIA and the KGB are closing in on Assange. David Thewlis (Remus Lupin from the Harry Potter films) is here to let Assange know of the danger.

Check it out:

And in this clip, Cumberbatch/Assange doesn’t seem too happy with the idea of selling out:

This film has the potential to be really good and so I’m going to hope for the best.

One of the better things about Star Trek Into Darkness was that Chris Pine’s Kirk and Alice Eve’s Carol Marcus had good chemistry. And I was glad they didn’t feel the need to be tied to the type of person Carol Marcus was in The Wrath of Khan. Particularly I enjoyed that in this different timeline she was brought up in a way that she acquired an English accent (but that could just be because I love English accents).

In any event, she has a few things she’d like to see for Star Trek and for her character in the next outing.

Officially, there’s no director yet, but in this video interview, JJ does not say Rupert won’t direct the next Star Trek film, and the rumor that he will is going around. In fact, JJ does say he’s a talented filmmaker and they’d be lucky to have him.

JJ, for his part, will not be stepping away from Star Trek completely. He will simply be too busy with Star Wars to direct it himself. But he will be involved with and producing the film. As much as I liked Star Trek Into Darkness, I think it would be good to get some fresh blood in the directors chair for the next installment.

I won’t wast too much of your time with my babbling about how great this show is going to be. The awesome is just right below this really short blurb.

Let me just say my favorite line out of all five videos is, “I’m not Hermione, I can’t create instant paralysis with that.”