‘Man of Steel’ First TV Spot

‘Man of Steel’ First TV Spot

This trailer may be made of of footage we’ve largely already seen, but who of us doesn’t love a good trailer? And who’s not dying to know what Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan have in store for us with a Superman reboot?

The whole thing with the music is still bugging me. I don’t think we’ve yet heard what it’s going to sound like. And for those who don’t know, those opening notes with the voicing are a direct lift from Hans Zimmer’s Gladiator score. I hope it doesn’t sound anything like that because it would be completely wrong.

Straight from Krypton, Man of Steel flies into theaters…

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Two ‘Oblivion’ Featurettes

Two ‘Oblivion’ Featurettes

Man, Universal is releasing a steady stream of these featurettes for Oblivion. They’ve been focusing on Tom Cruise, using practical effects of CG when possible, the beauty of the film and the scenery, the director Joseph Kosinski and more.

The two I have here today focus on filming on the mountain peak, Earl’s Peak, and filming on set at the New York Public Library with Tom Cruise doing most of his own stunts.

I really love the look of the work they’re doing here and I’m looking forward more and more to this film. I know I’m setting myself up for disappointment, but maybe it will live…

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‘Iron Man 3’ Clip - Tony Is Not Afraid

‘Iron Man 3’ Clip - Tony Is Not Afraid

“You just died, pal. I’m gonna come get the body.”

You know, it could be that Stark is such a well known public figure that his address(es) are public knowlege and stuff anyway, but it doesn’t seem like a really good idea to give The Manderin his home address, But whatever.

This clip shows that Tony Stark is pretty ticked at The Manderin about something or other, who knows what. But this seems to be like the prelude to the scene in the trailers where Tony’s home in Malibu is getting blown up so I’m guessing it wasn’t the greatest idea in the world.

I’m looking forward to May 3. Should…

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‘The Great Gatsby’ 30 Second Spot

‘The Great Gatsby’ 30 Second Spot

So it occurred to me when I saw this trailer that I have not posted anything about this film yet. That is because it does not look interesting to me in the slightest. But I try to cover a broad range of films and whatnot so It seems like I should get some stuff on the site about it. I know literally nothing about the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald on which this film is based, which may be why I am completely uninterested in the film. It looks like an overly stylized, overly dramatized mess of a film. But it will certainly have appeal to some.

The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey MaGuire,…

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Restoring the Enterprise D Bridge Set

Restoring the Enterprise D Bridge Set

I like to get all geeky about Star Trek, but I don’t know if I would be geeky enough to do something like this. Still, I’m glad someone is doing it. And via Kickstarter no less. Amazing what you can do with the power of crowdsourcing.

From the video description on YouTube:

We meet the organizers of the Enterprise-D restoration project and learn about their plans to reconstruct a complete starship bridge set from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Turns out, the pieces of this bridge were just left out to waste away in the Paramount Studio lot for years before being discovered and…

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‘Oblivion’ - New Clips and IMAX Featurette

‘Oblivion’ - New Clips and IMAX Featurette

I don’t think I need to remind you that I am greatly looking forward to this film. And apparently the studio is making a big deal out of this film as well because, wow, I can’t remember the last time I have seen so much promotional material coming out for a film. That can either man this film is really good or really bad and the studio is trying to compensate for it. I choose to believe the former.

The director also directed TRON: Legacy so that gives me great hope for the film because I really liked Legacy.

I’m not going to spoil it for you, but I think I have a good portion of the…

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‘Catching Fire’ First Trailer on April 14 (video)

‘Catching Fire’ First Trailer on April 14 (video)

WooHoo! We will see the first trailer for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire in just ten days and I’m thrilled to hear that. I enjoyed the first film very much — I rated it 4 of 5 stars in my review. And I enjoyed the book series for the most part and am actually hoping the film series can improve upon some of the weaknesses of the books that crept in (mostly in the last book). Either way, it should be a good ride and I’m looking forward to it.

And below is the teaser trailer announcement teaser. I know Joe hates these, but I find them fun and engaging and a great way to generate buzz so I’m…

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Ellen DeGeneres Announces ‘Finding Dory’

Ellen DeGeneres Announces ‘Finding Dory’

Love her or hate her, Ellen DeGeneres is Dory from Finding Nemo. The character just wouldn’t be the same without her. And apparently Ellen has been pushing for a sequel for years. I don’t follow Ellen at all so I didn’t know it, but the video she put together below is pretty funny in showing that.

I just have a couple things to say about all this.

Firstly, I’m starting to worry about Pixar cranking out all these sequels. Well I have mixed feelings on it actually because they’ve cranked out some really good sequels — Toy Story 3 for instance may be one of their best films. At the same…

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‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’ Trailer 2

‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’ Trailer 2

If you are looking for the missing link between Buffy and Twilight, this looks like it might be your thing. I don’t know anything about this series other than what I have seen in the trailers. It could be fun, or it could go horribly wrong.

But one thing is sure, there is no lack of films centered on the paranormal lately.

Set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray (Lily Collins), discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After…

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‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ ‘Walking Dead’ Commercial

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ ‘Walking Dead’ Commercial

Sorry I have been absent for the last couple of days. Joe has been able to post a few things for me, but I miss digging up cool stuff and sharing it with you. I’ll be in and out with family stuff going on, but wanted to start jumping back in the saddle a little bit as I have a moment here and there.

This is something cool I found this past weekend and would have shared it with you at the beginning of the week.

Damon Lindelof tweeted this on the 31st of March:

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