Interview with Ming Na About ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’

Interview with Ming Na About ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’

Ming-Na Wen Talks the new S.H.I.E.L.D. televisions show, The Avengers director Joss Whedon, the Marvel Universe and about how the show will not stick with normal comic canon with AMC Theatres.

Fun stuff. Still really looking forward to this show. Joss Whedon rarely disappoints! And though I know this may be blasphemy to some, I’m glad to hear they won’t be sticking too closely to any comics. The best comic adaptations to the screen have strayed pretty far. I think it’s because the comic book format just doesn’t translate well to the screen.

‘Skyfall’ Passed $1 Billion Worldwide

‘Skyfall’ Passed $1 Billion Worldwide
Entertainment Weekly

It’s official — we have reached the era of the billion dollar Bond!

Sony announced today that Skyfall has surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office, becoming just the 14th film in history to reach the coveted milestone.

The 23rd entry in the James Bond series has shattered every record in the franchise’s 50-year history. Skyfall, which was produced by MGM, EON Productions, and Sony for $200 million, has earned $289.6 million in North America alone (including $4.6 million this weekend), clobbering the domestic record set by Quantum of Solace, which earned $168.4 million in…

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Science Analysis of ‘Into Darkness’ Preview

Science Analysis of ‘Into Darkness’ Preview
TrekMovie.com

On December 14th a 9-minute preview of Star Trek Into Darkness premiered with IMAX 3D screenings of The Hobbit. TrekMovie was quick to publish early impressions along with a later (more spoilery) detailed review on release day. But, was any of it scientifically realistic? Today Science Saturday is dedicated to an in-depth look beyond what we saw on the screen. Get your tricorder ready, and reverse the polarity of the warp nacelles; it’s time for a science diagnostic of the Into Darkness IMAX preview.

This is a really fun read. I really love stuff like this. It’s fun to speculate about…

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‘Vehicle 19’ Trailer

‘Vehicle 19’ Trailer

This could be fun if it’s not just one long car chase. The trailer is certainly emphasizing all the car chasing, and I don’t mind a little of that as long as it’s not the whole film.

A recently paroled man unwittingly picks up the wrong vehicle, having just got off a long haul flight. He soon realizes that he is the target of an entire police force that will use any means necessary to stop him and the tied-up female “passenger” he discovers in the trunk, from getting to the courthouse to testify against top-to-bottom corruption.

Box Office Update

Box Office Update
Entertainment Weekly

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey returned to the top of the box office on Friday, crossing the $200 million mark in the process. The $250 million Warner Bros. release grossed an estimated $10.7 million on Friday, putting it on pace for a $31 million weekend, which would bring its total to about $221 million and lift its worldwide cume past $600 million.

In second place, Django Unchained continued its terrific opening week, bringing in another $9.7 million. By weekend’s end, the R-rated Western will have earned about $27 million more, giving it a six-day total of $60 million. Based on…

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GLaDOS

GLaDOS

For this short holiday week, TJ recaps what’s going on with Jack Reacher, Joseph’s review and how he thought Joseph was a bit harsh on the film — as well they also talked about the film in the most recent episode of ‘The MovieByte Podcast’, Kristen Stewart has been confirmed to return to the ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ sequel, which seems like a good thing, Carrie Underwood will be staring as Maria in ‘The Sound of Music’ TV remake, which makes TJ cringe, GLaDOS voice makes an appearance in the ‘Pacific Rim’ trailer, JJ Abrams turned down the directing gig for Star Wars VII, a TV spot for ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’, ‘The Avengers’ gets a new behind the scenes featurette showing how one of the more difficult CGI sequences was made, Roger Ebert names Argo the best film of 2012, and finally a recap of what you might be interested in seeing in the theater this weekend.

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What to see: Weekend of December 28

What to see: Weekend of December 28

Here’s your weekly guide to what’s in theaters that you may want to see. There’s a lot of good stuff to choose from, you may need to hit the theater more than once this weekend. And what better time than the Christmas/New Year holiday? Get ready, here we go.

New Films

Promised Land
There is something interesting about this film. I love a good drama, although I am concerned about what propaganda may be in this film. But I will certainly give it a chance. I’m not sure when I personally will get to see it, but you can be sure I will.

Les Misérables
Get yourself to the theater and see…

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Ebert Names ‘Argo’ Best Film of 2012

Ebert Names ‘Argo’ Best Film of 2012
Roger Ebert’s Journal

The good news is that I’ve seen the films of one of the best recent years in cinema. I wrote more than 300 reviews in 2012—a record—and it was unusually difficult to leave out many of the quote-unquote “best” films in 11th place.

Here are the Best Films I saw in 2012:

1. • “Argo”

Though not my personal top film, it is well deserved. Argo is a fine film and I have no problem with it being names the top film of 2012.

Of course as usual, some of the films on this list I either haven’t heard of, or didn’t feel like it deserved the time of day. But that’s Ebert for you.

‘Warm Bodies’ - First Four Minutes

‘Warm Bodies’ - First Four Minutes

Well, it looks like this movie is on it’s way to the box office, despite my better judgement. I expect this film to be really horrible, but they are certainly pushing it. I’ve seen the trailer in front of several movies this year, and now they’ve released the first four minutes and I have it here for you in case you need a morning dose of stupid.

‘Avengers’ New Featurette

‘Avengers’ New Featurette

ILM has posted to their YouTube account a new behind the scenes featurette showing how one of the longest and most difficult CGI sequences was put together. What made the particular shot such a massive undertaking is that it’s a long moving shot going from avenger to avenger without cutting, showing them fighting the enemy in New York.

While “The Avengers” posed many visual efffects challenges, one of the larger challenges was pulling together the “tie-in” shot during the third act of the film. Rather than frames, this single shot is measured in minutes on screen and is one of the…

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