Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher

In episode one, TJ talks about the ‘Jack Reacher’ trailer and how good it looks, the ‘Skyfall’ trailer and how he hopes it’s a better film than the previous two Daniel Craig ‘Bond’ films, the ‘Iron Man 3’ trailer debut, Joseph’s article and 60 Minutes interview with Stephen Spielberg about ‘Lincoln’, ‘Alcatraz’ full series now available, John Williams and Stephen Spielberg composing music for ‘E.T.’, Wally Pfister and his anti-Avengers comments, the ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ featurette, Bella arm wrestling Emmet in a new ‘Breaking Dawn Part II’ clip, episode 15 of ‘The MovieByte Podcast’ where TJ and Joseph talk about ‘Atlas Shrugged’ Part Two, the new theatrical trailer for ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’, the possibility of Bryan Singer directing the new ‘X-Men’ film, and Joseph’s ‘Atlas Shrugged’ Review.

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Atlas Shrugged Part 2: The Strike — Review

2 of 5 stars
Atlas Shrugged Part 2: The Strike

A worried Dagney Taggart is piloting a private jet through a winding mountain ravine. She is in hot pursuit of another jet carrying the only man left that can help her save Taggart Transcontinental, and that said plane is speedily moving straight into the side of a rocky mountain slope. 

Before her very eyes, and much to her disbelief, Dagney watches a flash of blue light consume the jet and leave nothing behind — leaving the cliff face not so much as scratched. But now it is too late for Dagney, since her jet is much too close to the rocks. Her deadly fate is sealed for sure, and this is…

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‘X-Men’ — Mathew Vaughn and Bryan Singer

‘X-Men’ — Mathew Vaughn and Bryan Singer
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Matthew Vaughn has decided not to direct the sequel to20th Century Fox‘s hit spinoff X-Men: First Class. Ready for the next shocker? Atop the studio’s replacement short list is Bryan Singer, who launched the X-Men feature franchise with the first two superb films and who has been a guiding influence in this spinoff by writing the treatment and producing. If this works out, Singer and Vaughn would essentially be switching roles. Vaughn, who wrote the treatment for the sequel for X-Men: Days Of Future Past that was scripted by Simon Kinberg, would step back to produce the film with Kinberg…

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‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ Theatrical Trailer 2

‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ Theatrical Trailer 2

Get ready for laughs, explosions, and Bruce Willis… in Russia? You better believe it. And we are apparently going to meet John McClane’s adult son.

The music is also very reminiscent of the Die Hard early days. I like it.

Oh, and also, apparently the McClane family is “not a hugging family.”

 

Winrich Kolbe (1940-2012)

Winrich Kolbe (1940-2012)
The Classic TV History Blog

Winrich Kolbe, director of nearly fifty segments of the 1980s-1990s Star Trek series, including the two-part final episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, has died at the age of 71.  Kolbe, who retired from directing in 2003, had left a teaching post at the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2007, apparently due to illness.  His death, noted in the memoriam column of the November DGA Monthly, was not reported by any major news source or Star Trek fan outlet.  A family member, reached by telephone on Tuesday, confirmed that Kolbe died in late September but could provide few other…

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‘Cloud Atlas’ Photos

‘Cloud Atlas’ Photos
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Today we have 38 photos of Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer-directed Cloud Atlas movie.

It is adapted from David Mitchell’s 2004 novel of the same name and follows six stories ranging from the South Pacific in the 19th Century to California in the 1970s to a post-apocalyptic future, and most of the cast play multiple characters throughout the six stories, swapping race and gender in the process.

I’m becoming more and more convinced that I am not going to like this film. But in any event, click on through if you want to see the photos.

 

I’m Shrugging As Well

I’m Shrugging As Well

TJ welcomes Joseph back from being away for an episode on jury duty. They discuss the situation with Wally Pfister making jabs at ‘The Avengers’ Cinematography and story telling style — TJ is fired up for sure, then they talk about the video circulating of Stephen Spielberg and John Williams composing the score for E.T. which of course leads to a discussion about the era of filmmaking back in those days and why film is still a superior format, and they also discuss ‘Skyfall’ and some thoughts on the ‘Bond’ franchise as a whole. But the main topic today is ‘Atlas Shrugged Part II’ which naturally means a discussion of part I as well. They discuss the political philosophies present in this film, likes, dislikes, budgetary constraints, the fact that mainstream Hollywood does not like this movie for it’s politics, the poor story telling at times, the acting, the changing of actors for the second film, and much, much more.

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Watch Bella Beat a Vampire Hulk Arm Wrestling

Watch Bella Beat a Vampire Hulk Arm Wrestling
Total Film

The new film sees the Cullens bond together against the Volturi as the council of vampire elders come looking for their daughter, Renesmee. There stands to be quite the smackdown.

Directed by Bill Condon and co-starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, Breaking Dawn - Part 2 opens in the UK on 16 November 2012.

They are such a tease! Just when you thought that Emmet would beat Bella, *cut*. I guess now we’ll never know what happens, or we must watch the movie to find out. Yikes.

By the looks of it, the scene is shot in the same choppy/jarring way the other…

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‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Featurette

‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Featurette

If you are looking forward to Wreck-It Ralph then you will enjoy this little featurette featuring John C. Reilly as Ralph, Jane Lynch as Sergeant Calhoun, Sarah Silverman as Vanellope von Schweetz, and Jack McBrayer as Fix-It Felix.

There’s also some stuff sprinkled through the video that we haven’t seen in the trailers yet.

Wreck-It Ralph comes out in theaters November 2nd.

 

Ming-Na Cast in S.H.I.E.L.D

Ming-Na Cast in S.H.I.E.L.D
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Joss Whedon has recruited ER alumna Ming-Na Wenfor one of the leads in his ABC drama pilot Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D., which he is co-writing and directing. The project, from Marvel TV and ABC TV Studios, is based on a peacekeeping group found in both the comic book and feature film universes, including the blockbuster 2012 movie The Avengers.Ming-Na will play Agent Melinda May. Soulful and slightly damaged by her combat experiences, Melinda is an ace pilot, a weapons expert and a soldier who can — and has — gone beyond the call of duty. The character was originally listed on the pilot’s…

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