The Die Hard films are known for a couple things, but one of the prime characteristics of the first three films was the foul mouth of hero John McClane. The guy can’t go three scenes without dropping a few f-bombs. Until the fourth film, Live Free or Die Hard, that is. That one came in with a PG-13 rating, and the necessary change in language was one reason the film didn’t feel much like a Die Hard movie. Bruce Willis was in it, but he was playing some guy other than John McClane.

Now we’ve got a reliable source that says the fifth picture, February’s A Good Day to Die Hard, is likely to…

“I hate you.” “I know.”

A little more fun this morning if I may. This was just too much fun to not share. Who hasn’t dreamed of encasing Jar Jar in carbonite?

I have no idea who this person on Twitter is or where the picture originates from, but I stumbled across it and it’s too much fun — you know, as a card carrying Jar Jar hater (Meesa think Jar Jar Stupid!).

This is just too much fun!

Have you ever wondered how Gandalf solves problems? Well wonder no more! We have a flowchart here that will explain everything. All you have to do is figure out where to start, answer the questions, and you will be led to the right conclusion for a Gandalf style answer to the problem.

Promised Land was swept under the enormous blockbusters’ success of December, so little has been said about the film starring Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, and John Krasinski. For a simple drama set in the heartland of America, one that was written by the dynamic talents of Gus Van Sant and Damon, it seems the film would have met bigger acclaim for its themes and entertainment value. Or at least, the film should have lived up to someone’s expectations (films usually do). Why are audiences and critics bashing Promised Land?

TJ and I are reviewing the movie this week on The MovieByte…

The Administration shares your desire for job creation and a strong national defense, but a Death Star isn’t on the horizon.

I may not like the current administration one little bit. Not at all. But someone over there should win an award for this.

You see, some idiots thought it would be fun to start a petition to get our government to construct a Death Star. Only it garnered enough signatures to warrant a response. This is that response. It was crafted by a nerd, or with the help of one. If you read it there can be no doubt.

This is pure, unadulterated fun. Consider:

• The…

Quentin Tarantino probably had a vastly different idea of how the months leading up to the 85th Academy Awards would transpire for him. As he began to promote Django Unchained, he no doubt expected to spend the majority of Awards Season talking about America’s legacy of slavery, about his decision to portray it as unambiguously horrific, and how the peculiar institution has historically been treated in film.

No doubt.

In the interview, which I’ll embed below, Tarantino pretty much blew up, and the interviewer kept trying to come back to it, kept trying to get him to say something…

Universal announced today that it has slated Jurassic Park IV for a June 13, 2014 release.

Right now it only looks like Steven Spielberg will produce JPIV, although as Variety notes the director’s recent postponement of Robopocalypse raises an interesting possibility: “Spielberg has not committed to another film but given that Jurassic Park 4 is now the fast track, its not out of the question that he would step back in the directors chair.”

Before filming began on the sequel to the 2009 hit Star Trek, we posted multiple articles showing Abrams’ aversion to 3D. He said he had nothing against it but it never really sold him and suggested he didn’t want to make Into Darkness in 3D. Soon after, it was revealed the film would be shot in 2D and post-converted, which gave fans a lot to worry about. The question became, “what happened?”

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The studio said, ‘You have to make it in 3D if you’re going to make it, for economic reasons.’ But my feeling was I didn’t like 3D. So the idea of doing Star Trek in 3D was ridiculous. But…

Yet again, it looks like this isn’t particularly my kind of TV Show.

I really wish Netflix and Hulu would get original shows that I care about. Maybe I’m just dreaming, but it’s a fun dream. On-demand original content that’s good. That is the “holy grail” so to speak.

Oh, and also, whether Netflix’s doing or someone else, this trailer is available in an embeddable format from YouTube, which is nice.

Be warned this trailer does have some disturbing images in it. Nothing as bad as, say, the red band Hansel and Gretel trailer I posted a couple weeks ago, but it has the tenor of an R…