Sucking the Life Out of ‘Oblivion’

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Sucking the Life Out of ‘Oblivion’

This morning I read one of those movie reviews that gives me an upset stomach; a review so pathetically ridiculous that it warrants criticism for its misleading tropes and arrogant close-mindedness.

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky at RogerEbert.com:

If nothing else, “Oblivion” will go down in film history as the movie where Tom Cruise pilots a white, sperm-shaped craft into a giant space uterus. The scene is more interesting to describe than it is to watch. Cruise’s sperm-ship enters through an airlock that resembles a geometrized vulva. He arrives inside a massive chamber lined with egg-like…

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Weekend Box Office: April 22, 2013

Weekend Box Office: April 22, 2013

Another weekend has passed, films have been watched, box office reports are in, totals have been tallied. Let’s see what story they tell.

#1 Oblivion

$38.1 Million Domestic / $112 Million Foreign = $150.1 Million Worldwide Total

Winning the top spot on it’s first weekend outing, Oblivion slides in to home plate with a weekend domestic gross of $38.1 Million. That may be decent, but it’s not knocking your socks off for a $120 Million budget, however foreign charts or through the roof pushing the worldwide total to $150.1 Million. That already pushes the film above it’s production…

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‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ New TV Spot “Go”

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ New TV Spot “Go”

Check out this new TV spot for Star Trek Into Darkness that actually has a couple of shots and some dialog that we have not seen or heard before. Given how much they put in the final theatrical trailer, that’s saying something. I didn’t think we would get any new bits or anything really new at all before the film came out at this point.

After watching the trailer, you may want to head on over to TrekMovie.com to get a little bit of break down and analysis of the new stuff in this trailer.

Peggy Carter Short Film Featuring Haley Atwell?

Peggy Carter Short Film Featuring Haley Atwell?
The Age

“There’s been an online campaign for Peggy to be featured. People really liked her. So Marvel have made sure that as part of Comicon there will be a little kind of snapshot as to what Peggy’s actually really capable of, which was finished here and which was great fun. Hopefully, it will lead to other things.”

Be it a movie or television series spin-off, Atwell would love a chance to play Peggy once more and to flesh out her character.

I think we’d all like to see more of Peggy Carter. Though not the star of Captain America she was one of the shining bright lights of the story. But I…

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M83 - ‘Oblivion’ Title Track Live

M83 - ‘Oblivion’ Title Track Live

If like me you enjoyed Oblivion quite a bit, and also found the soundtrack to be top notch, then you might be interested in checking out this video of M83 performing the title track of the film live on Jimmy Kimmel.

They were joined by award winning Norwegian singer Susanne Sundfør. I enjoyed watching this performance immensely. It’s an amazing performance from an amazing soundtrack.

Don’t forget that you can stream the entire ‘Oblivion’ score right here on MovieByte.com and get a feel and taste for the whole film.

‘Iron Man 3’ Behind the Scenes

‘Iron Man 3’ Behind the Scenes

Iron Man 3 hits the theaters on May 3rd, but if you are like the rest of us and are looking for just about anything you can get your hands on in anticipation of this film, then you will want to check out this 6 minute long behind the scenes video. No talking, no interviews, just raw behind the scenes footage of stuff happening on set.

As far as I can tell there aren’t any spoilers or anything like that. Everything appears to be either non-important, or things we already know.

Check it out!

42 — Review

4.5 of 5 stars
42

A team of amateur organized baseball players stop at a gas station for a fill-up. Jackie Robinson (played by Chadwick Boseman), one of the African American ball players, is refused entry to the washroom. The team says they’ll find another gas station so the attendant allows Jackie to use it to keep their business.

As Robinson comes out of the washroom, a baseball scout for the Dodgers approaches him and asks Robinson to join him for a trip to Brooklyn.

Branch Rickey (played by Harrison Ford), the general/executive manager for the Brooklyn Dodgers, is looking for a new first baseman.…

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The Avengers Will Assemble!

The Avengers Will Assemble!

TJ wraps up the week with a look at the box office totals, ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ teaser trailer, clips from the upcoming ‘Iron Man 3’ film, the ‘Mortal Instruments’ prequel that is already being developed, which seems strange, the new ‘Pacific Rim’ International TV Spot, Joe’s review of Podcatchers, make sure you check it out and choose a good option that fits well with you, the big news of the week, the ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ final theatrical trailer as well as Anthony Pascale’s deep dive into the analysis of that, the ‘S’ stands for hope in the new ‘Man of Steel’ trailer, TJ and Joe welcomed Anthony Pascale onto ‘The MovieByte Podcast’ to analyze the ‘Star Trek’ trailer, the ‘Snow White’ sequel aiming for a 2015 release, Richard LeParmenier dies at the young age of 66, The Avengers will assemble in February according to Joss Whedon, Joseph Kosinski is developing a ‘Blade Runner’ meets ‘BSG’ TV series, Harrison Ford is mad at Chewy, and finally, what you might like to see in theaters this weekend.

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What to see: Weekend of April 19, 2013

What to see: Weekend of April 19, 2013

We’ve got what I think is going to be a goody this week! Oblivion is now out in theaters and I am greatly looking forward to this film. They’ve really been pumping out the trailers and promotional material so I hope they haven’t overdone it and I hope it’s good!

Opening This Weekend!

Oblivion - PG-13
This film is being pushed hard by the marketing team and it’s one that got my attention and interest over the last several weeks. I saw it Thursday night and let me tell you it was an awesome film and I highly recomend it. I’m still mulling over my star rating, but I’m pretty sure I will…

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