Hmm, let’s see, I wonder if there’s anything to see this weekend… I don’t  know if…

zOMW MAN OF STEEL!!!!1!!!11! Yeah, I might be a little excited about that one.

New in Theaters

Man of Steel — PG-13

I have slowly come around to wanting to see this film very badly. I believe this film is going to be one of the better films of the summer. Whether it will be the best or not remains to be seen. My initial hesitance was only due to the fact that I loved Superman Returns so much. To date it is my favorite Superman film (though Superman the Movie will always have a special place in my…

I’m trying to imagine the pitch for Monsters, Inc. when Pete Doctor first decided it should be a thing. Maybe it went something like this: “Hey fellas, I’ve got an idea. Why don’t we make a movie about monsters who scare the living nightlights out of children, and then harvest the screams as a kind of natural energy to power their world? Families will love it.”

Crickets.

Funny thing is, families did love it. They still do. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that Monsters, Inc. is widely regarded as one of Pixar’s finest offerings. So with a sequel (Monsters University) scheduled to hit…

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg think the film industry is heading towards a cliff. The pair behind some of the most successful franchises in movie history think that conservative programming choices and rapidly evolving distribution schemes have set the stage for a massive upheaval — and internet-based services may become the dominant medium when moviegoing as we know it crashes and burns.

Crazy, right?

Barreling from opinion to opinion throughout the discussion, Lucas presented a clear vision of this post-crash entertainment landscape: a world where going to the movies is no…

Snyder has been busy directing features such as Alan Moore’s graphic novel, Watchmen, and the computer animated Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, while also writing and directing the female action flick Sucker Punch. His latest directorial effort, the highly anticipated Superman origin story, Man of Steel flies into theaters this coming Friday, June 14.

The last few Wisdom Wednesdays have revealed the intelligent, wise, and sometimes hilarious Golden Rules of directors Danny Boyle, Steve Buscemi, and Jim Jarmusch. This week MovieMaker brings you Zach Snyder’s 10 Golden Rules…

Sounds like there’s some bad news about the Zombie Apocalypse according to Brad Pitt in this latest promo — a clip from ‘World War Z’. I’m hearing stirrings that this film takes itself very seriously in a The Dark Knight kind of way, and this clip would seem to confirm that as men around Brad Pitt’s character scramble for information about their homes and loved ones and Brad doesn’t have good news for them.

You’ll be able to see about this zombie apocalypse for yourself, in theaters on June 21^st.

When the first trailer came out, I wrote about how I wasn’t sure I was going to like the message of the film. I worried about the idea of taking form the “haves” to give to the “have nots”. And I still think that potential is there for this film. A lot of people get confused about the concept of people who have, versus people who actually oppress. But I think this trailer makes it a little more clear that what is going on here in this film may be actual oppression, and that message is one I can get behind.

In any event, the film looks like it has the potential to be really good, I love…

TJ and Joe are back! First a side topic about how many podcasts they listen to and a recommendation for ‘The Incomparable’. Then they’re off to talk about ‘Man of Steel’, the trailers, and promos, the general excitement, how they felt about the previous ‘Superman’ films and more. ‘The Blue Umbrella’ is an upcoming Pixar short that takes a photo real approach, which is interesting and worthy of a little bit of time talking about. HISHE made a great video for how ‘Iron Man 3’ should have ended, TJ and Joe loved it!. TJ goes off on a bit of a rant about patent and copyright issues in the United States. Then there’s the upcoming film ‘World War Z’. And of course, the two main topics this week are ‘Now You See Me’ and ‘After Earth’. Listen in on the fun!

You may have forgotten in the excitement for Man of Steel coming to the big screen this weekend, but there is another super-hero coming to the screen next month, and it’s also looking pretty good.

This trailer definitely offers us the most extensive look at the film that we have seen so far. I like Logan/Wolverine as a character so it’s always fun to see what’s up with him.

Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern-day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world, he will…

This appears to be a film about slow motion — LOTS of slow motion.

Believe it or not, I have not seen the first film, 300. I suppose I’ll have to fix that. I wasn’t watching as many films in theater when that came out and at the time it just did not appeal to me. I’m still not sure it does, but I should probably watch it. It might help this trailer to make more sense, and maybe I’d understand why over half the shots in this trailer are slo-mo.

After its victory over Leonidas’ 300, the Persian Army under the command of Xerxes marches south towards the major Greek city-states. The…