Magic is fun. Movies are fun. Combining the two to make a movie about a group of magicians who rob a bank? Even more fun! With a premise like that, Now You See Me, sets itself up from the start to be one heck of a ride - and quite an entertaining one at that!

The Magical Plot

Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco star as four magicians of varying abilities who work alone. As we are introduced to each magician performing his/her solo act, we notice a hooded figure  in attendance at each performer’s show. Soon, the four are brought together, each having received a…

Alright guys, I’ve talked with Joe, and what we are going to do is have a double feature episode next week. So basically, we’re just skipping this week’s show and there will be no make up show. As you might recall, something came up at the last minute and we had to cancel this week’s episode of The MovieByte Podcast. This will be the first time in the history of the show — nearly a year, and 46 episodes worth — that we have missed a week. There has been a show EVERY WEEK. I call that consistency. And we do it for you guys. We want you to know that you can count on us. But every once in a…

Get ready for June 14^th, it’s going to be a big one guys! This trailer is pretty epic. I don’t know if it’s as epic is the final trailer for Star Trek was, but it’s way up there.

There’s not a lot of words in this trailer, but you really don’t need them. It works so well and communicates everything it needs to. And man am I ready. Are you ready? Buckle up! Let’s see what Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan’s vision is for the Superman!

After Earth is heavy with Scientology themes, critics say, adding more ammunition against what is already the summer’s biggest box office flop.

The sci-fi film starring Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith was one of the biggest bombs in recent memory, pulling in only $27 million the first weekend. It was even beaten at the box office by Now You See Me, a movie about teleporting, bank-robbing magicians.

Allow me to break in here and say, what?!? Teleporting bank-robbing magicians? Did Nathan Francis even see the film? They may have just been trying to get a laugh but I’m not laughing,…

This is from May 31st and I’ve been meaning to post it because I thought you all might be interested in it. So better late then never right?

Many people are not too happy with After Earth, some are claiming it lacks ambition or originality. To both of those I say their nuts. Many are saying it’s due to the Scientology present in the film. Well here’s the deal, I don’t know anything about Scientology, so I evaluated the film in a very straightforward way based on the story and whether it was any good. And I have to say that while flawed, I liked it fairly well.

In any event, if you want…

With the film making it’s wide theatrical release on June 14, some of you may want to hear from the man himself a little bit about the film, and I am here to satisfy that longing.

He talks about casting Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof and how he normally likes to cast them as star crossed lovers and he thought it might be nice to un-cross them, what it was like to work with someone else’s characters (again) since he’s most well known for creating new and unique original characters, oh, and what would an ice cream named after him be called… wait, what?

Anyway, check it out.

Who’s ready to see captain Jack Sparrow play an American Indian in The Lone Ranger? Oh, you aren’t, you don’t care you say? Too bad, because this thing is happening. And truth be told, it will probably be pretty fun, even if Johnny Depp’s style is starting to wear a little thin, at least for me. It’s kind of like someone said, “what if we do Pirates of the Caribbean without the water and ships? What if we make it about a ranger? Hey I know, it can be The Lone Ranger!”

So you’ll forgive me for not being overly excited. Besides, if history is any indication, since I don’t expect the film to…

So, uh, this is a thing.

I sure hope the film is funnier than this because this isn’t going to cut it for me. I almost smiled once or twice, but I’m expecting a lot more humor than this. And I also hope there’s an actual story here. I don’t know, we’ll see, but after seeing the last Melissa McCarthy film and not liking it at all I don’t have a lot of hope for this.

Still, I like Sandra Bullock so I’m holding out hope.

With an impressive resume that includes everything from ER to Stargate Universe (and yes, at IGN, we’ll always love her for Street Fighter!), Ming-Na Wen returns to TV this fall as Agent Melinda May on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I recently spoke to Wen about her role on the highly anticipated ABC series, which will tie into the Marvel cinematic universe, with Melinda and her fellow agents going on missions alongside Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg).

Talking to cast members from a secretive project like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. can be tricky, as there is so much they’re not allowed to…