Reminder: Live Broadcast Tonight!

Reminder: Live Broadcast Tonight!

With Joe back on his feet, and our schedule caught up with Episode 32 in the can, we’re looking foward to talking about Tron: Legacy tonight on our live broadcast. It’s a great film and it’s sure to be a lot of fun. We’ll even have a special guest with us to talk about the film.

Be sure to tune in to the live broadcast at 6:30 PM Central/7:30 Eastern!

‘Man of Steel’ Lois Lane Spoiler

‘Man of Steel’ Lois Lane Spoiler
FilmoFilia

SPOILER ALERT!

Now, some new evidence surfaced, which gives us a hint in regard to which direction his film is headed.

According to comicbook.com, a few props from the Man of Steel set have appeared on online auctions, and while most of the Lois Lane items include nonimportant items like pens, a pad and straws, it also includes one POTENTIAL SPOILER item: a faux diamond wedding ring.

So there you go. Who knows what’s going on with Snyder and Nolan being secretive as they are, but we’ll find out soon enough. Well, the 14th of June to be exact.

Hints about ‘Wreck-it Ralph’ Sequel

Hints about ‘Wreck-it Ralph’ Sequel
Hypable

Our discovery of the Wreck-It Ralph sequel idea being kicked around was unintentionally discovered at first. We had wanted to ask Moore specifically about Ralph’s world and if other Fix It Felix, Jr. arcade games have Ralphs who’s personalities are the same as the character in the movie.

“That is so funny that you ask that,” Moore said with a laugh, “because I was just talking to John C. Reilly [the voice of Ralph] and we were talking about exactly that. Are there other Ralphs? What would happen if another Fix It Felix, Jr. game was plugged in? Are there other Ralphs that are more…

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Remake the Prequels! (Pretty Please!)

Remake the Prequels! (Pretty Please!)
/Film

While George Lucas’ Prequel trilogy — Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Episode II :Attack of the Clones and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith – does have its supporters, I don’t think I’m going to get much argument when I say they were a massive disappointment. The movies are simply not that good. They’re technically impressive, with some great things about each of them, but overall the scripts are a major downgrade from the original trilogy.

How do we make this happen. How do we get the prequels remade properly? Let’s do it!

‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ Cost $185 Million

‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ Cost $185 Million
Entertainment Weekly

The movie, which will be distributed by Warner Bros, was financed for $185 million, according to its production house, New Line, though rumors persist that its budget actually ballooned to at least $200 million due to costly reshoots. (New Line and Warner Bros. — which like Entertainment Weekly, are owned by Time Warner — did not make anyone available for further comment.)

Okay first, what a ghastly sentence. There’s going to be a comma shortage if there are too many more sentences like that written!

But more to the point and topic at hand, $185 Million?!? I’m looking forward to this…

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Analysis of ‘Argo’ and other Oscar wins

Analysis of ‘Argo’ and other Oscar wins
The Playlist

One could suggest that we and other pundits have exhausted the conversation around the 85th Academy Awards. We might not argue with that, but while we’ve had plenty of opportunities to examine the surprisesthe snubs, the show itself, both its best/worst moments and how it can improve, we personally haven’t looked closely at why the outcomes landed where they did (you can see the full list of winners here). And now that the dust has settled, we wanted to analyze why “Argo” won Best Picture and take a general deeper dive into some of the winners.

So, why did the…

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Six Strikes ISP Policy

Six Strikes ISP Policy
Ars Technica

After months of delay, the “Copyright Alert System,” (also known as “six strikes”) is ready for its “implementation phase.” Participating ISPs will be rolling out the system “over the course of the next several days.”

As we’ve reported previously, six strikes was conceived of by Center for Copyright Information (CCI)—an umbrella group representing major ISPs across the US and representatives from the recording and film industries. The group agreed in 2011 to come up with a six-stage warning scheme that would progressively warn—and eventually penalize—alleged online copyright…

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Questions for Jennifer Lawrence

Questions for Jennifer Lawrence

Alright, alright, one more of Jennifer. This one isn’t so much about Lawrence — at least that’s not the reason I’m posting it. I mean, she’s a decent actress and I’m glad she won. But the reason I’m posting this is because, good grief, do these “press people” seriously not have any better questions? I mean really, this is a “go home and write better questions” kind of a deal. I mean, “what was the process of getting ready?” Really? “What happened when you fell?” “What was going through your mind?” Good grief. Ask better questions people, seriously!

Jennifer Lawrence Meets Jack Nicholson

Jennifer Lawrence Meets Jack Nicholson

You know, I don’t go all ga ga over actors and actresses so this is a bit unusual of a thing for me to post, but I do have to just say that Jennifer Lawrence is sort of refreshing in that she seemed so genuinely shocked and surprised by the win and success, despite the fact that she has very well proven what a good actress is. There’s still plenty of time for her to be corrupted by Hollywood at 22 years old, but for now, she seems like such a decent person.

Iran Says ‘Argo’ Politically Motivated

Iran Says ‘Argo’ Politically Motivated
Entertainment Weekly

Iran’s state TV dismissed the Oscar-winning film Argo on Monday as an “advertisement for the CIA” and some Iranians called the award a political statement by America for its unflattering portrayal of the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Well of course they say that.

And while Argo has not appeared in any Iranian cinema, there has been no shortage of buzz from those who saw the movie through bootleg DVD networks.

The discussions over Argo in Iran have often pried open a generational divide: Iranians who took part in the 1979 Islamic Revolution picking apart the portrayals…

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