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The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones Latest Trailer Delivers More Of The Same
5 hours ago
Video: Exclusive Trailer: The Mortal Instruments When it comes to cinematic adaptations of young adult novels, it.s always clear that the main audience is the largely teenaged crowd who spends more of their social time at the movies than adults do. And so whenever I watch a trailer for one, I mentally and metaphorically put myself inside of a teenager.s shoes and question whether or not I would have gone to see the movie in my more naïve youth. And when it comes to the above MSN Video trailer for Harald Zwart.s The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - based on the best-selling book series by Cassandra Clare . I cannot even imagine going to see this, even if it meant automatic carnal knowledge with the female of my choosing. I really don.t know what this movie is doing; but it.s not for me specifically, »
Man Of Steel Easter Eggs You Might Have Missed Point To Supergirl, Cyborg And More
9 hours ago
As what writer David S. Goyer refers to as the "0 issue" of the DC cinematic universe, Man of Steel has a lot of work to do not only to re-establish the origin of Superman, but get viewers interested in an entirely new universe of superheroes to rival Marvel's The Avengers. And Goyer hasn't been shy about dropping hints about how that scene-setting is taking place, how Superman inspires Bruce Wayne to become Batman and how Lex Luthor exists in the universe too. Eric already covered some of the Easter eggs you can find in Man of Steel, including logos for LexCorp and Wayne Industries. But did you know that there are a bunch of other, much subtler DC Universe shout-outs in there? Slashfilm did some impressive digging to find mentions to more obscure characters like Cyborg and Supergirl, and one blatant reference to an extremely deep DC Comics cut-- a »
Amazing Spider-Man Sequels Set 2016 And 2018 Release Dates
10 hours ago
Sony spent a long time trying to wrangle Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire back for a Spider-Man 4, getting as far as casting a villain and planning a release date before finally giving up and going for the reboot. That reboot turned out to be The Amazing Spider-Man, a pretty good if familiar riff on the character. And when it comes time to getting a fourth installment of that franchise, Sony is taking no chances. The studio announced today that they've locked down the release dates for not only the third Amazing Spider-Man movie, but the fourth one. According to they've laid claim to June 10, 2016 for the third movie, and May 4, 2018 for the fourth one. The Amazing Spider-Man 2, of course, is already set for May 2, 2014. Unlike Marvel, which locked down the first weekend in May for all Iron Man movies and both Avengers team-ups, Sony is hopscotching Spidey all over »
Maybe M. Night Shyamalan Didn't Write She's All That After All
11 hours ago
While the world was happily shrugging off the memory of After Earth and its weak box office, director M. Night Shyamalan managed to drum up a whole lot of attention by bringing up a movie that's nearly 15 years old. Did you know that, before The Sixth Sense made him famous, he ghost wrote She's All That? Yeah, it was news to us too-- and apparently to She's All That's credited screenwriter R. Lee Fleming, Jr. In a tweet that's since been deleted, Fleming replied to a fan's inquiry about Shyamalan's claims by saying "Only in his mind, James." Fleming is in fact the credited writer on She's All That's IMDb page, and Salon did enough digging into Fleming's social media presence to convince themselves that the account is legit. Attempting to follow the story any further, though, led them to a dead end-- talent agents either avoided them »
Superman Comic Writer Hates Man Of Steel, And Here's Why
12 hours ago
Despite what many people think, movie critics don't typically go to a movie hoping to hate it. We sit in the dark, maybe with notebooks out, but rarely with figurative knives out. We're there in that theater because we love movies. Love them enough to make our life's work discussing them day in and day out. Still, when critics don.t like a movie, we're decried for being smug, esoteric party-poopers who don't know how to enjoy anything. The wrath from the movie-going public is especially boisterous when critics dislike a tent pole release. This week, critics found themselves divided on Zack Snyder's Superman reboot Man of Steel. At present the pic has a 56% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Here at Cinema Blend, Eric praised the action-adventure, giving it four stars in his review. On the other hand, the closest I chose to come to reviewing it was this tweet: »
Documentary Inside Jaws Offers New Behind-The-Scenes Info And All For Free
14 hours ago
As a blogger/film critic, a common question I get asked at social gatherings is "What's your favorite movie?" It's a inquiry I've grown so accustomed to that I have the tendency to blurt out Jaws before the asker has even completed the sentence. Yes, Jaws. Always and forever Jaws. It's a movie I've seen more than probably any other. I vividly remember the cold sweat that overtook me when I first watched it surrounded by older, eager friends as a kid, curled up on a carpeted living room floor I'm fairly certain I left claw marks in. Steven Spielberg's Jaws not only instilled in me a love of horror movies (and a deep fear of the ocean) but also continues to thrill me every single time I watch it. It just never gets old. And the lush release of its Blu-ray last year offered fans of the groundbreaking »
Can Man Of Steel 2 Really Open In 2014?
15 hours ago
As if a sequel to Zack Snyder.s Man of Steel was ever in doubt, the blockbuster.s performance over the weekend solidified Warner Bros. (easy) decision to move forward with more Superman movies and, probably, a Justice League of America film. Snyder.s Man earned a stellar $125 million since opening on Thursday evening, setting a new record for a June opening . besting the $110M earned by Pixar Animation Studio.s Toy Story 3 back in 2010. Now we.re hearing that Warner wants a Man of Steel sequel on the fast track . though you still might be surprised at just how fast the studio is hoping to respond. If you can believe a Wall Street Journal story that broke Sunday evening, Warner is hoping that Snyder and his screenwriter, David S. Goyer, can get Man of Steel 2 in theaters in 2014. As in .next year.. Which is insane. The site quotes »
The Wolf Of Wall Street Trailer In 12 Weird, Wonderful GIFs
15 hours ago
By now you've hopefully watched the brand new trailer for Martin Scorsese's Wolf of Wall Street, which arrived this morning and somehow managed to increase the hype around Kanye West's album even more. If you didn't catch it, though, here's one more chance: Surely you've noticed that there's an insanely high number of big, hilarious moments that are just dying to be animated, from Leonardo DiCaprio's many wild facial expressions to Matthew McConaughey being himself to Jonah Hill attempting (gulp) to eat a goldfish. Because this is the Internet, we are of course going to oblige. It's Gif recap time, everybody! DiCaprio enters a room like a titan of industry, and why not? He's made $49 million and he's only 26. Just look at that face. This is a guy who knows what he's worth. Then again, he could really stand to value a complete breakfast-- and what's undoubtedly »
Matthew Goode Joins Benedict Cumberbatch For Alan Turing Biopic
15 hours ago
English-actor Matthew Goode is best-known Stateside for his performance in the polarizing superhero drama Watchmen, a role he knows many out there hate him for. But fans of thrillers got to see a new side to Goode when he co-starred in Park Chan-wook's challenging English-language debut Stoker. The film that showed him playing a deceitful uncle with dark drives divided critics (though we here adored it), but it may have been just the edgy, eye-catching performance Goode needed to get noticed for a certain promising in-development drama. The Imitation Game is a proposed biopic about famous mathematician Alan Turing, and its been earning buzz since 2011, when its screenplay by Graham Moore scored a coveted spot on the Black List, a collection of the most raved about screenplays Hollywood hasn't yet produced. But it's 2013, and The Imitation Game is finally gaining steam. Celebrated Headhunters director Morten Tyldum has been hired to »
Superman And Batman Finally Share The Screen In Man Of Steel Porn Parody Trailer
15 hours ago
I guess when you name your movie Man of Steel, you are practically begging for satirists to create a porn parody about your film. All you can do is hope that it.s semi-witty, so that it doesn.t damage too badly the overall opinion of your actual movie . because linking one.s film to a blatantly bad porn-spoof title . from Pulp Friction to Forrest Hump -- can be a kiss of death. Axel Braun is an .acclaimed. director who specializes in these types of porn parodies. The aptly titled Ryan Driller plays Clark Kent and his muscle-bound alter ego, Superman in Man of Steel XXX. The plot involves a Superman clone and . nevermind. I won.t waste any additional time on the plot of an adult movie. The above clip was shared via Blastr, and it.s actually Safe For Work, no matter where you.re employed. I.ll »
Watch Classic Disney Songs Performed In The 'Original' Language
16 hours ago
Walt Disney Studios has built their expansive empire of family-friendly entertainment on the backs of fairy tales and other beloved folklore. For generations now Walt Disney's crack team of imaginative animators and writers have drawn awe-inspiring worlds filled with colorful characters and sanded away the roughest, scariest edges of old world tales to make them fit for the popcorn-craving masses. As a result, children all around the world know the basic plots of Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty. Moreover, kids everywhere can recite from memory whole scenes of their favorite Disney movie, or sing their favorite Disney song on a loop. For hours. On end. Without rest or mercy. Of course, depending on where in the world they are, the song might sound a bit different. The Fw has put together a collection of classic Disney songs overdubbed by the language from which their fairy »
Watch Biaggio Of The Kings Of Summer Share Some Wisdom
17 hours ago
There's no doubt, critics adore The Kings of Summer. The feature directorial debut of Jordan Vogt-Roberts premiered at Sundance last January. There and then it was called Toy's House, and beyond reminding audiences huddled in the cold of Park City, Utah of the joys of summer, the lively coming-of-age comedy also won over critics and raked in rave reviews. It's limited theatrical release on May 31st triggered a new slew of reviews that proudly proclaimed there's loads to love about The Kings of Summer. A blurb from my five-star review was recently featured on the film's facebook page: Obviously, I'm a fan. The narrative that follows three boys who run away from home one summer to build their own house in the woods is one that feels familiar yet fresh. Within the clunky walls of their woodland retreat, they make the rules. And following their adventure, adults are reminded of »
Tony Danza Drops The F-Bomb In Don Jon Clip
23 hours ago
Even though this clip doesn.t contain any of the pornography the film has been known for, it.s still Nsfw due to Tony Danza.s F-bomb. When the first trailer premiered last month for Joseph Gordon-Levitt.s writing/directing debut Don Jon, it was both awesome and ridiculous, but the thick Jersey accents threw me for a loop, and I couldn.t figure out which adjective described it better. HitRecord released the first clip from the film, and I.m left with the same feeling. Perhaps within the plot of the film, Don Jon (Gordon-Levitt) introducing Barbara (Scarlett Johansson) to his parents Jon Sr. (Danza) and Angela (Glenne Headly) is a really big deal and plays out in an interesting way. But here in clip form, it.s almost sitcomish, with Danza as the somewhat oafish father who doesn.t care about anything unless it has a nice pair »
Martin Scorsese's The Wolf Of Wall Street Debuts Insane, Brilliant First Trailer
16 June 2013 11:25 PM, PDT
One of the keys to Martin Scorsese's longevity as a filmmaker - beyond the fact that he is an absolute, unquestionable genius - is the fact that he's always been able to surprise us. Over the course of his 40 year-plus career he's told the stories of both gangsters and Jesus Christ. He's made us laugh with movies like The King of Comedy and thoroughly shocked us with movies like Raging Bull and Taxi Driver. He is the filmmaker who made both Hugo and The Departed. We'll always be in line when a new Scorsese movie comes out, but after watching the first trailer for The Wolf of Wall Street I'm ready to start standing in line now...and the movie doesn't come out until November. I'm not entirely sure what I expected from Scorsese with this project, but it looks as though he's created something ridiculously explosive and stylish. »
Weekend Box Office: Man of Steel Flies High, Snags Biggest June Opening Ever
16 June 2013 8:04 PM, PDT
After an incredibly successful marketing campaign that's been generating all the right kinds of excitement for months, Man of Steel finally flew into theaters this weekend, dominating the box office and breaking the record for the highest ever opening in the month of June. With $113 million, the second attempt at a reboot of the Superman film franchise easily captured the top spot over the weekend, but fell well short of this year's biggest opening: Iron Man 3's $174 million debut. While the DC comic hero couldn't stand up against the Marvel cash cow, he did better than the last debacle of a Superman relaunch. Superman Returns only banked $52 million on its first regular three day weekend back in the summer of 2006. Opening a little ahead of the weekend, Man of Steel's domestic total now sits at $125 million. While sales are likely to stay solid, the movie has a long »
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