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Heroes Season 4, Episode 8 Review: Once Upon a Time in Texas
9 hours ago
One of the most compelling storylines from the first season of Heroes was the ill-fated romance between time-traveling Hiro and waitress Charlie (Jayma Mays, Glee). This week's episode "Once Upon a Time in Texas" revisits that storyline in what could be considered a risky move; after all, a poor effort could tarnish a beloved episode or risk drawing unfavorable comparisons between seasons one and four.
The episode begins with Hiro traveling back in time three years to the Burnt Toast Café in Odessa, Texas to try to save Charlie's life. Arriving on the day on which Sylar should murder her, he enters the café where he watches Sylar talk with her about her total recall ability.
Lurking in the background is Samuel, who has traveled back in time to attempt to recruit Hiro to his 'family' of carnies. Realizing what Hiro intends to do, Samuel asks him if he understands »
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Season One Blu-ray Review
15 hours ago
As the Star Wars prequel trilogy unfolded it became painfully clear that the Clone Wars emotionally alluded to by Ben Kenobi in A New Hope would not be the focus. The narrative chosen by George Lucas was a major blow to scores of adults who waited decades to see insinuated epic battles unfold only to be given glimpses of a galaxy-wide war through a short montage of Jedi being purged and a blink-and-you'll-miss-it skirmish pitting Wookies and Clones against droids.
The exclusion of the Clone Wars in the Star Wars prequels opened the door for spin-off alternative forms of entertainment to delve deeper into the world of Clones, Jedi, politics and the Separatist forces. After a short test of anime-influenced Clone Wars shorts on the Cartoon Network, LucasFilm embarked on a new CGI animated show that will cover the Clone Wars slipped over between episodes II and III of the live-action films. »
See a New Volturi Twilight Featurette
18 hours ago
The Twilight Saga: New Moon is ramping up over at MySpace with the addition of a new Volturi themed featurette that compliments last week's similar piece on the Wolf Pack.
This time we get to see Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Michael Sheen, Christopher Heyerdahl, Jamie Campbell Bower, Cameron Bright and even Stephanie Meyer chime in on the Volturi. Robert gets smacked around as his fight scene inside the Volturi lair is broken down. No Taylor Lautner for a welcome change.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon prepares to hit theaters on November 20. Ironically, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse wrapped principal photography just last week.
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Weekend Box Office Predictions Game: A Scrooge and Goats
18 hours ago
The Prophet is looking to get back on track after a pitiful showing the last two weeks of the Weekend Box Office Prophet game.
Whereas last weekend saw Michael Jackson's This Is It as the lone new wide release film, this upcoming weekend sees four new films attempt to dethrone the King of Pop. The likely candidate to win is Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas with 3D support and the highest screen count. Other newcomers include The Box with Cameron Diaz and James Marsden, The Fourth Kind with Milla Jovovich, and The Men Who Stare at Goats with George Clooney, Jeff Bridges and Ewan McGregor looking for laughs.
The objective of the Weekend Box Office game is twofold. You will predict the weekend box office gross for five films and try to be the closest of everyone playing. If you are, then you are hoping the cumulative score of »
Cliffhanger and Last Action Hero Coming to Blu-ray
21 hours ago
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment are bringing Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger to Blu-ray Disc on January 12 with the release of Cliffhanger and Last Action Hero.
Each film will be offered in its original aspect ratio at 1080p resolution wtih 5.1 DTS-hd Master Audio.
Last Action Hero will be bare bones save for Sony's movieIQ Bd-Live feature that will also appear on Cliffhanger. Sly's mountainous adventure will also come packed with a slew of additional bonus features.
Commentary with Director Renny Harlin and Sylvester Stallone Technical Crew Commentary A Personal Introduction from Renny Harlin Deleted Scenes Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger Special Effects Featurettes Storyboard Comparisons Original Theatrical Trailer Introduction to the Deleted Scenes with Renny Harlin
Each title carries an Srp of $24.95 with cover art expected to be available soon.
Click here to pre-order Cliffhanger on Blu-ray for $17.49 at Amazon.com.
Click here to pre-order Last Action Hero on Blu-ray for $17.49 at Amazon. »
DVD Giveaway: Vegas Season 1 Volume 1
21 hours ago
Now available from CBS Home Entertainment is Vegas: Season 1 Volume 1 on DVD. The classic 1978 television showed starred Tony Curtis, Greg Morris, Bart Braverman, Phyllis Davis, Judy Landers, Naomi Stevens and Robert Urich.
For a chance to win one set of Vegas: Season 1 Volume 1 on DVD that is up for grabs in this contest, send in the completed entry form below. You can also return any or every day the contest is active to enter again and increase the odds of winning each time.
In this popular series, handsome, fun loving, private eye, Dan Tanna, drives around Las Vegas in his vintage Thunderbird solving private cases but is also on retainer to a wealthy casino owner to keep crime out of his hotels. He is helped by his smart and sexy assistant, a sexy and not too smart chorus girl who takes messages for him, and his enthusiastic, yet inept, legman. »
Weekend Box Office Prophet Game Results: October 30 - November 1
2 November 2009 7:24 PM, PST
The Prophet made two critical errors in this past round of the Weekend Box Office Prophet game that cost him dearly.
First, he did not believe Michael Jackson fans would have shown up in force for the Wednesday and Thursday showings. They did, and it had a negative effect on the weekend as many had already seen the film. Second, he forgot about a little celebration called Halloween which kept many from theaters in favor of parties and trick-or-treating.
The results was the Prophet missing Michael Jackson's This Is It by an astronomical $28 million en route to his worst finish yet. Even though the Prophet was closer to Saw VI, Law Abiding Citizen and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant than the average player score which normally means no prize, a prize will still be awarded to Beefncheddar for placing first in their second round participating and for the Prophet's abysmal overall performance. »
See the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Trailer with HD Link
2 November 2009 6:50 PM, PST
The first theatrical trailer for Jerry Bruckheimer's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time film has been released in a tidal wave of CGI sand and elaborate special effects befitting the Ubisoft video game series from which the film draws inspiration.
In the film, a rogue prince played by Jake Gyllenhaal and a mysterious princess played by Gemma Arterton are tasked to carry a sacred dagger with the power to reverse time to its resting place before the forces of evil acquire it for their own nefarious intentions.
Prince of Persia is directed by Mike Newell of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire fame and co-stars Alfred Molina and Ben Kingsley. Look for it to help kick-off the 2010 summer movie blockbuster season and hope to reverse the trend of bad video game-to-film adaptations on May 28.
View the trailer in high definition at MySpace's Trailer Park. »
See the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Traile with HD Link
2 November 2009 6:01 PM, PST
The first theatrical trailer for Jerry Bruckheimer's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time film has been released in a tidal wave of CGI sand and elaborate special effects befitting the Ubisoft video game series from which the film draws inspiration.
In the film, a rogue prince played by Jake Gyllenhaal and a mysterious princess played by Gemma Arterton are tasked to carry a sacred dagger with the power to reverse time to its resting place before the forces of evil acquire it for their own nefarious intentions.
Prince of Persia is directed by Mike Newell of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire fame and co-stars Alfred Molina and Ben Kingsley. Look for it to help kick-off the 2010 summer movie blockbuster season and hope to reverse the trend of bad video game-to-film adaptations on May 28.
View the trailer in high definition at MySpace's Trailer Park. »
Terminator Franchise On The Block
2 November 2009 9:41 AM, PST
The future is not set for the Terminator franchise but its fate may soon be decided.
According to an article at the Financial Times, Fti Captial Advisors will be auctioning off the rights to all future Terminator movie and television projects to the highest bidder. This would potentially include a sequel to Terminator Salvation which the winner would be vesting an interest in with the purchase.
Sony Pictures and Summit Entertainment are said to have expressed interest in snatching up Terminator on the cheap. Summit in particular is bathing in Twilight cash and adding the Terminator brand to its stable would help solidify its future past the Twilight years.
This news comes as Warner Home Video prepares to release Terminator Salvation on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, the latter with 3 additional minutes of footage not seen in theaters. »
Wings of Desire: Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
2 November 2009 7:16 AM, PST
Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) centers around two guardian angels, Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander). The duo .alongside other angels- act as witnesses to all that takes place around them on Earth (the streets of 1987 West Berlin, to be precise). Moving invisibly through the haunted city, they observe, collect and share people's thoughts, dreams, memories and fears with each other. After an eternity of observing, Damiel begins to ponder the possibility of becoming mortal, and when he encounters and falls for a lonely trapeze artist named Marion (Solveig Dommartin), he decides to take the plunge and become human.
Until Damiel makes that leap, nearly two-thirds into the movie's 127-minute running time, there really isn't much of a structured plot to speak of in Wings of Desire. The film is more of a reflection on the human condition, expressed through a series of sequences of inner monologues. »
Smokin' Aces Targets Blu-ray
2 November 2009 6:41 AM, PST
Universal Studios Home Entertainment has quickly followed up their announce of Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball on Blu-ray with news the original Smokin' Aces starring Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Peter Berg, Jeremy Piven, Ben Affleck, Alex Rocco, Common, Alicia Keys, Chris Pine and many others will join it in high definition on the same January 19 release date.
Smokin' Aces was previously released on HD DVD but will see an upgrade on Blu-ray. Audio will be bumped up to 5.1 DTS-hd Master Audio, D-box Motion Code will be included, and there will be Bd-Live bookmarking and a news ticker on the main menu screen.
Other bonus features complimenting the 2.35:1 framed 1080p transfer include the following.
U Control - Picture in Picture U Control - Assassin Tracker (Picture in Picture) One Smoking Camera Lock, Stock and Two F**cking Barrels Bd-Live
Look for Smokin' Aces on Blu-ray pre-order information to be added as soon as Amazon. »
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