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15 items from 2012
HeyUGuys Featured Podcast – No, Seriously It’s Awesome Episode One – Eurotrip
1 June 2012 3:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
HeyUGuys is proud to unveil the first episode of No, Seriously It’S Awesome, the world’s most startlingly unique and exciting film podcast.
And by that we mean it’s semi-original and mildly entertaining.
Look, there are plenty of movie podcasts out there, most of them are just two nerds talking about what was out last week. There’s nothing wrong with that, but everyone is talking about the Avengers already. We don’t need another voice telling us how great the Avengers is.
No, Seriously It’s Awesome is about something different. Each episode, your esteemed host Wil Jones will get a special guest to pick a film that they love that either a) everyone else hates, or b) no one else has even heard of, and then discuss the potential merits of said film. It’s about celebrating the unloved children of pop culture, the weird bastard »
- Will Jones
Red Tails Review: Dazzling in the Air, Boring on the Ground
23 May 2012 1:29 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
It may come as no surprise to read that the new film from George Lucas – WWII aerial drama Red Tails – is more sure-footed in the exciting dogfight combat scenes than it is on the tarmac. It sucks when conventional wisdom is proven to be true – it’d have been much more interesting to be able to say that producer Lucas and director Anthony Hemingway have exceeded expectations – but the film is exactly what you’d expect: a mix of amazing CGI planes and the cliche, thinly defined pilots who fly them. There’s the alcoholic one (Nate Parker), the undisciplined but brilliant ace (David Oyelowo), the eager-to-please rookie (Tristan Wilds), and their proud, faultlessly noble superiors (Cuba Gooding, Jr and Terrence Howard), but if you’ve seen a movie before you’ll instantly figure out where all these guys are headed, along with what you’re supposed to think and feel, »
- Robert Beames
What's Next for Marvel After 'The Avengers'?
7 May 2012 11:00 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Given that "The Avengers" is finally in theaters, you might think Marvel has tapped all of its resources at this point. After all, not only does the movie feature solo stars Thor, Iron Man, Captain America and The Incredible Hulk, but the studio has also already collaborated on franchises for "X-Men," "Fantastic Four," "Spider-Man," "Ghost Rider," "Daredevil" and "Blade," among others. What's left?
As it turns out, there's still plenty left in Marvel's vast character library — and with the success of "The Avengers," it's a guarantee you'll be seeing some of them on the big screen sooner rather than later.
Here's our handy guide to the films you'll probably see from Marvel, the films you might see from Marvel and a few films you'll unfortunately never see from Marvel. Enjoy!
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Doctor Strange: Unquestionably the most prominent Marvel superhero who hasn't yet landed his own movie, »
- Scott Harris
100 Facts on Universal Pictures' 100th Birthday
30 April 2012 11:28 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Today marks the 100th birthday of Universal Pictures and to celebrate the studio has released a list of 100 facts based on its first 100 years in existence. I have placed in bold some of the ones I found interesting as well as offered a selection of photo and video accompaniments here and there. 1. Universal Film Manufacturing Company was officially incorporated in New York on April 30, 1912. Company legend says Carl Laemmle was inspired to name his company Universal after seeing "Universal Pipe Fittings" written on a passing delivery wagon. 2. The only physical damage made during the filming of National Lampoon's Animal House was when John Belushi made a hole in the wall with a guitar. The actual Sigma Nu fraternity house (which subbed for the fictitious Delta House) never repaired it, and instead framed the hole in honor of the film. 3. The working title for Et: The Extra Terrestrial was "A Boy's Life. »
- Brad Brevet
Stan Lee talks 'Avengers' "The Amazing Spider-Man" and flawed superheroes
24 April 2012 1:16 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
Comic book icon Stan Lee chatted with Epix Live on April 24 and gives us a look at his history, "The Avengers" and answers fan questions. (Even one from Zap2it!) Lee has a fascinating story and that story is now documented in a film called "With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story."
Stan talks about how he almost quit comics before "The Fantastic Four," his issues with "Howard the Duck" and how technology is finally up to bringing his characters to life. He also admits that he wishes Spider-Man was a part of "The Avengers," though he says you never knows what will happen.
Check out the video below and learn all about Mr. Lee. He teases the future of Marvel and even hints at a female-centered film. Let us know what you think.
Broadcasting live with Ustream »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Disney/Pixar and Marvel Announce A New Howard The Duck Movie
1 April 2012 1:00 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Walt Disney Pictures, in association with Pixar Animation Studios and Marvel Studios, has announced its first major animated venture into the Marvel Universe: Howard the Duck, to be directed by Academy Award-winner Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc. and Up). Michael Chabon (John Carter) and Academy Award-nominee Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3, upcoming Phineas and Ferb) have been hired to write the film. Most fans revile the original 1986 film featuring Lea Thompson and Jeffrey Jones, though this version is said to not have any ties towards it. "If it wasn't for the financial trouble following the aftermath of Howard the Duck, Pixar might never have been sold to Steve Jobs and become what it is today," said Docter. "In that spirit, we feel it's only fitting for us to come back to Howard." Disney notoriously threatened legal action against Marvel for Howard's resemblance to Donald Duck; it seems, after Marvel was bought out by Disney, »
- Zack Parks
Box office disasters: The real lesson of 'John Carter,' and has Eddie Murphy finally run out of words?
14 March 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
The chattering classes of the infotainment-sphere love to kick a movie debacle in the shins. But from the moment that John Carter opened, the perceptions of how big — or maybe not quite so big — a disaster it was were a tad hazy, and they trickled in slowly. A dry dust storm of digital effects, corny fetishized machismo, and bad acting out of the loincloth-and-galactic-tiara school, John Carter, as just about everyone in the solar system had predicted, underperformed in a dramatic way. But was it merely a “disappointment,” or a major flop, or, in fact, a good old-fashioned game-changing heads-will-roll executives-will-commit-seppuku debacle? »
- Owen Gleiberman
Marvel's Stan Lee and Steve Gerber Among Key Influences Of Avengers Director Joss Whedon
6 March 2012 5:13 AM, PST | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
Speaking to SFX Magazine about the people, television shows and characters that influenced him in his career, Joss Whedon "assembled" quite a diverse list. Here's a few excerpts from the feature but I highly, higly recommend that you head over to SFX and go through the whole feature as you'll get a better sense of Whedon's directorial style and what to possibly expect in The Avengers: “I tried to think about people that I haven’t already talked about constantly, because everyone already knows about Charles Dickens and Stan Lee and some of those fellows who were also huge influences on me,” says Whedon. “So I’ve tried to come up with people who you might not be aware of. I do have a few.” Joss Whedon on Steve Gerber and Howard The Duck: “When I opened up my first issue of Howard The Duck, I was already »
For Your Consideration ... Why Is Lea Thompson at the Oscars?
26 February 2012 3:19 PM, PST | TMZ | See recent TMZ news »
For some reason, former "Caroline in the City" star Lea Thompson was one of the first to arrive at the Oscars today.Perhaps she is getting an honorary Academy Award for her stellar work in "Howard the Duck."Whatever the reason, it's some kind of wonderful. Read more »
- TMZ Staff
Image Conscious: A conversation with visual effects supervisor Phil Tippett
4 February 2012 5:24 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Trevor Hogg chats with Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor Phil Tippett...
“In those days very few people were doing visual effects and it was difficult to find work,” recalls American Visual Effects Supervisor Phil Tippett. “Ray Harryhausen [The Golden Voyage of Sinbad] would do his kind of shows, and every once and a while somebody would do a fantasy or space movie. But generally, studios had disbanded a lot of their visual effects departments. There weren’t that many stop-motion animators so they didn’t do it.” The attitude changed with the arrival of filmmakers George Lucas (American Graffiti) and Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters of the Third Kind). “George and Steven were big fans of the same kinds of movies that we liked and embraced the technology; they had the resources that allowed us to pushed things farther.”
After joining Industrial Light & Magic, Phil Tippett contributed to the scene in the original Star Wars (1977) where »
- flickeringmyth
Fringe Season 4 Episode 10 'Forced Perspective' Review
3 February 2012 4:40 PM, PST | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Fringe follows up an intense full episode reintroduction of a long-remembered villain with what on the surface appears to be a cheap knockoff mash-up of Final Destination and a second-rate Anime flick. In comic book terms, it's akin to discovering Xorn is Magneto and then the next issue transitions to Howard the Duck.
In Fringe, everything is not always what it seems. 'Forced Perspective' proves this - again - by delivering a decent episode despite its dubious and potentially toxic setup.
Emily is a very young girl with the creepy ability to sketch out people's deaths that she sees through premonition visions. She suffers from the kind of conflict that you would expect someone in her situation would suffer from: questioning God, their place in the Universe, causality, etc.
The first death see her prophesizes on-camera is one of a complete and total jerk, so it's kind of hard to root against his impending doom. »
George Lucas: One (mega) hit wonder?
25 January 2012 6:45 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
It’s a phrase out of the music industry: one-hit wonders. Those bands that come out of nowhere, hit the top of the charts with a catchy – maybe even impressive – single, or have one chart-topping album, and then never seem to be able to hit that sweet spot again. Anybody remember Boston’s second album? Another hit single after “96 Tears” from Jay and the Mysterians?
But they’re not alone. There’s not an area of entertainment where the phenomenon doesn’t exist. Rod Serling never topped The Twilight Zone, and Chris Carter never came up with another series as good as The X Files. Fitzgerald wrote a lot of impressive stuff, but never matched The Great Gatsby, and drank himself to death over it (well, Zelda being crazy didn’t help). Michael Cimino copped an Oscar for The Deer Hunter (1978), and then began a long, spectacular flameout.
It happens. »
- Bill Mesce
Is Lana Del Rey Already The Most Controversial Figure Of 2012?
19 January 2012 11:22 AM, PST | BestWeekEver | See recent BestWeekEver news »
I didn’t know much about Lana Del Rey (birth name Elizabeth Grant, to wealthy parents, not that it matters, but *knowing look*) before her much-debated SNL performance last weekend, other than seeing my “hipper” friends tweeting about her here and there. So I took a listen to some of her songs on Youtube pre-performance, some of which have garnered over 12 million views. So I was truly one of your own parents when I watched on Sunday morning (this is a lie to make you think I went out on Saturday night), fresh-brained, no judgements, ready to decide if Lana was an artist I was ready to let into my heart. And we all know what happened. I sort of knew what was coming based on my Twitter feed. “She bombed!” “She sucked!” “Lana Del Bad!” (Nobody said that.) If I may be honest, I actually didn’t think she was That bad. »
- Michelle Collins
George Lucas Set to Retire After Red Tails
18 January 2012 6:16 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
After Howard the Duck and Radioland Murders, you'd have thought George Lucas would have thrown in the towel by now. But no, he trudged forward to make three of the most derided films in history with Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Even with all the negativity and hatred aimed at his head, he continued to move forward, producing and co-directing Red Tails. Which has not yet been screened for critics.
It is Red Tails that has done the man in. As the film prepares for its release this weekend to little fanfare, the director has decided to call it quits. Yes, George Lucas has announced that he is retiring. And that's one way to get some focus on this historically important film.
This is what he had to say. »
- MovieWeb
George Lucas to retire from big film making, rules out more Star Wars films
17 January 2012 11:21 PM, PST | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
George Lucas is bowing out of blockbuster film making, not making any more Star Wars films, and has been chatting about nuking the fridge, too...
If news filtered through of a movie director who made some astounding films in the 70s declaring that they were hanging up their megaphone, then you’d suspect they might get a sympathetic hearing, and a degree of appreciation for their work.
It'll be interesting to see what happens in the case of George Lucas,
In a new interview with the New York Times, ahead of the Us release of his next project, Red Tails, George Lucas has said “I’m retiring”. He added that “I’m moving away from the business, from the company, from all this kind of stuff”.
Appreciating that the Star Wars prequel trilogy has left a bit of a sour taste, as has the continual tinkering with the films themselves, »
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