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19 items from 2012
Ru? Instant Reaction Review Podcast Ep. 10 – Men In Black 3
31 May 2012 8:27 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
This week we were surprised and disappointed by Men in Black 3. Not that we had the greatest expectations for the film, but we did expect to have a bit of fun. Shane opens the discussion by calling it, “a train wreck,” and while I was a little more positive about the film, we ended up with similar ratings.
Tommy Lee Jones (left) and Will Smith star in Columbia Pictures' Men In Black 3.
We did both find some positives in the film, but while that led to my being confused, it seemed to irritate Shane all the more. Josh Brolin was great, and certain scenes worked well, but the final result was a mess that showed how rushed things were during filming.
The first 20 minutes were painful to sit through, and the rest never came together. It’s an odd film to label “boring,” but that’s exactly what it is. »
- Marc Eastman
Ru? Instant Reaction Review Podcast Ep. 9 – The Dictator And Battleship
24 May 2012 6:20 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
This week was full of surprises. Shane and I reviewed The Dictator, and we were both sorely disappointed. It turns out that making scripted material work just isn’t Sacha Baron Cohen‘s game, and we think we know why. There were a few spots that worked, but the laughs were very few and very far between, and even that doesn’t give the full picture, because there were so many horribly unfunny moments that just wouldn’t end.
We played a couple of bites from an interview with Sir Ben Kingsley, and ended up using them as jumping off points for more discussion than we anticipated, largely because he was saying such positive things… which confused us, and demanded that we try to make sense of them.
We were also surprised when it came time for Are You Screening? writer Christopher Lominac to call in and give us his take on Battleship, »
- Marc Eastman
Ru? Instant Reaction Review Podcast Ep. 8 – Dark Shadows
17 May 2012 8:21 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
This week we took a look at Dark Shadows, and it was a great example of how much movies can surprise you, no matter how many you see. At least, it was for me.
It started off great, and we both liked where things were going for quite a while, and then it became a truly bizarre and horrible mess. I think I even liked it more than Shane to kick off, and I was certainly thrown off even more by what it turned into.
It spun into an interesting conversation though, because we had to go back to our theories of ratings. Shane didn’t think that craziness took quite as much away from the overall film as I did, so it didn’t bring his rating down as much. To be honest, I’m still torn, because I liked it so much… and then hated it so much. »
- Marc Eastman
Event Report: RoboCop: 25th Anniversary Screening
14 May 2012 4:31 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
The mid-1980s and early 1990s were a big time for the film industry in Dallas, TX. I would say it was the most prosperous in the city’s history. The Studios at Las Colinas were booming with business from movie productions like Silkwood, Talk Radio, and more.
One of the biggest and most celebrated films to come out of the Dallas area during this period was Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop.
The Dallas International Film Festival (Diff) used their 2012 event as the perfect time to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of RoboCop. The celebration took place at the historic Texas Theatre where police caught Lee Harvey Oswald after the JFK shooting. The establishment now features some first run screenings but focuses on independent projects, special events, and revivals of old movies.
A red carpet walk by members of the cast and crew of the movie kicked off the event. »
- Eric Shirey
Ru? Instant Reaction Review Podcast Ep.7 – The Avengers
7 May 2012 8:48 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
This week we obviously took on The Avengers, and we pretty much got what we expected out of the film, though I was a bit more nervous going in than my co-host @Shane_Leonard. I mentioned when kicking off the show that this was our first “useless review,” being that everyone is going to see it, and we aren’t going to convince anybody one way or the other, but readers here will know that I don’t exactly mean that. Hopefully, there is as much interest in what the show has to offer even if you’ve already seen whatever film we’re discussing.
Given that we both liked the film, and it’s already the biggest thing ever, we ended up moving through the film in a way that was rather different than the norm. Plus, being that it’s a big, summer adventure, the dissection avenue only »
- Marc Eastman
Friday updates: previews, new projects and interviews
4 May 2012 6:01 PM, PDT | CapricaTV | See recent CapricaTV news »
The usual Friday round, with more updates coming later this weekend.
Mary McDonnell has joined both Twitter and Facebook this week. Hit the links to follow her.
If IMDb is anything to go by, Hiro Kanagawa makes an appearance in tonight's episode of Fairly Legal, "Ripple of Hope." He will also be appearing in Robert Redford's upcoming thriller The Company You Keep, as "FBI Agent Kanagawa."
Deadline reported this week that Grimm writers are already working on the show's second season, which might be premiering sooner than expected, in August. Here is the synopsis for tonight's episode:
Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) are called to investigate the mysterious death of a wealthy matriarch, after her stepdaughter loses everything in a Ponzi scheme. Meanwhile, Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) does some digging into the mysterious death of Nick’s parents in an effort to help him find closure. Silas Weir Mitchell, »
- fanshawe
Ru? Instant Reaction Review Podcast Ep. 6 – The Raven
30 April 2012 9:17 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
We were back to film reviews this week, and we took on The Raven. Before going into the show at all, I want to make sure I mention the forums that are now available on the site. One of the main reasons I opened them was because I got some emails from listeners who wanted an opportunity to give us their thoughts prior to the show.
We know that a lot of you aren’t available to listen to the show, or, let’s be honest, aren’t especially interested in listening to it live anyway, but may have something to offer us by way of comment or question, and we’d love to hear from you, and have you add to our conversation. The forums will have a topic devoted to the upcoming show, and we hope you’ll take advantage.
We also have a contest related to this show, »
- Marc Eastman
Ru? Instant Reaction Review Podcast Ep. 5 – Rating Theory And Preview Of Upcoming Shows
24 April 2012 12:27 PM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
This week we took a break from actually doing the job we set out to do, because we thought we better do a little housekeeping. Actually, we thought it made sense to give some idea how we come up with ratings, because we have somewhat differing views, and noticed that the subject came up a lot during our review shows.
We figured, if we don’t set the stage, then each review show gets eaten up, at least to some degree, by taking the time to say a lot of things we ought to just get out of the way. This way, in the future, we can just point you to this episode.
We obviously covered a lot of stuff that has to do with our personal theories on movie criticism, and/or the theories we subscribe to, and we compared our views with those of other critics, especially Roger Ebert, »
- Marc Eastman
Ru? Instant Reaction Review Podcast Episode 4 – The Cabin In The Woods
15 April 2012 2:04 PM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
This week was a lot of fun, and love or hate The Cabin in the Woods, it’s something worthy of talking about for quite a while.
I found it very surprising that I ended up rating this one higher than co-host @Shane_Leonard, although I don’t like the way that sounds.
For all that many out there might see this just as goofy horror movie, we manage to pick out a lot of interesting things to talk about. Those in the know are aware that this is something of a meta-film, but even beyond that there are a lot of nice touches Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard threw into this film, which made it more (and perhaps less) than just another screwball horror movie about attractive people in the woods.
We’re also led down the road of rating systems, movies that are difficult to talk about without “spoiling” them, »
- Marc Eastman
Savages: They Are Still Letting Oliver Stone Make Movies; Proof Below
10 April 2012 6:47 AM, PDT | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
I wasn’t hot to sound off on the career of Oliver Stone, but with the impending release of his latest picture, Savages, I’ve been given a reason to, so I will.
I’m essentially a child of the ’80s, so the seminal period of Stone’s filmography is right in my wheelhouse. The career of Oliver Stone can be broken up pretty easily into two distinct chapters. In the first chapter, Stone is a left-leaning, socially conscious artiste, pushing the boundaries of cinema verite whilst packing something of an agenda under his black blazer. In the second chapter, Stone is a tone-deaf Hollywood hack gun-for-hire willing to cash in on anything he can get his hands on, including his own previous work.
Stone came out of the gate strong in 1986 with a small picture called Salvador, which starred James Woods, then promptly exploded with Platoon, at the time »
- Josh Converse
Wrath Of The Titans Movie Review
9 April 2012 4:17 PM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
A film that will surely inspire all-comers to brand it “summer,” Wrath of the Titans is a film with delusions of grandeur so far out of touch with reality, that it almost seems not even to think itself a film, nevermind the fantastic regard it has for itself as one.
Built from nothing beyond the fact that every film that turns a profit must have a sequel, this is a film that drags and struggles its way through its inept plot in a way that makes Hercules’ labors look like a Sunday picnic.
This time around we find Perseus living the simple life of a fisherman with his son, when he is visited by Zeus, who tells him that the time of Gods is coming to an end. People don’t pray to them anymore, and that means they are losing their power. While Perseus actually finds this a good thing, »
- Marc Eastman
Ru? Instant Reaction Review Podcast Episode 3 – American Reunion
9 April 2012 12:41 PM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
This week was a tricky one, but we toughed it out. In the end, @Shane_Leonard was a lot more lenient than I was, rating the film at just below average. I was thoroughly disappointed, but at least got to be amazed that we could talk for an hour about the film.
Sure, Shane predicted the upcoming American Pie: The Funeral, so keep your ears out for hints that someone picked up that idea, but I wasn’t even amused enough to spin such yarns.
We mostly found ourselves talking about the ways in which the film irritatingly failed, threw out theories on how it may have come about, and wondered why this couldn’t have been developed into something more solid generally, and something that was actually funny.
And, we go on a bit about how irritating it is that they tried to make Alyson Hannigan unattractive for much of the film, »
- Marc Eastman
Ru? Instant Reaction Review Episode 2 – Wrath Of The Titans
4 April 2012 2:11 PM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
So, some of you voted, and it turned out that we were thus forced to watch Wrath of the Titans.
As I mentioned last week, we went ahead and made the show an hour long. Unfortunately, a few minor glitches in the general world of life meant that the timing of the show got a bit thrown, so I’m not surprised we didn’t get a lot of live listeners… well, especially considering I changed the timing twice, once right before it was going to start.
At any rate, next week we’ll be covering American Reunion, so keep an ear open for the exact date and time.
To give you a little intro into things, I found the movie extremely irritating, and Shane didn’t exactly love it either.
Given that, “I hated this,” does not an hour radio show make, we waxed poetic on the failings of the over-the-top effects, »
- Marc Eastman
'Dancing With the Stars': Week 3 is liiiiiiiiiiiiive!
2 April 2012 5:00 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Update: Annie’s recap is live.
Welcome to the third liiiiiiiiiiiiiive performance show of season 14!
Cheryl Burke and spicy filet of man William Levy (pictured) have promised a sexy salsa, so we’re about to get the answer to one of my most burning questions of the month: Will the ballroom’s reaction to William Levy removing his shirt be like something out of a doomsday movie?
Click over here to join EW.com’s live blog of the telecast.
Nominate your hidden gems in the comments here during and after the show, and stay tuned for my full recap and Tristan’s blog overnight! »
- Annie Barrett
Rare Interview with the Original Terrifying Tub Girl - The Shining's Lia Beldam
2 April 2012 11:46 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
There were few scenes more powerful in Stanley Kubrick's classic 1980 film The Shining than the one featuring the infamous nude ghost in the bathtub who seduces Jack (Jack Nicholson) before she transforms into a hideous ghoul.
It has haunted horror fans for decades and rightly so. Now Movie Geeks United has uncovered a rare interview with the younger version of the original tub girl, model Lia Beldam, and posted it online for all to revel in.
Turn in below for what is a truly fascinating listen. If you're one of those young whippersnappers who have yet to see the movie, go to the store immediately, watch the movie, and after you're done with your Ptsd therapy, hit us off in the comments section below.
Listen to internet radio with Movie Geeks United on Blog Talk Radio
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Shine on in the comments section below! »
- Uncle Creepy
'Dancing With the Stars' to feature sneak peek of Disney doomsday film starring William Levy. Plus: Annie predicts season 14 finalists in EW's podcast
1 April 2012 8:55 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Okay, that’s not “true.” I just wanted to sneak in an April Fool’s Day headline while I still had the chance. Happy holidays to all.
But hear me out: This could happen. The Dancing With the Stars crowd’s reaction to sizzling filet of man William Levy — a Cuban-American telenovela actor and model — is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. Brookebot and T-Berj can barely introduce him and his professional partner Cheryl Burke over the Soul-deadening Screams transmitted from three floors of fans. It’s like these visitors to Planet Mirrorballus have never seen a hot person before, »
- Annie Barrett
The Hunger Games Movie Review
27 March 2012 2:08 PM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
As seemingly irrelevant as it may be – to review – (as is the case with Twilight and Harry Potter), there is more to explore in The Hunger Games than meets the collective consciousness. And, while anyone might assume that everyone who is going to see The Hunger Games has, in some kind of cosmic-ultimate sense, already seen it (if not in the literal sense by now), it is actually only that this may be so, and not that it should be so.
The dystopic death match, though apparently popular among the same target demographic as… less interesting things, has a depth and breadth that lends itself to a much broader range of perspective fans, and the film delivers a surprising amount of cultural and societal statement, even leaving off that which is heavy-handed and obvious by the very nature of the plot.
Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) lives in a world that »
- Marc Eastman
Ru? Instant Reaction Review Episode 1 – The Hunger Games
26 March 2012 7:26 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
Well, the first episode is in the can, and now you can listen to it whenever you want. Shane and I took on The Hunger Games to kick things off, and learned that the show could easily be an hour (and will be before long). As you know if you were there, the show is only able to broadcast for thirty minutes live, but there is another ten minutes of our closing thoughts available if you listen to the podcast.
To wrap up briefly, we wandered around book-to-film comparisons quite a bit, and talked not only about how The Hunger Games dealt with fan expectations and the problems of adapted screenplays generally, but also about where and how The Hunger Games got it right, and wrong.
We both found that we were taken with much of the supporting cast, and eventually managed to mention Jennifer Lawrence, who we both thought »
- Marc Eastman
Grimm previews & new interviews with Sasha Roiz
2 March 2012 6:10 PM, PST | CapricaTV | See recent CapricaTV news »
Grimm 1x13, "Three Coins in a Fuchsbau," airs tonight at 9 pm. Here is the synopsis:
A failed jewelry store robbery results in a murder that finds Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) immersed in a hunt for rare coins. Nick soon learns that these coins have an unsettling effect on whoever possesses them, as Hank and Captain Renard (Sasha Roiz) begin to exhibit unusual behavior. Meanwhile, a mysterious old friend of Aunt Marie’s (guest star Titus Welliver, “Lost”) comes to Nick with information about his family and what led to his parent’s death. Bitsie Tulloch, Silas Weir Mitchell and Reggie Lee also star. Sasha Roiz did a bunch of interviews in recent days. He was on the MyMixFM podcast. You can hear the interview here. Zap2it has a short interview with him:
As for other things fans of "Grimm" can expect to see in the coming weeks, »
- fanshawe
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