Archive for November, 2008

Christmas just got so much sweeter. The official DVD release of Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog from Buffy and Firefly mastermind Joss Whedon will hit the shelves on December 19th. The three part web series, written and filmed during the writer's strike earlier this year, tells the story of a wannabe super villain who tries to ...
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Okay, sure, there isn't a whole lot of new footage in this promo trailer, but it doesn't make me any less excited to see what the final 10 episodes of the surprisingly amazing Battlestar Galactica holds for those of us who know great television. The final season begins January 16th on the SciFi ...
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Normally, I'd link directly to the video, but you have to give Ain't It Cool News the credit for having the hook up to score this gem. It's too full of geeky goodness to ignore just because they're a pop culture news site too. AICN is home to an exclusive alternate version of ...
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ABC has released the official poster for season 5. Hey, where's Jin? Oh, that's right... But, look, there's Desmond! Isn't he now with... hmmm... that's strange. Well, one thing I know for sure is that I can't wait until January 21, 2009 for the season premiere of Lost season 5....
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The man behind television hits The O.C., Gossip Girl, and Chuck, has been given the opportunity to write the next X-Men flick, in an effort to infuse the franchise with a "next-gen sensibility", according to Variety. Tentatively titled X-Men: First Class, the series will likely focus on a number of the younger ...
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The brand new, highly anticipated trailer for the new JJ Abrams Star Trek film is now online at startrekmovie.com, just in case you didn't catch it this week in front of Quantum of Solace. It took 4 attempts on Friday night for me to finally see it. One of the screens had ...
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Star Wars geek? John Williams fan? Ummm... A cappella aficionado? This is the video for you. It's nice to see actual talent and originality in a youtube viral video instead of the usual voyeuristic wedding reception nut punch or office worker nervous breakdown #527. (Okay, sure, the song's been around ...
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Newsarama has posted the first pictures from the set of Kick Ass, the adaptation of the Mark Millar/John Romita Jr hit Icon comic about a boy who decides to become a costumed hero despite not having any powers or special abilities. The movie stars Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Chloe Moretz, and ...
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I don't think there's really much I need to say about this. I'm guessing this will be attached to Quantum of Solace tomorrow. As I write this, I have not watched the trailer shown below. I really want to wait until I see it on the big screen, but I have a ...
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Pixar fans rejoice! Up, the next Disney classic, is on its way, although from first look, it might be Pixar's strangest, most ambitious project yet (of course, everyone said that with Wall-E too). From what I saw at Comic-Con, it's definitely not easily categorizable, but I can't imagine Pixar letting us down. ...
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Best known for directing the movies the Rocketeer and October Sky, Joe Johnston has been picked to direct the First Avenger: Captain America movie for Marvel Studios. Movie buffs may also know that he's the same guy who designed a number of vehicles for Star Wars and storyboarded the convoy chase scene for Raiders ...
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Chevy Chase will star with Burt Reynolds, Vinnie Jones, and Michael Madsen in a spoof of those oh so trendy spoof films called Not Another Not Another Movie. Chase will portray a studio exec that quits the company and leaves his ex-con sibling in charge. The aforementioned ex-con hires a gangster friend, played by Jones, to direct a spoof of spoof ...
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Youtube has partnered with MGM and will soon be offering streams of the studio's content. The catch, though, is that the first titles being offered are somewhat sub-par. We get old episodes of American Gladiator, Legally Blond, and Bulletproof Monk. Hopefully the first run is a success so that better offerings will follow.
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It has begun. Ever since Joss Whedon's Dollhouse was announced, fans have been sending messages to Fox, begging the network to not cancel the show, even before a single frame of film was shot. Why? Because it's going to air on Fox. At first, such an act seemed a little excessive ...
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Prolific author Michael Crichton, best known for his widescreen epic storytelling style, died November 4th in Los Angeles after a long, private battle with cancer. Crichton made a name for himself by writing just-beyond-science-fact novels such as the Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, Timeline, Prey, and Congo, selling more than 150 million copies worldwide. ...
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