Trailer of the Day: Elysium
Set in the year 2159, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds. – IMDb
Month: April 2013
Iron Man 3, The Mandarin And Why This Instance of Color Blind Casting Irks Me
The main villain in the upcoming third Iron Man movie is The Mandarin. Now I am sure that with a name like The Mandarin it automatically makes you think of casting Sir Ben Kingsley in the role, right? Who else would you even think of casting aside from Kingsley?
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: It’s A Disaster
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 80% (Critics) / 89% (Audience)
Directed By: Todd Berger
Written By: Todd Berger
Starring: David Cross, America Ferrera, Rachel Boston, Laura Adkin, Kevin M. Brennan and Julia Stiles
Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Synopsis:Eight friends meet for their monthly “couples brunch.” But what starts as an impromptu therapy session / airing of domestic grievances takes a sudden, catastrophic turn when the city falls victim to a mysterious attack. Trapped in the house and unsure of their fates, these seemingly normal people become increasingly unhinged to hilarious, surprising, and revealing results. (Source)
Anyone Else Plan On Going ‘Under The Dome’ This Summer?
CBS is going to run an adaptation of the 2009 Stephen King novel that details the happenings in the small town of Chester’s Mill after the entire town gets encased in an impenetrable, invisible dome.
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Let’s Take A Moment To Appreciate The Greatness Of Aquaman
Now I know most people have a very low opinion of Aquaman based off of how useless he was made to be in the old SUPER-FRIENDS cartoon but that was a poor representation of what is really one of the coolest super-heroes around.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Tyler Perry’s Temptation
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 17% (Critics) / 73% (Audience)
Directed By: Tyler Perry
Written By: Tyler Perry
Starring: Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Vanessa Williams, Brandy Norwood, Lance Gross, Robbie Jones and Ella Joyce
Studio: Lionsgate Films
Synopsis:An ambitious married woman’s temptation by a handsome billionaire leads to betrayal, recklessness, and forever alters the course of her life. (Source)
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These Lyrics Are So Profound
This vid has been around since 2006 and I am furious at the Internetz that I just now stumbled across it. Continue reading These Lyrics Are So Profound
Game of Thrones + James Brown = Awesome Sauce
Who woulda thunk that the GAME OF THRONES theme song and James Brown’s “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World” go perfectly together like peanut butter and chocolate?
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Pitch Perfect
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 81% (Critics) / 83% (Audience)
Directed By: Jason Moore
Written By: Kay Cannon
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp and Skylar Astin
Studio: Universal Studios
Synopsis:Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school’s all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition. (Source)
It’s Time For Timer
Back in the olden days when Saturday mornings were chock full of awesome cartoons on every channel on the dial, the folks behind all of that programming decided that some helpful/educational stuff needed to be thrown into the mix as well. So we learned about adverbs and how bills were pushed through congress among other nifty nuggets of information. In that mix we also got Timer. Now I have no clue what the hell Timer was exactly but he was really big on kids eating healthy breakfasts and brushing our teeth. And cheese…the guy had a serious hankering for cheese. He also was freakishly into teaching kids how to make homemade Popsicles. And he was very creepy. Very very creepy.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: End of Watch
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 85% (Critics) / 87% (Audience)
Directed By: David Ayer
Written By: David Ayer
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick
Studio: Open Road Films
Synopsis:From the writer of Training Day, End of Watch is a riveting action thriller that puts audiences at the center of the chase like never before. Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña star as young LA police officers who discover a secret that makes them the target of the country’s most dangerous drug cartel. (Source)
Trailer of the Day: The Mortal Instruments – City of Bones
When her mom is attacked and taken from their home in New York City by a demon, a seemingly ordinary teenage girl, Clary Fray, finds out truths about her past and bloodline on her quest to get her back, that changes her entire life. – IMDb
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