by T vs J
January 27, 2012 in Movie News, News, Podcasts
Episode seventy-two. Join hosts Jason and Trevor as they take a trip in the box office DeLorean back to the weekend of January 30-February 1, 2009. We also talk biggest box office bombs, guilty pleasure franchises, Terminator 5, The Grey, This Means War rating issues plus more!
January 26, 2012 in Articles, Movie News, News
Green Lantern (2011)Production Cost: $325,000,000 Box Office Gross: $219,851,172
Adjusted Loss: $105,148,828
A test pilot embraces his destiny as a cosmic superhero in Casino Royale director Martin Campbell’s adaptation of the popular DC Comics series. Ever since he saw his fearless father perish in a tragic aviation mishap, all Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) could think about was flying Little did he realize he was destined for something much bigger. Somewhere out in space, a powerful force of evil known as Parallax is spreading fear and destruction; the only hope for defeating Parallax is the Green Lantern Corps, a group of intergalactic warriors powered by the force of will. This expensive Warner Bros. production was supposed to be one of summer 2011 big contenders for box office glory. After a solid $53 million dollar opening weekend, word of mouth quickly sunk this wannabe blockbuster. Having already spent big money to post convert the movie into 3D, the producers still felt the film was lacking. Shortly before the release date and additional $9 million was spent on visual effects work. Even though Green Lantern lost a ton of money during its theatrical run, Warner Bros. still has talked about sequel possibilities.
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by T vs J
January 25, 2012 in Movie News, News, Podcasts
Episode seventy-one. Join hosts Jason and Trevor as they discuss the Oscar nominations for 2012. Plus Man on a Ledge groupon news and Underworld Awakening breaks IMAX record.
by T vs J
January 23, 2012 in Movie News, News, Podcasts
Episode seventy. Join hosts Jason and Trevor as they discuss the past weekend box office of January 20-22, 2012 – Underworld Awakening, Red Tails, Haywire. Our predictions for The Grey, Man on a Ledge, One for the Money. We talk The Crow lawsuit settled, top ten best basketball movies, dogs barking Star Wars theme, Mega Upload shut down, plus much more movie talk!
January 23, 2012 in News, Videos
This is a teaser from the new Volkswagon Super Bowl spot. Interesting how every year now we get Star Wars themed commercials, has my generation gotten that old? I guess I’d rather hear John Williams music being used to sell cars over The Who or Bob Seger any day. Check out the entertaining video below.
January 22, 2012 in Articles, Movie News, News
Space Jam (1996)Box Office Gross: $90,418,342 Adjusted: $162,834,842
Michael Jordan agrees to help the Looney Toons play a basketball game vs. alien slavers to determine their freedom. Warner Bros. attempted to revitalize its animation division with this family adventure that blended live action and animation in the style of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), reportedly coming in with a price tag of $100 million. Basketball legend Michael Jordan stars as himself, a retired sports hero trying his hand at baseball and failing miserably. Meanwhile, the Looney Tunes gang, led by Bugs Bunny, are kidnapped by aliens called the Nerdlucks. It seems that the Nerdlucks’ theme park, Moron Mountain (a barely-veiled dig at Disney) is failing to attract customers. The space invaders are convinced that the appearance of Bugs and his pals Porky Pig and Speedy Gonzalez will beef up business. Bugs makes his captors a deal — they’ll play a game of basketball for their freedom. When the Nerdlucks stack the deck by pilfering the talent of NBA superstars Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing, the Warner Bros. heroes enlist the aid of Jordan, who returns to the court to help the classic characters. While he prepares to play, Jordan is aided by fellow celebrity Bill Murray. Director Joe Pytka previously created many of the television commercials that featured Jordan as a paid endorser.
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by T vs J
January 20, 2012 in Movie News, News, Podcasts
Episode sixty-eight. Join hosts Trevor and Jason as they take the box office DeLorean back to the weekend of January 20-22, 2006. Underworld: Evolution. We talk new pic of Vin Diesel from Riddick 3. New pics of Van Damme from Universal Soldier 4. Resident Evil: Retribution trailer. Our reviews of Rage and Scorpion King 3. Plus much more movie talk!
January 20, 2012 in Movie News, News
Here’s three new photos Van Damme posted on his Facebook page from the set of Universal Soldier 4: A New Dimension featuring a bald headed JCVD. I gotta say hairless is not the look for Van Damme. John Hyams (son of Peter) is again at the helm which, as Jason can attest to in his three star review of the previous John Hyams directed installment Universal Soldier: Regeneration, is definitely a good thing. Van Damme is showing his age in lines, creases and some droopiness. Hopefully that’s as far as it goes though and we get to see some butt kicking. If not there’s always the showdown between JCVD and Stallone in Expendables 2 to look forward to. The last shot reminds me of Lance Henriksen for some reason. Universal Soldier 4 is due out in May 2012. Let us know what you think.
January 20, 2012 in Movie News, News
I’m still not sold on another Riddick flick, but I’ll probably wind up seeing it regardless. Vin Diesel posted this up on his Facebook page so he must be proud of the costuming, but let’s be honest, it looks riddick-ulous (funny? no?). The armor looks like some He-man plastic toy armor I had back in the day. While I loved Pitch Black, the second in the franchise, Chronicles of Riddick, was the iceberg that sank the ship. David Twohy had envisioned this as a trilogy. Luckily for director Twohy, Vin Diesel had another very profitable franchise with Universal, Fast and Furious, so they kinda owed him one. Plus Universal loves to make sci-fi flicks that tank. The one thing I am looking forward to in this installment – Katee Sackhoff. Check out Diesel below in all his Richard B. Riddick glory and let us know what you think.
January 19, 2012 in Movie News, News, Trailers, Videos
After the unimpressive (oh hell, I outright hated it) Resident Evil: Afterlife, this movie looks to follow the tone set by that predecessor. Resident Evil: Retribution seems like a strange amalgamation of past zombie flicks. There’s even a shot in this trailer that’s reminiscent of the beginning of 2004′s Dawn of the Dead, this movie will play more into Alice’s mysterious past.
I will say that Paul WS Anderson is good with action, it’s just the story that’s not his strong point, and when he fails at it, he fails hard. To be fair I didn’t see Afterlife in 3D in theaters, I saw it at home on 2D DVD. Jason has told me that the 3D theatrical experience really made that movie, and I’m guessing the same will hold true for Retribution.
This will be the second major franchise that Michelle Rodriguez returns to after 2009′s Fast & Furious. Both of those franchises went on without her character for a few films, going by this standard she should also return in Avatar 4 in 2020. Regardless check out the trailer below and let us know what you think.
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