Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
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Trailer for Bad Teacher
Columbia Pitcures has released a theatrical trailer for Bad Teacher. The film stars Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, and Jason Segel and is directed by Jake Kasdan who helmed several episodes of the TV series Freeks and Geeks as well as comedy films such as Orange County and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Bad Teacher is slated to release on June 24th. Some teachers just don’t give an F. For example, there’s Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz). She’s foul-mouthed, ruthless, ...
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Second Trailer for Fast Five
Universal has released a second theatrical trailer for Fast Five. The fifth entry in the Fast and the Furious franchise finds many of the main characters back again and joined by Dwayne Johnson as a federal agent trying to track them down in Rio de Janeiro. The story takes place between Fast & Furious and Tokyo Drift. Fast Five is slated to release on April 29th. In this installment, former cop Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) partners with ex-con Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) on the opp...
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Warner Brothers Starts Streaming Movies on Facebook
An announcement today by Warner Brothers signifies the first big step by movie studios to start utilizing Facebook for rentals (as well as potentially sales) of films. Beginning today WB has started streaming The Dark Knight through the social website, with plans to add more movies to the service going forward. The process involves first "liking" the movie on Facebook, which nearly four million people have already done for TDK. A rent icon on the page appears and the movie can be had for 30...
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Review: Super
Super is in no way a typical super hero story. The film carries with it a very emotionally heavy tone accented by unrelenting and graphic violence. Its unpredictable nature works quite well and the entertainment value is high, however some aspects being left unexplained prevented it from reaching its full potential. Rainn Wilson stars as Frank D'Arbo, a depressed man already on the edge who loses his recovering drug addict wife Sarah (Liv Tyler) to drug dealer Jacques (Kevin Bacon). After r...
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Successful Openings at the Box Office Topped by Rango
The animated film Rango turned in a fantastic performance in its opening weekend particularly considering the absence of a 3D factor. Coming in second was the romantic thriller The Adjustment Bureau which performed well by marginally exceeding industry expectations. Beastly debuted to third place while the 80's themed comedy Take Me Home Tonight tanked with an 11th place finish. Though it held questionable appeal to younger kids Rango made an impressive $38 million. Filling a void in the fa...
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First Look at The Red Skull in Captain America
In the lead up to the new trailer for Captain America which is set to arrive this weekend Marvel (via Entertainment Weekly) has revealed the first look at The Red Skull as played by Hugo Weaving. The character of Johann Schmidt, a Nazi general officer and confidant of Adolf Hitler, becomes The Red Skull after an experiment not unlike the one that turns Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) into Captain America. Directed by Joe Johnston Captain America is slated to release on July 22nd. ...
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Trailer for ‘Tron: Uprising’ Animated Series
Disney has released a trailer for the upcoming animated television show Tron: Uprising. The series takes place during the time when CLU takes over the grid and Flynn flees to the safe house. Voice talent will include Bruce Boxleitner, Elijah Wood, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Mandy Moore, Paul Reubens, and Nate Corddry. Tron: Uprising is slated to premiere on Disney XD in summer 2012. Beck, a young program who becomes the unlikely leader of a revolution inside the computer world of The Gri...
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Diane Lane Cast in Superman
Recently the casting of Kevin Coster as Jonathan "Pa" Kent in the upcoming reboot of Superman was rumored to be in consideration. While that has yet to be confirmed one new addition to the cast has been. Diane Lane is on board to play Martha "Ma" Kent. In early versions of the comics the Kent’s die soon after Clark graduates High School, but the more recent stories have them living much longer and becoming important supporting characters. This represents the first official casting de...
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