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- The Geek Beat: 'Snowpiercer' and Other Great Foreign Graphic Novels Movie Fans Should Be Reading
- Watch: We Go Deep Inside 'The Purge: Breakout,' a Different Kind of Haunted House
- Director’s Notebook: David Gordon Green on Creating His Favorite Scene In 'Joe'
- Listen: Is '22 Jump Street' the Best Comedy Sequel of All Time?
- New on DVD/Blu-ray: 'The Grand Budapest Hotel,' 'The Lego Movie,' Plus: Go Inside 'The Machine'
- How to Get Picked Up by Optimus Prime for Your Next Uber Ride
- From Hogwarts to Gotham, Here's a Map of Your Favorite Movie Locations
- New VOD and Streaming Movies, Plus: How to Watch Roman Polanski's New Movie at Home
- Watch: Is This Why Superhero Movies Are So Popular Right Now?
- 'Hellraiser' VHS Tape Mysteriously Appears on Top of Bus Stop; Freaks Out Small Town
| The Geek Beat: 'Snowpiercer' and Other Great Foreign Graphic Novels Movie Fans Should Be Reading Posted: 17 Jun 2014 08:00 PM PDT Everyone knows about the comic book origins of films like The Avengers and Man of Steel, but when it comes to movies like this weekend's gritty, postapocalyptic adventure Snowpiercer, the book that inspired the film isn't nearly as ubiquitous as the usual mainstream superhero fare. Originally published in 1982, the French-language graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette took more than 30 years to be translated into English and published on this side of the ocean, but as anyone familiar with the tense dystopian tale can attest, it was worth the wait. In fact, it's no surprise that the tense, sci-fi saga that unfolds on a train carrying the last remnants of human civilization after a global ice age managed to catch Hollywood's... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Watch: We Go Deep Inside 'The Purge: Breakout,' a Different Kind of Haunted House Posted: 17 Jun 2014 07:00 PM PDT In the near future, the New Founding Fathers of America institute a nationwide event called The Purge, a 12-hour period that begins on March 21 at 7 p.m. and wraps up the next morning during which all crime is legal. Some use the Purge for what it’s made for, as an opportunity to “release the beast” and kill for catharsis while others rush home, lock up tight and do what they can to survive the night. In the sequel, The Purge: Anarchy, we meet a group of people who plan on laying low, but, for various reasons, wind up stranded on the streets, totally defenseless. Think you’d manage to make it through the night? Find out by stepping into Universal Pictures and Blumhouse’s traveling Purge-themed event, "The Purge: Breakout." Per usual... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Director’s Notebook: David Gordon Green on Creating His Favorite Scene In 'Joe' Posted: 17 Jun 2014 06:00 PM PDT In this monthly column we spotlight new Blu-ray/DVD releases by interviewing directors about the scenes that stood out most for them while making their movies. This month, we talk to David Gordon Green about his Nicolas Cage-starring dark drama Joe (out today on DVD/Blu-ray). The last few years have been filled with highs and lows for David Gordon Green. He directed episodes and was a consulting producer for the cult hit series Eastbound & Down but also felt the sting of back-to-back studio comedy flops, Your Highness and The Sitter. Thankfully the return to his indie-film roots with the oddball comedy Prince Avalanche and the dreamlike character study Joe showed Green still has it. Especially the latter, as Joe is Green at his best. A gritty drama adapted from the novel of the... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Listen: Is '22 Jump Street' the Best Comedy Sequel of All Time? Posted: 17 Jun 2014 05:00 PM PDT Welcome back to another episode of The Summer Movies Podcast, a podcast that will run from May through the end of August and cover all things related to summer movies past, present and future. On this week's podcast, Erik Davis (Movies.com) and Sean O'Connell (CinemaBlend.com) dig into the latest news surrounding the ongoing plan for more DC superhero movies, not to mention the latest trailer for Marvel's next, Guardians of the Galaxy. Also, with 22 Jump Street now in theaters, the guys discuss (with spoilers) whether it's the greatest comedy sequel of all time, a fact quoted in many of its trailers. And finally, in honor of the school year ending, what are the greatest movies that take place on or around the last day of school? As always, thanks so much... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| New on DVD/Blu-ray: 'The Grand Budapest Hotel,' 'The Lego Movie,' Plus: Go Inside 'The Machine' Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:00 PM PDT The Grand Budapest Hotel - 20th Century Fox - Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD Director: Wes Anderson Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Jeff Goldblum. Full cast + crew Anyone who doesn't love Wes Anderson movies will easily dismiss The Grand Budapest Hotel as being the most Wes Anderson-y movie yet. It's got all of his signature style - the saturated colors, the elaborate sets, the symmetry, idiosyncratic characters in every role, and so on - dialed to 11. But what makes Anderson's latest film his best isn't what's on the screen, it's what it all means. The Grand Budapest Hotel is about people refusing to give up their sense of civility and identity in the world just because they may be antiquated... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| How to Get Picked Up by Optimus Prime for Your Next Uber Ride Posted: 17 Jun 2014 03:00 PM PDT Hey, you! Yes, you! Are you one of those folks who's all into the Uber thing lately? Like, instead of calling a cab, you whip out your Uber app and some local dude swings by to pick you up in his Honda Civic 10 minutes later? Well what if we could upgrade that Honda Civic to something a little more awesome... like a Transformer? As part of a pretty sweet promotion for Transformers: Age of Extinction, Paramount teamed up with Uber to give fans the chance to travel inside Optimus Prime. It's only available in a couple of cities on select days and the ride lasts 15 minutes, but we bet those 15 minutes will be completely badass and full of check-me-out selfies. One of our Paramount buddies recently uploaded this video to Instagram, apparently showing off what the Optimus... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| From Hogwarts to Gotham, Here's a Map of Your Favorite Movie Locations Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:00 PM PDT CLICK IMAGE ABOVE TO ENLARGE Welcome to Wondernode. The detailed map displays locations of all your favorite movies in the real world. If you've ever wondered where the most popular films are set and how to visit Harry Potter's Hogwarts or the real Gotham, then Wondernode will be your new best friend. Creators Will Samari, Ray Yamartino and Rafaan Anvari compiled the map using references from IMDb, Wikipedia, fan pages and interview snippets that revealed location info. We don't want to spoil your adventure, so dig into the map, and find your favorite filmic haunts. Take note explorers: "Some labels are not fictional, and some are not places. Some locations, such as Bedrock and Nemo's anemone are educated guesses. Some places are just silly. Some... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| New VOD and Streaming Movies, Plus: How to Watch Roman Polanski's New Movie at Home Posted: 17 Jun 2014 01:00 PM PDT Our resident VOD expert tells you what's new to rent and own this week on the various streaming services such as cable Movies On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, and, of course, Netflix. Cable Movies On Demand: Same-day-as-disc releases, older titles and pretheatrical exclusives for rent, priced from $3-$10, in 24- or 48-hour periods The Lego Movie (frenetic animated family flick; voices: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell; also available in 3D; rated PG) Son of God (religious drama; Diogo Morgado, Sebastian Knapp; rated PG-13) Ernest & Celestine (animated; voices: Forest Whitaker, Mackenzie Foy, Paul Giamatti; rated PG) The Final Member (documentary on the Icelandic Phallological Museum and its quest to obtain a human penis for display; rated R) Venus in Fur (Roman... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Watch: Is This Why Superhero Movies Are So Popular Right Now? Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:00 PM PDT Summer box office season has become synonymous with superhero movies over the course of the past decade, but what does our insatiable lust for tales of men (and women… but mostly men) in spandex really say about us a culture? That’s what the latest installment of PBS’ Idea Channel looks to answer. It’s not every day that you hear Batman mentioned in the same breath as Thomas Carlyle’s Great Man Theory, but the video does make an interesting and compelling case for our current obsession with superhero movies being more than just mankind wanting to see good vanquish evil in spectacular fashion. The video gets into some fairly heady concepts, and we’re not entirely sure the argument that comic book heroes are the modern-day equivalent of the... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'Hellraiser' VHS Tape Mysteriously Appears on Top of Bus Stop; Freaks Out Small Town Posted: 17 Jun 2014 11:00 AM PDT Photo credit: mapesburyroad A bus stop on Old Kent Road in South East London has such sights to show you. A VHS copy of Clive Barker's 1987 film Hellraiser, about a deadly puzzle box that summons sadistic demons from Hell, keeps appearing on top of a bus shelter in the English city. The tape has vanished and reappeared several times, the mystery chronicled on Time Out London. Eventually a copycat prankster started the creepy gag at another bus stop. Weirder still is that a bicyclist claims he fell off his bike in the area and a tree fell near the bus stop. Photo credit: Pangoblinblues Horror geeks are wetting their pants over the whole thing, hoping for an "experience beyond limits… pain and pleasure, indivisible." The rest of the... Read More This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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