John, Max, Kieran and Simon, a quartet of fine gents, delve into some of the hottest movie news, including the title and casting rumors for “Die Hard 5,” before dissecting the first trailer for The Avengers, and finally talking about the new directors for Thor 2 and The Twilight Zone.
Well, the IMAX run of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol just got a lot more interesting; /Film has it from sources within (unnamed) theater distribution saying that a six-minute prologue to Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises will screen in front of all IMAX prints of “Ghost Protocol.”
Isn’t it great when old friends get back together? You bet — especially when those friends are the ones you laughed at and with through the early 2000s. Our featured clip this week is the long-coming fourth installment of the “American Pie” franchise, American Reunion, which finds the original cast back to their gross-out ways.
Anne Hathaway is known mostly for her acting talent, but the actress has quite a set of pipes. She put them to use in the family fantasy Ella Enchanted, but she has yet to star in a full-fledged musical. Now that’s about to change.
War is hell, but we still love watching movies about it and this week’s recommendation is the classic The Guns of Navarone. This movie is being re-released onto a reasonably priced Blu-ray which has a healthy amount of commentaries and documentaries. A number of eagerly anticipated movies are being released onto DVD and Blu-ray this, the particular highlights being Kevin Smith’s religious horror Red State and the animated adaptation of Batman: Year One. The blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is coming onto DVD and Blu-ray, rather for the whole family as well as the whole series coming onto a Blu-ray boxset. Comic book fans will also get a kick from the re-release of The Crow and musical fans have Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to look forward to.
In 1974, the action figure line Micronauts was introduced to the world by Japan’s Takara, but it was shut down in 1980. Just two years ago, Hasbro teamed up with Takara to revamp the line, and now the toy franchise will head to the silver screen.
The Phelps family and the Westboro Baptist Church are some of the most horrid and despicable people, using Christianity as a mask and justification for their bigotry. Kevin Smith is a known critic of religious dogma and turned his sights on this horrible splinter group. In an unnamed middle American state the Five Points Church lead by Pastor Abin Cooper (Michael Parks) picket the funeral of a local murdered gay man. Three teenagers, Billy Ray (Nicholas Braun), Jared (Kyle Gallner) and Travis (Michael Angarano) discover a website of women who want to sex and go on Saturday night to meet a local lady, Sarah Cooper (Melissa Leo). But Sarah is member of the Five Points Church and the boys are drugged and captured. As the boys attempt to escape matters escalate and the Five Points Church compound is placed under siege by the ATF, led by Special Agent Keenan (John Goodman).
