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Movie Review: Source Code

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 09:34 PM PDT

Source Code movie poster

Source Code
Directed by Duncan Jones
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright
Release date: April 1, 2011

Graceful and complex cinema has been a stranger to the bulk of Hollywood productions recently. Long being that elusive beast that promises to resolve all triviality and heighten mediocrity to something astounding when it is adequately attained by a mind that is a true visionary. Inception, the most recent studio picture to attempt such originality, confounded us until our brain cells finally evaporated. We are still trying to gather our wits. But enter director Duncan Jones. He seems to have an artistic ability to present outlandish material in a straightforward manner while keeping our brain cells intact throughout the process. Refinement is what he is after, displaying, through his work, a contemptuous indifference to traditional and conventional norms. We saw hints of such audacity in Jones' debut film Moon, which isn't nearly as sophisticated and entertaining as his second feature film Source Code, a film that is proof that Jones' mind barely senses the lifeless characteristics of conventional cinema. Characteristics, to him, that are ever diminishing [...]

IDW Publishing To Adapt Anne Rice’s ‘Servant of the Bones’

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 07:54 PM PDT

Servant of the Bones

IDW Publishing will be giving Anne Rice's 1996 novel Servant of the Bones a comic book adaptation with a new six-issue miniseries.

The Servant of the Bones miniseries, which will be written by Mariah McCourt, with art by Renae DeLiz and Ray Dillon, stretches from ancient Babylon to modern day New York City, telling the story of Azriel, the Servant of the Bones.

The 32-page full-color Servant of the Bones #1 will be available August 2011 and will sell for $3.99.

In a statement released by IDW, Rice, who's best know for her Vampire Chronicles books series, beginning with Interview With The Vampire, expressed her approval of the project comic book series. "The script is marvelous. Renae De Liz's penciling has captured my characters exquisitely. Ray Dillon's colors are alive and gorgeous. This Servant of the Bones adaptation is perfect!" [...]

WonderCon 2011: Ryan Reynolds Shows Off New ‘Green Lantern’ Footage

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 06:56 PM PDT

Ryan Reynolds At Wondercon

Ryan Reynolds, star of the upcoming film Green Lantern based on the DC Comics character, was on hand at WonderCon 2011 to answer questions from fans and talk a little bit about some new footage from the movie.

Most of what was shown was not part of the previously released trailers and the footage is not yet online, so here's a description of the extended clip.

The footage starts out with Sinestro conversing with Abin Sur when a yellow beast, the deadly Parallax, begins attacking him, a.k.a kicking his ass. When Abin Sur is wounded, he escapes back to his spacecraft en route to Earth.

"Head for the nearest planet and begging the selection process," Abin Sur says, then immediately cuts to a shot of his glowing blue spacecraft in front of a exasperated Hal Jordan (Reynolds), who sees Abin Sur's oozing purple wounds and pulls him from the spacecraft [...]

WonderCon 2011: ‘Game of Thrones’ Booth

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 04:19 PM PDT

WonderCon 2011: Game of Thrones Booth

The folks from HBO set up an impressive booth at this year's WonderCon featuring a full-scale replica throne that is an exact match as the one that will be used in the forthcoming television series debuting Sunday, April 17, 2011.

Not only that, but fans can actually get their picture taken on the throne and subsequently uploaded those photos to Twitter or Facebook using iPads set up at the booth by the staff. It's actually pretty cool and if I had the time I would have waited in the tremendously long line to do just that.

They also had a collection of costumes from the set that they have on display, which I've conveniently taken pictures of and embedded the thumbnails below for all of you who can't be in San Francisco this weekend for the convention. Check them out here...]

Movie Review: Dumbstruck

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 03:46 PM PDT



Dumbstruck
DIRECTED BY: Mark Goffman
STARRING: Terry Fator, Dan Horn, Kim Yeager, Wilma Swartz, Dylan Burdette
Truly*Indie
Official Website
RELEASE DATE: April 15, 2011 (limited)

Every once in a while you see a movie that makes your day. One that inspires you, makes you laugh, and leaves you with a smile on your face. Dumbstruck is that kind of movie.

The documentary opens up in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky at the Vent Haven ventriloquism convention where swarms of ventriloquists gather together, take part in various events, network, and sometimes perform in front of their peers. It is here where we meet most of the primary focuses of the movie -- Dan Horn, Kim Yeager, Dylan Burdette, and Wilma Swartz -- who we're about to follow for the next year of their lives, watching to see what paths they travel and where their passion for ventriloquism takes them next.

Horn is the most experienced and well-traveled of the group -- a popular cruise ship performer (one of the best gigs a ventriloquist can land) who has appeared on David Letterman's Late Show, among others. [...]

‘True Grit’ Oscar Nominee Hailee Steinfeld In Line For ‘Sleeping Beauty’

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 02:15 PM PDT



Just recently, a short list of Oscar-nominated young actresses were in the running for the female lead in the adaptation of The Hunger Games, including 14-year-old Hailee Steinfeld. Eventually the role was awarded to Jennifer Lawrence, but now Steinfeld is already attached to star in a new take on the tale of Sleeping Beauty.

The budding star -- who somehow found a way to steal almost every scene she was in with Academy Award winners Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and fellow nominee Josh Brolin in the Coen brothers' True Grit -- is only "attached" at the moment because the entire project is just a spec package at the moment, which is being sent out to various potential buyers right now.

In this version, written by Lindsay Devlin, when Sleeping Beauty fades off into her slumber, she enters a dream world and must find her way back.

As is the case with every fairy tale these days, this would not be the first Sleeping Beauty movie in the works. [...]

HBO Confirms ‘True Blood’ Season 4 Debut Date

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:44 PM PDT

True Blood

HBO confirmed today that the debut date for fourth season of True Blood will be Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 9PM (ET/PT).

True Blood Season 4 will have a 12-episode run on HBO.

True Blood Season 3 is now available for pre-order on DVD and Blu-ray, and will be released on May 31, 2011. This gives you just under a month to catch up on the third season before this new one begins.

Based on the popular Sookie Stackhouse books by Charlaine Harris, this hit drama series was created by Alan Ball, creator of HBO's Emmy-winning series "Six Feet Under." The show follows the romance between waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), who can hear people's thoughts, and her soul mate, 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer). [...]

Blu-ray Review: Disney’s Tangled

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 11:52 AM PDT

Tangled

Tangled
3D Blu-ray | Blu-ray | DVD
Directed by Byron Howard, Nathan Greno
Starring Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Brad Garrett, Ron Perlman
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Release date: March 29, 2011

With their 50th animated feature, Disney tackles the classic fairy tale Rapunzel, bringing to life the story of the young girl with golden tresses locked away high up in a tower, out of reach from the outside world.

In Tangled, the opening sequence gives us Rapunzel's history: stolen from her King and Queen parents as a newborn by an wicked old woman named Gothel (Donna Murphy), Rapunzel's long blonde hair holds the power to restore youth, hence why the witch keeps the princess captive. The girl, not knowing her true origin, lives her life in a high tower with no doors, with no friends or interaction with the outside world. Each day, Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) lets down her 70-feet of hair through the window for Mother Gothel to climb up. Just before her 18th birthday, the teen has just one wish: to go see the floating lanterns that are lit each year on her birthday, but Gothel has no intention of letting the girl leave "home" [...]

Alfred Hitchcock Brought Back To Life To Direct ‘Walking Dead’ Film

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 08:37 AM PDT

Alfred Hitchcock

Oh how I love a good resurrection!

In news that is catching the undead world by storm, it was announced today that through the use of advanced science and with the help of a few pages from the Necronomicon, Alfred Hitchcock, famed director of Psycho and The Birds, has been brought back to life. Now, you would think a director of this caliber would have a ripe choice of projects to pick from, but his dark Hollywood overlords have decided for him, putting him behind a big-screen version of The Walking Dead as his comeback [to life] picture. This comes as even a bigger shock than the undead returning to life, as The Walking Dead is already a fairly successful television series -- even with its unnecessary and unprovoked violence towards innocent zombies [...]

Hulu Kicks It Back To The ’90s With A Spotlight On ‘The X-Files’

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 06:59 AM PDT

Hulu - April Fool's page

In honor of April Fool's Day, Hulu kicks its site back to the mid-1990s when dial-up was impressive, the quality of web images was fuzzy at best, and the TV series The X-Files was all the rage.

Take a gander at the site today and bask in the glory of that awesome web design as you wait for the pages to load to watch the latest episodes of new breakout shows like the aforementioned X-Files (I have a good feeling about this one), as well as NewsRadio, Sliders, and Murder One.

Oh, and don't fret -- if you're too young to remember the AOL-reigning days of the 1990s or if you're just too shell-shocked by them, there's an option to "Take me back to the future." [...]

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