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Check Out Previews for Sunday’s New Episode of ‘True Blood’

Posted on June 15, 2012

After a long wait, HBO’s True Blood came back with a vengeance last week and saw the return of all our favorite Bon Temps residents. As was normal for the show, it wasted no time and got several of the characters in trouble with more surely on the way.

The story continues this Sunday and to get you ready we’ve got a couple preview videos for the episode to share. In them we get some clues as to the nature of The Authority and find out what happens when Sookie and Lafayette try to make a vampire with Pam’s help.

Let’s just say things don’t go exactly as they’d hoped, for anyone. But whatever happens, we’re glad to have True Blood back.

Check out the preview videos after the break. Look for True Blood on Sunday at 9/8C on HBO.

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Check It Out: Andrew Stanton Shares Some ‘Family Portraits’ From His Days Working On ‘Wall-E’

Posted on June 14, 2012

Andrew Stanton might have taken a blow with the commercial dud that was John Carter, but he is still responsible for two of the greatest animated films of all time, Finding Nemo & Wall-E. If anyone deserves a do over pass, it is that guy.

Recently the director shared something rather fun with the guys over at LA Times Hero Complex:

The two-time Oscar winner was the guest after our Sunday matinee screening of the most cosmic of Pixar films and he mentioned that the editorial department at Pixar had a bit of fun by taking a reference model of M-O over to the Sears Portrait Studio where warm family memories are preserved forever, um … tasteful flair?

PIXAR has long been known for adding mountains of humanity to animated inanimate objects, and Wall-E might have been their pinnacle. It is amazing how much personality and soul they managed to put into these, mostly, speechless robots.

Clearly that humanity was fostered behind the scenes too, as evidenced by these silly pictures. It is amazing that these characters make so such of an impact that even reference models paraded around in a series of family portraits can provoke an emotion.

Take a look at these adorable pictures after the jump, and don’t forget to catch the next PIXAR film, Brave, in theaters June 22nd.

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An Extended Preview ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Score Teases Your Ears

Posted on June 14, 2012

It took me a while to come around on the score for The Dark Knight. I was disappointed that all of my favorite musical moments seemed like poorer versions of themes that originated in Batman Begins. I think the music fits the movie well, but isn’t quite as impactful as the first film’s score.

Of course then I listened to the soundtrack, and in the context of a stand alone musical experience the score finally began to work for me. I can now appreciate the work as one of the better soundtracks of 2008, which it very much was.

So obviously there is a lot of excitement for the upcoming Dark Knight Rises score, which hopefully wont take me nearly as long to get behind. Warner Bros. can no doubt sense that anticipation as they have just released an extended preview of the music from the movie. Providing :30 second clips for each track of the upcoming soundtrack release.

It is impossible to judge a score based on seven and a half minutes built from fifteen tracks, but the tease does provide likely confirmation that there will be no grand departure in the musical portion of the blockbuster-to-be. If anything it allows for those same reservations I had about The Dark Knight score to creep back into my head.

You can take a listen to the extended preview after the jump, and be sure to experience the whole thing in theaters July 20th.

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Lots of Old Friends Return in the ‘Resident Evil: Retribution’ Full Trailer

Posted on June 14, 2012

The Resident Evil films are shameless, they are non-stop action filled cacophonies that are filled to the brim with characters that together share about three brain cells. So why is it that these films are so much fun? Because, for the most part, the series know what it is and it revels in it.

Director Paul W. S. Anderson is not trying to speak to the core of the human condition, he is trying to entertain the masses with well produced zombie violence. He is aiming for fun and stupid, not heady and contemplative. That is a big reason why he is my favorite of all Paul Anderson filmmakers, his goal in film-making is to entertain, and he is damn good at it.

Point of example. In the past Resident Evil films several fantastic characters have come and gone, including the immensely bad ass Oded Fehr. So what does ole W.S. do to spice up the fifth film? He brings nearly all of them back. Why, because it would be cool, that is why! No further explanation needed in this series.

Some times films should exist to put a smile on your face, to provide fun on visceral level. In that the Resident Evil movies have always succeeded, trying to reach down and entertain that inner 13-year-old inside all of us. If you want to be perplexed and challenged by a film, that other Paul Anderson has a movie coming out too, by all means enjoy it. I for one will be front and center for this particular celebration of entertainment for entertainment’s sake.

Resident Evil: Retribution hits theaters this September, check out the full trailer after the jump.

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Amazon to Offer Prime Members Hundreds of MGM Movies and TV Shows

Posted on June 14, 2012

Being a Prime member at Amazon just got a bit sweeter with the announcement late yesterday that the online giant has signed a licensing agreement with MGM to offer hundreds of classic movies and TV programs to members. The service, which is available for $79 a year and offers customers free two-day shipping, already offers over 18,000 movies and TV episodes for instant streaming.

“Our customers tell us they love having tons of movies and TV shows to choose from, which is why we are focused on adding even more titles to our already extensive Prime Instant Video library,” said Brad Beale, director of digital video content acquisition for Amazon. “MGM offers one of the most distinguished catalogs in all of Hollywood, and this deal will bring Prime Instant Video customers hundreds of new titles to enjoy on their Kindle Fire or any device compatible with Amazon Instant Video.

Customers can enjoy favorites like The Silence of the Lambs, Dances with Wolves, Rain Man and The Terminator, as well as fan-favorite TV series like Stargate.”

For more, click through for the full press release from Amazon.

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The ‘Game of Thrones’ Cameo No One Noticed

Posted on June 14, 2012

Game of Thrones is one of those shows that uses the concept of a severed head very liberally. You see them often, so when a scene calls for multiple heads on spikes it might be difficult for the production crew to whip out a new head. So sometimes they redress one that they have lying around the offices.

Normally that just becomes a fun little anecdote that gets shared on a DVD commentary, but in this case it becomes an overblown semi-crisis when one of those heads happens to strongly resemble that of a recent US President.

Deadline has been following this bizarre story, which now includes an official HBO apology:

We were deeply dismayed to see this and find it unacceptable, disrespectful and in very bad taste. We made this clear to the executive producers of the series who apologized immediately for this inadvertent careless mistake.  We are sorry this happened and will have it removed from any future DVD production.

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, creators of the hit series, say the head was not meant as a political statement, but rather the product of a production crew scrapping the bottom of the severed head barrel towards the end of production. Considering this story only found the light of day due to their own words in the DVD commentary of the episode, it’s probably a true origin.

So there you have it, better go out and pick up the first printing of those Game of Thrones season one DVDs and Blu-Rays before they re-release the sets sans Dubbya’s severed noggin. The long, slow wait for season three continues.

Check It Out: What If DC Heroes Were Designed for a CG Animated Movie?

Posted on June 13, 2012

The internet is a many-splendored thing. You can get lost at one turn and find yourself staring at something all together unexpected and beautiful. Which is exactly what happened to me when I ran into the very fantastic art work if Daniel Araya.

First spotted by the eagle-eyed guys over at Bleeding Cool, this set of art work posits a word where the Justice League gets its own Pixar style big budget CG animated movie. Any fan of the iconic DC characters or just animation in general have to appreciate this experiment.

Just for fun I started doing concepts for a faux Justice League CG movie. I’ve always been a huge fan of Bruce Timm and the DC Timmverse he helped create, and I thought it would be cool to basically design the JLA movie that I would direct if given the chance. I didn’t do any huge drastic changes because I didn’t want to betray the characters in terms of who they are and what they’re about.

And cool it very much is. Of course we will NEVER see a Pixar Justice League film, mostly in the same way we will never get a Warner Bros. released X-Men film or a Pepsi brand Coke bottle. But it is fun to think what the possibilities would be if Warner Bros started doing some smart things with their DC stable and gave a guy like Bruce Timm the budget required to do a Pixar size film.

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The ‘RoboCop’ Reboot Adds Another Stellar Actor as One of Its Main Villains

Posted on June 13, 2012

It was hard to get behind the RoboCop reboot, it was passed around between a few good creative people and eventually landed in the hands of Jose Padilha who is a relatively unknown entity here in the states. However, once the ball started rolling with the cast the project has been gaining momentum.

We already told you about a few nice cast additions last week, which brings the supporting cast up to Gary Oldman, Samuel L. Jackson and Abbie Cornish who join the solid Joel Kinnaman in the film. Already we have a solid cast with some geek cred and plenty of acting chops.

Things get much better though, The Hollywood Reporter has announced who will play one of the key villain roles in the movie:

Hugh Laurie is in negotiations to play the villain in Robocop, MGM and Sony’s remake of the classic 1987 sci-fi action movie… Laurie will play the evil and ultra-rich CEO of Omnicorp, the company that makes Robocop

Dr. House himself! Hugh Laurie is a fantastic actor and will really bring a lot to the table as a swarmy CEO who looks to use RoboCop for his own nefarious reasons. One other aspect of bringing in Laurie to the cast that evokes a lot of excitement is that this news might be another clue that the satirical nature of the original is not going to be left by the wayside.

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