Archive for Pics and Vids
Scarlett Johansson is Ruthless in the New ‘The Avengers’ Clip
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Boy, we sure have been getting all sorts of The Avengers goodies lately. Maybe that’s because the epic superhero film is going to be hitting theatres one month from yesterday. Marvel continues to show its appreciation for the fans by giving us more and more online content to keep our mouths watering. The latest bone we’ve been given is a great clip of Black Widow kicking some serious ass while tied to a chair. Hit the jump to check it out.
First ‘Django Unchained’ Set Photos Surface
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Christoph Waltz has been one of the busiest actors on the planet ever since he stole the show in Inglorious Basterds. Since his Oscar-winning performance he’s been in The Green Hornet, Water For Elephants and The Three Musketeers; all of which he played a villain. Currently, he is working on a new Quentin Tarantino film titled Django Unchained.
The film is about a man named Django played by Jamie Foxx. Django is a freed slave who travels across America with the German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Waltz) to rescue Django’s wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) from a sadistic plantation owner Calvin Candie played by Leonardo Dicaprio. Hit the jump to get our first look.
Warner Bros. Unveils Logo for ‘Man of Steel’
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Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot Man of Steel was pushed back from December of this year to next summer, but they’ve already begun its marketing push. Dark Knight Rises, where you at?!! Anyway, just a short time ago, the studio released the official “S” logo for Man of Steel. Check it out after the break.
Phenomenal Lego-ized Recreation Trailer for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
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It has been All Quiet on the Western Front from Warner Bros. marketing of The Dark Knight Rises for the past few months. Zero. Zip. Nada. NOTHING. The last thing we got was the duely-release of the second trailer and IMAX prologue back in December. It’s been really frustrating and disappointing after the amazing viral campaign that WB rolled out to promote The Dark Knight back in 2007, which engaged fans with games and scavenger hunts for nearly a year leading up to the release of the film. Why So Serious, WB? Anyway, with the lack of TDKR news, it’s nice when fans can generate some awesome content worth sharing, which is why I’m pleased to share this phenomneal recreation of the second TDKR trailer, with Lego animation. Check it out after the break.
Our First Look at Javier Bardem in the New Bond Film ‘Skyfall’
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The new James Bond film Skyfall is still currently in production. So far we’ve only gotten a few promo images and interviews to give us a taste as to what the film will be like. And so far it looks very good. Recently a few shots of Javier Bardem surfaced online. Here’s the first photo of him in Skyfall, hit the jump to see more and my analysis.
‘Prometheus’ Viral Campaign Starts With Guy Pearce
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Prometheus is the Alien prequel that Ridley Scott has been working on for quite some time. The plot for the film was developed in 1979 and is being labeled a prequel, however it really has no direct relation to the film Alien. The plot revolves around a group of scientists and entrepreneurs that explore the civilization of an advanced extra terrestrial race to discover more about the origin of our humanity. The fact this is the first Sci-Fi film Ridley Scott has directed since he solidified the genre with Blade Runner in 1982 makes it look really juicy.
Pixar Unveils Two and a Half Minutes of ‘Brave’
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It is no secret that Pixar had it’s first hiccup with Cars 2 this past Summer. In an effort to rebound from that mild disaster — not financially, the film made over $550 million worldwide — Pixar has been marketing their newest film Brave in full force. Yesterday we got a full poster you can see after the jump, and today we get a snippet of the movie itself. Hit the jump to check it out.
Sam Mendes Video Blogs About 23rd Bond Film, ‘Skyfall’
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This kind of behind the scenes material is usually left for the bonus features on a DVD/Blu-ray. I like how the movie studios are trying to wet the appetites of expected audiences by releasing these type of bonus features online before the film debuts. Peter Jackson and his The Hobbit videos have done it best. It gives viewers a sense of the magic in filmmaking and the players involved in making it. It gives the audience inside access, and it’s something we don’t have to watch Entertainment Tonight to get. I personally believe this type of production access is the wave of the future, where audiences can see how things are shaping up on a daily or weekly basis — nothing too revealing or spoilerish, just interviews with the production team and glimpses at the phases of production.
AMAZING Fan-Made Trailer: ‘The Dark Knight Rises – The Prestige Style’
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I’ve been watching this over and over the past few days, and I just can’t get enough. There have been hundreds of fan-made trailers for The Dark Knight Rises over the past year or so. Some good, some bad, some “eh.” But none have had such thought-provoking, chill-inducing power as this. It’s a trailer for TDKR, but uses Michael Caine’s voiceover monologue from The Prestige, in which he describes the three parts of a magic trick, but applying the context to Christopher Nolan’s entire Batman trilogy, with Batman Begins as “The Pledge,” The Dark Knight as “The Turn” and The Dark Knight Rises as “The Prestige.” It’s absolutely incredible. Check it out after the break.
Two reasons that made Inception such a polarizing film is because of a) the complex nature of the plot/narrative that subsequently b) made the ambiguous ending open to interpretation. This lack of concrete resolution didn’t sit well with a select few critics and audience members (most of which are too embarrassed or stubborn to say that they just didn’t “get it.”) I would also say this same resentful attitude towards Christopher Nolan’s intelligent blockbuster applies to Academy voters, who famously snubbed Nolan in the Best Director category two years ago. Which is why I wanted to share this presentation to you. It’s a video of the author of the book Inception and Philosophy (Kyle Johnson), passionately arguing why the film should have won Best Picture to Google employees, spurring some seriously interesting thoughts on the film’s clever and DELIBERATE subtext, within subtext, within subtext. Check it out after the break.
