If you’ve seen Sir Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, whether or not you’re on board with the ambiguous/not entirely satisfying (or thought out) plot, you no doubt have marveled at how astoundingly beautiful his return to sci-fi looked. Well, Academy Award-winning visual effects house WETA Digital crafted the scene using a combination of cutting-edge tech and practical techniques. This video below shows they pulled off the effects. It’s short but worth a look. Enjoy!! In the film’s opening sequence, a lone humanoid figure crosses a cliff top, disrobes and drinks from a small container. Within moments, his body begins to break apart with horrifying force. The dissolving Engineer pitches forward into a waterfall, his genetic material seeding what…
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Ohhh, Look…Poster Round-Up: Taken 2, Expendables 2 & More…
This is a bit of a mixed bag but how could we resist putting all these promo posters of expectedly kick-ass films together in one post? Here we have Taken 2, The Expendables 2, some lower budget Sean Bean actioner Soldiers of Fortune, Savages, The Watch and finally, Django Unchanied. Also, there’s a bit of a surprise at the bottom for you fans of the drive-in movie era posters. It’s fan made and been around a while but still has a kind cool look to it. Enjoy!! Taken 2 stars Liam Neeson and will hit theaters this Fall on October 5th 2012. Stallone, Li, Statham and the rest of the World’s Most Macho Heroes team…
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Ohhh, Look…Behind-the-Scenes Video From Paramount's 100th Anniversary Photoshoot
2012 has been a continually big year for Paramount Pictures, and rightly so. Celebrating their Centennnial anniversary, the iconic studio began the year by rolling out their brand new logo with fanfare music by maestro Michael Giacchino. Along with some recent additions to the studio’s grand collection (like Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) this week, film fans got some ohhs, and ahhhs in the form of this star-studded “class photo” which showcased an awe-inspiring collection of the studio’s hottest stars then and now…116 to be exact. For film fans, it’s quite a sight to behold. Click the image to see the hi-rez version on Vanity Fair that names everyone in the photo from the…
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Sweet Trailer…'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry'
Winner of the Jury Prize from the Sundance Film Festival is this insightful and powerful documentary about China’s most popular and yet controversial artist Ai Weiwei. Making waves at nearly every festival in the circuit (read our own Andrew Crump’s glowing review of it), his story really is one that needs to be heard. The trailer for the “theatrical release” can be found on the Apple website (read: no embed code yet) and it gives you a good idea of Ai Weiwei’s struggles, but to compliment it, we also recommend you can also take a look at the spotlight trailer, with intro and commentary from director Alison Klayman, for the film while it…
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Hugh Laurie Cast In MGM/Sony Remake of 'RoboCop'
TV’s one and only “shock Doc” Hugh Laurie has been officially cast in and Jose Padilha’s remake of Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 classic RoboCop. Laurie, 53, now free from the enormously successful “House M.D.”, will be playing the villain/super-rich CEO of Omni Corp. For those who missed out on the paragon of 80’s awesomeness that is Robocop (so awesome in fact that it’s in the Criterion Collection) O.C.P. is the company responsible for the inception of the program that turns Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) into RoboCop. No stranger to controversy and having people just hate him (well it’s a love/hate relationship) Laurie will be upping the ante to bring some true villainy to his role. Ronny Cox was Verhoeven’s go…
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Ohhh, Look…Play The Actual 8-Bit Arcade Game From 'Wreck-It Ralph'!
For those of you who are beyond excited for Disney’s awesome looking 8-bit throw-back/love-letter to the days of arcades, have we got something for you! Anyone who didn’t get a chance to make it to the D23 Expo and see the amazingly nostalgic promo arcade game Fit-It Felix to promote the film Wreck-It Ralph, don’t worry. Why? Well, two reasons: 1. We’re not sure that the promo was even a functional game and 2. The link/photo below will take you to the Disney website to…wait for it…play the REAL game “Fit-It Felix” as depicted Wreck-It Ralph. How meta is that?!?! So enough with the set up, click the image below and enjoy your…
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Sweet Teaser Trailer…'Django Unchained'
Yesterday was a big day for trailers as we saw the Disney answer to a Pixar film, a new Robert Zmeckis film, and the latest awesome offering from one Quentin Tarantino. Well after much anticipation and some highs and lows of the casting process comes the first trailer for what looks like another QT classic. It looks GREAT…Enjoy! Starring Oscar-winners Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Oscar-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio this follow-up to Inglourious Basterds can be expected to be equally saturated in great writing, superb acting and memorable characters/exchanges. Oh, man we can’t wait for this!! The Weinstien Company and Columbia Pictures have Django Unchained (“the D is silent“) scheduled to hit theaters this Winter on…
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Sweet Trailer…Disney's 'Wreck-It Ralph'
To those of us who grew up in a world filled with arcades and 8-bit games, words cannot express how much of a love-letter this film is. In the vein of other heart-felt animated gems like Monster’s Inc. and The Incredibles, comes this super-sweet looking film about a video game villain, Ralph, who decides he no longer wants to be the “bad guy”, and ventures into other games in hopes of becoming a “hero”. This trailer premiered on MSN so have a look at it as well as an intro from Ralph himself, John C. Reilly… Directing this delightful looking animated throwback film is “Futurama” and “The Simpsons” alum Rich Moore.Yes, Brave looks really good but Wreck-It Ralph is the animated…
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Ohhh, Look…Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' Video Blog #7
If there’s one guy who can bring unfilmable stories to the big screen it’s Peter Jackson. To unparalleled success he brought J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy to life and the fans loved him for it (you might recall that he snagged an Oscar or two for his efforts). Now he’s hard at work on the long awaited prequel The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and that’s got fans everywhere clamoring for December. What makes his films so engaging is the insane about of detail he puts into them. Yet it’s not just what’s on the screen that’s fun to behold, it’s what goes on behind the scenes that can sometimes be…
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Ohhh, Look…First Look At 'Wreck-It Ralph' Characters – UPDATED
Last week we got a look at Ralph, from Pixar’s upcoming Wreck-It Ralph. It wasn’t much but it did have that old school, side-of-an-arcade-game look/feel to it. But this morning, USA Today has 4 exclusive images from the feature. In the film about a vintage 8-bit brute, Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) has been bashing buildings for 30 years as the well-mannered hero Fix-It Felix, Jr. (30 Rock’s Jack McBrayer) has constantly repaired all his demolition handiwork. Ralph decides he no longer wants to be the “bad guy”, but in his attempts to change his ways he unleashes a deadly enemy who threatens to destroy every game in the arcade. Behold, some…