NASA’s Alien Announcement: What We Hope Will Happen (Based on Popular Movies)
Posted on January 7th, 2011
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Excerpt: As you’ve probably heard, NASA has scheduled a news conference this week to discuss a potentially groundbreaking discovery about astrobiology and extra-terrestrial life. And while I’m sure there are many of us hoping they’ll be unveiling a picture of little green men, it’s probably a pretty safe bet that nothing quite so theatrical will be taking place. In all likelihood, the conference will probably focus border=”1″ vspace=”4″ id=”vimage_3624713″ alt=”" src=”http://www.movieonipod.com/wp-content/uploads/auto-save-image/2011/01/174738ZIh.jpg” />Tim Burton got it right.How great would it be if NASA pulled a sheet off of a big piece of poster board and instead of a blown-up picture of a…
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‘Tron: Legacy’ Review: A Thrilling, Evocative, and Utterly Satisfying Piece of Entertainment
Posted on January 7th, 2011
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Excerpt: It only took a first viewing of ‘Tron: Legacy’ to know that I really liked the film, but I admit that it wasn’t until the second that I really knew why. Like so many other science fiction and fantasy opuses, it’s filled with a visual splendor, if not a sort of glorious self-indulgence that is likely to delight most viewers, and indeed it shows them things that they have never seen before. But its story has a deceptive denseness that is at once legitimately complex and spectacularly flimsy, which will no doubt engender a significant and perhaps deserved dislike from…
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Neill Blomkamp and Sharlto Copley Reteam on ‘Elysium’
Posted on January 7th, 2011
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Excerpt: Before ‘District 9′ became a surprise smash hit, and later an Academy Award nominee for Best Picture, the names Neill Blomkamp and Sharlto Copley (pictured above, left to right) might have drawn blank stares if raised in conversation. Since then, however, the director and star of the “hellaciously entertaining” alien invasion picture (in the words of yours truly) have become hot properties. Copley appeared as Murdock in last summer’s ‘The A-Team,’ while Blomkamp has been linked to “everything from music video possibilities to sequels, prequels and Hobbits,” as our own Monika Bartyzel reported recently.In June we heard that Blomkamp was…
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The Week In Geek: A Last Look at J.J. Abrams’ ‘Superman’
Posted on January 7th, 2011
[The Week in Geek is a weekly Tuesday column that plunges headfirst into a deep pool of genre geekiness without ever coming up for air.]
What’s so difficult about Superman? The argument always seems to come back to the fact that the guy is so powerful, it’s hard to write a decent conflict around him. Okay then, somebody please explain the past 72 years’ worth of Superman stories — thousands of stories about The Last Son of Krypton, in every media imaginable. If you’ve got the imagination, or if you can get a handle>
Costume Designs for ‘Superman: Flyby’
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Blu-ray Review: Inception
Posted on January 7th, 2011
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Excerpt: It apparently takes only a day or two for the entertainment news cycle to expunge one obsession and replace it with another, but even as awards season produces one new superlative-worthy entry after another, Warner Home Video is trying to remind audiences of one from earlier this year: ‘Inception.’ Newly released height=”400″ id=”AOLVP_us_35617890001″ width=”500″>Disc Two offers a really strange little collection of extras, meaning they all suit the film well, but don’t really cohere together as some sort of encyclopedia of background information about the film. “Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious” is sort of the centerpiece of the disc, and…
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‘Transformers 3′ Trailer Reveals What’s On the ‘Dark of the Moon’
Posted on January 7th, 2011
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Roland Emmerich Returns to Alien Invasion Films with ‘The Zone’
Posted on January 7th, 2011
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Excerpt: It’s unfair to say that Roland Emmerich destroys the world in all of his movies … he just destroys it in most of them. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the German maestro of blockbuster destruction, the man who blew up every national monument in ‘Independence Day,’ froze over the northern hemisphere in ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ and killed just about every human being on the face of the planet in ’2012,’ will be making himself another alien invasion movie. But what makes ‘The Zone,’ the name of this top-secret new project, so special?Maybe it has something to with the…
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8 Ways to Stop an Alien Invasion (in the Movies)
Posted on January 7th, 2011
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Excerpt: In the new film ‘Skyline,’ a mysterious alien race descends upon various cities across the globe and draws humans towards their spacecrafts, presumably for nefarious purposes. But while many of these people, perhaps curious about the secrets of extraterrestrial life that lurk inside, venture eagerly towards the ships’ welcoming blue glow, our mothers taught us to be suspicious of vehicles, passersby and especially otherworldly creatures that we don’t know.As such, we felt it only appropriate to assemble a list of ways to stop an alien invasion. Unfortunately, having never encountered an alien in real life, we weren’t really sure where…
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The Week In Geek: Who Is This ‘Tintin’ Guy Anyway?
Posted on January 7th, 2011
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Excerpt: There’s been some question as to whether or not Thor is a popular enough character to support his own live-action feature film. Let’s be realistic — people know who Thor is. Even if they don’t know the comic, they know he’s the Norse god of thunder, and, as far as I know, that’s exactly what he is in the upcoming movie. In this particular case, Thor’s individual popularity takes a backseat to the popularity of Marvel Studios and their product.Of course, maybe I’m being naive because I grew up with Thor, the superhero. I can’t imagine someone not having a…
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‘Avatar’ Extended Collector’s Edition TV Spot (Exclusive)
Posted on January 7th, 2011
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Excerpt: The last few weeks have been fun for home entertainment fans, and things will become even more interesting as we inch closer to the holidays. Making its big, giant splash in stores and style=”position:relative;width:500px;height:375px;margin:0;padding:0;”>if(typeof AOLVP_cfg===’undefined’)AOLVP_cfg=[];AOLVP_cfg.push({id:’AOLVP_us_656474020001′,’codever’:0.1,’autoload’:false,’autoplay’:false,’playerid’:’61371447001′,’videoid’:’656474020001′,’publisherid’:1612833736,’width’:500,’height’:375,’videotitle’:''Avatar' Collector's Edition TV Spot’,'bgcolor’:”});The three-disc AVATAR Extended Collector’s Edition Blu-ray will both feature the original theatrical release, a special edition re-release, family audio track with all objectionable language removed and new collector’s extended cut with sixteen more minutes including an exclusive alternate opening Earth scene. Viewers will journey to the depths of Pandora with filmmakers during”Capturing Avatar” an in-depth feature length documentary covering the…
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