After a long and distinguished career, filled with roles that endeared him to movie fans and fans of science fiction and fantasy worldwide, Sir Christopher Lee has died, at age 93. In the 21st century,…
The Martian, based on Andy Weir’s originally self-published, bestselling debut novel, looks like it will be a gripping and suspenseful film, but also a lot of fun. Have you seen the trailer yet? I like…
Ex Machina is one of the most engrossing, thought-provoking, and unsettling movies I’ve seen in a while. A story that starts off as a Silicon Valley Willy Wonka and ends up a nightmarish retelling of…
The Avengers: Age of Ultron is every bit the entertaining superhero spectacle we’ve come to expect from Marvel Studios. While not without some plot and pacing problems, it delivers a truly grand finale to “Phase…
Next year, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will pit DC Comics’ two biggest superheroes against each other. For now, the teaser trailer released last Friday (in an anticlimactic unveiling of an event already eclipsed…
I think the new teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is fantastic. I’ve seen it several times since it hit the Internet yesterday afternoon, as you probably have, too. Each time, it makes…
When I heard that Disney plans to film a live-action Winnie the Pooh, I thought I missed an April Fools’ Day joke. But no! In its apparent quest to remake its entire catalog of animated…
Emma Watson was big news in my neck of the woods this week. According to The Daily Pennsylvanian, the University of Pennsylvania’s independent student newspaper, the 24-year-old star of the Harry Potter film franchise had…
Marvel Studios* (see below) continues its string of strong, intriguing teaser trailers with this morning’s first glimpse of the reimagined Fantastic Four. Marvel has mastered the selection of dramatic, visually arresting images to pique viewers’ interest. (That shot…
On Saturday, January 3, 2015, Matt went to the theaters to see “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.” Unfortunately, knowing that he and Ben would be podcasting about this movie the following week,…
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