Thor Trailer. Took Me Long Enough.

Sorry. It took me a while. I was watching the commercial for this film on TV and I wanted to see the whole trailer. Here I am, thinking I'm doing my due diligence in including one of this summer's main blockbusters on this blog, and clearly I haven't. Um. My bad.

Anyway.....here it is. Enjoy!


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Royals and Robots

So Prince William married Kate Middleton and became the newly minted Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Well, one down, one left as Harry is now THE most eligible bachelor in Great Britain and its commonwealth. I'll miss pining over William, but now since he's married and she's positively gorgeous (no way any of us mere mortals can compete with the beauty of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge), I'll move on and stick to films. Speaking of, here's the latest trailer for Dark Side of the Moon, the new Transformers film. Hm....I think something's different. I can't quite put my finger on it....WAIT!!! THAT'S RIGHT!! Megan Fox's horrible acting isn't in this one!!!!!! I just hope this new girl, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is just a smidge better. That would make THE WORLD of difference.

The End....

This merits a post without commentary. This is just....man.

Freddie Highmore, All Grown Up

I was watching August Rush the other day and I couldn't help but think, boy. I hate to say it, but Freddie Highmore peaked at 13. He hadn't been in anything worth mentioning since...The Spiderwick Chronicles....and that's barely mentionable. Although, I watched him in BBC's film, Toast, and he and Helena Bonham Carter (LOVE THAT WOMAN) just bonded like they were back on the set of Women Talking Dirty. He kind of shocked me a bit here with this character, a gay boy in the 60's who wants to be a chef, and though I'm used to Helena Bonham Carter taking on shocking roles, she was once again in her prime element. I think Highmore's got so much potential as an actor, that when I saw the trailer to this film, I was glad he wasn't cast aside because he wasn't the cute little boy from Finding Neverland or August Rush anymore. This film, The Art of Getting By is a Sundance pick, and I'm ecstatic for it to succeed because not only does it have Highmore, which I completely respect as a young actor, it's got Emma Roberts, creating her own way out of her famous aunt's spotlight and getting a spotlight of her own. It also has black sheep Michael Angarano, who kind of blows my mind in the indie film Black Irish with Brendan Gleeson and recent Oscar winner Melissa Leo, and is just a riot in Ceremony with Uma Thurman and Lee Pace (Someone whom I've loved since his Pushing Daisies days with Kristin Chenoweth), but going back to The Art. Seriously, I'm not a big Sundance selection film watcher and I don't watch films because they were selected by Sundance. Like I said, I don't really discriminate films at all--regardless of whom they were made by, unless I've already discriminated before and it was so terrible that I swore to myself I'll never watch another film ever again by the director/producer/actor et al.... But this one I'm actually going to make the effort to see. I'm pleasantly surprised, and I hope you will be too.

Immortals Trailer

This looks visually appealing. Perseus is my favorite hero in Greek Mythology, so Sam Worthington currently holds that title of hero in my heart. However, it looks really good, and I'm really excited for it. The trailer doesn't have much, but that's because the film must be incredible, which makes me salivate over it!!

I'm Loving The Avengers!!!

I am a wee bit STOKED for this film to come out next year. The Avengers is beginning to look phenomenal, and it has all these great actors such as Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, JEREMY RENNER IS CONFIRMED AS HAWKEYE--I wonder who his Shayera is going to be, if they're casting her at all. I mean, seriously, creating the character Hawkeye for film and not have his own film aside from the Avenger series??? There's something seriously wrong with that. Plus he's Jeremy Freaking Renner. Now what I'm genuinely upset about is the fact that Ed Norton is not going to be the Hulk, and they've replaced him with Mark Ruffalo. I enjoy his acting, don't get me wrong. But I LOVE Edward Norton and was heartbroken to discover he was replaced for some reason (I don't really care what the reason was. I'm just upset he's not Bruce Banner). But Chris Evans's Captain America, Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow, and Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury are all in, and I'm super excited nonetheless, regardless of the lack of Norton.

......Wha?

I'm having a hard time understanding that they're creating a film version of the '80's television hit, 21 Jump Street, , and it's just now that I'm hearing about it, AND that they were able to get Channing Tatum to play the coveted role of Officer Tom Hanson, the role that catapulted Johnny Depp into the stratosphere. Will it have the same effect for Channing Tatum's career? Because seriously, his role as Tyler Gage in the original Step Up is what made him a household name to ladies in the age range of 17-34. I just really REALLY want him to be able to pull this off--millions of 30-40 something year old women will kill the creators of this film if it goes under. And to be honest, I'm not so sure about Jonah Hill as Doug Penhall. Peter DeLuise looked like a big guy. Probably did football in high school, heavyweight wrestler and all that. I mean, can you see Tatum and Hill as the McQuaid Brothers?? And they CANNOT have a 21 Jump Street film without mentioning the infamous fictitional brothers. It just doesn't work that way. I will have to wait and see how it works. I've been wrong before, so I'm hoping I'm wrong now.

So here's to keeping your fingers crossed to the casting. I don't think they got anyone to play Judy Hoffs yet, or even Ioki. But Ice Cube as Fuller? That I can get on board with.

But I would also like to give a final mention on casting, so back to Channing Tatum. Boy, when you think about it, has he come a long way from being in a supporting role in Coach Carter. He's really flourished as an actor, and I have to give him incredible props for his role in Stop-Loss. I admire an actor who works on getting better, and doesn't just expect the world to give him everything on a silver platter, like some actors and actresses today. And not because he's insanely easy on the eyes. There are gorgeous actors out there who are positively terrible at acting, and yet only get hired because they're pretty faces. Channing Tatum IS a pretty face, but he's really stretching his resume to the limit with roles in films like Dear John, Fighting, GI Joe, The Dilemma, his brilliantness in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (I mean, I watched that movie for Robert Downey Jr. and was incredibly pleasantly surprised at the acting he delivered), and The Eagle. Such incredibly diverse roles, but he's rolling the dice and coming up 7's. Kudos on the insanely vast improvement, Mr. Tatum.

End of an Era

Now I don't usually post stuff about the small screen--yet. I'm going to just focus on the big screen for now, write about the films we see for now, and maybe someday in the future focus on TV shows and awesome series like House, Grey's Anatomy, Bones, and all that (please note that the main characters are all doctors--not what I had planned). But this needs to be said. It's the end of an era for me, as Clark Kent (portrayed by today's birthday boy Tom Welling) finally marries Lois Lane on Smallville, or attempts to marry, we really don't know what's going to happen in this episode of episodes. Now, Smallville has been on air since I was a freshman in high school, and I miss the simpler times of that year when I think about the first few episodes. I can tell you exactly where I was in my life during a specific episode during that master season. Also, how much the show's evolved is incredible. We've seen famous villains, famous heroes, sidekicks and known characters mentioned on this show that has been part of a huge chunk of our lives. So a fond farewell to Smallville in the next few weeks. I'm going to be glued to my television watching the 2-hour series finale with Michael Rosenbaum's return as Lex Luthor like I'm sure, everyone else is. Producers, writers and directors couldn't have given us a better 10th season, a way to say goodbye to the actors that have portrayed these famous roles for ten years. They've grown, and so have we.

This Just In: Michael Bay Will No Longer Work With Shia LeBouf On a Possible New Transformers

According to an interview Michael Bay gave to MTV.com, he said he wouldn't like to work with Shia LeBouf anymore. He also talks abut further Transformers installments, which I kind of don't really want, if LeBouf isn't going to be in it. It's like saying Josh Duhamel isn't going to be in it, and pretty much that ruins the entire film. Transcript of interview is as follows:

On the "Transformers" franchise being rebooted after the third movie:
"It still could be rebooted. Not with Shia. He’s turning grumpy in his old age," he joked. "He’s like a little brother to me but I told him, ‘I’m never going to work with you when you’re older.’ [Shia said] ‘Why?’ ‘Because you’re just a grump!’"

"You put him on a wire and he turns into this evil monster," he continued, playfully poking fun at his frequent collaborator's expense. "Other actors say, ‘This is really fun,’ he’s just the opposite."

On the breakdown for his 3-D shots, wishing he could shoot more on film, not digital:
"I was able to shoot about 60% native 3-D and then you’ve got maybe 15% of all digital shots that are in 3-D, the rest is converted 3-D close-up stuff. Digital, no matter what people tell you, it’s bullsh--. They say, ‘Oh, it looks just like film.‘ It doesn’t look like film, it never will."

On filming his craziest action sequence yet:
"We did one of the craziest things I’ve ever filmed which is these wingsuit guys [extreme base jumpers]. I’m like, 'I’m writing a scene for those guys.' We have this great scene where they fly between the buildings. We had to block off a mile and a half, they made turns around the buildings, very close, but the city [of Chicago] allowed us to do that. Jumping off the Sears Tower flying through the streets. That’s just unheard of."

On how he deals with misbehaving actors:
"With actors, it’s great learning form a guy like Sean Connery who has the greatest work ethic. When I worked with him on 'The Rock,' he would always talk about the young whipper snappers in Hollywood who misbehaved. Owen Wilson, great guy, I put him in 'Armageddon,' it was my third movie. He was an hour and a half late. When he showed up I put my arm around him, 'Hey Owen, how are ya?' 'I’m excited to do this,' [Wilson said]. I said, 'You’re an hour and a half late. You know what? Sean Connery was never late.' And he was never late again.

"I’ve actually been pretty lucky, there’s really no misbehaving on set. It is a long haul, you’re a family. There are tensions, you have good days, bad days, it’s not always perfect. It is tense. You have the light going down, you have the studio up your ass."

On his editing process, evolving from quick cuts to wider shots, and being touchy about criticism there:
"You know what, you should do a study on Paul Greengrass movies and mine… I was one of the first way back when to do 'Bad Boys' in a fast cutting style. I was one of the first to do the fast cutting style… I didn’t have a lot of money, I had nine million… almost no movies did that fast cut, I got a lot of shit for it. Now you look at action movies today, then you look at Paul Greengrass, they get nominated for an Academy Award for cutting so f---ing fast. My cuts, we should analyze, we should do a math test, take the same length of movie and see who has more cuts. I‘ll have less cuts, I guarantee you. It’s a stigma that sticks with me and it’s not fair.

"I get a little hot under the collar about the editing," he said with a smile.

Teaser trailer for the new film, Dark Side of the Moon is below:

Itty Bitty News!!!!!!!!

I think I may actually be sad with this bit of news: Ben Affleck doesn't think that the role of Tom Buchanan in the remake film The Great Gatsby is a good one, so he's declining the offer made to him. I was sincerely looking forward to seeing him tackle on the role of the sexist millionaire philanderer. Affleck was offered the role in early April and director Baz Luhrmann rallied for him BIG. Scheduling just didn't work out due to Affleck's commitment to direct the 1979 Iran hostage crisis drama Argo which is shooting in the Middle East, which sounds AWESOME. Gatsby will, of course, film in Australia, Luhrmann's stomping grounds. Leonardo DiCaprio is pegged to play the wealthy and mysterious Jay Gatsby who still pines for his former flame Daisy Buchanan, which has me excited to see that it's going to be Carey Mulligan, whom I LOVE!!! Tobey Maguire is also set to join the production, along with fellow Aussie Isla Fisher who will play Myrtle, a married woman having an affair with the character role slated for Affleck.

Now THIS is newsworthy. City of God Director Fernando Meirelles is helming the new film, Onassis, a potentially controversial biopic of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis and his relationship with the Kennedys. Meirelles is teaming up with God screenwriter Bráulio Mantovani, and the story will apparently focus on Aristotle’s contentious relationship with Bobby Kennedy, the latter had Onassis' business practices investigated and barred him from trading within the United States. Evans asserts that the power struggle, which included a battle over access to Jackie O, got so heavy that Aristotle eventually allegedly helped finance the assassination of Bobby.

I know this may be itty bitty baby news, but it's rich in details, and that's what matters.

2 Trailers--One I Would Go See In Theaters, The Other I'll Wait for BlueRay.

Although, I must say. It is nice to see Kirsten Dunst back in a film--I haven't seen her since How To Lose Friends and Alienate People with Simon Pegg. She was actually quite good in that....and then she went to rehab, which was kind of surprising. She didn't seem like the kind of girl to have a breakdown. But then again, she was a child actor. Some child actors almost always seem to have some sort of a minor little emotional issue or full blown chemical dependencies and overdoses, a la Corey Haim. I'm just glad she doesn't seem to be Haim-degree crazy.

The second one I'm excited because I love Emma Stone. Her performance in Easy A was one of my favorites of hers. She was light, funny, and practically carried the film, although I'm a huge Stanley Tucci fan and was delighted to see him in this, as I was delighted to see him in the Julia Child film opposite Meryl Streep again. But back to this film--her light 'suthen' accent isn't the only thing that was on spot. Viola Davis, a gorgeous woman who always seems to be in frumpy roles isn't an exception, but in this role she shines like a new penny, as she actually usually does, especially in her role as Mrs. Miller in Doubt, along with Ms. Streep (once you're in a film with her, you've made it in Hollywood). Now who I'm very excited to see in this film is Octavia Spencer--she's always had minor roles in huge films like Seven Pounds, Being John Malkovich, SWAT, Beauty Shop, Coach Carter, Win a Date With Tad Hamilton!, and so on and so forth. She's had her finger in a lot of films throughout her illustrious career, and I'm glad to see she's now been given a juicy role in a solid film.

Abduction Trailer

Um....this is just one hot mess waiting to be released to the world and taint our minds for about 90 to 110 minutes. I always say, the people in the Twilight saga can't seem to act when they're in those films, but once they're in other films, they're actually really good. I was pleasantly surprised with Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett in The Runaways, and am very excited for Water for Elephants with Robert Pattinson. But this might actually be the case where Taylor Lautner was pretty good in the Twilight films, but will suck in this one. I'm not going to count his appearance in New York, I Love You. It was, if we put it together, about 15 minutes worth of film. So eh, Taylor Lautner. Eh.

Happy Birthday, Charlie Chaplin!!!

No one will be able to understand what this man did to pioneer the film industry. He, like Rudolph Valentino, Clara Bow, and are the real legends of film. I will be forever greatful to the likes of them for being a part of a revolutionary concept such as film, to be able to give brilliant minds the idea to make the film industry what it is today, and the capabilities of what it can be in the future.

Mr. Chaplin, Happy Birthday.

This Woman is Just Plain Awesome. I Admire HBC.

So apparently, Helena Bonham-Carter's in talks to be Ms. Havisham in the new screen adaptation of Great Expectations. Can I just say, that's absolutely awesome. She's been given beefy roles all her life and has done more than her share of kicking the role's butt and coming out of the films as a force to be reckoned with. Even the writers at Totalfilm.com agrees. I think that's just plain freaking awesome. Everything she does she gives all of herself in and is just a hurricane of sheer and pure talent. Awesome for Ms. Bonham-Carter.

.....Um.

Uh, yeah. Well, I don't discriminate against films. But this is the most ridiculous thing I've seen in a long time, let me just say.

.....YUM.

I know this may be a little old, but I had to share it. Something this good may not need help being spread, but it's wildfire material.

The Crow Remake With Bradley Cooper. Hm.

Well, I don't know how to feel about this. Bradley Cooper's in talks to star in the remake of the Brandon Lee thriller The Crow, where Lee died a horrific death on set of a shattered spinal cord from a faulty prop bullet. I can't help but worry for Bradley--this may not be his fifth film, but I seriously think this film's cursed. If he makes it alive, then I'll watch it.

Anonymous.....man.....

My movieholic counterpart in Florida shared this with me last night, and I for one CANNOT WAIT for this film to come out.............this is just BRILLIANT. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. COMPLETELY BRILLIANT. JUST........wow. Wow. WOW!!!! I am just astounded by the originality of the screenplay, the thought of the film.....Oscar contender, right here. RIGHT HERE.

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

I actually wrote something completely awesome about this film, and Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell and all that, but for some reason, my internet stopped working, and I lost everything I typed. It was witty, lovely written and completely enjoyable. But it's gone, and I can't even remember what it was I wrote, so I'm sorry. I can't rewrite it nor do I want to. Just enjoy the trailer to Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Theseus, Perseus, Hercules, Achilles, Hector.....I LOVE GREEK MYTHS!!!

The new poster for Immortals is out, and I'm kvelling in my boots. Mr. Henry Cavill, the announced Superman is making his big screen leading man debut in this film, and it has me completely flipping out. We finally get to see what he's made of outside The Tudors, and I'm extremely excited because I have such high hopes for him. Luke Evans will play Zeus (interestingly enough he played Apollo in Clash of the Titans), King of the Gods, and widely-known philanderer. I mean, this film's got some potential. It's got Freida Pinto, John Hurt, Mickey Rourke, Stephen Dorff....and quite a few unknowns, like Joseph Morgan, Isabel Lucas, Corey Sevier, and a few more, so this is their moment to shine. They can't possibly screw this up, or else they're tanked. Another well-knowned actor in this film, and I'm extremely excited to see him out of the Twilight saga films is Kellan Lutz, who is only stuck with one-liners in the entire series. As cute as he delivers them, I'd like to see him in something with a little bit more punch, so I'm anxious to see how he delivers as the God of the seas, Poseidon. I was a bit shocked to learn that there was no Poseidon in Clash, but the best Poseidon I've seen was Kevin McKidd in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.....I love me a Scotsman. Back to the topic at hand. Immortals, out on November 11th.

Screen Legend Birthdays

I'd just like to point out that today is Bette Davis's, Gregory Peck's and the ever-so-awesome Spencer Tracy's birthday. It's a pretty awesome day for these deceased film stars!

Green Lantern Trailer Revamped

This is the creators of Green Lantern making up for their epic fail of a trailer. It's definitely a, "we screwed up, here's four minutes worth of trailer" trailer.

Well then, here's four minutes worth of trailer.



This should've been the trailer from the beginning....but nooooooo.......I mean, I watched the first trailer they put out, and they had promised all this great CGI and everything, which kind of had me wondering, are they leaving the CGI a secret so that we can be wowed on film day? But people were still highly disappointed in the watery trailer provided, though I'm not going to lie. A minute of Ryan Reynolds is worth it. Just a minute. But people don't always see things my way, so it still was panned. A panned trailer--has that ever happened?? So fail, creators of Green Lantern. Fail.

Breaking Dawn Leaked Images

I do have a copy of those leaked images, but because they were fraudulently leaked, I think it be highly unjust and completely downright horrible if I post them, and not to mention incredibly disrespectful. These weren't ready to be posted yet, and some moron goes right ahead and ruins it for the rest of us. So if they were illegally gained, you will not find it here on 5050critics. And if I do have an image that was by no means necessary properly obtained, then I will definitely remove them ASAP. I respect the film creators' rights to keep us in adequate suspense.

THE HANGOVER 2 OFFICIAL TRAILER!!!!

I don't think I need to cheapen this with words.