Archive for June, 2010

TV Watch — A Look Back at Lost: Season 1

Can you believe we’ve been living in a world without Lost for over a month now?  It seems like only yesterday we were all gathering around the television to soak in the final hours of this television masterpiece.  However, there will soon be reason to celebrate, as on August 25th, Lost: The Complete Series will be released on Blu-Ray and DVD.  From the looks of things, the folks over at ABC have pulled out all the stops and this set looks simply fantastic.
So, to remind everyone of just how awesome this series was, I’m going to go back and take a look at the series season by season.  I have to say, looking back at the series now knowing exactly how it ends is quite the adventure, and I hope you guys have as much fun reminiscing as I do! Continue reading

Web Wednesdays (06/30/10)

Web WednesdaysThe folks over at the website wonder-tonic.com have come up with an idea so awesome, it may very well change the way Netflix is perceived forever.
A very novel concept has been introduced called “Cage My Queue” and it combines two of the most awesome things in existence: Netflix and Nicolas Cage. Continue reading

Elijah Wood Heads to FX

The Lord of the Rings Star has landed a comedy series. Continue reading

Starz Cancels Party Down

Starz cancels the comedy series after two seasons. Continue reading

The Village Square — How Lost Should Have Ended

A funny animated take on the finale of Lost

Megan Fox Marries Brian Austin Green in Hawaii

Finally some good news for Megan Fox Continue reading

Knight and Day Review by Krycek

When you’re dealing with movies that are released around the summer season, more often than not, you’re not going to find many surprises plot wise.  While an awesome plot can make a movie a lot of fun to try and figure out, certain formulaic plots can work to the extent that you end up having fun when they’re well made.  The main point of weather these movies with known formulas work or not have to deal with weather or not the cast can pull off making a plot that has been used before seem fresh.  With the release of the latest action film Knight and Day, great chemistry between stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz makes what could have been a very used and predictable movie, one of the more enjoyable times I’ve had this summer. Continue reading

Steve Carell Leaves The Office

The NBC series will soon be looking for a new lead. Continue reading

Jonah Hex Review by Krycek

If I’m being honest about the theatrical releases so far this summer, there is much to be desired.  Sure, every summer is going to have a few dogs, but this summer just seems to be filled with disappointment after disappointment.  I, for one, was actually pleased with a few fun action flicks, and Toy Story 3 was awesome but for the most part summer 2010 just isn’t working well.  As disappointing as the majority of releases have been, there really hasn’t been a movie released where everything absolutely went wrong.  As disappointing as most releases have been, there’s always something positive to say about them…right?  Well, here it is, villagers, quite possibly the worst movie to come out in recent memory, and it’s called Jonah Hex. Continue reading

Trailer Thursdays (06/24/10)

Trailer Thursdays (Caps)It’s Thursday, which means it’s time to sit back and take a look at a few upcoming releases. In this week’s edition of “Trailer Thursdays” the Village Elders have picked out some pretty cool trailers to treat you guys to. Feel free to check out the trailers for: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Middle Men, Morning Glory, and The Smurfs. Enjoy the trailers, because sometimes they’re better than the movie! Continue reading

The Village Square — Star Trek + Ke$ha = AWESOME

The crew of the Enterprise could party like no other crew. Continue reading

Toy Story 3 Review by Puddy

Fifteen years ago, Pixar and Disney came together to make the very first full length computer animated film. Toy Story was an instant classic and since then Pixar and Disney have been the benchmark when it comes to animation. Toy Story 2 came out in 1999 and was just as impressive as the original and some would say it may have been better. So needless to say the hype and expectations on Toy Story 3 have been through the roof. I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that not only did Disney and Pixar live up to the hype, they far surpassed it and in the process have created one of the funniest, most touching and best movies of this or any year. Continue reading

The A-Team Review by Krycek

When the summer movie season comes around, audiences everywhere come to have an unwritten agreement with the movies they tend to go to see. One our side, we agree to turn off our brains and not look too hard at plot points and character development. On the filmmaker’s side, they are supposed to agree to present us with some fun entertainment that will make us smile while getting out of the heat. I have to say, for the most part, that in this summer of 2010, the filmmakers aren’t fulfilling their side of the deal. Sure, there have been 2 or 3 movies that were fun, but for the most part this year just sucks. With this in mind, there is finally a movie playing at theaters everywhere where the filmmakers truly respect the pact of summer moviegoers and give everyone a fun ride from beginning to end. What else can I say? The A-Team rocks! Continue reading

First Image From The Walking Dead TV Series

The first official image of Frank Darabont’s television adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead. Continue reading

The Village Square — Macchio’s Next Project

A look at what the star of the real Karate Kid has been up to. Continue reading

Trailer Thursdays (6/10/10)

Trailer Thursdays (Caps)Trailer Thursday has arrived once again, which means it’s time to enjoy some of the best clips some upcoming films have to offer. In this week’s edition of “Trailer Thursdays” I have chosen a few interesting-looking trailers for some films that will hopefully be as good as their respective trailers. Check out the trailers for: Life As We Know It, You Again, Gulliver’s Travels, and Nowhere Boy. Continue reading

Get Him to the Greek Review by Krycek

There are certain characters that work out so well in certain projects, people just want to see more of them.  When this happens, movie and television writers sometimes decide to present a spin-off movie to give these scene-stealers a shot at the big time.  While this is more popular with television projects than movies, we have seen both good and bad results on both fronts.  Well, this week audiences everywhere were given a gift of one of the best spin-off movies ever with the release of the hilarious film Get Him to the Greek. Continue reading

Les Grossman Officially Gets His Own Movie

Tom Cruise is set to bring his Tropic Thunder character back to theaters everywhere. Continue reading

Splice Review by Carlsberg

Splice_ThumbSplice, the first sci-fi thriller of the summer, opened this past weekend, and what seemed like it would be nothing more than a rip-off of Species, turned out to be something far different and much more intelligent.
Splice centers around two young scientists, Elsa Kast (Sarah Polley, Go) and Clive Nicoli (Adrien Brody, The Pianist), who are partners in both their professional and personal lives. As the film begins, Elsa and Clive have just successfully spliced the DNA of several different species of animals to create a completely unique creature. Continue reading

Jeremy Renner In Final Negotiations for Role in The Avengers

The Hurt Locker‘s Jeremy Renner is reportedly in final negotiations to play “Hawkeye” in The Avengers. Continue reading

Rue McClanahan: 1934 – 2010

Golden Girl Rue McClanahan has passed away at the age of 76. Continue reading

Trailer Thursdays (6/3/10)

Trailer Thursdays (Caps)Trailer Thursday has arrived once again, which means it’s time to enjoy some of the best clips some upcoming films have to offer. In this week’s edition of “Trailer Thursdays” I have chosen a few interesting-looking trailers for some films that will hopefully be as good as their respective trailers. Check out the trailers for: The Killer Inside Me, The Last Exorcism , Going the Distance , and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World . Continue reading

TV Watch — 24: The Final 3 Hours

After the series finale of Lost, which I was sad to see go, I had to experience the series finale of my other favorite show on television, 24. To show my true feelings about these two shows coming to an end, I can only quote the arch-villain Castor Troy: “I hate to see you go, but I LOVE to watch you leave.” That pretty much sums it up. Let’s talk about how it all went down. Continue reading

Behold: Captain America

The interwebs are abuzz and confirmation has apparently been given that these images are the real deal. So feast your eyes on the costume Chris Evans will wear as Steve Rogers, Captain America. Continue reading

Web Wednesdays (06/02/10)

Web WednesdaysWith so many powerhouse series closing down for the final time, the search is on for what could be the next cool thing on the tube. Well, a while back one of the coolest and most well rounded new shows to debut was the FX network’s hit Justified. This series is as entertaining as anything on television, and one of the many aspects that work for the series is the cool music that is presented in the series.
Being that Justified is a modern day western set in Kentucky, the creators of the series set out to find a certain style of music that incorporates the bluegrass stylings of the south with the hip-hop vibe that is popular today. The creators of Justified uncovered quite a treasure in the musical stylings of a very cool and talented group that goes by the name Gangstagrass. Continue reading