Archive List for June 2006
June 30, 2006
Audio Edition - June 30th 2006
On this Friday installment of The Audio Edition, John and Doug discuss: 1) Spider Man Trailer (It's not a teaser trailer) 2) The Transformers Teaser trailer 3) Ebert and how... Read the full story.
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Sony Shows 20 Minutes of Casino Royale At Cinema Expo
I am personally really pumped about the new direction of the Bond franchise. Don't get me wrong... I loved Brosnan as 007, but the casting of Daniel Craig gives a... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:48 AM | Comments (16)
Corruption in Canadian Politics
Look, I'm not naive, I know special interest groups try to buy local politicians all the time. So why should Movie companies in Canada be any different? It's not... but... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:40 AM | Comments (4)
Rob Schneider Collapses But Sadly Gets Back Up
According to the good folks over at Yahoo News, Rob Schneider collapsed on set of his new film "Big Stan". According to the news:Rob Schneider was taken to a Northern... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:24 AM | Comments (11)
Wolverine Script Review
LatinoReview has put up a Wolverine script review and this is what they have to say:Yes, that's the verdict... the script kicks ass bub!I love origin stories. Regardless if it's... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:46 AM | Comments (30)
June 29, 2006
Audio Edition - June 29th 2006
Only 2 topics on today's Audio Edition kiddies! Today Doung and I discuss and review 2 movies: 1) Superman Returns 2) Pirates of the Caribbean 2 We're saving a TON... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 05:28 PM | Comments (29)
Superman 29th Largest Opening Day - And It was A Wednesday
According to the good folks over at Boxoffice Mojo, Supermant Returns opening night took in over $21 million dollars. That makes it the 29th largest opening day for a film... Read the full story.
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Transformers Teaser Trailer Here
Hey kiddies. Wanna see the Transformers Teaser Trailer? Look below. **UPDATE** It's Back UPDATE #2 Screw it! Studio decided to not even try to fight it getting out on the... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 01:21 PM | Comments (35)
The Wicker Man Not Being Shown To Critics
Ahh the trend continues. The new Nic Cage film "The Wicker Man", a remake of the 1973 film of the same name, has put out a press release that gives... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 01:16 PM | Comments (17)
New Saw 3 Poster
A new poster for Saw 3 has been released. For those of you who don't already know, here's the plot outline for the film: With his new apprentice Amanda (Shawnee... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 11:52 AM | Comments (23)
Zoom Trailer
A trailer for Tim Allen's new flick ZOOM has just hit the web. Zoom is about Allen, who is a superhero that is brought out of retirement to train a... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 11:09 AM | Comments (14)
Kate Holmes Back For Next Batman. Dies?
The guys over at Moviehole have put up a VERY interesting comment about the upcoming Batman movie revolving around the poster girl for "Waste of potential" Katie Holmes. Despite the... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:53 AM | Comments (26)
Anthony Hopkins is Leo Tolstoy
I know I can sound like a gushing fanboy whenever I talk about Anthony Hopkins... but the man is pure liquid Awsomeness. The word has just come out that Anthony... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:33 AM | Comments (6)
Major Piracy Ring Broken Up
In the US, the FBI just busted two movie piracy rings that they claim could be responsible for up to HALF of all the illegal recordings made of films in... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:20 AM | Comments (10)
Transformers Teaser Description
I had a ton of people send me this last night and this morning. Apparently it's the teaser trailer description for The Transformer which is coming out in just a... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:35 AM | Comments (1)
What Does "No, Go and Routh" Mean In Our Reviews?
If you've watched one of my video reviews, or listened to us review a flick on The Audio Edition, you've probably heard us judge films based on a scale of... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:24 AM | Comments (21)
June 28, 2006
Audio Edition Late tonight
Hey there guys. John here. Just a quick update. The Audio Edition will be late tonight (really late tonight). Both Doug and I have to go into Toronto... I have... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 12:41 PM | Comments (21)
Fantastic Four 2 Plot?
A couple of places around the web are reporting that the plot synopsis for Fantastic Four 2 has been released. I personally can neither confirm nor deny the authenticity of... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 11:38 AM | Comments (22)
John Reviews Superman Returns
John gives his quick 3 minute Superman Returns review.... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 01:30 AM | Comments (52)
June 27, 2006
How Much Will Superman Make Opening Weekend?
Prediction time boys and girls. The question is simple. Including it's early Wednesday opening... how much will Superman Returns make in it's opening weekend? vizu_poll_id = 7327; vizu_category_id = 0;... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 03:13 PM | Comments (32)
Spider-Man 3 Trailer Online NOW!
Sony has put out a press release letting us all know that at 2:30pm (EST) the Apple Trailers website will launch the first Spider-Man 3 teaser trailer online. Guess I... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:55 AM | Comments (108)
Ebert Does NOT Like Superman
It's no secret that Superman Returns has been my single most anticipated film since Revenge of the Sith. I think it's going to be amazing, and in my mind (so... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:50 AM | Comments (48)
10 Reasons Why High Definition DVD Formats Have Already Failed
As a follow up to the recent discussions we've been having on the new High Def DVD wars on the Audio Editions, New Zeland reader Timslim sent me this interesting... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:49 AM | Comments (10)
June 26, 2006
Audio Edition - June 26th 2006
Welcome to the Monday Round Table! Today Doug, Darren and myself discuss: 1) Keith Richards appearing in Pirates 3 2) Casting Call for Transformers 3) Documentaries and objectivity 4) Postapocalyptic... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 06:49 PM | Comments (23)
In The Name Of The King Trailer
Oh my sweet goodness. My eyes have beheld perhaps the worst trailer I've ever seen in my life. Uwe Boll's new film "In The Name Of The King". Thanks to... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 02:39 PM | Comments (34)
Thomas Haden Church - the physique of a fishwife
I've always liked Thomas Haden Church all the way back to his days on Wings (man that was an under appreciated show!) By now you all know that Church is... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 01:33 PM | Comments (7)
Postapocalyptic Vampire Western - Priest
Ok, we've already well established years ago that I am a card carrying geek. No argument. So when I hear of a movie described as a "postapocalyptic vampire western", how... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 01:03 PM | Comments (14)
Uglies
I have yet to seen a movie adaptation of a young adult book that has really really impressed me. But I've got to admit this one sounds interesting. Uglies is... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 12:49 PM | Comments (4)
Around The Web - June 26 2006
Here are some of the other movie news stories floating around the web today: - AICN gives it's review of Pirates of the Caribbean 2 - Click Win Box Office... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:32 AM | Comments (3)
Superman Guide
No one will really argue... Superman is the god of the Super Hero world. I'm not saying he's the most popular... or even the "best" (a very subjective term), but... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:49 AM | Comments (10)
Casting Call For The Transformers
Wolf brought this to my attention this morning. The good folks over at Superhero Hype have reported that there is an open casting call going on right now for Transformers... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:20 AM | Comments (1)
New Spider-Man 3 Set Pics
We're still so far away from Spider-Man 3, but the hype is already insane. People (including me) are so looking forward to this flick it's nuts. Can't get enough? Well... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:15 AM | Comments (10)
Keith Richards Finally Confirmed For Pirates 3
The running soap opera of "Is Keith Richards going to appear in the new Pirates of the Caribbean films or not" questions has been raging back and forth for well... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:52 AM | Comments (3)
June 23, 2006
Audio Edition - June 23rd 2006
Sorry we missed Wednesday guys... but I was sick... as a matter of fact as you'll hear in the show I'm still a little sick and in a FOUL mood.... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 06:21 PM | Comments (31)
M. Night Shyamalan A Little Crying Suck?
Ok, now before I get into it here... let me say a couple of things. 1) I LOVED Sixth Sense 2) I LOVED Signs 3) I think M. Night Shyamalan... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 12:40 PM | Comments (45)
Iron Man May 2008
Iron Man (being directed by Jon Favreau) has its release date. May 2nd, 2008. So just under 2 years from now he'll be on the big screen. On the positive... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 11:59 AM | Comments (30)
Watchmen Gets New Director
Well it's been a while since there has been any substantive Watchmen news, but it appears that the gears are once again in motion. According to Yahoo, Warner Bros. Pictures... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 11:46 AM | Comments (8)
Will There Be A Blu-Ray HD-DVD Cross Player?
One of the biggest objections that I, and many other have with these new High Definition formats (Blu-Ray and HD-DVD) is that fact that we don't want to get caught... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:26 AM | Comments (11)
The Audio Edition On The Front Page Of Yahoo Podcast
Wow... this is pretty damn cool! Carl just pointed out to me that even though we're not on the iTunes "featured podcasts" list yet, Yahoo Podcasts has featured us on... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 02:12 AM | Comments (11)
June 22, 2006
Wanna hear the whole Superman Returns Soundtrack?
The good folks over at SuperHeroHype have just posted up a link to a full stream of the entire Superman Returns soundtrack. I just personally finished listening to it and... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 02:18 PM | Comments (13)
Millennium Falcon Transformer
Coolest damned thing I've ever laid my eyes on! Damn this thing is pure spank bank material! i was reading one of my favorite sites today (Filmrot) and they had... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 12:06 PM | Comments (9)
A Different View On Movie Piracy
Ok, I laughed my ass off watching this. A filmmaker talks about Piracy from a different point of view.... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 11:48 AM | Comments (13)
Sabretooth In Wolverine Movie
The folks over at iF Magazine recently did an interview with the guys who wrote X-Men 3. They spill a lot of dirt on the behind the scenes stuff, as... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:15 AM | Comments (11)
Yet Another Lord Of The Rings DVD Set
Maybe it's the geek in me, but for my money there is no finer film series than Lord of the Rings. To me, it represents the pinnacle in filmmaking. I... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:55 AM | Comments (18)
Spider-Man 3 Teaser Poster
Another Spider-Man 3 poster has been popping up in major city centers recently. We've all already seen the one with Spider-Man in black perched on the building top (I love... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:45 AM | Comments (10)
Borat Movie Trailer
Hey guys. As you know, I posted up the Borat trailer last week. Sadly it was hosted on youtube and the studios had it pulled (very stupid on their part.... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:33 AM | Comments (4)
So you want to fight Uwe Boll?
As most of you will remember, recently Uwe Boll has challenged his 5 harshest critic to a fight (the fights will then be used to promote his new film... the... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:26 AM | Comments (3)
America: Freedom to Fascism
Sometimes we see something that is just so scary, that we, in order to protect our own minds from that fear, instantly just write it off as pure fantasy or... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:14 AM | Comments (35)
June 21, 2006
Sick as a dog
Hey there folks. First off, I'm really sorry for the lack of updates yesterday and today. I swear I'm not neglecting things, it's just that I'm sick as a dog... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:18 AM | Comments (43)
June 20, 2006
Apple Wants $9.99 Per Movie - Hollywood Says No
It looks like the final stages are being entered for iTunes to close a deal with all the major Hollywood studios for distribution of their movies over iTunes very very... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:37 AM | Comments (27)
Bringing Brando To Life As Jor-El
Rhythm & Hues is one of the smaller "BIG" visual effects companies. You don't often hear their names... but trust me, these guys have their finger prints on some of... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:05 AM | Comments (12)
June 19, 2006
Audio Edition - June 19th 2006
Welcome to Monday! We have a special guest on the Audio Edition today. Actress, comedian and documentary film producer Sharon Dewitt joins us again in studios! Together we discuss: 1)... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 06:13 PM | Comments (48)
Spielberg to Direct World Of Warcraft?
File this one under "To good to be true". Joel has alerted me to a report from the good folks over at JoBlo claiming that Steven Spielberg "is now being... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 02:31 PM | Comments (25)
Jackass 2 Trailer
Post Submited by: Wolf You can submit a post here I liked the first Jackass, it was a fun popcorn flick. Jackass two is on it's way and I looks... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 11:27 AM | Comments (20)
Pirates of the Caribbean 4 - 5 and 6?
Jerad sent me this link to an interesting interview Newsweek had with Johnny Depp. In the interview Depp talks about fatherhood... fame... media... oh, and this little film franchise he... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:27 AM | Comments (30)
Peter Cullen Not The Voice Of Optimus Prime?
Post Submited By: Phil You can submit a post here Regular Movie Blog reader Phil sent me a note with this link, that may give us some insight to the... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:03 AM | Comments (12)
New Talladega Nights Trailer
A new Talladega Nights trailer has hit the web, and I think it's even better than the first one. Yes, it looks like your typical Will Ferrell flick... but that... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 07:19 AM | Comments (13)
June 16, 2006
Audio Edition - June 16th 2006
Welcome to the first Friday Roundtable here at the Audio Edition. Today Doug, Darren and I discuss: 1) Is it ok to bash Scientology? 2) How do we get this... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 06:59 PM | Comments (44)
30 Days Of Night
According to the good folks over at Cinescape, Josh Hartnett has just singed up to star in the upcoming horror project "30 Days Of Night". Before Lucky Number Slevin, I... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 12:43 PM | Comments (15)
Road To Guantanamo Trailer
The new Road To Guantanamo trailer is up and on the web. I'll resist the temptation to make any political commentary and just say that if the purpose of a... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 12:34 PM | Comments (7)
Ben Affleck As Magnum PI?
The whole "who will be Magnum PI" rumblings are starting to match those of the whole "Who will be the next Bond?" ones. I personally still think George Clooney is... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:37 AM | Comments (34)
AFI's List Of The 100 Most Inspiring Films Of All Time
I love lists... they basically mean nothing, but they're great conversation starters. Some of the very best lists come from the AFI. Every year they put out a big "Top... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:23 AM | Comments (33)
Best Selling Anime DVDs of 2006
Anime movies are one of my major guilty pleasures. However, I have to confess I'm not really knowledgeable about them, nor do I keep up to date with them very... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:53 AM | Comments (14)
Seven Samurai 3 Disc DVD
One of the all time great filmsis getting a special 3 DVD release in September. Seven Samurai. Seven Samurai is one of those films that almost every other film rips... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:47 AM | Comments (8)
June 15, 2006
Funniest T-Shirt Ever
The folks over at TMZ had this story about this guy below being harassed by Jenna Elfman and her husband. Gee... I wonder why they were upset at him. LOL... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 01:12 PM | Comments (36)
World War Z: An Oral History Of The Zombie War
Can we ever get anough of the whole Zombie genre? Apparently not. Paramount pictures has just bought the rights to a novel that hasn't even been published yet called "World... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 11:01 AM | Comments (42)
Pang Brothers Sign Up With Image
Well this is good news for folks in North America. The Asian version of the Wachowski Brother, the Pang brothers, have just signed a North American distribution deal for their... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:53 AM | Comments (3)
Superman Returns Holding At 100
As of this moment, over at Rotten Tomatoes they have a handful of reviews for Superman Returns up even though the film is still a few weeks away. However, there... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:39 AM | Comments (31)
Transformers Cast and Set Pics
Hey there folks, Jeff just gave me a heads up about a bunch of new Transformers Cast qand Set pictures that have gone up at the Transformers Movie forums. They... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:24 AM | Comments (6)
Conan Continues On
Doug won't be happy with this news at all. It looks liike everything is still moving ahead for the newest Conan film... however they're just heading in a different direction... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:11 AM | Comments (11)
X-Men 3 Side By Side
We've all heard about the amazing technology they used in X-Men 3 to make Charles and Magneto look 20 years younger. Here are some side by side before and after... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:01 AM | Comments (6)
Sir Anthony Hopkins Directs Slipstream
Post Submited By: Varun You can submit a post here According to Starpulse Blog and imdb, Sir Anthony Hopkins (I would insert of what movie fame, but if you don't... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:18 AM | Comments (6)
June 14, 2006
Audio Edition - June 14th 2006
Welcome to Hump Day! On today's show Doug and I discuss: 1) Way too much about Woner Woman 2) Superman Concept Art from Tim Burton's Project 3) Borat the Movie... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 07:35 PM | Comments (26)
What Went Wrong With Cars?
I almost feel silly asking "What went wrong with Cars?" after it made over $60 million on it's opening weekend. I mean come on! $60 million is a HUGE number... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:27 AM | Comments (46)
11 Superman Returns Clips
I woke up to about 20 emails telling me about 11 Superman Returns Clips being up and online. (Jerry was the first one). Much of these 1 minute clips have... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:47 AM | Comments (27)
Eminem To Star In "Have Gun Will Travel"
Well, stupidity reigns in Hollywood folks. And here is yet another example. Famous Non-Actor Eminem (a fine musical artist... but he's not an actor), has just been signed by Paramount... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:39 AM | Comments (33)
Getting Tired of Adam Sandler
I know this will put me in the minority, but I've grown tired of Adam Sandler. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike Sandler at all, I even enjoyed The... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 07:42 AM | Comments (33)
June 13, 2006
Want To Fight Uwe Boll?
Post submited by: Justin You can submit a post here Say what you will about Uwe Boll. But this is the funniest thing I've heard of in a long time.... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:49 AM | Comments (18)
Borat Trailer
We've been talking for some time about the upcoming Borat (popular character from the Ali G Show) movie. Well, a Borat trailer has just come out and I smiled the... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:22 AM | Comments (13)
Sandra Bullock As Wonder Woman
No No No... I'm not saying Sandra Bullock has been cast as Wonder Woman!!! A reader (thanks Kate) sent me this fan made image of Sandra Bullock as Wonder Woman.... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:15 AM | Comments (22)
Superman Circa 1998 Movie Project Concept Art
Some of the concept art for the 1998 incarnation of Tim Burton's Superman project has surfaced on the web... and man all I can say is THANK WHATEVER GODS YOU... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:00 AM | Comments (27)
Hostel 2 Plot
Post Submited by: Varun You can submit a post here According to IGN the website Eli Roth (it doesn not note with or without Tarantino's producing credits) has already landed... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:47 AM | Comments (5)
June 12, 2006
Audio Edition - June 12th 2006
Welcome to the LONGEST Audio Edition in history. Over an hour of movie talking goodness. On today's way too long show some of the topics we discuss are: 1) MediaMelt... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 06:36 PM | Comments (42)
John Cleese To Retire
How can you not instantly smile whenever you see John Cleese come on screen? This man is ninja in the martial art of comedy. I still think my personal favorite... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 12:53 PM | Comments (8)
Yet More Amazing Superman Returns Reviews
One of my regular visits on the web is to Dark Horizons. I've always appreciated their reviews. Anyway, they've just added themselves the massively positive reviews being given about Superman... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 12:42 PM | Comments (25)
Bill Nighy Is Davey Jones
I absolutely LOVE Bill Nighy (not in a Brokeback way). I have to admit right up front that I've only seen about 6 of his films... but every single time... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:13 AM | Comments (13)
The Passion of the Christ - Most Controversial Film Of All Time
One of my favorite magazines (yeah, I still actually read one or two of those) Entertainment Weekly, is putting out a list in their upcoming June 16th issue on "The... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:14 AM | Comments (10)
Top Ten Surprises In Al Gore's Global Warming Movie
The other night on David Letterman, Dave did his nightly Top 10 on the new Al Gore film "An Inconvenient Truth". Here was his list of "Top Ten Surprises In... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:38 AM | Comments (4)
X-Men 3 Now Highest Grossing Film Of The Year
In its third weekend of release, X-Men 3 has become the highest grossing movie of the year so far with just over $200 million at the box office domestically. Right... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:02 AM | Comments (32)
Avi Arad Confirms Thor Movie In The Works
Get ready all you Viking god fans out there. Avi Arad has confirmed that a Thor Movie is indeed in the works. The folks over at iFMagazine recently had an... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 07:45 AM | Comments (6)
June 10, 2006
Superman Returns Reviews
Thanks to Nick for the Heads up on this one. The first Superman Returns Reviews! The very first screening of Superman Returns happened for some press on Thrusday night, and... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:16 AM | Comments (25)
Lucas Writing Connery Into Next Indian Jones
For the record, I still say this movie is never going to actually get made. Last night on "Access Hollywood", they interviewed George Lucas and the conversation got on to... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 07:53 AM | Comments (14)
Next Hulk Movie Not A Sequel
Most of you know that I've been really looking forward to Hulk 2. Well... it is indeed coming. Sort of. The good folks over at AICN have a story about... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 07:46 AM | Comments (13)
June 09, 2006
Remakes - Good Idea Bad Idea
The topic of remakes always gets people wound up pretty tight. Yesterday this issue came up again with the announcement that New Line is about to launch a project to... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 02:40 PM | Comments (36)
Transformers Website Live!
The Transformers Movie website is now online.... and although I normally complain about putting up a website when there isn't anything to see yet... THIS IS AMAZING!!! All that's on... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:43 AM | Comments (24)
Connery Given Lifetime Achievement Award
Sean Connery was given The American Film Institute's annual lifetime achievement award at a ceremony last night. It is the sinlge highest honor the film institute can bestow. Can you... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:31 AM | Comments (16)
Early Superman Returns Thoughts
Got an email from Phil this morning who had just seen Superman Returns. Here's what he had to say:Hey John, Enjoy the blog/podcast immensely. First time writer... I just saw... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:21 AM | Comments (8)
Spider-Man 3 Teaser In Front Of Superman Returns
As if comic book fans didn't already have enough reason to get in line to see Superman Returns (aside from Doug). Spider-Man director, Sam Raimi, in a recent interview with... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:11 AM | Comments (12)
Ratatouille Trailer
The Ratatouille trailer is up and online. I think it may have been up for a little while, but since the only one I've seen so far was the French... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:45 AM | Comments (10)
June 08, 2006
Transformers Teaser Poster
The Transformers Teaser poster is out. Oh my sweet word. Perfect! The little words above "Transformers" is "Their War, Our World" Thanks to Kenn for the heads up! For a... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 06:38 PM | Comments (38)
Audio Edition - June 8th 2006
On today's rare Thursday installment of The Audio Edition: 1) The Early Cars Reviews 2) Visual Effects and Rendering 3) Battle Royale North American Remake 4) Uwe Boll Lawsuit All... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 05:25 PM | Comments (16)
Battle Royale Getting North American Remake!
Ok, this is GOOD news! A couple of years ago I saw an AMAZING Asian film called "Battle Royale". It is one of the most violent and brutal things I've... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 04:18 PM | Comments (33)
Interview With Jay Cheel
For those of you who may not know, filmmaker Jay Cheel has been a guest on The Audio Edition a number of times and is one of the main contributors... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 10:17 AM | Comments (11)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Beginning Trailer - STUPID!
I know teaser trailers are supposed to catch your eye and start to build interest in a film. And I also know that studios will sometimes try to employ certain... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:28 AM | Comments (25)
Uwe Boll Suing Billy Zane Over Bloodrayne
I have a weak spot for any kind of Sci-Fi or fantasy genre flick. It's the geek in me. Now, having said that, even I hated Bloodrayne, and surprise surprise,... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:07 AM | Comments (18)
Cars Reviews
The latest Pixar film, Cars, is one I've been looking forward to... but I must admit no where near as much as I was looking forward to The incredibles or... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:45 AM | Comments (10)
Rendering Cars Ain't Fast
Back when I was a producer at a Visual Effects Company in Western Canada, one of the constant struggles we had when working with a deadline was not doing the... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 07:58 AM | Comments (7)
New Transformers Like Car Commercial
To date, the very best example of what technology can do in producing Transformers was a Citroen car commercial out a couple of years ago. You remember the car that... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 07:38 AM | Comments (8)
June 07, 2006
Audio Edition - June 7th 2006
On todays' Audio Edition we discuss: - Doug's Upcoming show in St. Catharines - The newest Lindsay Lohan nonsense - Captain Copyright violates himself - Hellboy 2 - Singer calls... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:40 PM | Comments (20)
Someone Tell Sam Jackson He's My Bro
Ok, a reader sent me this (I lost his name... sorry) and I laughed my ass off! It's a fake U2 music video entitled "Someone Tell Sam Jackson He's My... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 11:55 AM | Comments (11)
Jessica Alba Signs On For "Bill"
As I mentioned the other day, super brat Lindsay Lohan walked off of the project "Bill" being directed by Bernie Goldman. However, the film is still not lacking in star... Read the full story.
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Alien vs. Predator 2 Director Buzz
Post sumbited by: Joel You can submit your own post here From the good folks at IGN:Out scooper points out that the Wikipedia entry for special effects artists-turned-directors Greg and... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 11:31 AM | Comments (15)
Captain Copyright Caught Copying!
Oh man this is just too funny. Remember the other day I posted a story about a new character the entertainment industry was going to start using as a propaganda... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 11:25 AM | Comments (5)
Len Wiseman Talks Die Hard 4.0
I'm one of the few people who actually thinks the choice of Len Wiseman as director for the next Die Hard flick (Die Hard 4.0) is a good one. Yes,... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 11:17 AM | Comments (4)
Hellboy 2 Still A Go
A few weeks ago it was announced that Sony had dropped Hellboy 2 from its line up. A lot of fans of the film feared that meant there would be... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 11:08 AM | Comments (4)
Superman Returns a "Chick Flick"
Superman Returns is approaching, and I'm thrilled! Yes, I've even loved all the trailers. Bryan Singer knows how to bring more to a Super-Hero movie than just explosions and "Wham-PoW"... Read the full story.
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June 06, 2006
Ziyi Zhang In Live-Action Mulan
I won't deny it. I LOVE Ziyi Zhang! That woman has the most undeniable combination of pure grace and stunning beauty on the planet. She's also a pure joy to... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:55 AM | Comments (21)
Why Ghost Rider Got Delayed
As most of you know by now, Ghost Rider got a HUGE delay, and pushed back to 2007 (Right now the release date is February 16th). We've been speculating as... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:37 AM | Comments (24)
Fantastic Four: The Next Chapter
Oh wow. Perhaps the worst title in the history of sequels has just come out. Fantastic Four 2 would have been good enough... but no... they needed a trendy "tag... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:22 AM | Comments (13)
Movie Blog Hits 1 Million Visitor Month Mark
Ok, before I say anything else you have to keep this in perspective. Compared to other movie sites out there, The Movie Blog is TINY TINY TINY. There are bigger... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 09:08 AM | Comments (25)
Lindsay Lohan Too Good To Work On Indie Films
I want to like Lindsay Lohan... I really really do. But every time I turn around there she is giving me more and more reasons not to. And this latest... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:56 AM | Comments (26)
Box-Office Betting
Speculating on the box-office results is something I find fun and interesting. Well... apparently it can be damn profitable as well. I was listening to my local sports talk radio... Read the full story.
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June 05, 2006
Audio Edition - June 5th 2006
Welcome to the Monday roundtable! On today's show Doug, Darren and I discuss: 1) Captain Copyright 2) Kung Fu the Movie 3) The HD format stupidity 4) MTV Movie Awards... Read the full story.
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John Reviews The Break Up
John gives his quick 3 minute review of the new Vince Vaughn/Jennifer Aniston comedy "The Break Up"... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 03:19 PM | Comments (7)
Rob Zombie To Do Next Halloween Film
Ok, in today's lesson boys and girls, we're going to learn how to take something that was once good... then went bad... and how to make this bad thing even... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:55 AM | Comments (50)
2006 MTV Movie Award Results
Here are the results for the totally usless and worthless (yet entertaining) 2006 MTV Movie Awards. (The winners are in BOLD) BEST VILLAIN * Cillian Murphy - Batman Begins (Warner... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:39 AM | Comments (15)
4 Villains for Spider-Man 3
This is the first time I've had a negative feeling about a Spider-Man movie. A few days ago Avi Arad confirmed in an interview that there were indeed going to... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:24 AM | Comments (58)
Saw 3 Plot
They are far from classics, but to be honest I've kinda liked both Saw films so far. It's a good thing too, because with the limited amount of money it... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:07 AM | Comments (17)
Ian McKellen in Magneto Spinn-Off
When Ian McKellen comes on screen for the first time in X-Men 3, we see him 20 years younger through the magic of modern technology. Both he and Patrick Stewart... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 07:56 AM | Comments (8)
Captain Copyright
Oh my sweet lord. Now I've seen it all. Thanks to Claude for giving me the heads up on this... this... this abomination. Ladies and gentlemen I present to you...... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 07:28 AM | Comments (5)
Kung Fu The Movie
You know, as much as I like David Carradine, I still scratch my head every time I think about the fact that they cast him as a Chinese dude in... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 07:11 AM | Comments (1)
Avi Arad Steps Down As Marvel CEO
One of the main guys behind the marvelous (hehe... get it? "Marvel"ous? Oh shut up) film incarnations of X-Men, Spider-Man, Hulk, ect., Avi Arad, is stepping down as the Chairman... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 06:57 AM | Comments (1)
First Set of Blu-Ray Movies Announced
To follow up Friday's post about the new HD standards, thesecretsafe sent me this link to a list of the first wave of Blu-Ray Disks that will be launched in... Read the full story.
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June 02, 2006
Blu-Ray and HD DVD Can Both Go Screw Themselves
You've probably noticed that I haven't posted much about the whole Blu-Ray or HD DVD phenom going on right now. Why? Mostly because I refuse to be yet another sheep... Read the full story.
Posted by John Campea at 08:29 AM | Comments (43)
Leonard Nimoy and The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
Oh my sweet lord. I was constantly caught between wanting to laugh till I cried or puke my guts out. Leonard Nimoy singing The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins. Get all... Read the full story.
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June 01, 2006
Philadelphia Road Update
Hey there folks, John here with a quick road update. You probably noticed there were no posts today. That's because I'm in Philadelphia at the moment. I came down here... Read the full story.
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