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Listen Now: A GeekCast Radio Network Update
15 May 2012 1:07 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Welcome back to our weekly look at the new podcasts available at our “partners in podcast crime” the GeekCast Radio Network. As usual here’s our weekly look at the podcasts from Gcrn, This Week in Geek and the latest toy review videos from Baltmatrix, with descriptions and links to each and every podcast for your audio/visual pleasure!
Mwire – Special Episode – Marvel’s The Avengers
Podcasters Assemble! Steve/Megatron, TFG1Mike, MovieRevolt Dan, OptimusSolo, and Mike Powers assemble to talk about the greatest team up film ever. Five podcasters means five different opinions on Marvel’s The Avengers.
Gcr – Special Episode – Top 10 Artists or Bands of the 2000?s
And Here We Go! This is the final countdown in the Music Spotlight here on GeekCast Radio. TFG1Mike is joined by Dustimus Prime, as they count down their Top 10 choices of artists or bands from the 2000?s. You won’t wanna miss this one! »
- Phil
The Avengers takes $13.3m on record opening weekend
29 April 2012 9:32 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
After setting an opening day record last Wednesday, Disney's The Avengers has gone on to post the eighth biggest opening weekend of all time.
The film now ranks behind. both installments of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, The Two Towers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Star Wars: Episode III on the list of the Australian box office's most successful opening weekends.
The Avengers took $13,288,146 across 621 screens, equating to a screen average of $21,398, placing it in front of The Simpsons Movie ($13,230,894) and Shrek 2 ($13,158,161) and just behind Star Wars prequel Revenge of the Sith ($13,350,781).
Written and directed by Joss Whedon, The Avengers features an ensemble of superheroes (including Aussie Chris Hemsworth as the god Thor) teaming up to save the Earth from the threat of an invading alien army. The film's total gross now stands at $19.3 million. »
- Amanda Diaz
The Hunger Games Box Office: All-Time Top Twenty? Think Again
21 April 2012 6:29 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Chimpanzee movie Zac Efron/The Lucky One Box Office: $25 Million? At no. 3 this weekend behind Think Like a Man and The Lucky One, Gary Ross' The Hunger Games is expected to collect about $13 million. Its Friday take was $4 million according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth star. The Hunger Games' domestic cume stands at an estimated $346.4 million, which means the dystopic adventure drama is now the no. 20 movie ever at the domestic box office. That is, if you live on a planet where little things called "inflation" and "IMAX surcharges" don't exist. On Box Office Mojo's all-time box-office chart, The Hunger Games currently finds itself sandwiched between Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark of the Moon's $352 million and Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' $342 million. By Sunday evening, The Hunger Games will have surpassed Dark of the Moon, »
- Zac Gille
Lord Of The Rings Battle Named Top Rain Scene
18 April 2012 3:11 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
A spectacular battle in The Lord Of The Rings sequel has been hailed as the best rain scene in movie history.
The brutal clash at Helms Deep in 2002's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is one of the fantasy series' standout set pieces, and has come out on top of the poll by U.K DVD rental firm LoveFilm.
The ending of Blade Runner, which features Rutger Hauer's soaking wet character delivering a moving monologue, was in second place, and The Shawshank Redemption's rain-lashed climax came third.
Gene Kelly's toe-tapping dance in Singin' in the Rain twirled into fourth place, with the fearsome fight scene in Matrix Revolutions rounding out the top five. Other notable entries include Hugh Grant and Andie McDowell's kiss in Four Weddings and a Funeral, and Tobey Maguire's upside down smooch in Spider-Man. »
Hunger Games Tops Us Box Office Again
8 April 2012 10:10 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
After slaying all comers with whatever weaponry came to hand in a battle to the death, The Hunger Games is still atop the charts, earning an estimated $33.5 million this weekend, pushing its Us total to a hugely impressive $302.8 million so far. Just for context, that's higher than all the Twilight movies to date and all but two Harry Potters. Its eventual total is likely to be higher than The Two Towers and Alice In Wonderland as well.Neither of this weekend’s challengers could match it, though one of them probably isn’t all that worried, given how much it made when it was first released. Second place went to American Reunion, which had hoped to ride a wave of affection for the original movie by reuniting the entire cast. The nostalgia gambit could only wrangle up $21.5 million: not bad, but no cigar. Titanic sailed back into cinemas with a gleaming new 3D conversion paintjob, »
Hulk Smash Box Office: Marvel Movie Marathon Sells Out!
6 April 2012 7:42 AM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Before Earth's mightiest heroes assemble on May 4th, the superpowered defenders of the Marvel Universe want to punch one more thing hard … your wallet.
According to Deadline, the May 3rd $40-dollar all-day marathon of all five interconnected Marvel Studios movies leading up to the midnight premiere of "The Avengers" is selling out a month ahead in no less than 10 major AMC locations across the country.
To meet the unprecedented demand to watch both "Iron Man" flicks, "The Incredible Hulk" "Thor," and "Captain America" in a gradual ramp-up to Joss Whedon's team-up slugfest/fanboy wet dream, AMC theaters announced that they are adding more shows at certain locations.
And 1,000 nerds just breathed through their inhalers with a sigh of relief.
If you still want to buy tickets, you can head to AMC's Ultimate Marvel Marathon event page to ensure that you will get your tickets, a commemorative lanyard, and one »
- Max Evry
Chucky Wants To Play In ‘Child’s Play’ Remake And Spin-off
30 March 2012 7:11 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
With MGM and Universal having settled their differences over the rights of Don Mancini’s Chucky franchise, we are now getting word that both a remake and spin-off are on the cards. The news comes from the man who has voiced the devilish doll in all five films, and is expected to return for both projects.
Genre favourite Brad Dourif, played killer Charles Lee Ray whose obsession with the occult led to him taking-over the plastic body of the cherub looking ‘Good Guy’ doll, has said that the remake will tell the original tale in a much darker form, with a few unexpected twists along the way.
However, the spin-off will follow more along the lines of the last two comic-themed sequels Bride Of Chucky and Seed Of Chucky, with the focus being on the demonic doll’s immediate family. A working title of Revenge Of Chucky should tell you »
- Craig Hunter
Geek Girl Navigating the World – All of the Rings, All at Once
26 March 2012 4:43 AM, PDT | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
I recently spent my St. Patrick’s Day doing one of the geekiest things, ever. Or at least, the geekiest thing that I’ve ever done that didn’t involve comic books in some form or another. One of my friends got the The Lord of the Rings special expanded edition on Blu-ray and subsequently invited us to come over to watch them. Naturally, most of us agreed.
We had a couple of weeks to prepare for the marathon, and you’d better believe that we made the most of it. There was talk about bringing food and carting in stuff to make ourselves more comfortable because we were being pretty realistic about the odds of wanting to get up in the middle of the movies once we’d started watching them.
When The Fellowship of the Ring came out in theaters, I was as excited as anyone would have expected. »
- dragonwomant
Unobtanium – The Battle for Dune
21 March 2012 8:41 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
March, 2011: After their rights to the source material elapse after a failed four year venture, Paramount officially drop their in-development film Dune, ending a frustrating and ultimately fruitless effort that served better as a topic of heated discussion than an actually feasible movie.
Such an announcement had been on the cards, and the prospect rightly feared for months. Aside from the consensus that Frank Herbert’s epic, 1965 science fiction chef-d’oeuvre will never again make it to the big screen, the proposed project was in a state of flux from the moment it appeared on the radar, with each change of personnel seeing the release date pushed further and further back.
The ‘film’ still has its own page on IMDb, albeit a rather scarce one. There is a name, the year 2014, but no director, no writer, no other entries. Aside from providing a portal to forum conversation about casting and narrative focus, »
- Scott Patterson
Curious Fit at Number Two, but Otherwise Excellent
20 March 2012 10:53 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
This was created by Evan Seitz who last animated the ABCs of Cinema which you can watch right here. This time he tackles the metric system offering up "123Films" featuring 13 pieces of cinema represented by a short animation and sound bite. It's far easier than the ABCs edition, and I don't really why the choice for number two considering the title isn't strictly a two. Kill Bill: Volume Two or Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers probably would have worked a bit better. And you could argue the imagery for number seven doesn't exactly fit with the conclusion of the film, but visually I understand what he was going for. Otherwise it's a fun little video. Can you guess all 13? If not I have included the answers on the second page so as not to spoil anything... that is if I got them all right. The 123s of »
- Brad Brevet
Burning Questions: The New Classic Quotes
20 March 2012 9:00 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
Michael C. here to see if I can blow some of the dust of the all time lists to make room for some new blood.
If you read as much film writing as I do you know one of the most tiresome attitudes one encounters is the rose-colored “they don’t make them like the used to” mindset. This is the Pleasantville way of seeing things that insists cinema attained a sort of perfection in the forties and fifties and has been on a downhill slide towards Transformers sequels ever since.
One of the most common forms this viewpoint takes is the lament that movies aren’t as quotable as they used to be. "Why, when the American Film Institute released its list of the 100 greatest quotes in 2005" the argument goes, "Casablanca landed six spots on the list alone, while Gone With the Wind and Wizard of Oz landed three apiece. »
- Michael C.
Peter Jackson/The Hobbit Behind-the-Scenes Video
1 March 2012 6:18 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Peter Jackson In his latest The Hobbit vlog/video blog, Peter Jackson explains that location shooting on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and its sequel The Hobbit: There and Back Again has been just about completed. When Jackson is asked why it took him and his crew 127 days to shoot two movies, while the three Lord of the Rings movies were shot in 133 days, Jackson came up with some sound reasoning: "We're all ten years older, so we're going a little slower." Looking at the behind-the-scenes preparations for the shoot, The Hobbit's filmmakers, actors, and crew deserve at least an "A" for effort. About ten years ago, Jackson had three consecutive blockbusters with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), and Best Picture and Best Director Academy Award winner The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). Since then, »
- Zac Gille
Amazon Gold Box Blu-ray Deal: "Lord of the Rings: Extended Edition" for $50
26 February 2012 7:29 AM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
I suppose today's Gold Box deal over at Amazon makes sense considering tonight will be dominated by the Academy Awards, and there's never been a trilogy to soak up more nominations and wins at the Oscars than Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King). Better yet, any fan can tell you there's only one Blu-ray set of the trilogy worth buying, and that's the Extended Version, which is exactly what Amazon has up on the block today. As a proud owner of the set myself, there are few Blu-ray box sets as expansive as this, and for a full breakdown of what's inside we've included the stats below.
It's available today for only $49.49 at Amazon (normally about $75-$80 at most retailers).
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- Lex Walker
Blu-ray Deal: Lord of the Rings Trilogy Extended Editions Under $50
26 February 2012 7:04 AM, PST | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Extended Editions on Blu-ray are featured in today's Amazon.com Gold Box Deal of the Day.
For today, Sunday February 26 only, Amazon is selling the massive 15-disc The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Extended Editions on Blu-ray for $49.49. That sale price works out to 59% off the $119.98 list price.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Extended Editions on Blu-ray featuring Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen include Peter Jackson's extended editions of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King. At $50, Amazon is selling the films and countless hours of bonus features at $16.66 a piece, or just over $3 per disc. Simply put, you won't find a better price for this all-inclusive journey to Middle Earth.
Click here to buy The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Extended Editions on Blu-ray for $49.49 at Amazon.com. »
Oscars 2012 Behind the Scenes: Turning Andy Serkis into Caesar in 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'
24 February 2012 12:30 PM, PST | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
Each year, the Oscars recognize A-list talent we regularly see on screen, on the red carpet, and in tabloids. But the Academy Awards also reward those who work behind the scenes: the writers, editors, costume designers, and others who help create trophy-worthy movie magic. This Oscars season, we’ll be toasting those off-screen artists by delving into the hidden secrets that helped create the on-screen magic that we — and the Academy — fell in love with. For more access backstage during this Oscars season, click here for EW.com’s Oscars Behind the Scenes coverage.
If you want to pinpoint the »
- Darren Franich
'Phantom Menace' will eclipse 'Dark Knight' grosses -- Is Top 10 quality going down like the 'Titanic'?
24 February 2012 10:42 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
News broke today that Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace, thanks to its recent 3-D re-release, is on track to surpass 2008′s The Dark Knight in box office grosses. This infusion of money will make Phantom Menace the 10th highest-grossing film of all time. Many would argue that Christopher Nolan’s twisty Batman Begins sequel is far superior to George Lucas’ uncontrollable exercise in CGI, and it got us thinking: Are the newest crop of movies to join the top 10 (six since Avatar kick-started a box office frenzy in 2009) demonstrably worse than their chart-mates? Well… yes and no. See the new top 10 list below. »
- Lanford Beard
Oscar Predictions: Best Visual Effects
21 February 2012 10:23 AM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" won visual effects in a visual effects-driven feature motion picture at the 10th annual Visual Effects Society Awards. Seven of the nine winners of this prize went on to claim the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Two of its Oscars rival were in that race -- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," and "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" -- while another, "Hugo," which the supporting visual effects award. The fifth Oscar contender -- "Real Steel" -- was snubbed by the Ves. The motion capture used in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is similar to the technique used in "King Kong" which won this Oscar race in 2005. Andy Serkis played a primate in both films and also appeared in digitally enhanced form in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Joe Letteri won for two of those three films -- "The Two Towers »
Culture Warrior: The Importance of Honoring Motion Capture Performances
14 February 2012 8:00 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
The performance was so compelling, and the digital handiwork so real, that critics believed it would be a huge oversight if the Academy didn’t find a way to recognize this historical milestone. Audiences were compelled and engrossed with a CGI creature whose features and expressions were so detailed that he seemed to integrate seamlessly with his flesh-and-blood cohorts on the silver screen, occasionally even going so far as surpassing them in terms of the quality of his performance. The character was Gollum, the film was The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and the performer was a talented but then little-known British actor named Andy Serkis. Almost a decade since, Serkis has since found his rightful place as the premier motion capture performer working in Hollywood, but he is still yet to be recognized by the Academy for his work. I imagine that the debates over his snub for Caesar in Rise of the Planet of the Apes will »
- Landon Palmer
New image surfaces of the ‘Lego Lord of the Rings’ playsets
6 February 2012 9:31 AM, PST | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
We’ve already debuted the first image of the full line-up of mini figures from Lego Lord of the Rings and now we have the first image of the playsets/construction kits from the range - which is based on the epic locations, scenes and characters of Middle-earth as depicted in all three films, including The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - courtesy of Slovenian Lego forum Kocke Klub
Warner Bros. Consumer Products and The Lego Group announced today a partnership that awards the world’s leading construction toy brand exclusive rights to develop build-and-play construction sets based on The Lord Of The Rings™ trilogy and the two films based on The Hobbit™. The multi-year licensing agreement grants access to the library of characters, settings, and stories »
- Phil
New official images of the ‘Lego Lord of the Rings’ minifigs & new poster!
31 January 2012 12:34 AM, PST | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Last week we brought you the very first look at the entire fellowship from Lego’s new Lord of the Rings toyline, and now Lego have finally released official images of them, along with the villains that will be available in the line, including Uruk-hai, Ringwraith, Moria Orc, Mordor Orc, and not forgetting everyones favourite Ocd-afflicted creepy guy, Gollum – who also gets his very own Lego Lord of the Rings poster!
Warner Bros. Consumer Products and The Lego Group announced today a partnership that awards the world’s leading construction toy brand exclusive rights to develop build-and-play construction sets based on The Lord Of The Rings™ trilogy and the two films based on The Hobbit™. The multi-year licensing agreement grants access to the library of characters, settings, and stories for The Lord Of The Rings property, as well as films The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: There and Back Again. »
- Phil
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