Let’s face it. As far as superpowers go, the ability to move things with your brain is pretty awesome. Sure, flying is cool, turning invisible would have fun benefits, and super-strength could always come in handy. Plus it’s a lot cooler than all the “problem” superpowers, like having your entire body burst into flame, turning into some disgusting creature, or having your power be that you’re just extremely fat, and bouncy, like the Blob.
It’s just not the first power that leaps into people’s minds when they get asked, “If you could have one superpower, what would it be?” Maybe because that other stuff is too sexy. However, it’s the real thinking man or woman who chooses telekinesis, because once you realize the full potential of that power, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it. As the telekinetic Push opens up this weekend, read on for an ultra-brief history of telekinesis, and find out how it’s affected cinematic history.
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What if movie posters were more honest? What if the theatrical one-sheet wasn’t filled with floating heads of the main stars, but instead featured all the brand tie-ins and product placements up-front?
The Antrepo Design team created a set of vancas posts which are just that. I somehow doubt Hollywood will pick up on this concept.
Now if only they would’ve created a poster for Michael Bay’s The Island… Although for that film, I have a feeling that all the product tie-ins wouldn’t be able to fit on one normal sized poster.
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Why is everything so much cooler in Japan? Warner Bros is releasing a Japan exclsuive Ultimate Matrix DVD giftset which includes a scale model of Nebuchadnezzar by Hot Toys. The model will house four Blu-ray discs and three bonus DVDs. The MSRP is 39,800 Yen, or about $380 US. Each of the three Matrix films come on their own Blu-ray discs, with the forth Blu-ray disc containing all nine of the Animatrix episodes in high definition. The bonus DVDs will include “The Roots of The Matrix”, “The Burly Man Chronicles”, “The Zion Archive”, and a digital copy of the The Matrix. The set is currently scheduled to hit stores in japan on December 17th 2008.
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Posted on Thursday, August 7th, 2008 by David Chen
For those of you that missed the live show and didn’t hear the recently-released podcast episode with Stephen Tobolowsky (possibly our best show yet, according to film critic Peter Sciretta!), we thought we’d release this edited, 5-minute snippet for the benefit of those that don’t have time to listen to the whole /Filmcast:
In preparation for reviewing The Mummy, Stephen subjected himself to some unfortunate action movies, including The Matrix Reloaded. In our “What We’ve Been Watching” segment, Stephen laid waste to the Matrix sequel and its ilk, and does a spot-on re-enactment of virtually every single scene in the movie. This is a must-listen for anyone that has ever felt violated by The Matrix Reloaded.
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You can hear this entire episode of the /Filmcast by clicking here.
Discuss: Is The Matrix Reloaded really “Negative Entertainment”?
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The Matrix / Family Guy Movie Trailer Mash-Up by themarkman2001
The Pitch: What would happen if The Matrix were created in the style of The Family Guy?
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The latest trailer for Wanted, starring a raccoon-eyed Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman (what happened to that bucket list), is truly terrible, even for a movie that missed The Matrix bus by nearly a decade! Like, the film’s first trailer wasn’t very promising, but this new one is bordering on the slo-mo inanity of Karate Dog (which starred Jolie’s dad, Jon Voight, Matrix-ing with a canine no less!).
What a bad move for Russian director Timur Bekmambetov, who hopes to crossover in America with Wanted later this summer after receiving merited attention with his first two Night Watch films (the last film in the series, Twilight Watch, is due in 2009). The cheesy voice-over narration is clearly pandering to teens-with-assassin-dreams, but the stunts? I have no idea what age/intelligence group would think these stunts look even slightly cool. Besides the aforementioned tracing bullets gimmick, the rest of this garbage plays like the clichest of sport car commercials. The film doesn’t even seem to do car porn or Jolie-porn right, and if Shoot ‘Em Up flopped, you have to wonder what’s in store here.
All I’m sayin’ is: Save your lifeguarding money and just watch Sexman hilariously redistribute his massive hatred of Jumper in June ’08.
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