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‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Trailer Celebrates Debauchery With a Monkey on Roller Skates (VIDEO)

By Paul | June 17, 2013 @ 10:24 am

Leonardo DiCaprio in a Bikini! (No, not really)

All that's missing in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street trailer is Leo DiCaprio face down in a mountain of blow Tony Montana style. Other than that, it's got everything one need to celebrate the excess and depravity of early 90s Wall Street.

Let's see, there are wild parties, yachts, wads of cash taped to half-nekkid women, lingerie'd babes traipsing indiscriminately, little-person tossing, naked marching bands, and a monkey in a suit...on roller skates. Everything. The Wolf of Wall Street will tell the real-life story of Jordan Belfort the notorious stockbroker who boiler-roomed his way to millions and refuses to play ball with the FBI. Things we're stoked about? Other than Scorsese's direction, it was written by Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire scribe Terence Winter.

Oh, and the bikinis. We want to see the bikinis. Because, who doesn't?

One Word Movie Reviews: MAN OF STEEL

By Bill Swift | June 14, 2013 @ 11:22 pm

Lumbering.

This ‘R.I.P.D.’ Trailer Is Probably Going to Seem a Little Familiar (VIDEO)

By Esteban | June 14, 2013 @ 2:01 pm

Who You Gonna Call?

Starring the Big Lebowski as Tommy Lee Jones!

Did you ever wonder what it would be like if somebody crossed Ghostbusters with Men in Black?

No, of course not. However, from the looks of this R.I.P.D. trailer, that's exactly what you're going to get. The film is based on the graphic novel The Rest in Peace Department by Peter M. Lenkov and stars Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds...as well as Marisa Miller as Bridges' avatar. You could describe it as being just like Ghostbusters, complete with the threat of a full-on ghost apocalypse, only the guys catching the ghosts are dead. Or, alternatively, you could describe it as being just like Men in Black, only instead of aliens they catch ghosts...and the guys catching the ghosts are dead. Either way, R.I.P.D. is probably going to feel pretty familiar to you when it comes out this summer.

But hey, I'm not complaining. Any movie about shooting ghosts and/or aliens sounds like a good idea to me, and this one has The Dude in it. I'm sure it'll make a profit, and then they'll make at least two sequels.

HEY LOOK, JEFF BRIDGES (MARISA MILLER) IN A BIKINI!

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‘Justice League’ Batman Won’t Be the ‘Dark Knight’ Batman… You Follow Me?

By Lenny | June 14, 2013 @ 12:30 pm

You're not Batman anymore, Batman...

There's a lot of Batmans floating around out there, so try to keep up.

Remember the Batman you know and love from Christpher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy. Well forget him, because if and when the Justice League movie finally gets made, it will feature a different Batman. To be clear, I'm not talking about a different actor playing Batman. I'm talking about a Batman character who is completely independent of the Batman in the Nolan films. Holy Batmans, Batman. That's a lot of Batmans.*

In a recent interview with Den of Geek, David S. Goyer, who recently penned the script for Man of Steel, had this to say.

It would be disingenuous to say Warner Bros doesn’t hope that this would be the starting point for a shared universe. And Zack has said that Bruce Wayne exists in this universe. It would be a different Bruce Wayne from Chris’ [Nolan] Dark Knight trilogy...it’s all going to depend on the next few weeks. Warner Bros has hopes that there will be more 'Man Of Steel' films...But they all hinge on box office reception.

Considering Man of Steel has already pulled in $21 million from Thursday night's screening, I think it's safe to say that box office reception will not be a hindrance.

*Actually, it's just two Batmans. I was being dramatic.

New Elysium Trailer Shows Matt Damon Being All Kinds of Badass (VIDEO)

By Paul | June 14, 2013 @ 12:00 pm

One Does Not Simply Walk Into Elysium...

When any trailer features the line, "Yo, bring down the bone saw!" we're pretty much all-aboard. Like, immediately.

Sony dropped a new extended trailer for Elysium today that features that very line. On top of that, we get to see Matt Damon character's frustration with authority and bureaucracy manifesting itself. How? Well, first he does like we all do and he gives them the snark and bullshit they deserve. Then, when that doesn't seem to work, he gets some sort of jerry-rigged cyborg armor and starts a one-man war. And who hasn't done that?

What we don't get a lot of, but we obviously want more of, is the very sexy Brazilian actress Alice Braga.

Click for the Damon-snark, stay for the robo-warrior battles. Or vice verse.

Man of Steel’s Maniliest and Steeliest Moments

By Paul | June 14, 2013 @ 11:00 am

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In case you've been living in the Phantom Zone, there's a new Superman movie out today. Man of Steel? You guys have heard of that one, right?

Because we're Superman superfans, we've been thinking long and hard about ways to honor the last son of Krypton and we came up with the perfect solution that no one else anywhere will think of -- with a photo gallery, of course.

Supes can be somewhat of a polarizing figure. For all the people who love him, there are just as many nerds who tend to brush him off as boring and banal. At least in film, we find this to be totally basesless, he's got some pretty cool and pretty steely moments. Here are ten.

Throwback Thursdays: Woman of Steel 1984′s Supergirl

By Paul | June 13, 2013 @ 1:45 pm

Super Skirt!

Since Man of Steel opens tomorrow, we thought we'd do a little Throwback Thursday rundown of cinema's other Kryptonian -- the sexy one -- Supergirl. The best part about us having watched it? We saved you the trouble of ever having to -- because it's flat out perplexing.

Released in 1984, its producers wanted to surf the wave of Superman's super success and replace the Man of Steel's red man-panties with a red lady-skirt, and a lady to put it in. (A little something for the male theater-going public, if you will.) The plot goes a little something like this: Superman's cousin Kara 'Supergirl' Zor-El lives in some Krypton refugee camp out in the galaxy. Her friend, played by Peter O'Toole loses some sort of powerful device that she must rescue from a witch of some kind. She tracks the device to Earth (of all places!) and ends up in Clark Kent's hometown and hangs out with Lois Lane's little sister. Crazy coincidence, right? She also goes to the Phantom Zone for a bit. And Superman doesn't even show up once.

We're pretty sure Supergirl saves the world. We're not absolutely certain, though, because we kind of stopped watching it. The good news, even nearly 30 years later, Helen Slater's titular character is still the sexiest person from Krypton. Heh, titular.