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Matt Damon Talks About Elysium

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Rebecca Murray
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Matt Damon plays one of the 99% of humans who live in poverty on planet Earth while the elite 1% live in luxury on a floating space station in the sci-fi thriller Elysium. And in this interview courtesy of Sony Pictures, Damon talks about the appeal of the film, why he was so excited about working with director Neill Blomkamp, what his co-star Sharlto Copley’s like on the set, and what audiences are going to get out of Elysium.
 
The Plot:
 
In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined planet. The people of Earth are desperate to escape the crime and poverty that is now rampant throughout the land. The only man with the chance to bring equality to these worlds is Max (Damon), an ordinary guy in desperate need to get to Elysium. With his life hanging in the balance, he reluctantly takes on a dangerous mission – one that pits him against Elysium’s Secretary Delacourt (Foster) and her hard-line forces – but if he succeeds, he could save not only his own life, but millions of people on Earth as well.
 
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Captain Phillips Shows Off a New Trailer

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Rebecca Murray
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Captain Phillips PosterOscar winner Tom Hanks stars in Captain Phillips, the true story of the attack by Somali pirates on the Maersk Alamabam. Coming to theaters on October 11, 2013, Captain Phillips will be the opening night film at the New York Film Festival – just the first small step on what’s likely to be an awards season run. In addition to Hanks, the cast features Barkhad Abdi, Faysal Ahmed, Max Martini, Catherine Keener, Yul Vazquez, David Warshofsky, and Michael Chernus. Paul Greengrass (Bourne Supremacy, Bourne Ultimatum) directed from a script by Billy Ray (The Hunger Games).
 
The Plot:
 
Captain Phillips is director Paul Greengrass’s multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is – through Greengrass’s distinctive lens – simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller and a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization. The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama’s commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (Hanks), and his Somali counterpart, Muse (Abdi). Set on an incontrovertible collision course off the coast of Somalia, both men will find themselves paying the human toll for economic forces outside of their control.
 
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‘Muppets Most Wanted’ Teaser Trailer Makes Big Promises

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Rebecca Murray
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Muppets Most Wanted Teaser Trailer“Quite possibly the greatest motion picture of all time” declares the Muppets Most Wanted teaser trailer’s voice over. No, it won’t live up to that declaration but if it comes close to being as entertaining as its predecessor, then I’ll be a happy camper. Coming to theaters on March 21, 2014, this new Muppets adventure features Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, and Tina Fey, along with Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Fozzie Bear.
 
The Plot:
 
Disney’s Muppets Most Wanted takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theaters in some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine—the World’s Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit—and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais. The film stars Tina Fey as Nadya, a feisty prison guard, and Ty Burrell as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon.
 
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Muppets Most Wanted Facts [Courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures]:
 
· Director James Bobin returns to Muppets mania. For his work as Disney’s The Muppets director, Bobin was nominated for BAFTA (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer). He co-created HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, which he wrote, directed and exec produced.
· Bret McKenzie, who won an Oscar® for best original song for “Man or Muppet,” returns to the Muppets stage as music supervisor. McKenzie created, co-wrote, executive produced and starred in the hit HBO television series Flight of the Conchords,
· Ricky Gervais is the creator of Derek and the Golden Globe®- and Emmy®-winning series The Office and Extras.
· Ty Burrell is an Emmy® Award winner for his role in TV’s Modern Family.
· Tina Fey is a Golden Globe®-, Emmy®- and SAG Award®-winning actress and writer Tina Fey.

Grey Damon Interview – ‘Star-Crossed’ and Aliens

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Rebecca Murray
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Grey Damon (Friday Night Lights, Twisted) plays a high school student at a school that’s about to be integrated into The CW’s new sci-fi drama Star-Crossed. And while in this case the integration involves alien teens, Damon says the show’s actually a civil rights tale more so than – despite the title – a Romeo & Juliet story.

So, will these aliens have special powers? Damon couldn’t say, but on the red carpet at The Walking Dead party during the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con, he did talk a little about his character and why he wanted to be a part of Star-Crossed.

Star-Crossed Plot:

When Emery was 6 years old, an alien spacecraft crash-landed in her small town. Whether they came in peace or with more sinister intentions didn’t matter: a fierce battle erupted as humans fought for control over their new rivals, an alien species called the Atrians. In the midst of the conflict, Roman, a 6-year-old Atrian boy, found his way to a shed behind Emery’s house, where she protected him from harm, bringing him food, comfort – and friendship. In their brief time together, Emery and Roman forged a deep bond, but the authorities wasted no time tracking Roman down and capturing him in a violent confrontation.

Emery has grown up believing that Roman was killed that day. Ten years later, the Atrians have been acclimated to life on Earth, but they are interned in a heavily-guarded camp known as the Sector to keep them separate from humans. Now, for the first time, a group of Atrian teens will enroll in a suburban human high school, with the goal of testing the feasibility of human/alien integration. The eyes of the nation and the whole world are fixed on this historical social experiment, an endeavor fraught with suspicion and fear.

In the mayhem of the first day, Emery is amazed to learn that Roman was not killed by the authorities and is, in fact, one of the Atrian students. Their childhood bond is quickly rekindled – in a school and a society that distrusts everything about the Atrians, Emery and Roman have found each other again. However, their relationship is threatened by the small-mindedness of their respective communities and the political agendas of people in power.

While the world around them rages with anger and prejudice, their bond becomes increasingly strong and increasingly dangerous. As an epic Romeo and Juliet romance unfolds, a violent encounter between Roman’s father and Emery’s father occurs in the Sector. Can Roman and Emery’s love – and peace between the species – survive?




‘So You Think You Can Dance’ 2013 Tour Dates

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Rebecca Murray
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So You Think You Can Dance

The top 10 finalists from this season of So You Think You Can Dance will hit the road in October, dancing their way through 42 cities on their two month tour. This year’s tour will include dancers Aaron Turner, Amy Yakima, “Fik-Shun,” Hayley Erbert, Jasmine Harper, Jenna Johnson, Makenzie Dustman, Nico Greetham, Paul Karmiryan, and Tucker Knox, all of whom will be showing off their dance skills while celebrating the 10th season of the popular dance competition series.

“Every year produces new talent on So You Think You Can Dance that continues to inspire and amaze, and season 10 is no different,” stated Nigel Lythgoe, co-creator, executive producer, and judge. “This year’s astonishing Top 10 will undoubtedly bring you to your feet.”

Tickets go on sale August 16 and 17, 2013 at fox.com/dance.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE TOUR 2013

10/1/13 East Lansing, MI Wharton Center

10/3/13 Ft. Wayne, IN Embassy Theater

10/4/13 Windsor, ON The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor

10/5/13 Orillia, ON Casino Rama *on sale Aug. 20 at
12PM

10/6/13 Montreal, QC Bell Centre

10/8/13 South Bend, IN Morris Performing Arts Center

10/10/13 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater

10/11/13 Hammond, IN Horseshoe Casino

10/12/13 Toledo, OH Stranahan Theater

10/13/13 Verona, NY Turning Stone Resort & Casino

10/15/13 Cleveland, OH State Theater

10/16/13 Bethlehem, PA Sands Bethlehem Event Center

10/17/13 Toms River, NJ Pine Belt Arena

10/18/13 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun

10/19/13 Virginia Beach, VA Sandler Center for the
Performing Arts

10/21/13 Baltimore, MD Modell Performing Arts Center

10/22/13 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center

10/24/13 Greenville, SC Peace Center Concert Hall

10/25/13 Atlanta, GA Cobb Energy Performance Arts
Centre

10/26/13 Jacksonville, FL Times Union Performing Arts
Center

10/27/13 Sarasota, FL Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall

10/29/13 Ft. Myers, FL Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts
Hall

10/30/13 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall

11/1/13 Miami, FL James L. Knight Center

11/2/13 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live

11/3/13 Melbourne, FL King Center for the Performing
Arts

11/5/13 New Orleans, LA Saenger Theatre

11/7/13 Cedar Park, TX Cedar Park Center

11/8/13 Houston, TX Bayou Music Center

11/9/13 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre

11/12/13 Broomfield, CO 1STBANK Center

11/13/13 Colorado Springs, CO Colorado Springs World Arena

11/15/13 West Valley City, UT Maverick Center

11/16/13 Reno, NV Silver Legacy Resort & Casino

11/18/13 Boise, ID Taco Bell Arena

11/19/13 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre

11/21/13 Santa Rosa, CA Wells Fargo Center for the Arts

11/22/13 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre

11/23/13 San Jose, CA San Jose Civic Auditorium

11/25/13 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre

11/26/13 San Diego, CA San Diego Civic Theatre

11/27/13 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE

CBS and Steven Spielberg Teaming Up on Extant

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Rebecca Murray
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Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg - Photo by Brian Bowen Smith
CBS is back in business with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, ordering 13 episodes of the serialized drama Extant. Under the Dome is also a result of their partnership, and while Extant isn’t another story of a small town trapped under a weird see-through dome, it is the tale of an astronaut returning to earth after a year in space.
 
The network’s planning to air Extant next summer. Mickey Fisher wrote the script and is serving as an executive producer along with Steven Spielberg, Greg Walker, Brooklyn Weaver, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank.
 
“Extant is a very original concept with layers of humanity, mystery and surprise that reveal itself throughout the script,” stated Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment, announcing the series. “Our partnership with Amblin for Under the Dome showed that viewers respond to high-quality event programming in the summer. We look forward to building on that with Extant and offering CBS audiences another high-concept, unique event for summer television.”
 
The Plot:
 
Extant is a futuristic thriller about a female astronaut trying to reconnect with her family when she returns after a year in outer space. Her experiences lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.

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‘Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters’ Review

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Kevin Finnerty
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Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters
Logan Lerman and Alexandra Daddario in ‘Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters’ (Photo © 2013 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)

“The only thing that has the power to save our home is the Golden Fleece,” says Mr. D (Stanley Tucci) to the entire community of Camp Half-Blood which is under attack from powerful dark forces in the action/fantasy sequel Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

The protective force field that was created by the God Zeus after the sacrifice of his daughter to save others so many years ago is under attack and breaking down. Without it, everyone in Camp Half-Blood will be at the mercy of all those terrible creatures trying to kill them including Cyclopes, mystical giant bulls, and Luke (Jake Abel), son of Zeus. Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) discovers the only hope for their world is the mythical Golden Fleece which has special healing powers and should be able to heal the magical tree which generates the force field.

So, Annabeth, along with her best friends Percy (Logan Lerman), son of Poseidon, Grover (Brandon T. Jackson), and newcomer Tyson (Douglas Smith) – Percy’s half-brother – begin a journey headed for where it’s believed the Golden Fleece was lost…the Sea of Monsters, known to mortals as the Bermuda Triangle.

Perhaps one of the worst sequels to come along in years, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is an uninspired fantasy/adventure film that suffers from terrible dialogue, an unoriginal plot, and pathetic special effects.
Lerman delivers a walk-through performance, seeming bored as he says his terrible lines and delivers the opening monologue. He also has zero chemistry with any of the cast.

Alexandra Daddario spends most of the film wide-eyed and worrying about Percy or yelling to him for help whenever a threat appears. It seems that she, along with the director and writers of the movie, forgot her character in the first film was a tough warrior. She also has no chemistry with any of her cast mates, especially Lerman, something that becomes painfully obvious anytime the two have a scene together or, worse yet, hug each other. That action feels incredibly forced and uncomfortable.

The CGI special effects in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters are so deplorable they make the stop-motion effects in the 1950s Sinbad films and 1981’s Clash of the Titans look cutting-edge in comparison. The 3D effects in the film are, of course, pointless and not even worth mentioning.

With two horrible films now made based on these popular young readers’ books, here’s hoping that any other effort to bring more of Percy Jackson’s adventures to the big screen end up getting lost in the Bermuda Triangle.

GRADE: D-

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters opens in theaters on August 7, 2013 and is rated PG for fantasy action violence, some scary images and mild language.




First Look: The Counselor Official Trailer with Fassbender, Pitt, Diaz, and Bardem

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Rebecca Murray
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Ridley Scott reunites with his Prometheus star Michael Fassbender, Vanilla Sky‘s Cameron Diaz & Penelope Cruz are back together, and offscreen married couple Cruz and Javier Bardem are all featured in this official trailer for The Counselor. Scripted by Cormac McCarthy, The Counselor is being released on October 25, 2013 by 20th Century Fox and the studio’s just unveiled this new extended trailer for the thriller.
 
The Plot:
 
Legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott and Pulitzer Prize winning author Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men) have joined forces in the motion picture thriller The Counselor, starring Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, and Brad Pitt. McCarthy, making his screenwriting debut and Scott interweave the author’s characteristic wit and dark humor with a nightmarish scenario, in which a respected lawyer’s one-time dalliance with an illegal business deal spirals out of control.
 
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Thor: The Dark World Official Trailer Arrives

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Rebecca Murray
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Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) punching him in the face – “That was for New York” – is just part of the abuse Loki (Tom Hiddleston) faces in this new trailer for Thor: The Dark World. Everyone seems to want a piece of Loki, however even he’s surprised when his brother (played by Chris Hemsworth) calls on him for help. The new just-released trailer also provides a glimpse of Christopher Eccleston’s Malekith, while showing off a little more of Sif (Jaimie Alexander), Volstagg (Ray Stevenson), Darcy (Kat Dennings), Heimdall (Idris Elba), and Odin (Anthony Hopkins). And, oh yeah, there’s a bit of Chris Hemsworth shirtless which means the new trailer has a little something for everybody.
 
Thor: The Dark World arrives in theaters on November 8, 2013.
 
The Plot:
 
Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World continues the big-screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel’s Thor and Marvel’s The Avengers, Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
 

 

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“Football on Your Phone” Starring Peyton and Eli Manning

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Rebecca Murray
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I’m not a fan of either Manning brother (diehard Chargers fan here, thank you very much) and this video advertising football on your phone, which is about as Lonely Island as you can get without the actual presence of Andy Samberg. However, it’s also a train wreck it’s impossible to look away from. Eli and Peyton get down with their bad selves and it’s ridiculous and yet somehow mesmerizing. And now I’m going to have this dumb song stuck in my head all day.

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