Alex Cross is a reboot of the film franchise based on James Patterson’s novel series featuring the titular detective Cross – a character who has already been portrayed onscreen by Morgan Freeman in films like Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider. The idea was to take the story back to the earlier days of Cross, casting a younger face to portray the younger version of the detective. … [Read more...]
‘Alex Cross’ Trailer: Tyler Perry Will Meet Matthew Fox’s Soul at the Gates of Hell
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True Blood Episode Trailer: The Search Begins
June 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A Pam-based revelation. An especially angry Tara. A trio of sex scenes. Oh, yes, True Blood was on its game last night, airing the best episode of Season 5. How will it follow up "Whatever I Am, You Made Me?" With "We'll Meet Again," an installment that focuses on the following developments: Pam working on her Maker relationship with Tara. Bill and Eric beginning their search for Russell … [Read more...]
Marquee Media Center hands-on (video)
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Winning gdgt's StartUp contest has its perks -- just ask recent winner Marquee, which is showcasing version 2.0 of its Media Center here on the showfloor. The imposing device, currently available on the outfit's site for $ 899, packs 2TB of storage, 4GB DDR3 RAM, DVD player and a 2.4GHz dual-core Intel processor into an aluminum-lidded box to let you stream a mix of online and locally-stored … [Read more...]
‘Easy Money’ Trailer: Swedish Noir, Presented By Martin Scorsese
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Daniel Espinosa directed an adaptation of Jens Lapidus’ novel, Snabba Cash, nearly three years ago. The film opened in theaters around Sweden back in January 2010, but is only now making it to the U.S. (with a new title, Easy Money). Of course, the reason this movie is getting a domestic release at all is because both Espinosa (Safe House) and Easy Money lead Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) are … [Read more...]
Must See HDTV (June 25th – July 1st)
June 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Louie Comedian Louis CK's offbeat comedy show returns to FX this week for its third season, and while it's not distributed via a PayPal-supported downloadable honor system, we'll watch anyway. The show's been among the funniest selections out there for the last few seasons and we expect it to remain there. The only difference is the packed lineup FX has arranged around it, with fellow returnee … [Read more...]
50% Mirror Mirror
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Like most of Tarsem Singh's films, Mirror Mirror is undeniably beautiful -- but its treatment of the age-old Snow White fable lacks enough depth or originality to set it apart from the countless other adaptations of the tale. Rotten Tomatoes: Top DVDs … [Read more...]
Watch ‘The Newsroom’ & ‘Weeds’ Premieres Online Now
June 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U4ZhFDFYvE If you happened to miss The Newsrooms series premiere last night, or can’t wait until July 1st to watch the Weeds season 8 premiere, you’re in luck, as they’re both available to watch online. For free. Right now. Continuing television’s trend of making premieres available online (in advance), HBO and Showtime have both uploaded … [Read more...]
Lovefilm, Fox UK deal brings more TV shows next month, movie exclusives in 2013
June 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Now that Amazon's Lovefilm has become a modernized internet video service by offering HD quality streaming to European customers, it's adding more ammo in the form of a content deal with Twentieth Century Fox. The deal kicks in right away for TV shows, with early seasons of Sons of Anarchy plus complete sets of 24, Prison Break and more becoming available starting next month. For movies, Lovefilm … [Read more...]
New Hong Kong Trailer For Chinese Fantasy PAINTED SKIN 2
June 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With the Wuershan directed fantasy Painted Skin 2 drawing positive reviews from it's world premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival a new, subtitled trailer has arrived online to promote the upcoming Hong Kong release.A sequel to the original Painted Skin in name and cast only - there are no direct story links - the film is a fantasy spectacle, the story of a beautiful fox spirit who … [Read more...]
Hulu Plus Android app tweaked for 7-inch, high res screens, officially supports more devices
June 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Hulu Plus app for Android has been updated, and after adding tablets in the last update it now officially supports a few more devices, most notably the Galaxy S II family, Galaxy Tab 2 and HTC One S, among others. While sideloading the APK previously worked for some unsupported hardware, now they can be directly installed from the market. Also noted in the changelog for this version are … [Read more...]
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