In the News:
- Director Stephen Sommers defends Paramount’s position in not showing “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” to critics, calling the movie “critic proof.”
- Find out more about how director James Cameron and 20th Century Fox are trying to build buzz and an audience for “Avatar.”
- Renting DVDs from the popular Red Box kiosks is growing.
Mike’s Movie Minute: “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”
Movie Talk: If Louis Letterrier had his way, the summer of 2011 would the “Summer of the Avengers.”
Slice of Trivia: This week Kurt in St. George tests the studio crew and you with new clips about robots. Email your clips to Kurt at sliceoftrivia@gmail.com. Your entries could get picked and played on the show.
TV Talk: Seth McFarlane talks about the work to recreate “The Empire Strikes Back” for this year’s “Family Guy: Star Wars” special.
Interview: This week, we feature a conversation with “Warehouse 13” star Eddie McClintock.
In the Future:
- Director Zac Snyder is putting his actresses through a sort of boot camp for the upcoming “Sucker Punch.”
- Don Cheadle talks about War Machine’s role in the upcoming “Iron Man 2.”
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Seems like all I do is complain nowadays, but does Brian Brown have to yell so much? I’m blaming him for my loss of hearing 🙂
Thanks for the Eddie interview. The episode he mentioned, “Burnout”, was by far the best episode of the series. Which was good because they took a huge step backward with “Elements” – but recovered nicely.
“Burnout” really brought in strong character development & peril for Pete and Myka, and finally made me care about what happened to them – which is where the show needs to continue to go.
But, if the following episodes are like “Burnout” then the series will be quite good.
Will – Yelling? This time? Hmm.. i don’t remember doing any this time. You sure it wasn’t Tim??
Diane swallows a Guinea Pig!! Not a giant rat and not a gerbil!! I know more V back history than you! Geez!
Hummm…. Well you are right, it was a Guinea Pig, but we were not the only ones that got that wrong. Until I saw it again, it was a rat in my mind.
Here’s the clip for those that don’t remember.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObQfWMgmIM
Thanks so much for the shout out! I <3 Brian Brown.
I’m going to be one of the folks that agree with Stephen Sommers. Honestly I think TV/Movie critics for the most part should be shoved out of existence. They offer no value to movies any more with the rapid pace of communication being as it is.
Also, I guess I’m one of those rare people who really enjoyed G.I. Joe. It has a storyline that was followable, twisty and made sense in the world it was created in (unlike the last Transformers movie) and the action and special effects were fantastic. Was it a movie on par with something like Casablanca? No. But for a summer movie, this one has to come in second after Star Trek in my book.