Battle at the Box Office 12/21
Shocking no one, Star Wars: The Force Awakens shattered just about every record you could possible shatter over it’s highest opening weekend of all time.
News Shotgun 12/18
Mark Wahlberg will be back for Transformers 5, Kiefer Sutherland is the president in a new ABC show, the Hasbro Cinematic Universe was announced and more in this week’s News Shotgun.
Admit One 12/18
There’s a little indie film called Star Wars: The Force Awakens this week along with Sisters and Chipmunks trying desperately to counter-program.
Tina Fey Heads to Afghanistan in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (Trailer)
Based on her real life adventures in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Tina Fey stars as war reporter Kim Barker in next year’s comedy, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
Everything Actioncast Ep 283 “Trailers Awaken”
This week on the podcast, Zach, Chris and Joe talk about all the huge trailers that came out in the last week including Independence Day: Resurgence and X-Men: Apocalypse, the Hasbro cinematic universe, Dolph Lundgren vs sharks, Fargo, Creed and much more.
Action Hero of the Week: Lone Starr
Combine Luke Skywalker and Han Solo and filter through the lens of comedy master Mel Brooks and you get the goofily charming Lone Starr, who fights Dark Helmet and the evil Spaceballs to stop them from stealing the air of the peaceful planet Druidia.
Everything Action Theater: Santa vs The Snowman
The Empire Strikes Back was one of the chief nerdy influences on this fun little Christmas special from 1997, where a neglected snowman raises an army and tries to take over Christmas from Santa.
New Release Round Up 12/15
One of the best movies of the year and one of the worst are both out this week along with more crazy cult horror movies on Blu-Ray, the finale of CSI and more.
Sherlock Returns to it’s Roots with the Victorian Special (Trailer)
Sherlock returns to the era of the original stories with a Victorian era mystery where Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Watson (Martin Freeman) try to figure out what is going on with a supposedly vengeful ghost.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Trailer #1
Decades before Harry and the gang attended Hogwarts, the author of one of their textbooks, Newt Scarmander (Eddie Redmayne) was traveling the globe finding magical creatures but a bunch of them are unleashed on New York City in next year’s Harry Potter spin-off, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.