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Hello and welcome to... Movie we can review is

2013 movie preview and this is part one covering

the first six months of the year and I am your

host Steve Megatron Phillips and joining me here

in this adventure into the theaters are You're

doing mine And Move your bolt in opposed to Optimus

many. Anyways, so cutting right to the chase

we did miss January and February which honestly

I think next year we might try and cover this

in December so we actually get those months in

there instead of glossing them over. But for

you guys what were your most memorable movies?

as quick as you can on January and February,

starting in reverse order of introduction. Well,

mine, we're sorry, I gotta apologize for my voice,

because I have been losing it all day. But mine

for January would be Gangster Squad and Broken

City. Those were the two that I saw that kind

of stuck out with me. Liked them both. Probably

like Gangster Squad a little bit more than Broken

City. Yeah, they were fun Thanks for squadhead

Ryan Gosling Sean Penn and Josh Brolin and I

just thought it was a good film to come out during

these kind of dead months that January and February

always seemed to be So those are my two picks

for the ones that stood out Dan Well, look looking

back this isn't technically a 2013 film it came

out limited in 2012 But the one that it went

out wide beginning of January was there dark

30 I first felt it beginning in January and thought

that was pretty amazing. Also saw gangster squad

which I was really highly anticipating and that

was said to come out in August of last year But

got pushed back because of the whole controversy

I liked it I was I was honestly a little disappointed

because I had my expectations were so high and

there's a lot of people in that film I really

like in the director Ruben Fleischer Ryan Gosling

Emma Stone. I thought it was okay I didn't really

see much else. I did see See I did not hear us

die. Yeah, all superheroes must say which was

a not in the theater that was just Direct, you

know that one like directed DVD direct on demand

And I also saw a good day to die hard, which

also I did not really enjoy But yeah, there really

wasn't much I mean last year there was a few

kind of gems that came out really early like

Chronicle the gray A few others. This year, not

much. I did want to see Side Effects, Stephen

Soderbergh's new film. I did not get a chance

to see that. And I heard some good things about

Warm Bodies. And the only reason I'm really interested

in that, because it's directed by the guy who

did 50 -50, which I really loved. So I thought

maybe that could actually be good. The content

of that film is not something that really appeals

to me, but... I also saw Movie 43 and that was

terrible. Yeah, I heard it was terrible and I

decided not to watch it because of that. I mean

it was so just Randomly put together and there's

all these like little bits and pieces and it

just was like the most bizarre stuff ever I Don't

know Hugh Jackman with balls hanging from his

neck That sounds appetizing. No. Yeah I kind

of wanted to see snitch rocks new film just because

it seems like it's gonna be the closest thing

we're ever gonna get to an over -the -top remake

But besides that yeah these past few months are

pretty dry There are some like movies that have

potential like pull to the head and the last

stand but those didn't do much either like the

ultimate big action stars came back this year

and Seemed like none of them are all that successful

Me January and February is a month to get caught

up with all the movies that you didn't get to

see in the past year That's all I spent January

and February doing I saw Silver linings playbook

and Argo and a bunch of them that I missed and

by the way Argo is not the best picture the year

anyway continue Yeah, I actually I go to this

thing called the best picture showcase so I get

to see All the best picture films. I've already,

I already saw them before that, but I get to

see them all again for a second time, sometimes

third or fourth. Some in the theater for the

first time. But yeah, this time of year it's

really, it's great time for DVDs and Redbox and

stuff like that. Not so much for the theater.

For me, when I first... Heard of or saw anything

about storage 24. I didn't even realize it was

a movie I thought it was a new storage reality

show on any or something. I was like, oh and

then I looked at the trailer I'm like, oh, yeah.

No out of these two months. The ones that I'm

interested to see are broken city I've heard

mixed reviews on Hansel and Gretel witch hunters

I refuse to see movie 43. There's just no way

Parker again Jason Statham in his you know the

same role he does every movie but but yeah other

than that January just really hasn't just doesn't

really have anything in there and as far as February

goes yes I did go see the re -release it's not

a new movie the re -release of Top Gun on my

birthday in IMAX 3 that was awesome kept seeing

one of the reasons why I it's not just that I

judge stuff on the trailers it's how many times

I see the trailer before the movie comes out

by the 50th time I saw an identity thief trailer

on TV I was so friggin tired of it and I was

like I do not even care about that damn movie

you can say the same thing about some of them

that have yet to come out because I've seen the

trailer so many times. Yeah, that's another reason

why, it's not just me judging it from the trailer,

it's just, that's another reason why. So let's

see, what else in February? A Good Day to Die

Hard, I've heard things that, oh, it's John McClane

in an action movie, it doesn't have the heart

that the other Die Hard movies have had. I've

heard that as well, and I've heard the fact,

I mean, that's, I think, despite the fact that

it's not. your typical die -hard film. I think

that it's still something worth seeing. Yeah,

it's something worth seeing. Even though John

McClane is not really... I mean, he's just kind

of there in the motions. It's not... It's not...

You could throw in any other action character

in there or generic Joe number one and it would

be the same. Yeah, I mean, that's the thing.

It's like, yes. I will see a good day to die

hard eventually. Will I see it in the theater?

Not for those prices. I'll wait till it hits

Redbox or Netflix or wait till it hits whatever.

Like Dan, I'm interested to see Snitch. The Rock

is everywhere. He's got Snitch. I almost said

Resolute. That's not the name of the stupid movie.

retaliation and fast six this year at least in

the first beginning of the year no telling what

he's got the the other six months of the year

but he's ever he's all over the place this year

so yeah that's pretty much it for me for february

what about you steve anything from january and

february that you like really want to see whether

it's in theaters or on dvd um well being that

i can go into a movie as hard pressed as it is

um because of my son Throw him under the bus.

That's right. I wanted to see the last stand

because I'm an Arnold Schwarzenegger fan. Johnny

Knoxville in the film, despite the fact that

he plays the same freaking character in everything

he's in. The buddy sidekick to whoever happens

to be in charge. I just kind of found it humorous

in that but I like Arnold anyway, so I kind of

am wanting to see that The The other one I had

seen in Beginning of February was identity thief

I'd actually gone and seen that that was really

good I Had like the the dynamic of Jason Bateman

in it and then you've got you know How basically

walks into it and gets kind of screwed over And

you get it you get the you know typical bosses

screwing over employees and you know, basically

like screw you and then His identity gets stolen.

But anyways, uh, the the movie in general was

really good a lot of funny moments in it The

other movie that I wanted to see was a good day

to die hard, which unfortunately didn't get to

see But from the sounds of whatever thing I've

heard and read, I'll probably wait till it hits

DVD to see it. So I think that about covers up

our January and February releases, unless anybody

else has anything else that they'd like to mention.

I'm good. OK. All right. And we'll be right back

after this quick trailer break. with our March

releases. city you are here at last and the property

shall be fulfilled this is my sister Evanora

I'm here to serve you the royal treasure of Oz

it belongs to you but only after you defeat the

wicked witch just how wicked is she towns were

destroyed children were orphaned great wizard

from Kansas I've waited for you Did those crows

just say we're gonna die? Your magic is the only

thing strong enough to save us all. Please tell

me you gentlemen can fight. No. What we seeing?

Guys... Can you see it? I see it. My son was

in the bus. He saw what Clark did. You have to

keep this side of yourself a secret. What was

I supposed to do? Just let him die? Where do

I come from? You just have to decide what kind

of man you want to grow up to be, Clark. Whoever

that man is, he's gonna change the world. convinced

that the world wasn't ready. What do you think?

All right, jumping right into March's releases,

we'll get on with basically everybody's list.

Kevin, do you want to go first? Sure. The ones

I'm looking forward to most in March starting

with the Phantom I haven't seen Ed Harris in

forever it seems like I was gonna say wait a

second didn't they already make that movie which

looks like the abyss I just like anything that

has any type of history ties and like you got

Ed Harris who I haven't seen in forever I don't

know if I've ever seen David Duchovny in a movie

you've never seen X -Files fight the future I

haven't seen X -Files period okay well there

you go not my thing. So I've never seen him in

a movie. So I'm just interested to see how that

one kind of plays out. As far as the other March

releases, I don't know, do you guys want me to

go to the next date or is that all for March

1st or do you guys have any on March 1st that

you're looking forward to? The only one I might

see, I don't think I'll see it in the theater,

but the only one that I'm interested in on March

1st is Jack the Giant Slayer. I kept wanting

to call that film Jack the Giant Killer and then

I kept seeing the trailer. Oh, it's not killer,

it's Slayer. Same thing, but... I do like the

idea of these more classic stories getting like

this epic, like... The epic kind of big screen

reboot type of deal where it's not just direct

to video. Oh, hey, let's let's do this. Yeah.

But that's that's all I really am interested

in on March 1st. What about you, Dan? much. With

the Jack the Giant Slayer thing, I think the

reason why you keep thinking it's Jack the Giant

Killer is because it was originally titled that

and then they pushed it back. It was supposed

to come out last year, they pushed it back to

March and then they retitled it Jack the Giant

Slayer just to try to get more of a family appeal.

I think they didn't know what to do with that

movie because it kind of has a tone of a family

film but has some pretty graphic violence to

it. I think there is some interest in Phantom.

I love Submarine movies, like Dostbu, the Run

for an October. Sometimes they're a great framework

for a great story. But besides that, there's

really not much else. 21 and Over to me looks

like a sequel to Project X that no one ever wanted.

To me it looks like a sequel. To me it looks

like the younger version of Hangover. They're

all that I would I would think project X is basically

that as well. Yeah, and I just think the last

exercise the last exercise in part two Has to

be one of the funniest trail funniest titles

of all time the fact that it's the last exercise

But there's two parts to it Yeah, that is ridiculous

Steve anything that you're interested in um for

March 1st The jack the giant slayer looks like

it could be interesting I'm not really into all

the Various themes whether it be the you know

wizard vampire zombie fairy tale whatever But

out of this particular week of March. I'd say

that would be the only one that I Deem worthy

of watching Yeah, I agree with the exception

that maybe Phantom could be good, but I just

haven't You know, I'm not sold on it, but I'll

definitely probably go see it I'm actually interested

in both of them on March 8th. Oh Yeah, I am too.

No dead man down To me this has the makings of

a film that is not gonna be appreciated right

away But maybe one that like five years from

now or three or four years from now people like

are still talking about or still liking or still

watching and it just has that like instant classic

look to me. The only thing that scares me about

Dead Man Down is WWE is somehow connected to

it. They're just distributing it. They actually

have two movies distributing in Mars that there's

no WWE characters I think they just bought it

and I think they're trying to expand their, you

know, their movie studio All I care is that the

letters WWE were on there somewhere and that

scares me Yeah, they're just putting they're

just giving it money to put it in theaters because

I think if WWE didn't pick it up It probably

would have just been a directed DVD film Gotcha,

but I'm definitely interested in that one and

I am beyond interested in Oz the Great and Powerful.

The only problem with this one is I'm gonna go

in with such high expectations because there's

so much potential here, but I just don't see

how it's gonna fail. No, there's no way Oz the

Great and Powerful will fail. It's a genius idea

to tell the story of... You know of the wizard

how how the wizard became the wizard and the

cast is just freaking out of this world It is

yeah. Oh, it's a Sam Raimi film. What do you

expect? Yeah, but I'm just saying like No, I'm

not even talking about James Franco because I

could care less about him But but everybody all

the different witches Yeah all the different

witches are seem like they're perfectly cast

and I don't know if I've ever seen something

as spooky or Freaky as the end of that trailer

when they show The witch forming or coming into

you know focus there that is that is beyond freaky

to me. Yeah, that is Yeah, that's and that's

one thing I like about what they're doing with

Oz the great and powerful as you said They're

telling the story of how he came to the land

of Oz versus Hey Hollywood let's just put out

another remake or another version of the Wizard

of Oz and do same store the same oh Dorothy blah

blah blah blah blah yeah and then I mean it when

you think about it this this has always been

the tale that people have been kind of wondering

of what happened prior right right what are your

thoughts on the two uh March 8th movies Dan I'll

I actually I know I'm gonna go see Oz the great

and powerful. I will be seeing that film I am

curious how say Remy because he has great talents

for horror comedy and I think The you know the

witches in the Wizard of Oz story kind of lend

himself greatly to to that My only worry is like

the trailer when I'm watching it It doesn't really

feel like a Sam Raimi movie. It almost feels

more like a Tim Burton film at times Yes, I think

because it's so CGI heavy but I Still didn't

think there's potential night. I like how it

when it starts off, they kind of stay with the

original. And when they're in Kansas, the aspect

ratio is just your frame format. And it's black

and white. And then when they get into Oz, they

kind of go back to color. And then in this time,

instead of having just the increase of color,

they're actually adding 3D, too. And from the

brief previews that I've seen in 3D, I thought

that I was actually being impressed with the

3D that they had. I just hope that continues

for the entirety of the film. I was impressed

with the CGI they showed too. And a lot of the

scenes in the trailer just made it look really

fantastical and it didn't seem like it took away

from the film too much. Yeah, I can definitely

see that. That film, I can honestly say, unlike

the failed attempt to remake Willy Wonka, I would

say that this this particular idea is actually

very very intelligent on their part and I'm super

stoked for it just because I mean I'm not a huge

fan of the the Wizard of Oz But I still think

it that this tale is something worth telling

So it's it's gonna be interesting to see if it

can live up to the hype of all the previous backlog

of the original movie. Yeah, like Mike said,

there's been so many Wizard of Oz stories and

tellings and stuff like that. And I think, like

he said though, the thing this has the advantage

of is it's telling a different story. Yeah, it's

the same universe and it's the same, some of

the same characters, but at least it's taking

a different stance on it instead of just rehashing

the same old, you know, Dorothy story. And the

wizard seems to be a live -action version of

Scrooge McDuck. Because he dives into the gold.

Only you would say that. Shut up. You and your

BS. Oh, man. Hey, you guys like DuckTales, shut

the hell up. Who doesn't? March 15th has the

actual WWE film The Call, which is one that they

are promoting because they were promoting it

like hell on Raw. And it also has the incredible

Burt Wonderstone Yeah, I can pass on both of

these For me the call is like what you said about

before it's one of those where I've seen the

trailer now too many times Yeah, and I've lost

all interest in this movie the incredible Burt

Wonderstone. I want that to be funny But I just

don't think it's gonna be You know you have these

two guys paired and I'm like oh my god Jim Carrey

back in like straight -up comedy I'm like this

and then it gets to the part where they're like

he's holding his pee This is probably gonna be

stupid well the only thing I can kind of say

in its its favor is I mean you have I'm not a

huge fan of Steve Carell it depends on what he's

in Steve Buscemi's Funny and pretty much everything

just because of how he talks and acts And then

you get Jim Carrey and it seems like this is

the first film In probably the last ten years

that he's back in his 90s element. Yeah, and

I think that that's a good thing for him because

he fits really well into that comedic area So

I think that this this actually may be pretty

good. So I'm actually kind of stoked for it My

question about this one is what the Is Tony Soprano

doing in this movie James Gandolfini nobody cares

it is hard to do high -concept comedy like when

you take something like Magic and try to form

a comedy after it and I think there is a lot

of potential like we mentioned There's a lot

of great people in this and I think there's gonna

be a satirical edge to it But sometimes when

you get doing a satire how do you it's how do

you frame it and how do you do it correctly cuz

otherwise can just be look at look like ridiculous

but I I really I'm with Kevin and hoping it hoping

it's good because there's a lot of people in

that I'm a fan of but watching the trailer a

lot of the jokes didn't really hit all that well

but maybe for once they actually left some of

the funny jokes in the movie so you don't get

to see them beforehand yeah sometimes with with

comedy too they try to make the trailer more

broad and then the actual film itself there's

more There's better jokes and more wit to it.

So hopefully that's the case with that. I think

there is a huge chance that Alan Arkin is the

funniest part of that movie. Oh, I would not

deny that. But but I still think that it will

help having Jim Carrey back in his element. Yeah,

I mean and that's why I hope it's good That's

the one reason why I'm somewhat excited for it

to like hope that it has something but I can

just see Alan Arkin somehow stealing the whole

movie Oh, he's he's going to most assuredly because

your leading man is technically Steve Carell

Yeah, I know how Mike feels about Steve Carell,

but that's besides the point Hey, I like him

as the voice of grew. That's yeah, you hate him

as an actor Yeah, exactly. But anyways Anybody

else on this particular week it's a bad week

as far as the call goes Yeah, yeah, I mean I

think the call even even because it is a WWE

film I I'm surprised that Halle Berry is in it

because it is a WWE Sponsored film, but I think

it could be cool, but it would most likely just

be Like I said before, a red box or Netflix,

it's not something I would, oh my god, I have

to see this on the big screen. I kind of have

to agree. It doesn't look bad. I mean, the concept

is kind of there. The concept looks great because

you've got a 911 operator that wants to help

this girl. Yeah, but my problem with it is it

takes... It's WWE. No, it takes the concept of...

There's a 911 operator and she somehow directly

affects what happens to this girl by how she

handles the call or whatnot and then you know

It alludes to you know, the guy calling back

and her recognizing that it's the same person

I don't have any problem with that. That's a

good concept whatever but when it gets to the

point where she is directly involved in Now we

have the 911 operator face to face with the killer

Like that to me is too far of a stretch Yeah,

because normally you know they just and I've

seen like stuff on 9 -1 -1 operators and stuff

They just handle the calls and pass it over.

There's no chance that a 9 -1 -1 operator somehow

is directly involved in with a killer and out

there trying to like punch or kick or do whatever

like That just was like a too far of a leap for

me the way that the trailer though the way that

the trailer portrays her her care of the Halle

Berry's 9 -1 -1 operator character is that she

I don't know the trailer portrayed her like she

could have been a cop just Moonlighted you like

if she was just oh, hey, I need to help out at

the I don't know It was really weird It wasn't

like so clear that is she an actual police officer

or she just a 9 -1 -1 operator It wasn't that

clear to me at all because you see her Saying

I want to do something about this blah blah blah

blah. They're telling her leave the case alone

So I don't know it could be alright, but it's

more than likely gonna be a flop Yeah on on March

22nd, we've got admission the Croods inappropriate

and Olympus has fallen To me Okay, first of all

admission like I don't think there's gonna be

anything wrong with that Like if I had like a

date to go on I take someone to it You know,

it seems like a feel -good movie The Croods is

probably one of the animated movies that I'm

least looking forward to this year Worst animated

picture of the year so far from I think I probably

get a lot of acclaim and it'll probably be You

know up for awards and whatever. It'll be up

for the best animated feature But for me, there's

a couple other ones that I'm more excited about

I'm inappropriate comedy. I have no idea what

to make of that one. I I don't know if it's gonna

be like the most hilarious thing ever Or if it's

gonna be a total flop for me the one that I'm

looking forward to on March 22nd If I had to

pick one would be Olympus has fallen I don't

know We've seen movies. We've seen a ton of movies

where there's been a president or where there's

been something going on I don't remember too

many movies though where the president has actually

been taken hostage I'm sure there's been a couple

But for me York But for me what what really Kind

of, it's almost like a Die Hard character, almost

like John McClane, as far as Butler's character,

mixed with the president being kidnapped. I mean,

I'm not saying it's going to be a great movie,

but it's something that I'm definitely going

to see at some point, whether it be in the theater

or on DVD or Netflix or something. This is what

Die Hard should have been. Yeah, exactly. uh...

the only president movie i can think of that

was kidnapping technically they kidnapped the

plane but air force one yes and i'm but it's

just so different than that the study yeah you

know the white house that we have the tears there

in the president's kidnap to me that's it's like

a report what's that like twenty they did in

the season of twenty four yeah they did yeah

but i'm It has a little bit of potential. There's

a lot of good people in it. You know, Ashley

Judd, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart. I don't

mind Gerard Butler. So if I had to pick one for

that week, that would be the one that I'm looking

forward to the most. What about you, Steve? Myself,

I have to agree that inappropriate comedy, I

think that's going to be a flop. Rob Schneider

doesn't stand up on his own without Adam Sandler.

Lizzie Lohan's in the dog house. Nobody gives

a shit about her. Rodriguez is mostly somebody

who picks up dead rolls where she's a dead character

and comes back somehow. And then Adrian Brody

is pretty much the only name in this film and

it's gonna bomb. The Crude's not the best concept

for an animated movie. I have to agree that it's

not something I'd care to see. at all. What the

hell is DreamWorks thinking? DreamWorks is trying

to catch up with concepts that Pixar does. Pixar

has brave, DreamWorks has crude. So, you know,

just go figure. DreamWorks is always two steps

behind, so they're screwed. Anyways, admission

doesn't look that bad. I'm sure it'll be all

right. I mean, it's Pina Fey and Paul Rudd, so

usually they're pretty good in films. But that's

something I'd wait for DVD anyway, and I have

to agree with Kevin here the Olympus has fallen

is probably the most Interesting film out of

this entire week I like Gerard Butler's movies

Morgan Freeman so I mean it's it looks to be

the strongest of the week and I think that It'll

be a really good fun action film Are you Dan?

I guess I'll kind of just continue what we've

been saying Again emissions looks like a harmless

comedy The thing about inappropriate comedy that

really makes my mind hurt is the fact that it's

directed by the guy from the sham while infomercials

Like it's his first ever time directing and to

me it just reeks of someone who has a lot of

money now from like what he's done with infomercial

so he thinks like oh i'm hilarious so i'm gonna

try to make this comedy and it just i think it'll

be one of those you talked about movie 43 and

i i get the same type of vibe with that film

it's gonna be just as bad as that um olympus

has fallen uh i I'm kind of hoping it's good

because it's directed by Antoine Farquaad, the

guy who did Training Day. He's a shooter and

a few things else. He's really a hit and miss

director, but he's usually pretty good with action,

like even if it's kind of like old school action,

which I thought shooter kind of reminded me of.

And like we mentioned, a lot of great people.

And usually if Morgan Freeman's in your movie

and it's about the president, bad things are

going to happen. So it's a deep impact. Olympus

has fallen. It's not a good sign. And I'm kind

of glad to see Gerald Butler kind of getting

back to action I remember after 300 thinking

like oh he'll be the big action star and it never

really happened So maybe he'll kind of get a

second one with that film and it'll finally come

to pass We'll have another person out there.

He's done a couple different He's done a couple

different action movies since but not not very

many. He's done mostly comedies or family films

Yeah, he's been he's been in like the world of

like romantic comedies a lot But pretty much

the overall March doesn't honestly look that

much better There's a few films, but does it

so far the thing that really stands out much

more than January and February? Unfortunately

So do we have March all wrapped up well, we got

one more one last one Oh, yes, this is the actual

one of the the best week side of the month For

only one film. No, there's two films that one

that looks interesting and one that I'm super

stoked for. Yes. Why don't you go ahead and take...

I'll go ahead and go first. This is for the week

of March 29th. The first film coming out is on

the 28th. That is G .I. Joe Retaliation and it

is not delayed again this year. Yeah, well that

was Paramount's fault, and then they realized

oh shit We should have left Duke in there and

killing his ass off in the first ten minutes

I just find it funny, and I'll let you go after

I say this I just find it funny that they delayed

it nine months the same length as a pregnancy

well They had to save their baby of Channing

Tatum, so But uh yeah this this film I'm Pretty

excited for I like GI Joe the first film was

a travesty this film on the other hand actually

looks like they're gonna do something right I

was a little leery on hearing John Chu directing

it but From what I've seen of all the trailers

and the the characters Portrayals and everything.

I think that he's doing it justice this time

Whereas the director of the first film I think

shot that right in the ass You have you know

Bruce Willis is Joe Colton the first GI Joe you

have the rock playing Roadblock and then you

have you know Channing Tatum is Duke and then

you have Ray Park is snake eyes Which they actually

got his costume corrected and put lips on his

mouth Like they did in the first one I saw that

as the travesty of bat nipples all over again

You know, I know they seem like and they brought

Cobra commander to his 80s glory That's true.

I know it seems like you're just bringing in

these huge names like Bruce Willis and The Rock,

but I actually think that is excellent casting.

They fit the look. Oh, it's perfect. I can't

picture someone that would fit Roadblock better

than The Rock. No, I mean he fits that perfectly.

Just like Channing Tatum as Duke and Bruce Willis

as Joe Colton and then you got Lady J. This film

so I mean we've got actually a pretty kick -ass

cast this time around Despite the fact that we've

lost some of the Cool GI Joe characters from

the first film But still I I'm super pumped for

this film. This is gonna be one that I plan on

seeing with or without my wife But yeah, I think

that this is gonna be really good My other film

that my wife really wants to see because she

read the book is The Host. She's been trying

to get me to read it. I just don't care. I don't

read. I prefer to watch a movie. But it's basically

it's another book written by the Stephanie Meyer

who wrote The Twilight Saga. My wife says that

this is way better than Twilight though because

it has to do with these aliens that take over

mankind and take over their bodies, erasing their

memories, and basically do away with war and

any kind of battles of any kind. And then there's

a few splinter cells of humans left unscathed

from the aliens that are fighting back. So it

seems quite interesting. We'll be seeing that.

I know that for sure. I think it'll be a it'll

be popular. I think it'll have its You know a

large group of people that are gonna want to

see that It's an interesting concept. I Agree

with you though. Obviously Jay Joe's the one

to see that day or that week I'm not a hundred

percent as much as I hate to say this because

I'm against almost everything else he does I'm

not a hundred percent turned off of Tyler Perry's

temptation I've never really watched anything

else he's done, and I've never been excited about

anything that he's done, but for me the whole

concept does look somewhat interesting, but I'm

not gonna see it in the theater or anything.

The only movie I'll see in the theater out of

that week is G .I. Joe. Yeah, that's the same

with me. I've seen bits and pieces of Tyler Perry's

stuff, but his stuff is directed at a specific

audience, I think, and I just don't. Just don't

care for it. It's not my thing. I don't care

to see that either. I don't really like anything

to do with him. I didn't even like that he was

in Star Trek. Dan, thoughts on the final weekend

march? I guess I'll continue it again. TRJ is

probably the only thing I'll see. The host, to

me that idea has been done countless times. I

mean, we've had invasion of the body snatchers

films. That's been remade. Countless amount of

time so I don't know if that's gonna be that

I think this is almost a different kind of concept

I mean, it's not like invasion. I mean it's like

invasion, but not at the same time Maybe I I

mean I don't really but just the overall idea

maybe it's very similar, but How is executed

could be different? I never wrote the book so

it'd be unfair for me to say it's exactly the

same but personally it just honestly having that

connection to Twilight does kind of, I think,

hurt it more for me. I'm pretty sure box office

wise, it's probably going to help it. I'm sure

it'll be one of those big hits during the early

months of the year because of that connection.

But I'll probably only see J .I. Joe that weekend.

So that's it for me. We move on over to April.

For me April April is by far the I don't know

I know we've said bad stuff about January and

February and March wasn't that much better etc

etc But for me April is the worst month of the

year. I Agree with you. I have nothing. There's

nothing in April. I can't say I want to see the

whole month pain and gain This is how I can sum

this up here evil dead no, thank you Oblivion,

maybe if it wasn't starring Tom Cruise. Scary

Movie 5, why are they still making these? Horrible

casting in Jobs. I don't know how anybody could

buy Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs. There's no

way in hell. The Number Station is just Person

of Interest the movie. Pain and gain I'm not

real sure about that one and the big wedding

You know that has a great cast and it'll probably

be you know again like that's a fine. You know

romantic comedy type movie whatever But for me

the only movie in April we're seeing is April

12th, and that's 42 I know every year. It seems

like nowadays. We're getting a baseball movie,

but to me This is I can't believe this has not

been a movie yet All the Jackie Robbins yeah,

that's it's actually quite interesting that they

decided to finally do that Yeah, like I couldn't

believe that someone hadn't thought of this before

and you got Harrison Ford you got Christopher

Maloney from Law and Order I just think this

movie has a lot of potential and that is by far

the highlight of April for me Plus, for those

that might want to go see, Jurassic Park 3D is

also coming out in April. That's literally probably

the second best thing to watch in April is a

remake. Yeah, exactly. I'm surprised, really

quick, before Steve goes, I'm surprised and I

actually like that they did this. Usually, at

least as far as I know, the past two movies for

Fast and the Furious have been April releases,

kind of like before the big blockbusters in May

and June. They should have just thrown that piece

of shit in this month too. No, no and shut up

hold on it's you for April I have to agree with

Kevin on 42. That's pretty much the only film

worth watching in this entire month Unless you

really want to go see Jurassic Park in 3d Which

most of us have seen it so many times we don't

care to see it again I'll wait for a dressing

park for yeah, that's what I'll wait for when

you know uh, Spielberg does it. Um, Scary Movie

5, I only have one thing to say about this. Terrible.

Because, I mean, think about it, you have Ashley

Tisdale, who's a reject from Disney Channel.

You have Molly Shannon, reject from SNL. You

have a bunch of people that pretty much don't

get jobs doing anything else. I mean, frick,

you got - mike tyson in there you get lindsey

lohan who can get a job notice she's in two shitty

movies for the year um... so far so far uh...

charlie sheen it's no surprise he was in the

last few so uh... because you know if they're

probably say something about he's winning uh...

but yeah that's just i had to agree april such

a terrible month for films that and pain and

gain might be all right but for me michael bay's

kind of like screwed up any kind of respect I

had for him since the Transformer films. Dan,

are we missing something in April? I guess I

am actually interested in Evil Dead. I'm not

a huge horror fan, but I've heard a lot. There's

a lot of great buzz about that coming out. It's

a remake of the original Evil Dead, of course.

It's not directed by Sam Raimi. If you knew anything

about. Evil dead films. They're a horror movie,

but they really have like a common comedic sensibility

to them This evil dead looks like it's very playing

itself very straight So I'm kind of curious how

that goes out. I'm actually really interested

in oblivion. I'm actually really big Tom Cruise

fan I guess you're not but I was I was in his

early days a few good men and Top Gun and all

those movies he did in his early days were fine.

But for me he's just jumped off the cliff oblivion

does look good, but It's I think it's just because

it's him He does a lot of these like end of the

world kind of I have to one man against all odds

saving the entire world And he's even named as

he did in his last movie Reacher Part two they

just all blend together Actually, I was really

interested in 42 until I saw the trailer and

I just thought I don't know it just looks really

it It's with sports films. There's always a level

of corneous corneous to them. Usually just the

way they're treated I just don't like how that

film look kind of looks and just it looks kind

of like it's not really giving That movie the

tone and sensibilities that could actually go

well with it and be a really great film Looks

like it's just a I don't know. It just to me.

It looks really generic honestly Jobs, I'm gonna

wait for the Aaron Sorkin jobs film. That's probably

gonna be a million times better than that Pain

and gain. Only thing I'm interested about it

is the fact I'm glad that Michael Bay is actually

doing a smaller film for Michael Bay, a smaller

film for him and his standards. But again, that

trailer kind of I think Michael Bay is not nearly

as funny as he thinks he is. And then his comedic,

his the comedy in that trailer was pretty, pretty

hit and miss. But yeah, I wouldn't disagree that

April is not much better than the other movies.

But the one that does stand out for me is Oblivion.

So I think we'll move on to the next month because

yeah April is a travesty Getting into May Right

off the bat we have May 3rd and For me that particular

week the only movie worth even looking at is

Iron Man 3 yeah that Especially after the trailer

that came out couple theatrical trailer that

just released two days ago. It's freaking amazing.

I think that this and you know, you guys know

how I love the Batman saga and everything and

everything Batman. I think this movie is going

to top that only for the fact that I think it's

going to take the whole broken and battered and

revenge to a whole new level. Because it's Tony

Stark and he has a certain kind of personality

and flair whereas like the way that the Dark

Knight Trilogy was portrayed Batman wasn't exactly

the the type of character I would expect out

of him Whereas this I I'm super amazed that for

one they were able to keep their roadie for a

second film They have the Mandarin, they have

the Extremis armor, they have all the different

Iron Man versions of the suit. You have the Hulkbuster,

all different variations and they even showed

off a ton of them right in this trailer at the

end. I was a little leery and then after I got

to see the the latest trailer, I was like, holy

shit, this is going to be amazing. I think all

the Iron Man movies have been good so far. And,

you know, this this is kind of a big one because

this is the first movie to come now on the other

side of the Avengers. Right. We had all the ones

building up to the Avengers and we got the Avengers

and now we have to go through, you know. this

and the next Captain America, the next Thor,

etc. So this one's gonna set the tone and I think

you're right, the trailer looks like it's gonna

deliver. Looks a little darker than some of the

other ones and I'm definitely looking forward

to Iron Man 3. I am too. I think this is the

summer just like in 2008. This is the summer

where Marvel and DC go head -to -head. In 2008

you had Iron Man versus the Dark Knight. This

year, you've got Iron Man 3 versus the Man of

Steel. And depending on how Man of Steel turns

out, Iron Man 3, and as Kevin said, it's post

-Avengers, it's good. This film's just going

to be so awesome. And the fact that it's someone

else's vision, but it's still keeping the same

continuity within Marvel, because it's not Jon

Favreau anymore. It's Shane Black doing the directing

on this one. and I absolutely love it. I love

the direction they're going with the Iron Man

films. I can't wait to see this. Yeah, I'll continue

what you were saying with Shane. I'm kind of

glad that Shane Black is directing this film.

I love what John Favreau did with Iron Man. Favreau's

still involved, though, too. He is, yeah. He's

an executive producer. When he gets executive

producer credit just because he made the first

film, really, I don't know much. It doesn't seem

like he had much to do. He's also acting in it.

Yeah, he's well, yeah, he's he's acting in it

as happy Hogan, but happy Hogan was you know

He is there. Yeah, so it's like he's completely

disconnected Right, right. Well, I'm glad Shane

Black is directing it he I mean in a lot of ways

Robert Downey jr. Can credit shame black for

re forgiving him Iron Man in the first place

because It was kiss King kiss bang bang, which

was chain blacks film that kind of got Robert

Downey jr. Back on his feet, which is a really

great movie if you haven't seen it I would definitely

advise checking it out. It's like it's kind of

seeing Robert Downey jr. Really coming into his

own So that and I think that darker tone it probably

has a lot to do with what change black did who

also I believe wrote lethal weapon one So he

has a really great pedigree. He actually wrote

all four lethal weapons and a possible fifth

one should they ever get it off the ground Yeah,

so I think it was a great I mean, a choice for

a director. I know Marvel's had issues keeping

directors and people dropping out, but I think

that was a great choice. So I'm curious how much

it's going to change from Avengers and Iron Man

2 to Iron Man 3 and how they're going to handle

Mandarin. And I think the way that Mandarin looks

is pretty fantastic. It looks just like the comic,

but it still stays in that framework that's been

established before. The special effects look

really amazing. I love that they're doing the

Iron Patriot. Costume kind of meshing that with

war machine was a pretty cool idea And and I'm

kind of curious what guy Pierce is gonna be in

that movie He seems like he's kind of doing what

Sam Rockwell did in Iron Man 2 like kind of that

like other You know the anti Maria yeah, so I'm

curious how he plays into it and there's a pretty

that's a pretty stock cast as well and I'm There's

a lot of rumors going on, but I'm kind of with

that Pepper Pot is probably going to be suiting

up in some sort of armor. If you watch that trailer,

I really get that sense as well. There's like

the image of her with like. In in rubble and

it looks like she she's basically clothesless

as so it seems like she was in some sort of contraption

and like why would she be around fire and only

having a bra on or and The the look of the costume

for Iron Man in this is very similar to the look

of her armor and the comics that's going on right

now, so I'm curious. It's gonna happen. I think

there's some possibilities to it. And do you

guys like the new look of Iron Man? Think it

looks good. I'm not I'm still not quite sure

about the inverted golden red, but I'm fine with

it because it's Still the same suit pretty much

So moving on to May 10th unless did you everything

else you want to say about Iron Man 3 Steve?

No, I'm good May 10th. We've got the great Gatsby

and another Tyler Perry movie. He's presenting

people's Am way way way way way way looking forward

to the very Gatsby No, I'm not a huge Leonardo

fan I thought you liked all kinds of turtles

though. What I thought you liked all kinds of

turtles though your damn unrelated references

he said Leonardo Leonardo's hit or miss for me

sometimes he is a terrible actor, and sometimes

he's a really good actor. It just, I don't understand

why some people think he's good all the time,

but anyway. But the reason I'm really looking

forward to this is because of Baz Luhrmann. I

loved his version of Romeo and Juliet. I liked

Australia. Moulin Rouge was all right. So I'm

just interested to see how he does this, and

the trailer just looks epic. You know, I said

I'm not huge on Leonardo DiCaprio and I'm not

huge on Tobey Maguire So the reason so the fact

that I'm so excited about this movie says a lot

about the trailer and and how they set it up

It just looks like it could be freaking amazing

I know everyone's buzzing about like this could

be the film that finally gets Leonardo DiCaprio

his best actor Award or whatever, but I have

high expectations for this one I'm not gonna

feel like a weird movie to come out on this It

does feel like a word movie to come out in the

summer though Like it it's odd like it seemed

like they were kind of pushing it for Oscar For

an Oscar last year because I was scheduled to

come out in December But then they pushed it

back to the summertime and you know Usually the

summertime or the big blockbuster films and it

doesn't really fall into that which I'm fine

with I mean it though it having 3d is also kind

of odd So I'm kind of curious how that's gonna

turn out. It's kind of It's one that I have it's

an enigma to me. I don't know. I think it could

be great But I just some there's something about

it that has me worried. I Just wish we could

get past the point where? The whole Hollywood

machine has a setup that the only movies that

get Oscar nominated are movies that are released

in November and December like I hate the fact

that If you're a movie that comes out in January

through June, you have no chance. Yeah, pretty

much. I mean, the big reason for that, though,

is just because of the way the festivals are

set up. You really don't have like you have can

in the summer you have but Toronto doesn't really

happen until You what is it September October?

So I think that's a big reason why that happens

is because people will save their films for those

festivals that are really well respected So I

think that leads to that happening and also it's

because unfortunately Hollywood is a very short

-term memory and They really skip out on films

that happen in early of the year. Like you mentioned

It's really a travesty because there are movies

that come out really early in the year at times

that do deserve Oscar nomination or Oscar Respect

in some way maybe not best pitcher or at least

some in regards to technical awards We had a

few I mean few last year piece of the southern

wild came out during the summer But overall it

usually is like if you're you have to come out

like they're keep pushing it like you're have

to come out with the last weekend of the year

or so nobody can I hope this movie does good.

I know not all of his movies have gotten a lot

of critical acclaim outside of Moulin Rouge,

but I just think he's a fantastic director, so

I have high hopes on this one. What about you,

Mike? It's not really anything I'm that interested

in. And neither is the Tyler Perry movie. It's

just, it's one of those things where I just,

like you guys said, for me, it's probably gonna

be, oh, I'll catch it whenever it hits Netflix

or something, but it's not. Like for me, going

to the theater, it has to be an Iron Man, it

has to be a Star Trek, it has to be a Star Wars,

something big and huge, and this just isn't that

for me at all. Fair enough. I have no comment

because I don't care about this particular week.

You do care about the next one though. Oh yes.

Star Trek Into Darkness. Yes, Into Darkness.

This... This is the movie I've been waiting for

for the entire year. This... I'm... I'm loving

what JJ Abrams is doing with the film franchise

since he's rebooted it. I'm loving that they're

keeping all the actors and everything again and

the directions they're taking it in. I'm still

wondering who the main villain is even though

they gave him kind of a corny name just to kind

of shut people up. I've seen the Enterprise crash

in the trailer. I'm wondering what they're doing

with this. Lot of questions have been raised

and I'm waiting for a possible another trailer

which I think there will be another one before

too long, but This is the movie I've been waiting

for all year. I love Star Trek and this JJ Abrams

has managed to turn this series around not only

to make it profitable Unlike you know, he's managed

to break the the number Ratings, but he's also

managed to make it so that people the general

population That don't like Star Trek will watch

it Yeah, I'm definitely looking forward to this

I absolutely love the first one. I love JJ Abrams

so far and Love the casting for this You know

for all the crew and a lot of mystery going into

this one And that makes it even that much more

enticing as far as wanting to see it. I'll see

this one probably within the first couple of

days it comes out. For me, most of the ones that

I'm going to see in theaters, if I can, I will

most likely see them on opening day because I

normally just go to matinees. For Star Trek Into

Darkness, I'm really excited about this. I love

the first film that JJ did. And of course, now

he is the next George Lucas. Oh Stop it But no,

I mean what like you guys said with the whole

you know, keeping pretty much all the same cast

and everything else in the story and I and I

think what they're doing Star Trek and Iron Man

are doing the pretty much the same thing They've

released teasers and they've hinted and hinted

and hinted and hinted and hinted And as we already

said, Iron Man 3 just released the main theatrical

trailer. And I think that's what Star Trek is

going to do probably middle of April, maybe,

maybe early April. It might even be in front

of G .I. Joe. I don't know. But I think that

they will release a full on, whatever it is,

two, two and a half minute theatrical trailer

at some point giving us more info and showing

us more as far as what... The hell is gonna happen

as we head into darkness. By the way, that movie

poster is epic. It is, yes. I love how they did

that. Yeah, that's awesome. Dan, thoughts? I'll

continue what you guys were saying, and I guess

the only thing I'll add is what really has me

excited, I'm not a big Star Trek fan and... Steve

you mentioned how it gets those who aren't really

into Star Trek into Star Trek and I completely

agree with that because I've never watched a

Star Trek movie Before seeing the first one the

first JJ Abrams Star Trek and it really got me

interested into that world And what what even

has me more interested in into the darkness is

Benedict Cumberbatch is the villain who is freaking

amazing I don't know if you any of you guys watch

the Sherlock series the BBC series, but he The

best Sherlock he's freaking awesome. He's such

a great actor That Sherlock series is the Sherlock

series It's hard that there's so much better

than the American version like I think it's called

elementary or something like that. Yeah, that

looks terrible elementary, but that if Yeah,

I would definitely advise checking that out because

I think if you're at all excited for it It gets

it'll only increase because you see how great

he is and he can heat So that makes me really

excited for it. And I honestly hope they don't

give us more information about it. And JJ Abrams

is one of the few people in Hollywood today that

is really great at still creating mystery with

his movies. And we don't get information overload.

And we walk in, we don't know everything that's

going to happen. And I think I'd rather have

that. I'd rather not know exactly what's going

to happen. So I wouldn't be surprised if we don't

get another trailer if that's it and I'd be completely

okay with it Because I'm gonna go see it. So

I don't really need any more information about

it I just want it. I just want it to be May 15

so I can go see it So Moving on to the next week

we have of course nothing I pick Fast and the

Furious 6 and the Hangover Part 3. Alright, I'm

joking anyway. Hangover Part 3, I think it's

kind of jumped the shark. I mean, I know they're

changing the story up this time, but I don't

care this time. Fast and the Furious 6, I was

telling Mike this earlier when I talked to him.

Unlike many of the previous Fast and the Furious,

I think that they're actually doing something

good with this film compared to some of the previous

ones in the sense that it's... The the racing

of the cars, but it's with a heist, but they

put them together. So it makes a little bit more

sense than Just having the stupid car racing

like they had in the first like three or four

films so And then of course the the joining back

together the team. It's almost like an Ocean's

11 but with cars Right, so I'm I'm fine with

that. It actually looks halfway decent I can't

believe there are three fucking hangover movies,

oh my god, one was enough. That's all I have

to say about that. As far as Fast and Furious

6, starting with Fast and Furious, the fourth

film, that's where they start the thing of, hey,

Universal is like, this is pretty much the only

major film franchise we have right now, let's

turn it into something so it's not just... another

street racing movie so in fast four they they

kind of did that with the whole letty thing and

the whole drug running to Mexico and whatever

else and racing over the border and all that

and then five obviously now six I'm really looking

forward to this I want to see what these characters

are gonna do next I want to see how exactly they're

gonna explain away bringing letty back when they

said that she was dead in the fourth film and

Dom had all those flashbacks and everything else.

I don't know, what about you Kev? I know you

like the hangovers. No, I mean I love the first

hangover. The second one was okay. I didn't think

it was as good as the first one, obviously. So

if it follows suit, the third one's not going

to be as good as the second one. So we'll see.

I mean, I'll watch it at some point. I don't

know if I'll watch it in the theater unless someone

really wants to go. But I mean, I'll watch it

and at least give it a shot. The only thing I

wrote next to Fast and Furious 6 is please, God,

make it stop. I don't have anything good to say

about that franchise. I do want to say something

about Epic, though. To me that looks like it's

better gonna be better than the Croods as far

as animated movie goes It's from the people the

creators of Ice Age in Rio I Think I don't know.

I think it has a glimmer of hope. It's not the

animated movie. I'm most looking forward to this

year But I do think it has some potential So

for me that would I guess be the highlight of

that week All right, moving into June, I don't

care for anything on June 7th. What about you

guys? Anything interesting? You missed the purge.

Well. Boo. It's not on my list. Yeah, so. Jumping

into the first week of June we have on June 7th.

I think pretty much the only movie I. give a

rip about in this this particular week is the

internship with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson

and I think it's the first time they've been

in a film together since The Wedding Crashers

awesome yeah and you have John Goodman in it

and Will Ferrell and some other people they're

basically two old school salesmen and they find

themselves suddenly unemployed and pass by and

they try and reinvent themselves by becoming

interns at Google. It looks hilarious. I watched

the trailer and I showed some people in class

and they were just like, that is funny shit.

The Google people are playing pranks on them

because they're stupid and don't know any better.

They're like, yeah, the guy you want to talk

to because they're trying to figure out codes

and debugging stuff. And they're like, you're

going to want to go to this one university and

talk to Professor Xavier because they had a toy

of them on their desk. And then so they go and

find this guy in a wheelchair and start asking

him questions and get their ass beat by him.

And he says, yeah, there's cyclops over there

and storm. And then he punches them and rolls

away. But yeah, it was the trailer just it looks

funny. I think that's gonna be a good movie Yeah,

I think it looks pretty funny too. I think after

is probably gonna be a total flap but I'll watch

it because it's Will Smith and I'll watch any

of his movies To me the hidden gem here that

a lot of people probably just not even a pay

attention to at first is the now you see me movie

Think it looks intriguing. I think the whole

idea of People who are expert illusionists Create

using that tool to pull off heists or crimes

or whatever and then to continuously have all

this whole bag full of illusions that they can

use to You know elude people and to trick people

and whatnot. I just think it looks interesting

to me So I'm interested to see that one, too

I'll probably see all three of them at some point

actually from June 7th Hmm. Yeah, I agree. I

think now you see me looks I'm really curious

about that and how that's gonna kind of play

out It has a pretty strong cast too. I love Woody

Harrelson Jesse Eisenberg. He I mean he can be

he can be good at times and And instructed by

the guy who did the Incredible Hulk. He also

did the transporter one and two so it's something

different for him, so Obviously less action eats

more about like it seems like a crime film. So

I think that could be really cool After Earth,

like you mentioned with Will Smith, but I have

a feeling that he's not going to be in that movie

that much. It seems like it's really going to

be a vehicle for her son, Jalen, and that he's

going to be the main focus of that movie. I just

get that feeling. It being directed by M. Night

Shyamalan kind of makes me a little worried as

he's not done anything good in quite a long time.

And again, I agree, too, the intro tip does look

pretty funny, and I'm glad to see Owen Wilson

and Vince Vaughn teaming up again, since it's

been quite a while since the wedding crashers.

Mike, what are you looking forward to seeing?

Well, it happens in the later part of June, nothing

out of the seventh. The last two for June that

I'm looking forward to is Man of Steel and Monsters

University. Monsters University is a prequel

I Would have kind of liked to see a sequel to

Monsters Inc to see what would happen after Like

how is at the end of Monsters Inc? Obviously

they switch from frightening people to making

people laugh So I would like to have seen if

that kept up over time I think it's a decent

idea though for an animated film to do a Do a

prequel. Yeah, no, I agree and it looks cool

and it's gonna show the story of how Mike and

Sully met. I also think it's a genius idea to

have an animated films like in a college setting.

Yeah. Yeah. Like a university like that. I don't

know, that makes me interested more than just

a typical prequel or sequel. And finally, after

nearly 30 or 40 years, a good Superman movie.

You think? because returns just blue chunks.

But no, Man of Steel looks damn good. I know

that DC is trying their damnedest to get back

on track with their films and supposedly Justice

League is happening. There have been rumors everywhere.

I forget what the name of the stupid website

is, but there's a website out there, I'll have

to look at it later, but there's a website out

there spreading all kinds of rumors of Nolan

is now going to be in charge of all superhero

DC films and he's going to be executive producing

everything and blah blah blah. It's all rumor.

Nothing is true. Nothing has been confirmed.

I will say this though, if Justice League does

happen with the current DC universe as far as

the live action films are going, I would love

to see Christian Bale and Henry Cavill as Batman

and Superman in a Justice League movie. I think

that would be awesome. They've already shot down

Christian Bale's night. I know, I know, but I'm

just saying that if that ever did happen, I think

that would be pretty cool. I mean, I've never

been excited for anything that has Superman's

name attached to it. He's just not someone that

interests me at all. But this movie does have

me interested, so I will finally be anticipating

something that has to do with Superman. Alrighty,

man. Yeah, yeah, I agree I think it looks what

I was a little worried when I heard Zack Snyder

was gonna be directing Man of Steel because it

seemed based upon where DC went with you know,

the Batman franchise It seemed like the opposite

end based upon what Zack Snyder's directed in

the past But I the trailer to me that movie looks

absolutely gorgeous. It looks like it's like

Looks like the cinematography so much of that

are like three of life the way it's shot and

just like this the mood it's almost like otherworldly

and Superman's almost like a very much a god

-like figure. So I'm curious how that looks and

I I am honestly super excited for that movie.

It's probably the one I'm most excited for which

I never thought would happen but just the trailer

and it just has me really excited and also I'm

curious about this is the end. It's the Out of

the world comedy, but all the actors in it are

playing themselves So I think that does have

a potential to be really funny as it lets those

comedians kind of poke fun at themselves in their

own careers So otherwise, I probably wouldn't

be in that interested in it But having it played

in the real world at the end of the world setting

does have me interested Yeah, and that one again,

it's it's just one of those either gonna be a

lot of the comedies this year for me are either

going to be really good or just awful, awful.

And I think this one looks interesting. I can't

quite tell from the trailer, you know, what I

really feel about it, but I'm intrigued by it.

The other ones in June that I don't know. I guess

I'm not a zombie fan, but Brad Pitt going after

zombies. Maybe I'll watch World War Z at some

point. Isn't that supposedly his last movie?

Oh, I didn't hear that. I heard something about

a fire I Don't know but I thought thought it

was odd to see him in this type of picture But

I'll watch it. I think the heat is probably gonna

be a letdown That one another one the trailers

have killed it for me White house down seems

to be odd that you're gonna do that the same

time that we have the other White House movie

I know the the kick -ass tooth and that has multiple

dates flying around the internet I don't know

if that's a June release or if that's an August

release I think it's an August release because

it's been listed on both months, so I'm I'm wanting

to say it's an August release gotcha As far as

Brad Pitt goes he has one of the thing according

to Wikipedia that he's gonna be in called the

counselor That's in post -production and he's

gonna be a narrator on voyage of time, which

is a documentary this year Yeah, um regarding

world world see I don't know if any of you guys

read the book at all I did I'm not a huge zombie

fan. I I watched walking dead. I've read the

comics. I can I mean I enjoy The Night of the

Living Dead, the early films. That book was really

great because it used zombies as a framework

to really tell stories about society as a whole.

like it's not like a narrative in a way it's

all these separate stories all these separate

interviews of this gigantic war and it's not

really there's no one there's this one guy that

goes around the world interviewing all these

people getting their stories and how they went

through World War Z and I thought that'd be a

great idea for a movie but this is completely

different it's nothing like the book which is

fine I don't necessarily think that's gonna make

mean it's gonna be a bad movie but I don't know

I Think like like with the comedies that can

also be one that could be hit and miss it could

be really great or just be a total flop Yep,

so moving on to the final month of the night

we have July I Gotta go first. All right, go

ahead your go. I've been waiting for two years

for this Finally it is here Despicable me too

Easily easily easily the most anticipated animated

movie for me of the year I cannot wait to see

more grew and more minions if this does not win

Best animated feature. I know it was no chance

So okay so far out of these six months it has

if the Academy weren't such Stuck -up ass hats

with brooms up their butts Out of these six months,

this movie has the most potential out of all

the animated features that we've kind of talked

about tonight. The animated feature category

is the most easily predictable Oscar category

there is, and it will be Crudes or Epic. There's

no chance any other movie has. I would say...

You have a bigger chance for monster news versity

because they tend to go to Pixar before anything.

I don't I they barely very rarely award Dreamworks

outside of Toy Story The Toy Story sequels though.

I don't know if they've ever done a sequel or

two a sequel uh... despicable me to you know

this is so awesome yes i know i've said before

i hate street steve carell as an actor in general

but as a voice actor because i don't actually

have to see his stupid mug it's it's so much

better in the millions the menus are awesome

everyone needs millions millions versus probably

one of the best creation of of a set of characters

in in the kids universe in a long long time oh

yeah they're freaking hilarious and that trailer

oh my god the trailer he's gonna play golf off

his face that's another one that the trailer

really gave away nothing yeah it's it it well

it gave you the the minion comedy look that we

all know and love but you we have no idea who

the villains gonna be we have no idea what's

going on Grew at least in that first teaser trailer.

I don't know if there have been any new trailers

since then as far as the teaser goes but Grew

wasn't even in that first trailer. It was all

minions No, but it is said that that the minions

grew and the girls will all be back Well, right

says there's gonna be a host of new and outrageously

funny characters so you can only kind of guess

as to You know what that is gonna be. I'm trying

to say think that I read somewhere That I thought

I read who was gonna play the antagonist oh Al

Pacino Yeah, yeah Al Pacino plays the main the

main bad guy I guess so I mean, how does it get

any better than that? That's gonna be really

interesting cannot wait for Despicable Me 2.

Yeah, that's gonna be so awesome Any thoughts

on Despicable Me 2 Steve? I'm really looking

forward to it. I think the first film was really

good. I think the second film will be just as

good if not better Just because of for one everybody

that's in it and then like you guys said Al Pacino

being in it and everything so I That's one of

the instances I like Steve Carell stuff. I think

that they've got a pretty good Thing going there

with between the minions and then all of the

other characters and stuff going on Even as an

adult I find the minions humorous to watch They

are like I okay like I know they had the first

movie and they did like their series of shorts

or whatever And the things that were like available

on the DVD release or whatnot, right? Is it just

a matter of time before they have a TV show?

I'm surprised it hasn't happened already. I want

a minions TV series what they're getting their

own movie Well, I realize they're getting their

own movie But I would think would just be a natural

progression where they just do a TV series I

actually think it would have been better to do

a TV series than a movie I think if you would

have just left the despicable me as the as Series

as the movies and then you broke off the minions

into their own TV series. That would have been

a better way to go Yeah, I agree like they do

that with a penguins from Madagascar. Yeah, they

do and that cartoon series was amazing Still

going on isn't it? No, it's ended Yeah, it was

such a good show. It was it was awesome The other

one coming out on July 3rd is the Lone Ranger

Lone Ranger say Tonto, don't go to town. They're

gonna beat you up again, man I'm looking forward

to this one, but I'm going in with no expectations.

I Don't care. The only thing I'm really surprised

is is that it's a Johnny Depp movie without Tim

Burton directing No, it's Gore Brabinski. It's

the other guy he only directs with those are

the two people The kind of the fear of this movie

though is that that they haven't separated Johnny

Depp's Pirates character Enough from his Tonto

character Yeah, you can definitely see the essence

of it in there And I think a lot of people are

just gonna see like this is You know, which will

call it Jack Sparrow or whatever. Yeah in the

Lone Ranger setting I think it's great that they're

doing a Lone Ranger movie because it's long overdue

I just don't know if this is gonna work. I don't

know either, and it's not something I'll see

in theaters. I know that. Steve, thoughts? I

won't see it in theater. It looks interesting.

I'm not really sure how to take it. But I'd be

willing to give it a shot once it hits DVD. Dan?

I'm along the same line. I'm curious because

I like to see that like the fact that Arlie Ermey

they're not Arlie Ermey, but the guy from the

social network is Sorry, Arlie Hammer the guy

from the social network is the lead and I think

it's kind of his could be a breakout role for

him Gord from its key can do big films. He's

done the Pirates movies, but you can also get

too big at times So I'm in kind of gig lost in

his own mind. So again I'll go in with low expectations

like Kevin and hopefully be pleasantly surprised.

And then July 12th has one of Steve's favorite

franchises coming back for a sequel. Grown Ups

2. like pretty much anything with Adam Sandler

and being that I haven't seen anything crap come

from him since last year. Well, the directors,

Dennis Dugan, who's done various Adam Sandler

films, one of the screenwriters besides Adam

Sandler and Fred Wolf is Tim Hurley, who's done

a number of Adam Sandler's films. And then, of

course, you have the returning cast. plus more

of the Adam Sandler verse of characters. I'm

excited to see where they take this one and how

and why they come back together. I know it's

another summer type thing, but I also know that

it has some college kids and it's got some people

that are no longer on Disney Channel as well

on there being a pain in the ass. So, I think

it should be interesting. I'm pretty sure that

this one will be a good film because, I mean,

for one, I think this will mark the first time

that Adam Sandler and his production company,

well, second time that his production company,

but first time Adam Sandler's personally been

in one, a sequel to anything. He's never been

in a sequel. And this is actually the second

time that his company's produced a sequel, the

first being Deuce Bigelow. So this is the second

time for that, but I'm just I'm pretty optimistic

about this film. I'm pretty sure it'll be really

good Then you have Pacific Rim or as I want to

call it Transformers Prime Beast Hunters the

movie It's big robots against big giant beasts,

I think it's more taking itself from Classic

anime than it is taking itself from transformers.

Oh, I'm not saying that from that It's just it's

just funny that they're both like gonna be about

the same time Yeah, I mean it it does kind of

and he uses a lot a lot of the same sound effects

and the trailers that you do Seen tend to see

in the transformers movies. Mm -hmm I mean, it

looks like it's gonna have all the you know,

it's got some cool sci -fi stuff going on and

whatnot, but I don't know The biggest reason

why I'm interested in that movie is because it's

directed by Guillermo del Toro, who is a fanboy

director, but he's also an amazing director who's

created some fantastic films like Devil's Backbone,

Cronos, Pan's Labyrinth. He could be an arthouse

director and he has a great visual sense. But

he also is a fan of things like horror films,

he's a fan of things like anime, and he really

appreciates those... subject matters, and he

goes at them with a levelish fact other filmmakers

don't. I think he's also willing to have a lot

of fun with things. And I think Pacific Rim is

probably going to be a crazy film, like we mentioned,

just giant robots fighting giant monsters. And

if this was any other director, I'd probably

think it's ridiculous. But having someone like

him behind it does make me very interested. Michael,

you got a sec? Well, I was going to say when

I first saw the poster, I thought it was based

on Halo. Because it kind of has that helmet thing.

But it's not something I'll see in theaters,

if I see it at all. It's just not something that

interests me. I'd rather watch Transformers Prime

Beast Hunters. Alright, let's see. Anything else?

That week towards the end of the month. We have

the Wolverine. Yeah That's gonna be interesting

and then right before that we do have another

animated movie turbo. Oh Okay. Yeah turbo. It's

uh, I don't know. I'm not looking forward to

it as much as Despicable Me 2 DreamWorks film.

Yeah, but I don't know it does have I Don't know

Ryan Reynolds Paul Giamatti. Yeah Mean it's got

the cool idea of us, you know the snail and wanting

to be fast and whatnot But I don't know it looks

like it could be okay, but I'm not getting all

like excited for it by any means But I just wanted

to mention it since you know, there's only about

ten animated movies that come out a year so Yeah,

usually most of them are bad But the Wolverine

I know is a standalone film basically I just

don't get the plot concept It's it's based on

the comic and it's based on part of the animated

series he goes Into you know feudal Japan and

That's where he meets Yuriko. Yeah, and ends

up fighting with the red Omega red Omega red

and then the silver samurai and That's where

he learns a lot of his combat, too, of martial

arts kind of stuff. It's basically taking place

before he ever came into contact with Charles

Xavier. It's technically on its own, but it's

technically not. It's still technically between

Wolverine, The Origins, and then X -Men 1. Yeah.

Besides, one also didn't mention, really, July

19th. Mike I think it might be a great weekend

to go to the movies because you have turbo which

is voiced by Ryan Reynolds And there's also an

RAPD which also starts stars Ryan Reynolds. So

you can have You're fired. You're never gonna

be on any fucking podcast ever again I'm actually

kind of interested in RAPD. It's nothing's really

come out yet. But again also has Jeff Bridges

in that movie about like Kevin Bacon Hey, Kevin

Bacon. Yeah, so I'm that that could be good.

It's hard to tell because nothing's really come

out the Wolverine I was really looking forward

to that when Darren Aronofsky was supposed to

be directing it, but he backed out I think like

him directing a comic book movie would be great

But James Mangle took over who I also really

like him and he's done 310 to Yuma. He did walk

the line He's also did night and day which wasn't

very good. But I'm kind of glad that it's not

going to pay attention to the Wolverine origins

movie, which is one of the worst comic movies

ever. Yeah. And so and I think I like the like

the images that's come out regarding that film

so far, like the just the way they're having,

you know, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in in Japan.

It's a really it's one of the most classic Wolverine

stories. It's it's it's a key to his origin.

So hopefully it's it's good. I'm hoping but.

It's hard to tell at this point. Well, it's hard

to tell at this point because we don't even have

a teaser or anything yet. I'm assuming that possibly

because it's Marvel, once Iron Man 3 comes out,

there might be a teaser. I'm just speculating.

I don't know anything. I'm just saying that there

might be a teaser for it in front of Iron Man

3. I don't know. The rumor is that it won't come

out until it'll be tied with GIGO retaliation,

so... Oh, okay, well... If it's waiting that

long. Well, GIGO retaliation's only the end of

this month. In the final film that we're gonna

talk about or not talk about July 31st Anyone

really gonna spend money on this in the theater

out of the out of the four of us. That's a DVD

Okay, but like in the so none of I would not

waste my time. No, yeah Me neither. I have too

much going on to worry about shit like that.

Yeah, that's gonna become a naughty I'm just

I'm just waiting now for the the two smurf movies

to get porn versions of them You know the mental

image I do not want you know, it'll happen. Well,

that's Mike Dodd. He knows all about those porn

parodies Oh, that's an old inside joke. Oh, yes.

Which will be found in the ad break. Take it

away, Steve. Oh, man. Dark times, dark times.

Oh. So that rounds out our six month or seven

month kind of roundup from January to July. We

will again return with the August to December.

Roundup when it gets closer to that time probably

sometime in July. You'll have it come out But

yeah in the meantime Out of this entire mass

amount of movies that we've just discussed What

are your top five? most anticipated films overall

Kevin I just want to say like I'm definitely

interested in like Olympus has fallen the phantom

and dead men down But they're not gonna be my

top five. I think now you see me as a hidden

gem I think Man of Steel and Iron Man 3 will

be great But if I had to narrow it down to a

top five It would be 42 which is a Jackie Robinson

story despite what Dan says I think it's gonna

be a great movie I got Oz the great and powerful

The Great Gatsby, Star Trek Into Darkness, and

Despicable Me 2. It seems like it's gonna be

a rather slow first half of the year, but I did

get a top five. My number one, or I guess I'll

start at number five, would be RIPD. I'm just

curious about it. I didn't put it any higher

because there's not much out about it at this

point. Number four for me was Now You See Me.

Then Star Trek Into Darkness. Number three, number

two was Pacific Rim, and number one was Man of

Steel. Steve? Would have to go with out of the

mass collection of films that we've covered I

would have to say my number one film that I'm

looking forward to is Star Trek into darkness

My number two film is Iron Man 3 My number three

film is GI Joe retaliation my number four film

would be Oz the great and powerful and My number

five film which I'm kind of on... Well, no, I

was going to say I'm kind of thinking about Man

of Steel, but I'm going to go with Grown Ups

too. So that would be my top five. For me, it'll

be Fast and the Furious 6, Oz the Great and Powerful,

Retaliation, Into Darkness, and Iron Man 3. I

will also be seeing Man of Steel and Despicable

Me 2 and all that stuff as well, but But like

Iron Man 3 really has me like that's the one

I'm most looking forward to out of out of out

of everything in these six months So I think

that's it for the spring summer preview yeah,

I think so too and Overall I can't say that we've

had, you know, very many bad films, I mean, other

than April. I mean, there are a lot of good films

in there, but I'm kind of wondering, and, you

know, we'll get more into that in the next one,

of, you know, if anything can actually top our

top fives this time around. So, in the meantime,

everyone. I've been Steve Megatron Phillips,

and you guys have been TF2 and Mike, Muir of

Ultan, Optimus Solo. We'll catch you guys next

time on the future episode of this in July, and

in the meantime we have more of our countdowns.

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