February 2011 archive

Super Bowl Trailer: Kung Fu Panda 2

Here they come, the Super Bowl ads. Over the next few days expect a few early releases like this teaser for “Kung Fu Panda 2”. We will probably end up with a flood of new ads after the weekend. Watch the ad below.

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Movies Revisited – Piranha 3D (2010)

We reviewed “Piranha 3D” on Film Actually a few months ago (on episode 98) and at the time I think I said that it was basically trashy fun. The other day on my way to the screening of “Faster” I bought the Blu-Ray of “Piranha” and watching it again I have to say I had such …

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Henry Cavill as Superman – Really?

Okay so this news broke a few days ago and I have been sitting in stunned silence since then, Henry Cavill is signed to play Superman/Clark Kent in Zach Snyder’s new Superman movie produced by Christopher Nolan and written by David Goyer. Why? I’ve seen The Tudors and it is a good show and Henry …

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Leo Laporte is Expanding to a New Studio – I’m So Jealous

As anyone who listens to my shows will know, I am a huge Leo Laporte fan. Leo is the reason I started podcasting over two years ago and I really admire what he has built in Petaluma, California. Well, he has outgrown the TWiT Cottage and has signed the lease on this monster building. I …

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First Thoughts – Faster (2010)

For the last few years Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has been languishing in family film hell. The former wrestler was once the great hope for action fans and had starred in “The Rundown” (2003) (AKA “Welcome to the Jungle” in Australia), “The Scorpion King” (2002) and “Doom” (2005). In 2005 he proved he had great …

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