While we provide you with a list of available new releases Now Available to Own every Tuesday, Coming Soon to Blu-ray and DVD looks at all of the recent home video announcements. For the week of May 16, 2015 we have Get Hard, Maggie, It Follows, Ex Machina, and more. Find out when they’ll be out and what special features movie fans can expect from them after the break. Continue reading
Every week, movie studios select candidates to enter the glorious battlefield for your hard-earned dollars. The weekend warriors of May 15, 2015 includes Mad Max: Fury Road vs. Pitch Perfect 2. Box Office Battlefield is here to help you decide which movie(s) will take priority over the others and determine who will be victorious. Should you see ’em, skip ’em, or rent ’em? Find out after the break. Continue reading
Welcome to your Netflix Streaming Report for May 14, 2015. After the long week you deserve a relaxing staycation with a bowl of popcorn, a bucket of ice cream, and only your Netflix queue to judge you. This past week, Netflix Watch Instant has been kind enough to supply us with Rabbit Hole, Grace and Frankie, The Sixth Sense, and more, which you can find after the jump. Continue reading
With Marvel Studios continuing their successful run with their box of toys, 20th Century Fox is busy expanding the X-Men universe with the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse, Deadpool, and a sequel to The Wolverine. But with the ‘First Class‘ team’s trilogy coming to an end, producers Simon Kinberg and Lauren Shuler Donner have found a way to stretch their legs just a little further. It was recently announced that Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) will be directing and co-writing The New Mutants, a standalone spinoff that works within the X-Men universe. Learn more after the break. Continue reading
Get your power gloves ready Nintendo fans because the World Championships return in celebration of E3. After a 25-year hiatus, President and COO of Nintendo of America Reggie Fils-Aimé has made the executive decision to revive the long forgotten tournament of tournaments. Alongside the big announcement, Nintendo also offered a preview of what’s to come during the expo, including the opportunity to play Mario Maker for Wii U early. Keep reading after the break to find out more. Continue reading
ABC has their Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter, Fox has the villains of Gotham, The CW has The Flash and Arrow, and most recently NBC has been laying the groundwork to revive Heroes. So it was only a matter of time until CBS bought a one way ticket on the superhero gravy train. Today, the network unleashed the first trailer for Supergirl in a very long form introduction with over six minutes of footage from the series. Starring Glee’s Melissa Benoist as Kara Zor-El, you can watch the video after the break. Continue reading
I love horror movies because of there are so many twists and turns they may take in order to terrify and disturb their audience. There’s never a lack of imagination that can be found because filmmakers can always stretch the boundaries of the genre to present unique stories never seen before. Enter Guillermo del Toro (Cronos; Mimic; Blade II; Hellboy; Pan’s Labyrinth) whose upcoming feature, Crimson Peak, just obtained its first official trailer. There may be more to this ghost story than meets the eye. Watch the trailer after the break. Continue reading
Brace your bank accounts, it’s time to see what’s Now Available to Own for the week of May 12, 2015. Every Tuesday we run down new movie, television, and video game releases that you can enjoy in the comfort of your own home, as well as some slick deals that can save you some coin. New on shelves this week are Mortdecai, Still Alice, Bob’s Burgers, and more which you can find after the jump. Continue reading
Get ready for some good ol’ fashioned British pub brawls because Ubisoft is taking Assassin’s Creed fans to jolly ol’ 1868 London. The newest installment of the acclaimed blockbuster franchise, Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, was announced officially today. During the height of the Industrial Revolution, players will embody two new, twin assassin’s by the name of Jacob Frye and Evie Frye. Learn more about this dynamic duo and watch the announcement and gameplay walkthrough trailers after the break. Continue reading
And so it is, the first trailer for Jem and the Holograms has been released. It has been a little over a year ago since we learned of its development and yesterday new images cropped up to give us a taste of what’s to come. But could the animated musical series of the ’80s live up to modern day expectations? Now that we’ve seen the first footage of the film, this may not be the Jem that diehard fans quite remember.
I’ve kept a cautious optimism in the back of my mind, preparing for this exact moment. Before seeing this trailer, I pegged that Jem would either target an ageless group like Pitch Perfect or be geared more toward a younger audience. The fact that she earns stardom through YouTube definitely signifies the later, which is fine, but the whole Beyond the Lights meets Dreamgirls kind of vibe gives it an awkward tone in the middle of a teen-focused musical.
With an astounding, “meh,” the Jem and the Holograms live-action adaptation isn’t quite as outrageous as the original series’ theme song would leave you to believe – see below. The music is hardly even a highlight of the trailer, which focuses more on the relationship drama between the band mates. This all makes the film feel very generic and watered-down, not so much the wacky ’80s shenanigans some may have been hoping for.
In the original cartoon, Jerrica masked her identity as Jem through the help of a super computer named Synergy. We only get a brief mention of it by name only. Throughout the series Jem would have to protect Synergy from those looking to obtain it. It doesn’t seem that any of that will play out into this movie, but only time will tell.
Watch the original theme song here:
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Here is the official plot synopsis for Jem and the Holograms, courtesy of Universal:
Directed by Jon M. Chu, Jem and the Hogorams stars Aubrey Peeples, Stefanie Scott, Hayley Kiyoko, Aurora Perrineau, Ryan Guzman, Molly Ringwald, and Juliette Lewis. This film is set to release on October 23, 2015.
Source: BuzzFeed
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