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Black Panther (2018) – T’Challa / Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), N’Jadaka / Erik “Killmonger” Stevens (Michael B. Jordan) Marvel wants “Black Panther” to win a “Best Picture” nomination and isn’t settling for “Best Popular Film”. LA Times has a piece explaining how Marvel has a plan to get a “Best Picture” nod for “Black Panther”. The article says Disney hired veteran Oscar strategist Cynthia Swartz to “orchestrate a campaign” to get Ryan Coogler’s movie an Oscar nomination. She’s working with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige with a “significant awards season budget”, apparently larger than any Marvel has done before. Hanging over the head…

Check out my review of the Chris Pratt vest from New American Jackets! Chris Pratt once said, “Just be comfortable with who you are.” Of course it doesn’t hurt to have a cool leather vest. In Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Owen Grady, played by Pratt, wears an amazing leather vest. The awesome clothing store New Amercian Jackets sent me a vest to try in exchange for an honest review. It’s awesome! Here’s my unboxing video and review! The leather is soft and very comfortable. The look is very, very close to the movie version except for the pockets which are slightly different.…

Jurassic Park (1993) Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) Read a list of classic movies based on books and stories. “The book is better” is a phrase you hear a lot. In most cases it’s true. But every now and then a movie comes along that is a classic in its own right. Here’s a list of fifteen classic films based on books. Frankenstein (1931) Frankenstein (1931) (1931) The Monster (Boris Karloff) Official synopsis: “This iconic horror film follows the obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive) as he attempts to create life by assembling a creature from body parts of the…

Here’s everything you may have missed this morning Monday, August 20, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). 1. New RIRI WILLIAMS: IRONHEART Title Launches This Fall via Comic Book Movie Writer Eve L. Ewing, a Chicagoen, said that she is tuning into Williams’ own Chicago roots. “She was born and raised in Chicago, but because she’s a superhero, her adventures take her all over the place. She also had a lab at MIT, that’s also kind of her headquarters. Her mom still lives in Chicago. I decided specifically that she’s from South Shore,” said Ewing. “Previous writers put in…

Here are the early genre box office results of this past weekend Aug 13, 2018 – Aug 19, 2018 Week 33 Box Office Winner: Crazy Rich Asians Warner Bros’s “The Meg” dropped one position to the number two spot in its second week. It lost about 53% to make $21.2 million for a domestic box office gross of $84 million and a worldwide total of $314 million. It’s still a solid win for Statham and shark-lovers everywhere. Or haters depending on how you look at it. In other news, all of the other genre films have dropped out of the…

Aretha Franklin, nicknamed “The Queen of Soul” has died at 76 but her legacy lives on. Franklin was best known for hits like “Respect”, “Think” and “I Say a Little Prayer”. She passed away in Detroit on Thursday, August 16, 2018 after battling ill health for several years. She’d been battling cancer since 2010 and the cause of her death on Thursday is listed advanced pancreatic cancer. In 1960, at the age of 18, she started recording for Columbia Records before switching to Atlantic Records where her career took off. She had a string of hits in the 1960s and…

Find out the top 10 comics featuring ethnic characters or talent this week. 1. Aquaman #39 Publisher: DC Comics Writer: Dan Abnett, Rob Williams Artist: Vicente Cifuentes Cover Artist: Rafa Sandoval Summary: Guest-starring Task Force X, and continuing from SUICIDE SQUAD #45, also on sale this month! After Atlantis rises to the surface once more, Aquaman finds himself outnumbered and outgunned when Amanda Waller sends in the… On Sale: Aug 15th, 2018 Price: $3.99 Buy Aquaman 39& on Comixology 2. Astonishing X-Men Annual #1 Publisher: Marvel Comics Writer: Matthew Rosenberg Artist: Travel Foreman Cover Artist: Rod Reis, Jee-Hyung Lee Summary:…

Captain America: Civil War (2016) Steve Rogers / Captain America (Chris Evans), Tony Stark / Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) Here’s everything you may have missed this morning Wednesday, August 15, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). 1. Ethan Peck is DISCOVERY’s Spock via TrekCore “One of the biggest casting questions of Star Trek: Discovery‘s second season has been addressed today, as CBS has revealed who will don the famously pointed ears of Enterprise science officer Spock in 2019: the answer is actor Ethan Peck. “The 32-year-old Los Angeles native, grandson of legendary Hollywood actor Gregory Peck, will take…

Black Panther (2018) – N’Jobu (Sterling K. Brown) Actor Sterling K. Brown recently shared his thoughts on the Oscar’s controversial new “Popular Films” category and admits he’s torn on “Black Panther”. Recently the Academy Award created a new category called “Popular Films” to help movies that don’t traditionally fit into the Oscar “Best Picture” category get a nomination. Marvel films have traditionally gotten technical nominations but have never been nominated for “Best Picture” Academy Awards. For example, “Iron Man” was nominated for “Best Achievement in Visual Effects”. Recently Brown, who plays Killmonger’s father N’Jobu in “Black Panther”, admitted he goes “back…

The Meg (2018) Here are the early genre box office results of this past week Aug 06, 2018 – Aug 12, 2018 Week 32 Box Office Winner: The Meg Warner Bros.’ “The Meg” opened in the number one spot this weekend. Jason Statham’s prehistoric shark movie made about $45.4 million domestically and has a worldwide total of $141 million. This has shocked box office experts who originally started tracking the film in the high teens before saying the movie could make between $20 – $30 million and that seems generous. No one thought the movie would make almost $50 mission…

Here’s everything you may have missed this morning Friday, August 10, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). 1. Sony Holds The Rights To Over 900 Marvel Characters And More New Details About The Studio’s SPIDER-VERSE Plans via Comic Book Movie Despite claims to the opposite, “Venom” (2018) will be rated PG-13 to allow the movies to cross-over with the MCU 2. TERMINATOR Star Arnold Schwarzenegger Teases Bearded Look For Sequel via Comic Book Movie 3. Disney Plans To Release All Completed Fox Movies After Merger via Screenrant 4. VENOM Is Ready To Rip Heads In A Wicked New Photo From The…

Sad, but late, news. Richard H. Kline, the two-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer who shot classic science-fiction films as “Star Trek: The Motion Picture”, the 1976 remake of King Kong and “The Andromeda Strain” (1971) has died. He was 91. His daughter Rija Kline Zucker told The Hollywood Reporter Kline died of natural causes on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, in Los Angeles. In his 52-year career, Kline mostly worked on genre films. Kline was born in Los Angeles, California, and applied for a position as an assistant cameraman at Columbia Pictures after graduating high school in 1943. He started as a “slate boy”…

Here’s everything you may have missed this morning Thursday, August 09, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). 1. Tom Hardy’s Venom Voice is the Rapper Redman Crossed With…Woody Allen? via /Film “Woody Allen’s tortured neurosis and all the humor that can come from that. Conor McGregor — the überviolence but not all the talking. And Redman out of control, living rent-free in his head.” Those are not details he revealed to the execs at Sony, which is producing the movie. “You don’t say s**t like that to the studio,” he says. 2. Kevin Feige Is Reportedly Fighting GOTG VOL. 3 Director James…

“Avengers: Infinity War” is now available for digital purchase and to celebrate we’re giving away 10 free copies of “Avengers: Infinity War”. This contest is now closed Here’s How to Win All you have to do is follow us (@TheGeekTwins) and @VuduFans on Twitter. You can also tweet your favorite Avenger for an extra entry! a Rafflecopter giveaway This Friday, August 3 at 7 pm PT Vudu is hosting an incredible fan event. The #VuduViewingParty will be hosted by the “Avengers: Infinity War” directors Joe and Anthony Russo. It brings together fans from around the nation in a unique digital…

The main cast of “Guardians of the Galaxy” has written an open letter asking for the James Gunn to be rehired for “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” James Gunn is instrumental in the monumental success of the space-faring superhero movies “Guardians of the Galaxy” and the sequel. The movies are blockbuster hits and turned some unlikely characters into household names. Plus, his humorous and quirky style make them the most original films in the MCU. But Gunn wasn’t always so beloved. He was fired after several vile tweets about rape and sex with children were given attention. The jokes are reprehensible…

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams) Find out some things you never knew about Lando. Recently it was confirmed that Billy Dee Williams is reprising the role of Lando Calrissian in the next Star Wars movie. The role was recently played by Donald Glover in the Star Wars prequel “Solo: A Star Wars Story” and he’s the stand-out part of the film. But the coolest cat in Star Wars will always be Billy Dee Williams as Lando. He’s smooth, cool and irresistible to the ladies. Since his first appearance in “Star…

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) Hope van Dyne / The Wasp (Evangeline Lilly), Scott Lang / Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) Here are the early genre box office results of this past weekend Jul 23, 2018 – Jul 29, 2018 Week 30 Box Office Winner: Mission: Impossible—Fallout The weekend was dominated by the latest Tom Cruise film Mission: Impossible—Fallout and pushed a few genre films down a notch. Walt Disney’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp” moved one position to the number five spot in its fourth week. It lost a whopping 49% to make $8.4 million for a domestic box office gross of $183 million and…

Find out everything you need to know about the cast of “Star Wars: Episode IX”. Today Lucasfilm announced the cast of the next movie in the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy. Star Wars: Episode IX will begin filming at London’s Pinewood Studios on August 1, 2018. J.J. Abrams returns to direct the final installment of the Skywalker saga. Abrams co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Terrio. Carrie Fisher as Leia Organa The late Carrie Fisher played Princess Leia Organa in the first three Star Wars movies and two of the sequels staring in 1977. While she’s best known for the role of…

“Avengers Vs. X-Men” graphic novel cover Disney and 21st Century Fox shareholder have voted to approve the $71.3 million buyout after a crazy bidding war. It’s been a long time coming but Disney and Fox’s shareholders have finally approved the historic merger of Disney and Fox Studios. This follows months of wrangling with Comcast who tried to outbid the “Mouse House”. Here’s what Variety has to say about the merger: Shareholders gathered Friday morning at the New York Hilton for separate meetings to vote on the historic transaction that the companies first set back in December. Both meetings were brief,…

Here’s everything you may have missed this morning Tuesday, July 24, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). Warning: POSSIBLE SPOILERS 1. Robert De Niro Might Join Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Movie in a Key Role for Some Reason via io9 “According to the Hollywood Reporter, Robert De Niro is in talks with the studio to join Joaquin Phoenix in the Joker film, playing the host of a late-night talk show who comes to play an instrumental part in the Joker’s origins. While that doesn’t quite map on to the character’s comic book origins, it makes sense that the film, set…

Find out if you should buy the Champion Series Ergonomic Computer Gaming Office Chair with Pillows from EWin. If you spend a lot of time playing games or watching TV you’ve noticed it can get hard on the back. That’s why a comfortable gaming chair is essential. It’s one of the things I appreciate after a long gaming session. EWin Racing sent me an office chair for an honest review and I gotta say it’s a game-changer. It’s insanely comfortable. The gaming chairs come in four colors: grey, blue, orange and red. I chose red. I told my sons we were getting a…

Zazie Beetz Zazie Beetz is in talks to play a single mom in Joaquin Phoenix’ “The Joker” solo movie. The actress, who co-starred in Deadpool 2, is in talks to join Joaquin Phoenix in Joker, the stand-alone origin project from Warner Bros. and The Hangover helmer Todd Phillips. Phoenix is playing Batman’s long-time villain in a lower-budget dark character study. Details of the project are under wraps but Beetz would play “a single mother who catches the interest of the man who will become the “clown prince of crime.” Joker is due to begin shooting in September in New York. The…

“Doctor Who” (2018) – Graham O’Brien (Bradley Walsh), Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill), Ryan Sinclair (Tosin Cole), The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) A new trailer for series 11 of “Doctor Who” shares some “new faces, new worlds, and new times”. BBC’s Doctor Who panel, which featured the first female lead Jodie Whittaker and showrunner Chris Chiball, began at 2:45 p.m. Eastern and included the debut of a new trailer. It’s a short trailer but shows some new shots of the 13th Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) along with her new “companions” Graham O’Brien (Bradley Walsh), Yasmin Khan (Mandip Gill) and Ryan Sinclair (Tosin Cole). “All of…

New photos of “Sideshow Collectibles” and “Iron Studios” statues provide the best look yet at the costumes of James Wan’ Aquaman movie. San Diego Comic-Con International 2018 officially starts today and some new high-end statues have been revealed by two collectible companies that show the costumes of Arthur Curry / Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Mera (Amber Heard) and Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). It’s great to see Aquaman wearing the traditional gold and green costume and Black Manta looks amazing in his costume considering he has a giant fishbowl on his head. DC Collectibles Aquaman DC Collectibles Mera DC Collectibles Black Manta…

Here’s everything you may have missed this morning Thursday, July 19, 2018. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI). 1. Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker Origin Movie Has a Predictable Title and a Surprising Release Date via io9 “Joker” is scheduled to be released on October 4, 2019 2. RUMOR: The Main Villains For Both THE BATMAN And SUICIDE SQUAD 2 May Have Been Revealed via Comic Book Movie 3. If infinity war was released in the 90s via Redditt – /MarvelStudios 4. Kevin Feige Reveals Why Captain Marvel is Set in the 90s via Cinemablend “The answer is, you’ll see in the storytelling of…

The Dark Knight (2008) Joker (Heath Ledger), Gambol (Michael Jai White) On the tenth anniversary of “The Dark Knight”, actor Michael Jai White told The Hollywood Reporter he didn’t know Gambol was killed until he watched the movie. Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” is the darkest and most brilliant Batman movie ever made. It came out on July 18, 2008, in the US and, ten years later, is still the gold standard. The most horrifying scene in the movie is when the Joker played by Heath Ledger tells the story of his facial scars and Gambol (Michael Jai White) ends up dying. The Dark Knight (2008)…

San Diego Comic-Con 2018 starts tomorrow July 19-22, 2018 and ComiXology is celebrating with a huge sale with discounts up to 80% off. DC SDCC 60% Off Sale (use code ‘DC60’ at cart) ends Thursday, July 19, 2018. Marvel: Best-Selling Collections sale ends Thursday, July 26, 2018. Nick Spencer Marvel Sale at comiXology.com! No code required at checkout (Valid 7/16 – 7/19) SAVE up to 67% off Delcourt Anniversary Sale at comiXology.com! No code required at checkout (Valid 7/12 – 7/23) SAVE up to 64% off IDW SDCC Graphic Novel Sale at comiXology.com! No code required at checkout (Valid 7/13…

“Black Panther” (2018) – Letitia Wright Marvel has announced a new comic series following the adventures of Black Panther’s genius little sister Shuri. Marvel Entertainment and IDW Publishing announced this week that the companies will develop middle-grade comic books designed for younger readers. The monthly issues and trade paperback collections, published by IDW, will be available for sale at local comic book shops and book retailers across the country. Among the announced titles is “Shuri” focusing on the sister of the African superhero Black Panther. Created by writer Reginald Hudlin and artist John Romita, Jr. Shuri has been in the…

Glass (2019) – Elijah Price / Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) A new trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass” is coming Friday and Universal has released new photos, poster and a short teaser trailer focusing on Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) AKA “The Horde”. “Glass” is a sequel to both the psychological dramas “Unbreakable” and “Split”. The original films followed David Dunn (Bruce Willis), who discovers he has amazing superpowers and Crumb, who suffers from Dissociative identity disorder (DID) aka “Split Personality” that manifests as multiple people living inside him including a superpowered villain known as “The Beast”. The teaser shows various…

Kendrick Lamar in still from “All the Stars” music video MTV released their list of nominations for the upcoming Video Music Awards (VMAs). Here are the most notable entries for this year. The blockbuster single from the “Black Panther” soundtrack “All the Stars” has been nominated for “Best Visual Effects”. SZA, who worked with Kendrick Lamar on “All the Stars” has been nominated for “Push Artist of the Year” and “Best Art Direction” awards. Donald Glover AKA Childish Gambino, who starred in “Solo: A Star Wars Story” as Lando and “Spider-Man: Homecoming” as Aaron Davis is nominated for seven awards for…