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Star Trek Into Darkness is pretty much the 2009 movie, The Wrath of Khan, and Space Seed (The episode of the original show that sets up Wrath of Khan) rolled into one action packed thrill ride. I loved this sequel as this movie is fun and left me grinning throughout. Unfortunately, the story is not strong enough to make it better than the first, but a worthy sequel.

After Spock (played once again by Zachary Quinto) reports to Starfleet that Kirk (played once again by Chris Pine) has disobeyed orders, effectively stripping his command and ship away from him. However, John Harrison (played by Benedict Cumberbatch) effective carrying out his action and plans for revenge, force Starfleet to give back Kirk his ship, crew, and command to get his own revenge. Or is he being played by both Starfleet and John Harrison as a means to an end.

Like I said had the story been a little stronger, this would’ve easily been better due to the non-stop action that fits into the story and makes sense, and all of our favorite characters get more screen time and development. Plus the new two new primary characters Carol Marcus (played by Alice Eve) and her father Admiral Marcus (played by Peter Weller) also, have a lot to do in this film.  I also, loved the role reversal of Spock and Kirk in this from Wrath of Khan. I also do like the throwbacks and references to the previous film throughout this one and TRIBBLES!!!

Now, four gripes I have is the reveal of Harrison as Khan. We all knew that from the outset as there’s no doubt in our minds that he wasn’t Khan. Also, when Kirk dies Quinto is the one to yell “KKKKKKHHHHAAAANNNN!!!!” and I’m sorry, but no. Just no.  Also, the need to shoehorn in Leonard Nimoy once more annoyed me. Why didn’t anyone say hey, how are there two Spocks when he hailed himself on screen in front of the whole crew? That just felt convenient and lazy. Also, the end kinda seemed abrupt when Spock sucker punched Khan, gave Kirk Khan’s blood to save him, and then he’s back to being frozen. Just a little rushed in my book.

All in all, this is a great time and worthy sequel. See it in IMAX 3D as 30 minutes was shot in IMAX and the 3D is really well done as well. Only think that sucks is waiting for third installment due to J.J. Abrams shooting Star Wars next.  

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the first trailer to the best picture of the year, which will be our generation’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”.

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Shane Black did the unexpected with a tough character like The Mandarin and turning the character on its head that I highly doubt comic fans are going to openly embrace this version seen in Iron Man Three (as it is called in the end credits). But the script is so well done with that Shane Black magic all over it, he brought a fresh prospective to what I think is the closing in chapter of Phase One of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, instead of the opening chapter of Phase Two. To me there is a great sense of closure in this chapter that brings everything full circle, while making us wonder what does the future hold for Tony Stark? Questions which will not be answered until The Avengers 2.

After the events of The Avengers, Tony Stark (played once again played by Robert Downey Jr.) is haunted by those climatic events that happened in New York. Feeling small and powerless, he builds suits to help curb his insomnia and keep his mind at ease. Pepper Potts (played once again by Gwyneth Paltrow) and Colonel James “Rhodey” Rhodes (played again by Don Cheadle) worry about Tony, while dealing with their respective problems. Meanwhile, The Mandarian (played by Ben Kingsley) wreaks havoc upon the free world bringing forth people from Tony’s past, Maya Hensen (played by Rebecca Hall) and Aldrich Killian (played by Guy Pearce) calling Tony to action once again.

What I love is how helpless Tony is throughout this movie. We start with him perfecting his new Mark 42 armor which constantly fails him and he has to throughout the film rely on his wits rather than his armor. And that’s what I love about Shane’s screenplay is that Tony’s journey in this is discovering that Tony Stark is extraordinary not the armor. Rhodey also goes through this discovery as well and my favorite part of the film is where we see these two friends work together to save the day powerless.

Which brings me to my next point, which is I loved seeing the relationships grow between Happy Hogan (played by Jon Favreau), Pepper, and Rhodey. Especially the last two. Pepper is busy running Stark Enterprises and Rhodey is busy fighting terrorism on behalf of the government as the Iron Patriot as War Machine was too aggressive and after The Avengers, the government needed a red, white, and blue hero. Tony is told by Rhodey not to get involved in Mandarian business because it’s not “superhero stuff” that government needs him for. But once Happy gets in his crosshairs,”it’s good ole’ fashioned revenge”. What I love is we see Tony checking out scenes of the crime, trying to piece things together like he is Batman, except with more urgency and less technology.

Shane Black brings renewed energy with his direction and screenplay. As with almost all of Black’s stories, Iron Man Three takes place during Christmas. And just like Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout, when Rhodey and Tony are together its pure magic. This is what I missed seeing from the previous two Iron Man films, is seeing the genuine friendship between these two characters. They were both made assholes in 2, it was hard to understand why they were friends in the first place but here you see comrades being the best of buds. Also, building on the foundation laid in 2 and The Avengers, we see Pepper and Tony’s relationship continue to grow ever the more complicated as Tony is too wrapped up in building armor and it is killing their relationship in which two people who love each other are being weighed down by a man’s growing obsession. Black also brings a sense of that we have gone full circle in this film, with a sense of closure to not only Iron Man, but to The Avengers as well as this seems to be the perfect epilogue in a saga that we have been invested in since 2008. And everything is paid off nicely in this film including Tony’s narration which we find out in the post-credits scene just who he’s talking to. And please do not the trailers fool you; there are plenty of funny, humorous moments in this film with Black’s trademark humor. Especially the plot twist with The Mandarian.  My only problem is the plot twist with the Vice President, which you can see coming a mile away due to the actor playing him and the fact that it comes out of nowhere as an afterthought. I see why they did it cause of Extremis, but it felt crow barred in.

All in all this is very solid. The Avengers still has it beat, but this comes in as a strong second for Marvel Studios’ best so far. Don’t worry Joss, The Avengers still has more action than this. Also, I got to say Disney is really letting Marvel have free reign when it comes to violence. Everyone was shooting everyone and getting blown up in that gritty Shane Black way, that seriously pushed the PG-13 rating on this so parents beware. I really can’t wait to check this out again. Come November, Thor: The Dark World has a lot to live up to.  And if it is RDJ’s last time in the suit it feels right for him to go out on this one.

Someone needs to tell these cats that gory doesn’t equal scary. What made the OG unsettling was the atmosphere. They were type excessive with the gore. Subtlety goes a long way.

The first 15 to 20 minutes had some of the worst dialogue I’ve heard in a minute. Never have I heard characters introduce themselves, their relationships, and explain the scenario in such a lazy way in a while. And this should really be called dumb white people as I have not seen so many characters make so many dumbass mistakes or moves in a minute. And the actors weren’t helping with the shitty script either. I will say this, being at the cabin made sense and was a really great explanation as to why they were there in the first place. But, the main problem is that The Cabin in the Woods made fun of shit like this and horror as a genre has evolved to treat their audiences with more sophistication. I mean Sinister, treats it’s audience with respect. Also, none of the characters had the charm or charisma that Bruce Campbell had in the original trilogy. And to make paper thin characters work the charm and screen presence has to be there. Unfortunately, none of these actors have it.

With that said the opening sequence is beyond awesome and easily the best part of the movie. Like yo you can sneak into this shit watch the opening and then when the title card pops up leave. Also, the fan service was awesome except for the tree rape scene which was done 10x better in the OG. Also, I gotta say the make-up and effects of the gore was well done.

Fede Alvarez and his DP did their thing with this. The side profile shot at the end with the silhouettes and the chainsaw kill against a raging fire was excellent and well done. And there were alot of little things where I applaud his directing style.

Seeing this with a rowdy, rambunctious audience made the experience fun even if the film itself left more to be desired. Also, a few people got up and walked out which was funny as shit.

With all that said this shit is a rental or even wait for HBO. It’s not bad, but it’s sure as hell not good either. You know the movie is weak when the best thing about it is the *SPOILER* Bruce Campbell cameo after the credits that has NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING AT ALL.

Also, I heard a rumor where after Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness 2 these two universes will crossover for a film where Ash and Mia team up and I’m so against it since Mia wasn’t a particularly memorable character.

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Rest in peace Richard Griffiths! An amazing actor. You will be greatly missed.

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First, let me say that Retaliation, is a better made film than The Rise of Cobra. With that said it’s not better by much.  The Rock being a solid leading man that he’s become in the movies he’s done makes it at least watchable. Unfortunately, the script makes about zero lick of sense. And things get so absurd, as the film asks you to go dumb and just enjoy it.

Continuing from where The Rise of Cobra left off, Vartan (played by Arnold Vosloo and Jonathan Pryce) still posing as the POTUS, frames and kills all of the G.I. Joes with the exception of Roadblock (played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson), Lady Jaye (played by Adrianne Palicki) and Flint (played by D.J. Cotrona) who find their backs against the wall and enlist the help of the original Joe, General Joseph Colton (played by Bruce Willis). Meanwhile, Snake Eyes (played by Ray Park), Jinx (played by Elodie Yung) and Blind Master (played by RZA) deal with issues with Storm Shadow (played by Byung-hun Lee).

So first off this is Snake Eyes’ movie. He such a badass in this film, that it’s only rivaled by Roadblock, Firefly (played by Ray Stevenson), and Storm Shadow. The first 20 minutes, the Zeus London sequence, and the prison escape sequence is what makes this movie better that the first. The first had a better script and cast all around, not to mention the first also, has an advantage of making sense, but yea this one had major script problems. Why was Blind Master giving so much exposition and backstory in his dialogue? And why did it make no lick of sense? Everyone is complaining about RZA’s acting and his mumbling, but I’m sorry I loved him in this cause he’s taking it seriously and you can tell he’s giving it his all. Another problem I had is D.J. Cotrona (fuck his face) and his useless character Flint to go along with his useless acting. Keeping Channing Tatum as Duke would’ve been a more viable option than bringing in another pretty white boy that serves no purpose. Seriously, he’s the most useless character in this film. Or keeping Joseph Mazzello’s Mouse would’ve been better. At least he has personality. Speaking of keeping characters, it made no sense that Cobra Commander would leave Destro. What would he have gained by not bring him along? Especially since Destro’s a powerful dude. And man did Walton Goggins once again murder the small role he was in. I seriously can’t wait for him to get bigger roles in movies. Also, I saw the best part of this movie during my IMAX press day which is the whole mountain sequence. Seriously you can leave after that whole sequence is done cause it doesn’t get any better than that. And for a film that was nearly delayed for nine months, there’s not that much more Channing Tatum and the 3D is just plain bad. The only time where it’s cool is the opening 20 minutes and the whole mountain sequence. The 3D is not worth the extra money this time out.

All in all, I would say check it out on Blu-Ray as a rental. Sure the mountain sequence is worth the price of admission and it’s worth seeing in 3D, but that’s only fifteen minutes outta this film.  Also, I don’t like when a movie asks me be stupid. I mean, I can suspend my disbelief, but don’t ask to be dumb too. I would recommend seeing Olympus Has Fallen to get your dumb action movie fix, cause trust me that movie’s dumb also, but it doesn’t ask you to be retarded like Retaliation does. And even though this one is better, I personally prefer The Rise of Cobra to this one.

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This guy is the only person I’ve seen who really loves Jack the Giant Slayer and thinks it’s “a great movie”. Next time ask me like a man. Turning anon off.

Meant to say if you haven’t yet…go on over to iTunes and listen to this. It’s dope grown man R&B that harkens back to the 70s. R&B need this. No Urban music and general needed this. And according to ?uestlove, we might be getting another 10 tracks in November (20/20 get it?). As long as it’s as dope as this I’m down. Which brings another question…A “Legends Of Fall” tour? Album drops Tuesday. Go cop it.

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First off thanks to my boy Sean, who without this shit would not be possible. 2nd thank you to the incredible IMAX team who are a good group of people. I hope they keep pushing the tech further to make the IMAX experience better. This is what I saw this morning:

Jurassic Park 3D: This is the four minutes playing in front of Oz IMAX 3D. This is a really great conversion and I can’t wait to see this.

G.I. Joe Retaliation: We saw the mountain fight in the trailer in it’s entirety. It’s fucking awesome and the 3D wasn’t bad. I would say peep this in 2D. Hope this flick turns out good.

Oblivion: Saw the opening 6 minutes and this only reinforced that this is gonna be something special. I hope this flick turns out good. It looks like it’s specially formatted for IMAX. Or maybe it’s just me.

Iron Man 3: we saw 20 minutes. The 3D is bad, yea this has the possibility of being the best Marvel Cinematic Universe film yet. Shane Black is the secret ingredient. I’ll be honest seeing those 20 minutes made me want to see the film even more .

Star Trek into Darkness: The 3D is incredible and the IMAX footage is jaw dropping. We saw 30 minutes and 30 minutes is better than the entire last movie. Benedict Cumberbatch is that nigga in this.

After Earth: We saw the newly released trailer. As I said before it’s an improvement by massive bounds over the teaser, but the names and accents still suck. I’ll peep it at my press screening.

Man of Steel: This part of the presentation was irrelevant to me for obvious reasons. See these 10 minutes just made me want to see the actually movie again.

Pacific Rim: We got to see 10 minutes. The fight between the Jager and whatever monster that was is crazy. This shit is easily gonna bank dough and start a franchise. del Toro you did again my nigga!!!

300: Rise of an Empire: We saw a teaser trailer in 3D and yes, it’s just as stylized as the previous film. It’ll be interesting to see if this is good or not…

Riddick: We saw 10 minutes from this. All I can say is I’m glad we’re back in R-rated Pitch Black territory. This shit is gritty and nasty.

Gravity: We saw the 17 minute opening shot in 3D. HOLE. LEE. SHIT!!! This is gonna be our generation’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Alfonso really is pushing the boundaries on cinema. And it does feel as if you’re floating in space.

Seventh Son: We saw a teaser in 3D. Don’t know what to make of it as I’ve never read the books. But it looks really interesting.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: This shit was 10 times better than the first due to no shaky cam shit. And the IMAX footage fits the arena like a glove. Now I’m hyped for this shit as it’s my 2nd favorite book in the trilogy.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: First, this was in 24fps 3D thank God. Now we got to see 5 minutes of Bilbo’s face-off with Smuag the dragon. Smuag looks incredible. I mean wow…
I hope the rest delivers.

And as Sean P would say: “Aight. We fucking finished.”. Good shit is coming…

The trailer for Joss Whedon’s Much Ado about Nothing. Joss does Shakespeare.  I’ll watch anything he does. Why is this coming out during the summer?

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Sofia Vergara’s machine gun bra: it lifts, separates and mows down rivals!

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Nathan For You: Uncensored - Caricature Artist (by comedycentral)

This clip is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while. Watch it and then catch this very funny show tonight at 1030 /930c on Comedy Central.