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Trailer For Disney's "Big Hero 6" Will Have You Wish #Baymax Was Actually A Thing

The beginning bumper of the trailer for Disney‘s latest film Big Hero 6 says it all. Having given us Tangled, Wreck-It-Ralph and Frozen, Disney has found its mojo again by remembering that they actually are the ones know how to make classics, (sorry Pixar).

Sure Marvel is getting all the attention with the taking of all of the Box Office money, however Disney Animation has quietly climbed back into the leadership role it has known for so long leaving Pixar far behind.

With their latest, Disney has actually pulled from the Marvel vault to bring to life a story that looks like it is going to give us all the feels. I like everything I see about this.  We are going to get a great film that the kids are going to want to watch again and again that us grown-ups are going really dig as well.

But please for the love of all things, can we have a song that replaces that Frozen song? You know the one I am talking about.

Check out the trailer below and get ready for Baymax.

Disney’s Big Hero 6 opens in theatres in 3D November 7, 2014.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IdMPpKMdcc&feature=youtu.be

About The Film Big Hero 6 is a heartfelt comedy adventure about robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada, who learns to harness his genius—thanks to his brilliant brother Tadashi and their like-minded friends: adrenaline junkie Go Go Tamago, clean freak Wasabi No-Ginger, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon and fanboy Fred. When a devastating turn of events catapults them into the midst of a dangerous plot unfolding in the streets of San Fransokyo, Hiro turns to his closest companion—a cutting-edge robot named Baymax—and transforms the group into a band of high-tech heroes determined to solve the mystery. Inspired by the Marvel comics of the same name, and featuring comic-book style action and all the heart and humor audiences expect from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Big Hero 6 is directed by Don Hall (Winnie the Pooh) and Chris Williams (Bolt), and produced by Roy Conli (Tangled). The film hits theaters in 3D on November 7, 2014.

  Original Article http://bit.ly/YIppS7

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Trailer For Next Week's #DoctorWho Episode 'Kill The Moon'

Peter Capaldi had said in interviews leading up to this season premiere of Doctor Who that we wouldn’t really get a sense of his take on the iconic character until episode 5 or 6. That is pretty standard in Moffatt’s world of doing things as Matt Smith‘s version of the time traveller took a bit to get into it. I was concerned about Capaldi’s tenure because Smith’s first episode had one of the greatest introduction of any character in all of TV towards the end. With Capaldi it all seemed rushed.

And then the last couple of episodes kicked in.

We started to really get a peak of the type of Doctor Capaldi was going to be with Listen. Then Moffatt gave us one of the best and most Doctor Who like episode in years with Time Heist. Last week’s The Caretaker was very reminiscent of the types of adventures that William Hartnell (the First Doctor) used to go on.

So next up we have a trailer for this weeks episode Kill The Moon. It looks intriguing and very much in line with the Doctor that I love where he is in space dealing with the most ridiculous thing ever – yet it is the scariest thing as well.

Check out the trailer below and you bet your ass I will be there this Saturday watching this episode.

Hermione Norris (“MI-5,” “Wire in the Blood“) guest stars in “Kill the Moon,” premiering Saturday, October 4 at 9:00pm ET.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJyh8AI_M00

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Liam Neeson Is Back In 'Taken 3' And This Time He Is Really, Really, Really Angry

I am actually dig the Taken franchise quite a bit. A lot of folks didn’t like the second one whereas I really did. I was happy to hear that the a third (and apparently final) chapter in the series was going to be made, however like all of you, was wondering where they could go from here.

A new trailer has just dropped and apparently they have gone in a pretty great direction. If anything, they seemed to have captured the essence and the mojo of what made the first one great and amped it up with the addition of Forest Whitaker taking on a role a la Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive.

I really like everything I saw in this trailer and you better believe that I am ALL the damn way in with this one.

Taken 2 director Olivier Megaton returns to direct, with Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen once again scripting. Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen are also back plus a whole bunch of bad guys that are going to end up dead.

Check out the trailer below.

About The Film Liam Neeson returns as ex-covert operative Bryan Mills, whose reconciliation with his ex-wife is tragically cut short when she is brutally murdered. Consumed with rage, and framed for the crime, he goes on the run to evade the relentless pursuit of the CIA, FBI and the police. For one last time, Mills must use his “particular set of skills,” to track down the real killers, exact his unique brand of justice, and protect the only thing that matters to him now – his daughter.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuU0M2xBasc

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Xavierpop TVTidbits - Ray Donovan Finale Up, White Collar, Supernatural, NCIS Trailers & more

It’s about that time where we bring the quick hits happening around the TV world that you might have missed but absolutely, positively must know about:

  - White Collar is entering its final season with a quick 6 episode wrap-up. I am glad that they were able to do this because that last season finale was not the way to end things being all cliff-hangery as it was. The teaser trailer for it just dropped. It is what it is. A teaser.

- One of my favourite shows is picking up right where it left off with a season premiere that got all the ratings. The next episode of NCIS promos are out now and they look all NCIS-y which makes me happy. Please do not go anywhere please Mark Harmon.

- Marvel has just announced the most perfect castings for one of their upcoming and highly anticipated Netflix shows – Daredevil. Taking on the mantle of Matt Murdock‘s mentor – Stick, is Scott Glenn. This is one of the most crucial roles in the series and I am happy that they have cast it so well.

- Supernatural is back October 7. I have been with this show since Day One and it never ceases to amaze me how a show that shouldn’t have lasted more than a few episodes is just about to enter its tenth season. The new trailer for the season premiere make me happy that we are marching along with the Winchesters literally taking on anyone – even themselves now. The fact the CW has kept this going almost makes up for them cancelling Angel … almost.

- Showtime’s Ray Donovan ended its second season very well on the ratings side of things finishing 40% better than the Season One finale. It really seemed to embrace what makes it tick and run with it. I am a few episodes behind and can’t wait to finish it off.

- Guilty pleasure Devious Maids has been renewed for a third season. Either this is really good news for you or you have no idea what I am talking about. Carry on.

- the never-ending, can’t seem to escape juggernaut that is Disney’s Frozen is bringing its magic to ABC’s Once Upon A Time. My mom can’t get enough of this show and with this additional storyline, so do a lot of people as the ratings for the season premiere have come in and they are huge.

That’s all for now. See you on the flipside.

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Trailer & Poster For John Wick Will Make Glad That Keanu Is Back (see what I did there?)

For the all mockery that Keanu Reeves takes for his particular style of acting, he does know how to make his type of very well. You know the type, broody, quiet and apparently ready to pop when pushed too far.  The Matrix was pretty much like and now we have a movie where there is no pretense on what type of character he is playing.

Listen, the set up of the story is ridiculously bad and extremely cliched — “…that my dead wife gave me”. I kind of dig that because you get the sense that the movie embraces this formality and doesn’t spend too much on it so that they can get right into the the reason we are there to see the movie – the action.

And man does there seem to be action. A WHOLE whack load of it.

I love these types of movies. They don’t get a lot of love but they are so much fun to watch (Get Carter, The Equalizer and Payback are a few of the perfect examples of what I mean).

I am ALL the damn way in with this one. (Even if the first part of the trailer is pretty hokey).

The movie also stars Willem Dafoe, John Leguizmo, Ian McShane, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Dean Winters, and Bridget Moynahan. John Wick opens in theaters on October 24.

To get you in the mood, check out the trailer and poster below.

  About the Film An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him. With New York City as his bullet-riddled playground, JOHN WICK (Keanu Reeves) is a fresh and stylized take on the “assassin genre”.

  Here is the poster

Here is the trailer:

http://youtu.be/2AUmvWm5ZDQ

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WATCH: James Gordon Meets Bruce Wayne For The First Time And Much More in Fox's "Gotham"

I am not going to lie. I kind of cringed when I heard that Fox was doing a Commissioner Gordon from the Batman lore origin series. I know that comics are all cool and stuff now, but is this the step one too far?

Based on some of the stuff that has been released, I would have to say no.

Starring The OC and Southland‘s Ben McKenzie as James Gordon and brought to you by the same guy who did the quite excellent The Mentalist, the story follows Gordon as he enters the Gotham PD and rises to well..you know here he ends up.

Sure there are going to be the characters we all love, however it seems that they are more window dressing as this is more of a cops and robbers show. It just so happens that the city is Gotham and that the Batman, the Joker, the Penguin and Catwoman are all in the midst of ‘finding themelves’.

There are a bunch of clips below to give you a sense of the show. It doesn’t really spoil the series, just gives us a sense of the pilot when you watch them all together.

Gotham premieres September 22nd on Fox and also stars Donal Logue (Sons of Anarchy, Terriers, Vikings, Copper) and Jada Pinkett Smith (The Matrix films, HawthoRNe).

What say you? You checking it out?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY9xbN1uvB0&list=UU2zkeSg_I8EsNpx3nA_OYSw

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlrMjxzJtTc&list=UU2zkeSg_I8EsNpx3nA_OYSw&index=3

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyIVVnHi0dk&list=UU2zkeSg_I8EsNpx3nA_OYSw&index=4

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TauDa_OnJk&index=5&list=UU2zkeSg_I8EsNpx3nA_OYSw

  About Gotham Based upon characters published by DC Entertainment and produced by Warner Bros. Television, GOTHAM is an origin story of the great DC Comics Super-Villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told. Starring Ben McKenzie (“Southland,” “The O.C.”), Donal Logue (“Sons of Anarchy,” “Terriers,” “Vikings,” “Copper”) and Jada Pinkett Smith (“The Matrix” films, “HawthoRNe”), GOTHAM follows one cop’s rise through a dangerously corrupt city teetering on the edge of evil and chronicles the birth of one of the most popular super heroes of our time. Executive producer Bruno Heller (“The Mentalist”) wrote the pilot, which was directed and executive-produced by Emmy Award nominee Danny Cannon (the “CSI” franchise, “Nikita”). John Stephens will serve as an executive producer on the series.

  Original Article http://bit.ly/1paW7lM

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"I'm Confident Everyday..." - Here Is The Trailer For Season 2 Of 'The Blacklist' To Get You In The Mood

One of the best shows of last season came out of nowhere really and quite frankly I am ok with that. James Spader as Red Reddington in NBC’s The Blacklist is a ton of fun to watch and if you haven’t had a chance to check it out, Netflix is streaming all of Season 1 right now.

The new season is upon us and to get you in the mood, here is the trailer for tonight’s episode. I love that they have amped up the James Spader-ness of Red and I absolutely love that Red’s nemesis, Berlin, is played by one of my favourite actors Peter Stormare.

Check out the trailer below and if you haven’t started seen The Blacklist, you should really get on that.

  http://youtu.be/GkVP4I40eB8

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Latest Trailer For 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Gives Us The Best Look Yet...And It's Pretty Great

With all the kids seemingly on Facebook, Marvel has taken to the social network to debut the latest trailer on what I feel is going to be the sleeper hit of the summer –  Guardians Of The Galaxy.

There is a lot here. The most we have seen so far of this movie. I like everything I see as these characters might have been the most difficult to bring to the big screen. It would seen that they have surpassed expectations with the Art Direction being perfectly spot on.

And we get to hear Bradley Cooper’s Rocket Racoon and Vin Diesel’s Groot for the first time.

Check it out below.

Guardians of the Galaxy opens on August 1

    About The Film From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team – the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed epic space adventure, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits – Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Peter discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand – with the galaxy’s fate in the balance. Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” is presented by Marvel Studios. The film releases August 1, 2014, and is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.

  Original Article http://bit.ly/1oJmTpt

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Latest Trailer For 'Transformers: Age Of Extinction' Brings The Dinobot Boom!

The new direction for the Transformers saga seems to have been a smart move. Listen, we know what we are getting with Michael Bay’s version of the character we all grew up with. You either love it or hate it.

I for one dig it. I like seeing these characters on the big screen. I am really liking the fact that Mark Wahlberg is now the lead and really, it seems that this latest chapter, Transformers : Age Of Extinction, is not pulling any punches.

And that is very much illustrated in this latest trailer that just dropped. We see a ton more action as well as getting a bit more of what I imagine will pass for a story.

Check it out below: Transformers: Age of Extinction will be released on June 27.

  I really like this trailer, there are some cool action shots that pretty ensure we are going to have a fun little movie. It is what it is. But I like that. Transformers: Age of Extinction will be released on June 27.

About The Film TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION is the fourth film in director Michael Bay’s global blockbuster franchise. Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Li Bingbing , Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles, T. J. Miller, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor and Titus Welliver star. The film begins after an epic battle that left a great city torn, but with the world saved. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history… while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from a new cast of humans, Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet. In an incredible adventure, they are swept up in a war of good and evil, ultimately leading to a climactic battle across the world.

  Original Article http://bit.ly/1iOjsFY

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International Trailer For 'Annie' Remake Will Make You Hate It A Little Less..Not By Much Though

The first trailer for the remake of the classic Annie was a bit of mess. No one asked for this film, Cameron Diaz is no Carol Burnett and when you mute a talent like Jamie Foxx like the last trailer did, it doesn’t bode well.

We now have an international trailer that gives us a bit more of Jamie Foxx so it’s good to see that he is not phoning this one in. And we also get a bit more Rose Byrne who I am a huge fan of and is a seriously underrated talent. But the movie still looks like it’s going to suck, so whatever.

Listen, I am not going to knock the Will Smith and Jay-Z hustle. They are attempting to build a studio system and using titles like this are guaranteed money makers, especially in foreign markets. It’s just that you would think they put more effort into it.

For those of you who actually want to see it, Annie opens in theaters on December 19th.

    About The Film A Broadway classic that has delighted audiences for generations comes to the big screen with a new, contemporary vision in Columbia Pictures’ comedy, Annie. Director/Producer/Screenwriter Will Gluck teams with producers James Lassiter, Will Smith & Jada Pinkett Smith, and Shawn “JAY Z” Carter, Laurence “Jay” Brown, and Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith with a modern telling that captures the magic of the classic characters and original show that won seven Tony Awards. Celia Costas serves as Executive Producer. The screenplay is by Will Gluck and Aline Brosh McKenna, based on the musical stage play “Annie,” book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and on “Little Orphan Annie,” © and ® Tribune Media Services, Inc.

Academy Award® nominee Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) stars as Annie, a young, happy foster kid who’s also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they’d be back for her someday, it’s been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz). But everything’s about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx) – advised by his brilliant VP, Grace (Rose Byrne) and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor, Guy (Bobby Cannavale) – makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. Stacks believes he’s her guardian angel, but Annie’s self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it’s the other way around.

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Ladies And Gentleman .. How 'The Lego Movie' Should Have Ended

Pretty much….

“Must have been Kryptonite gum..” hehe

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MUST WATCH : Supercut Of Every 'Godzilla' Roar

I love the internet for the little things. For example some kind folks were nice enough to piece together every Godzilla roar from the beginning up until the current one. Kind of nifty to see the transformation. It would seem that the director of the new one, Gareth Edward’s, version is keeping in line with the Lizard we all grew up with.

Of course I am hyped for the upcoming Godzilla movie. How can you not be? It looks absolutely fantastic.

Check out the super-cut below.

  Original Article http://bit.ly/1gcDklU

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Japanese Trailer For 'X-Men: Days Of Future Past' Gives Us A Bit Of New Footage

Another film high on my list of surprises is Bryan Singer‘s X-Men: Days Of Future Past. It absolutely took Singer to right the ship that was pretty much destroyed from the debacle that was X-Men 3. Everything released has looked great including this Japanese Trailer that was just released. It has a bit more footage but not too much.

Check it out below.

Fox will release Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past everywhere starting on May 23rd this summer

  About The Film

X-Men: Days of Future Past is directed by Bryan Singer and written by Matthew Vaughn and Simon Kinberg. The sequel features cast members from the original X-Men franchise like Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore and Daniel Cudmore along with X-Men: First Class cast members like James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, and Michael Fassbender. The present day X-Men are in danger from a mistake in the past, and Wolverine is sent back in time to fix it in order to avoid a dark, terrifying future timeline.

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Full Trailer For 'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes' Will Have You Saying Hail Caesar

I am a huge fan of the original Planet Of The Apes series from the 70′s. The remake they did with Mark Wahlberg wasn’t half bad. It wasn’t until the recent Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes that the kid in me got excited again for the franchise. It was so well done and quite frankly a great take on the story of genetically altered apes that end up taking over the planet after a virus wipes out humanity.

It would seem that director Matt Reeves is taking it to the next level with Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. Everything we have seen has been fantastic and with the latest trailer that has just dropped, I am really buying into the fact that the film is going to be pretty damn great.

A little too foretelling if you ask me, the trailer perfectly captures how I figured the Planet Of The Apes would have been created. And as a long time fan of the series, seeing it happen on the big screen makes me so happy.

20th Century Fox has Dawn of the Planet of the Apes scheduled for a 3D release on July 11th this summer.

I will be there. What about you?

    About The Film A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species.

  Original Article http://bit.ly/1uFZbMe

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New Poster And Red-Band Trailer For A Million Ways To Die In The West Is ALL The Way Red-Bandy

Of course Seth MacFarlane‘s version of the west would hold now punches. If you need proof, just check out the new Red-Band Trailer for his upcoming A Million Ways To Die In The West. It is all the way ridiculous and all the way Red-Bandy.

I actually laughed out loud a couple of times. Trailers like this always leave me asking, if this what they put it in the trailer, what have we not seen yet?

Check it out below followed by a pretty funny poster below.

A Million Ways To Die In The opens May 30th.

      Original Article http://bit.ly/1j3NR2I

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Clip From Guardians Of The Galaxy Is All Ogga Chucka Ogga Chucka

I am of the opinion that Marvel’s Guardian Of The Galaxy is going to be one of the sleeper hits of the summer and surprise everyone. I have fully dug everything I have seen about it and am further impressed when I see more.

Case in point is this clip. It is sort of a retread of the trailer that dropped a while back with a few new clips to keep us excited.

Check it out below and see you at the August 1st opening weekend.

#oogachucka

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IMAX Poster And Japanese Trailer For 'Godzilla' Will Absolutely Get You On Board

The Godzilla bandwagon is in full effect and I for one am ALL the damn way on board. The recent trailers and clips have done an excellent job of creating the hype for a movie that had the potential of sucking really hard.In fact, it is the film to beat this year in my opinion. And with an impressive slate of films that makes up 2014, that is saying something.

Next up we have a Japanese trailer that was recently released as well as an IMAX poster for the movie. I am going to say it now, Godzilla needs to be seen on the biggest screen possible.

Check them out below and I dare you not to be hyped after seeing this trailer.

Here is the trailer

    And how dope is this poster?

      About The Film

In Summer 2014, the world’s most revered monster is reborn as Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures unleash the epic action adventure “Godzilla.” From visionary new director Gareth Edwards (“Monsters”) comes a powerful story of human courage and reconciliation in the face of titanic forces of nature, when the awe-inspiring Godzilla rises to restore balance as humanity stands defenseless.

Gareth Edwards directs “Godzilla,” which stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Kick-Ass”), Oscar® nominee Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai,” “Inception”), Elizabeth Olsen (“Martha Marcy May Marlene”), Oscar® winner Juliette Binoche (“The English Patient,” “Cosmopolis”), and Sally Hawkins (“Blue Jasmine”), with Oscar® nominee David Strathairn (“Good Night, and Good Luck.,” “The Bourne Legacy”) and Bryan Cranston (“Argo,” TV’s “Breaking Bad”).

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