— by BEV QUESTAD — Okay IJM readers and staff, I challenge each of you to the most excessively exciting bike race on the planet. All you need is a sturdy bike, helmet, water supply, $290 (pending lottery success), transportation to Leadville, Colo., and guts. That’s it. For $290 and an[...]
Archive for November, 2010
5 Clips from ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1’
— by ALEXA MILAN — The release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” is mere days away, and more and more clips from the film are beginning to crop up online. These five indicate “Deathly Hallows” will be a much different film than what most[...]
Four Featurettes from Disney’s ‘Tangled’
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair.” Famous and familiar words from the fairy tale written by the Brothers Grimm about a girl with extraordinarily long locks comes to the big screen less than two weeks in Disney Digital 3D. As you will surmise from the [...]
SNL Parodies ‘Unstoppable’
— by SEAN GERSKI — I know it has been fashionable for years and years to say that “Saturday Night Live” isn’t as funny as it used to be. But if you have watched in the past three years, and particularly this year, you will realize it isn’t a cliche. It’s ver[...]
‘Wolverine’ Sequel Gets a New Title
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — So, the sequel to “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” won’t be called “Wolverine 2.” Instead Darren Aronofsky confirmed that the new title will be “The Wolverine.” Upon hearing this news, I’ve decided to erase any remnants of “X-Men Origins: Wol[...]
The Top 5 Greatest Train Thrillers
— by CAM SMITH — As film history junkies may recall, the train famously ushered in the cinematic age in 1896 when Auguste and Louis Lumière legendarily terrified an unwitting audience with one-minute of footage, titled “L’arrivée d’un train à La Ciotat,” depicting a lo[...]
Check Out a ‘Pre-Preview’ of ‘Green Lantern’
— by SEAN GERSKI — After hearing about the “Green Lantern” movie for so long, it was nice to finally see Ryan Reynolds in the costume and a few other scattered pictures. It made the movie seem like it was finally real. But now, we are seeing some footage from the film and it [...]
How It Should Have Ended: ‘Saw’
The comedic geniuses at HISHE (How It Should Have Ended) have set their sights on the unkillable “Saw” franchise and come up with a hilarious take on how the movie should have ended.[...]
Female Leads Being Lined Up for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’?
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — Recent news about the third and final Batman installment has been very limited. We learned a few weeks ago about the title and also that the Riddler will NOT be the villain of the movie. Back in October, it was reported that Tom Hardy had joined the cast[...]
Christina Aguilera Performs ‘I’m a Good Girl’ from ‘Burlesque’
— by KATHLEEN COLLINS — Here is Christina Aguilera performing “I’m a Good Girl” in an extended musical number from “Burlesque.” “Burlesque” — which also stars Cher, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Stanley Tucci, Alan Cumming, Peter Gallagher and K[...]
Under Review: ‘Welcome to the Rileys’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Ask a parent what their biggest fear is and most will reply, “That my child dies before me.” It’s just inbred in us: the security of knowing that one day, our children will take care of us, even bury us when need be. But what happens when the natural order [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Last Night’
— by AMANDA KOEHLER — In “Last Night,” Joanna (Keira Knightley) accompanies her husband Michael (“Avatar”‘s Sam Worthington) to a party where she meets his “new” coworker Laura (Eva Mendes). Joanna is upset because Michael has never mentioned Lau[...]
Under Review: ‘Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Adam’
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — On Nov. 9, Warner Premiere once again mesmerized us with yet another brilliant animated release with the highly-anticipated “DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection.” This outstanding compilation also includes expanded versions of the first three DC Showca[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’
— by ALEXA MILAN — It looks like little Lucy and Edmund Pevensie are all grown up in the latest installment of the “Chronicles of Narnia” series, in which the younger Pevensie siblings ditch their humdrum everyday lives for a journey on the high seas. In “Voyage of the [...]