Michael Shannon Threatens Earth in ‘Man of Steel’ Viral Marketing

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Breaking: acclaimed and talented actor Michael Shannon has released a video clip on YouTube, in which he speaks directly to his mortal enemy, Kal-El, and threatens the inhabitants of Earth with destruction unless Kal-El gives himself up. At this point, we can only pray for salvation, as none could ever hope to match Shannon’s godlike powers in combat. We must hope for deliverance, or that Shannon is merciful.

…And I’m now seeing that this is simply Shannon in character as someone named “General Zod,” part of the marketing for his new movie. | Full Story

Unleashed ‘The Wolverine’ Teasers Hint Tougher Hugh Jackman

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Prepare to be teased, but don’t blink or you’ll miss it.

Yesterday two new The Wolverine posters showing a flexed out Hugh Jackman were released. Since then a six-second “tweaser” and a 20 second teaser of The Wolverine have also been released, confirming that this may be the toughest version of Hugh Jackman’s metallic-clawed X-man we’ve seen to date.

Both clips teem with all kinds of plot revelations, but they raise more questions too. | Full Story

Fun Video: ‘WALL-E’ and ‘Oblivion’ Trailer Mash Up

'WALL-E' and 'Oblivion' Trailer Mash Up

This video is basically the endpoint of the joke pretty much everyone was making after the first trailer for Oblivion came out. Namely, a lot of people observed that the plot of Oblivion, which sees a lonely Tom Cruise patrolling an Earth devoid of human life in the wake of a catastrophe, seems quite similar to that of WALL-E, which saw a lonely robot patrolling an Earth devoid of human life in the wake of a catastrophe. | Full Story

Mila Kunis’ Ridiculously Charming BBC Interview.

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First Jennifer Lawrence stole our hearts with her adorable GIF-tastic performance during the awards season. She undeniably swept the entire awarts circuit and earned her place as every girl’s imaginary BFF. While the hype surrounding JLaw is still going strong, the women of the world might just have a new bestie to add to their make-believe celebrity clique.

Mila Kunis simply shines in her interview with an awkward, bumbling BBC Radio 1 reporter. | Full Story

‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Gets New Featurette & Fiery Character Posters

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Olympus Has Fallen has a new featurette and  six new character posters that was just been released.  A stern Morgan Freeman is featured in one of the posters, which also depict the images of Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Angela Bassett and Rick Yune.

The action thriller follows Mike Banning (Butler), a “disgraced” former presidential guard who finds himself caught up in a major crisis when a terrorist mastermind takes over the White House and holds the president hostage. | Full Story

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Watch This: ‘Cinema 2012′

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Can you tell that I really love this compilations of the cinematic year that was? What can I say, I’ve done enough film editing to appreciate some really great work. This new montage comes from Kees van Dijkhuizen, Jr. Thanks to Slashfilm for the link.

Here’s a statement from Dijkhuizen. Read it, then check out Cinema 2012.

“Our last night on earth*; what better way to spend it than with Cinema. Avengers assembled, dark knights rose and odds were in our favor in a fantastic year in film. | Full Story

Samuel L. Jackson Argues With Anne Hathaway In Epic “Sad Off”

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Samuel L. Jackson and Anne Hathaway recently came together to combine their star power to promote their respective movies Django Unchained and Les Miserables.  Funny or Die has brought the pair together for the sake of the holidays season to remind us what this time of year is all about, but something goes terribly wrong.

The two break out into an epic Christmas “Sad Off” argument.

Hathaway waste no time inciting the confrontation declaring that her film is “literally called the miserable.” Subsequently, Jackson gave her a scolding look. | Full Story

Watch This: ‘Filmography 2012′

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Since 2010, YouTube video-maker Gen Ip has made an annual tradition of editing together footage from pretty much every single movie to come out during the year into an epic, impressionistic collage of the year in film. Ip uploaded year’s edition a few hours ago, and it’s spectacular. It’s an emotional roller coaster, aggregating the highs and lows of the many diverse movies to come out in 2012. Her editing skills are unparalleled; marvel at how she cuts everything together. | Full Story

Watch the ‘Skyfall’ Opening Credit Sequence

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One of the hallmarks of the James Bond film series, right up there with a certain drink, introducing oneself beginning with the last name, and an uncomfortable strain of misogyny, is the opening credit sequence. For Skyfall, Adele belted out the chords of the movie’s theme song, while graphics designed by Daniel Kleinman played out on the screen. This is the sixth time Kleinman has done the opening credits for a Bond film. | Full Story

Joss Whedon Endorses Romney for President

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After years of receiving love from no one but some hip critics and an especially devoted fanbase, Joss Whedon finally hit it big this year with The Avengers. He’s a name, and as such we might start looking to him for his opinions on things that don’t concern film and television. And Whedon is all too happy to offer his views. Such as in this video, released yesterday, and which already has over a million YouTube hits, in which he explains why Mitt Romney is the preferable candidate for President of the United States. | Full Story