November 2012

The Extract Obliteration

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  • Title: The Big Bang Theory – The Extract Obliteration
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“What does Sheldon Cooper and a black hole have in common?”

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Sheldon’s (Jim Parsons) excitement over Stephen Hawking accepting his invitation for a friendly game of Words With Friends soon becomes an obsession when Hawking suddenly stops playing. Based on Howard’s (Simon Helberg) experience with the scientist, Sheldon believes the he was beating him so soundly that Hawking decided to move on to other pursuits. However, when given the change to throw the game to cement his friendship Sheldon has a crisis of faith.

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News and Notes – Electro on the way to the big screen

/ / Film News & Trailers
  • Title: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
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Electro

After Variety reported yesterday that Jamie Foxx was in talks to play the villain in the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man sequel, director Marc Webb confirmed in an interview with Collider that Foxx will indeed be playing Electro in 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2. As a longtime fan of the character I’m happy to see Electro finally on his way to the big screen. Foxx is certainly unexpected casting, but what interests me far more is how much of the character’s original (and insanely ridiculous) costume may make it on-screen.

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Wreck-It Ralph

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  • Title: Wreck-It Ralph
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wreck-it-ralph-posterPixar’s growing influence on Disney, particularly that of head of Walt Disney Animation Studios John Lasseter, is certainly evident in Wreck-It Ralph. The latest Disney animated feature from longtime Futurama director Rich Moore bucks the trend of most animated kids’ fare in that it’s a love story to classic video games (which skewers older) and is centered around the unlikeliest of heroes — a villain. It also doesn’t take place in our reality. Instead it’s set in a world where arcade games and their myriad characters roam about, but are connected to each other by a Grand Central-like power strip allowing them to come and go as they please.

Wreck-It Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) has spent every day of the last 30 years doing exactly the same thing. When the arcade opens and the first customer puts a quarter in the video game (as if a quarter would buy you a game anywhere today), Ralph sets to wrecking the digital landscape of Fix-It Felix, Jr. This, of course, allows the game’s hero (Jack McBrayer) to fix the villain’s destruction, vanquish his foe, and earn his medal.

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Arrow – An Innocent Man

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  • Title: Green Arrow – An Innocent Man
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Green Arrow (Stephen Amell) discovers the latest name of his hit list (T.J. Ramini) has framed an innocent man (Lane Edwards) for the murder of his wife. To prove the man’s innocence the vigilante will need the help of a plucky young lawyer… who just happens to be his still pretty pissed off ex-girlfriend (Katie Cassidy).

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Christina Aguilera – Your Body

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“Your Body” is the first single off Christina Aguilera’s seventh album Lotus. Directed by Melina Matsoukas, the video features the singer as a “playful, tongue in cheek” version of a black widow who seduces then kills men in a variety of different ways. I’ll admit the video, which certainly plays up the singer’s sex appeal with a variety of costumes including skintight dresses, corsets, fishnet stockings, and high heels, works better for me than the song itself which is the type of droning club music that doesn’t always best lend itself to the singer’s strong voice.

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