THE AVENGERS Full Trailer- So is it May yet??

Jonesy here. I'm not a comic aficionado by any sort of stretch of any kind of imagination. In fact, I pretty much fall into the stereotypical type who enjoys comics through the movie format. Shame on me, but in all honesty, that's resources and time I don't have. And if I have any questions, I just go to my buddies who know those worlds.

Now THE AVENGERS movie has intrigued me from the beginning. Not necessarily for the characters, but for the strange experiment the studio is doing. I think it's an absolutely fascinating experiment to release movies about the individual characters first that all lead up and bring them together into the culminating film. So far, the experiment has worked. And now this summer, we get the culmination of THE AVENGERS.

We saw a teaser last fall, at the end of CAPTAIN AMERICA, and during the Super Bowl. This new one expands more on the Super Bowl trailer showing more character interaction (which looks hilarious), angry Loki (yay Tom Hiddleston!), and some sort of Transformers figure (who I guess needs work in-between Transformers films).

Check it out!



That Michael Bay-esque rotating shot towards the end is still one of my favorites.

THE AVENGERS will be released May 4, 2012 starring Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey, Jr., Scarlett Johannson, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Renner.


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Prometheus-ish Clip: Peter Weyland gives a TED Talk....in 2023

One of the most anticipated movies coming out this year is Ridley Scott's prequel-but-not-really film, PROMETHEUS. We all anticipated the teaser trailer, which ended up showing us next to nothing but a lot of really cool images, and now today we are seeing the beginnings of a viral marketing campaign.

A piece was created by Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof shows Peter Weyland giving a speech at TED in the year 2023. This clip is not the in the movie but sheds some light on Guy Pearce's character.

Check out the clip after the jump.

Watch Oscar winning animated short: THE FANTASTIC FLYING BOOKS OF MR. MORRIS LESSMORE

The short films are the categories that will make or break your Oscar polls. They're usually the throw away awards that people don't mind if they miss at their parties. However, over the past couple of years, local theaters have been taking a chance on these films by showcasing them the weeks leading up to the awards. Last year I was able to catch the live action shorts. This year we caught the animated shorts. And hopefully next year, catching all three categories will be on the agenda.

I thought Pixar had this award locked down with LA LUNA, which was quite cute. However, the short that stuck with me was the FLYING BOOKS by directors William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg. I loved the heart and message it spoke. Even though I adored it, I wasn't expecting it to win last night, so imagine my shock when it did!

Now it's online for your enjoyment. So please, take the 15 minutes and watch. It'll bring a smile to your face.



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BULLHEAD (RUNDSKOP) Review- He Said

BULLHEAD

Directed by: Michael R. Roskam

Written by: Michael R. Roskam

Starring: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, and Jeanne Dandoy

Synopsis: A look at the "cattle hormone mafia" and a cattle rancher in Belgium after a cop is murdered.

For Funsies: MOVIE: THE MOVIE

Jonesy here. Now that the Oscars are behind us all, I thought I would bring you the first real contender for next year. This aired exclusively last night on Jimmy Kimmel after the ceremony, and I believe this has the potential to sweep next years awards. A crippled scientist, robot lawyer, and a dog that plays sports?! I'm there.

I give you.... MOVIE: THE MOVIE



Just remember that no one puts baby in a corner.

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Interview with HAUNTED screenwriter Brad McHargue

Javi here with a very special first for WDYMS. I bring to you a really insightful interview with screenwriter Brad McHargue. This will be the first of many interviews we hope to have with filmmakers that are crowd-funding their projects. This is a really exciting and new way of making movies and democratizing the system, and we want to do our part in helping highlight this.

Brad is here to talk to us about his found footage horror movie, HAUNTED, that he is trying to get funding for through the crowd funding site, Kickstarter which you can find here. So come, check out this interview, and maybe throw a few bucks towards the project!

Check out the interview after the jump.

A Very Boring Oscar Predictions- She said

It's Oscar weekend! I know some don't care, and some really don't care about the Oscars anymore, but it's that time of year to see what a bunch of old white guys tell us what the best films of the year are. What's sad is the Oscars have almost become too predictable and pretty much boring. Maybe it was my young age, but I remember a time when there was actual excitement and anticipation of who would go home with the gold man. Nowadays, you don't even need to see the movies to figure out who the winners will be.

Everyone has been throwing out their picks that they'd write down on their Oscar ballot, so I thought I would do the same. Now I have two different picks for each category. The first is what my heart wants, and the second is what I would bet on if this were a Blackjack game in Vegas.

The Academy Awards airs tomorrow at 7pm on ABC.


Check out my picks after the jump.