"Storage 24" Red Band Trailer

London is in chaos. A military cargo plane has crashed leaving its highly classified contents strewn across the city. Completely unaware London is in lockdown, Charlie and Shelley, accompanied by best friends Mark and Nikki, are at a Storage 24 dividing up their possessions after a recent break-up. Suddenly, the power goes off. Trapped in a dark maze of endless corridors, a mystery predator is hunting them one by one. In a place designed to keep things in, how do you get out?

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"Oz The Great and Powerful" Gets Wicked With New Poster

When Oscar Diggs (Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot--fame and fortune are his for the taking--that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Kunis), Evanora (Weisz) and Glinda (Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity--and even a bit of wizardry--Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful Wizard of Oz but into a better man as well.

"John Dies at the End" Red Band Trailer

It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can't.

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"The Great Gatsby" Character Posters Featuring Nick Carraway & Jordan Baker

The film follows Fitzgerald-like, would-be writer Carraway as he leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. It is thus that Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. As Nick bears witness, within and without the world he inhabits, he pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles.

Fan Made "Man Of Steel" Motion Poster

I'm not a huge motion poster guy but The Hunger Games franchise has some of the best ones I've seen. I was trolling the interwebs tonight after stuffing my face with Chinese food and beer and noticed a well done Man Of Steel motion poster. It's more of an animated GIF but check it out below. Great tag line as well, "We Will Join Him In The Sun".

Poster courtesy of batman11 of the SHH Forums.

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" Review

Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.

~Adrienne Rich~

In the case of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,  his journey into the past  is complicated by awkward pacing, hard to endure speeches riddled with mediocre comedic touches, and haphazard action. Barely able to peek out of the epic shadow that is The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, An Unexpected Journey struggles to spread out 1/3 of a rather small novel into almost three hours of 48 FPS 3D. Get comfortable in The Shire, because there are two more films being squeezed from this book.

Nostalgia draws you into film right away with a hypnotizing combination of familiar music and the presence of Frodo (Elijah Wood) and the elder Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm) engaged in family oriented banter in The Shire. However, once there, it takes Peter Jackson 45 minutes to convince Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) the young to shout out "I'm going on an adventure!" and run out of the safety of his Hobbit villiage. During this time there is singing, eating, and the cleaning of plates; as Fili, Kili; Oin, Gloin; Dwalin, Balin; Bifur, Bofur, Bombur; Dori, Nori, Ori; Thorin Oakenshield, and Gandalf attempt to convince Bilbo to man up and hit the open road with them.

Martin Freeman is fantastic as Bilbo. He's charming and sincere, but plays the character with a twinkle in his eye as he attempts to prove himself worthy of the journey to this group of battle tested dwarves. Jackson allows you plenty of time to get to know the characters due to an extensive amount of dialogue which seems to act as "rest areas" for all the strolling, wandering, and roaming. When there is action, and there is quite a lot, it seems to drag on a little to long as if you're replaying your favorite video game after you've already beaten it.

Ian Mckellen is his usual stalwart self as Gandalf. He's imposing and endearing with a little bit of that elderly crankiness that we've come to know and love. Although it did occur in a couple of instances during the LOTR Trilogy, Gandalf seems to conveniently disappear via stage left only reappear to save the rest of the crew from the most dire of situations. This occurs an annoying four times within the film. Reminds me of ancient Greek plays where one of the Gods would appear in a cloud and solve the human's problems while wrapping the story up in the neatest way possible.

The special effects are mind blowing, some of the best I have seen this movie going season, and the groundbreaking frame rate was not a problem. The best way to describe it is an LED television on steroids with an adrenaline shot. Although the high gloss experience does somehow transform even the on location shots into something that looks like a Los Angeles sound stage. The picturesque valley of Rivendell will unhinge your jaw and the Goblin Mountain Lair is dark and never-ending. Speaking of special effects, am I the only one growing tired of Gollum? A riddle off between Gollum and Bilbo was especially drawn out and tiresome.

It's hard to not wish for the grandeur and spectacle of the LOTR Trilogy when persevering through The Hobbit. The slow motion close ups of Theroin with wind blowing through his hair against a sunset almost seems humorous when compared to the importance of one of Aargon's speeches.  "I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you I will not let the White City fall, nor our people fail." Therein lies the difference, Peter Jackson presented the world of The Lord Of The Rings as important and worth protecting, while The Hobbit seems like a parody of the world he meticulously created and cared for.

Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt Gearing Up For "Justice League"?

Why would you hire a fairly high profile actor to play a character with a name so generic it almost seemed like the creative team was resigned to a M. Night type twist from the beginning? There had to be more to him than just "a noble cop". We're looking at you "John Blake". Joseph Gordon Levitt was barely even in the trailers or TV spots for The Dark Knight Rises. We were on to you from the opening credits Team Nolan.

For those who have seen The Dark Knight Rises, and unless you were on another planet at the time not sure how you couldn't have, turns out we were right. Now according to Drew McWeeny At HitFix The Brothers Warner are preparing for the ending to the last film in the Batman Trilogy to expand allowing for Joseph Gordon Levitt to take on the role of Batman in a possible Justice League.

So let's take what we know and speculate a little bit.  How crazy do you think fans would go if Superman were to take to the skies at the end of "Man Of Steel," finally ready to fully accept his role as mankind's most powerful protector, only to have the closing credits interrupted when something catches his attention and he swoops down out of that sky, landing on a rooftop where Jim Gordon stands next to the Bat-Signal, interrupting just as the new Batman arrives for a chat about Gotham's latest problem?

It seems to me that Nolan agreed to lay the foundation for a new era of Batman for Warner Bros as long as he was able close out his universe with Bruce Wayne. Now the studio can explore different story lines with another version of Batman allowing for a possible return of Bruce Wayne somewhere down the road. I wonder if they'll call JGL's version of Batman "Nightwing" and run with it.

I'm still not sold on Justice League happening right away, so the speculation brought forth by McWeeny on a possible cameo by "The New Batman" in Man Of Steel makes some sense to me. Maybe even a Batman & Superman team up film first could work as a Man Of Steel sequel. Remember when Joseph Gordon-Levitt was originally cast in The Dark Knight Rises? Large groups of fanboys were so sure he playing The Joker or The Riddler. Grains of salt are raining down on us. Let the speculation flood the interwebs.

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" Post Production Video

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain, first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever… Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum’s “precious” ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities… A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.

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"Man Of Steel" Exclusive By Sharing "The Dark Knight Rises" DVD & Blu-ray Countdown

The Brothers Warner are dipping into their back of viral marking tricks for the release of The Dark Knight Rises DVD & Blu-ray. If you share the countdown you will be greeted with what WB is calling an "Exclusive Reward" from the upcoming Man Of Steel flick.

Our own Jamie Williams is guessing that it is a photo of Zod, which seems about right. I would guess it is Superman in action, whether it be fighting Zod in Metropolis or saving the day in Smallville. What do you think it is?

Share the countdown below to find out.

"In Their Skin" Poster

Following a tragic incident, Mary (Selma Blair) and Mark (Joshua Close) Hughes escape their upscale, suburban life to spend some quality time at their isolated country home. A friendly evening with neighbors is suddenly interrupted when one man’s obsession with perfection escalates into a violent struggle, forcing everyone to extreme measures in order to survive.