Caprica City

Das Team von Caprica City wünscht allen Leserinnen und Lesern einen guten Rutsch in das neue Jahr. Wir bedanken uns für Ihre Treue und freuen uns darauf, auch 2011 gemeinsam mit unserer Community lachen und streiten, rätseln und träumen, bewerten und diskutieren zu können.

Der OutNow-Filmausblick 2011, Episode 1

Wir sagen euch, was alles von Januar bis März filmtechnisch auf uns zukommt.

Neues Jahr, neues (Film-) Glück. Auch im Jahr 2011 werden weiterhin in den vielen Lichtspielhäusern der Schweiz Filme gezeigt, und wieder reicht die Bandbreite von Arthouse bis hin zum Hollywood-Blockbustern. Damit ihr schon mal euer Kinogeld etwas einteilen könnt, verraten wir euch, was es alles so zu sehen gibt.

The Buzz

Petaluma cares: In an e-nouncement to Cinnabar Theater subscribers and supporters, artistic and executive director Elly Lichenstein, said, “If you have read the articles in the Argus-Courier or the Bohemian, you already know that we face a cash-flow crisis. Those of you who responded to the articles have contributed $37,000 thus far toward our goal. The Northern California Grantmakers just issued us a check for $30,000, to be paid back by the end of June. They believe in our theater. Still, we need to raise another $25,000 by the end of January.”

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The Green Hornet

Cameron Diaz plays Green Hornet's secretary, Lenore Chase.

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Executive producers: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Michael Grillo, Ori Marmur and George W. Trendle

Cast: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour and Tom Wilkinson

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The 50 Biggest Movies Of 2011

Submitted by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer on December 30, 2010 – 8:39 am (14) comments

Having covered 2010 and 2009 quite nicely in the past, Michael Moran now looks forward to 2011′s roster of blockbusters for Bleeding Cool:

Predicting the biggest films of any year is a foolhardy venture. The fortunes of a movie as it develops can turn on studio whim, the news agenda on release day, or even the weather. Throw in the unpredictable effects of the biggest economic crisis in living memory and you have a virtually unforeseeable box office landscape.

Undernews for December 28

We have almost made it through a truly dismal year. The three main Democratic voices - Obama, Reid and Pelosi - are their party's least competent leaders in modern memory. The Republican leaders are not only incompetent but aggressively stupid - and surrounded by a chorus of spoiled brat sound bite junkies who make Lindsay Lohan appear a raving intellectual. By today's GOP rules, Robert Taft, Margaret Chase Smith, or Dwight Eisenhower wouldn't even be allowed to run for county commissioner.

11 for '11: Things to Watch in the New Year - MOVIES

Comics are king in the world of movies these days. From feature films based on comic books to films that look, feel and sound like they should have been a comic book, Hollywood is in love with genre-based work as seen in comic books and graphic novels. And 2011 is shaping up to be one of the biggest years in recent memory, with an unprecedented number of high-concept high-action movies coming down the pipe and filling up your local multiplex.

Theater listings for Southwest Michigan: "t&a... and friends" and "A Green Hornet Adventure"

By Adrian Johnson | Kalamazoo Gazette

View full size Courtesy of Crawlspace Theatre Productions The members of the Kalamazoo improv comedy duo t&a are, from left, Tara Sytsma and Adam Carter.

“t&a... and friends” — Improv comedians Adam Carter and Tara Sytsma of t&a share the stage with improv veterans Dann Sytsma and Joe Anderson, 8 p.m. Jan. 7-8, Farmers Alley Theatre, 221 Farmers Alley. $7 students, $10 general admission. crawlspacetheatre.com .

“The Green Hornet”

You know The Green Hornet from comics I bet (or the television series) but did you know it actually began as a radio series in the 1930′s? It’s true! I’ve always been fascinated with things that began as radio programs or comic books (admittedly I’m a comic nerd from waaaay back) and I’m also a lover, er, fan of Seth Rogen ! So, when I found out he was going to play Britt Reid AKA The Green Hornet, I was even more impressed with him. The trailers look incredible, and to add even more fuel to my fire? I just now found out that Edward Furlong will also be in the movie. Two hotties that I’ve liked for a little longer than a minute, in the same film – I’m willing to bet the people in the theater will be damn tired of seeing me. Come on January 14th, 2011! The suspense and anticipation is killing me! You too? Here allow me to try and tide you over

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The Green Hornet ready to buzz

Cameron Diaz and Seth Rogen star in the 21st century remake of superhero classic, The Green Hornet.

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Julia Verdin stacks the deck with Sienna Miller, Jacqueline Bisset for ‘TWO JACKS’

Hollywood, CA (Hollywood Today) 12/29/10 – Producer Julia Verdin may have scored a winning hand for her newest film Two Jacks , currently filming in LA.  Verdin ( Stander, Merchants of Venice ) is collaborating with Director Bernard Rose ( Immortal Beloved, Mr. Nice ) on the indie drama based on Leo Tolstoy’s short story “ The Two Hussars .”  Sienna Miller, Jack Huston, and Danny Huston star in the film, along with Green Hornet’s Jamie Harris, Billy Zane, Jacqueline Bisset and Richard Portnow ( Law Abiding Citizen ) who recently joined the cast.

Sequels on tap for 2011

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2011 film preview: 25 films Mike Leigh didn't direct (plus one that he did)

So, it's time for Another Year , meaning not just 2011 but also the latest film from Happy-Go-Lucky director Mike Leigh, a traipse through four seasons in the lives of ordinary people, exploring their small joys and tragedies. Kind of like Blue Valentine , but with no oral sex.

That pretty much sums up the next few months on the big screen: life as we know it, with the occasional foray into the supernatural, the horrific, the fantastic, and the absurd — films like The Green Hornet 3D , The Rite , The Adjustment Bureau , and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, which these days are also a lot like life as we know it.

Cruz, Portman top sexiest woman polls | Celebrities | Entertainment | Toronto Sun

Things keep getting better for pregnant stars Penelope Cruz and Natalie Portman - they've topped a new poll to find the sexiest stars of 2011.

Portman beat Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry to the top of Fandango.com's men-only Sexiest Woman in 2011 Movies list, while Spaniard Cruz was the women's poll leader, ahead of Jolie, Berry and Jennifer Aniston.

Reviewing the previews: Grading trailers for 2011 movies

We grade the next few months of movies based on the trailers.

"Season of the Witch": Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman are a couple of grizzled crusaders who transport an alleged witch to burn at the stake. With straight-to-DVD special effects, risible dialogue and Nic Cage with a sword. I'm there. Grade: B

International Posters For The Green Hornet Unveiled!

Britt Reid is the son of LA’s most prominent and respected media magnate and perfectly happy to maintain a directionless existence on the party scene – until his father mysteriously dies, leaving Britt his vast media empire. Striking an unlikely friendship with one of his father’s more industrious and inventive employees, Kato, they see their chance to do something meaningful for the first time in their lives: fight crime. But in order to do this, they decide to become criminals themselves – protecting the law by breaking it, Britt becomes the vigilante The Green Hornet as he and Kato hit the streets. Using all his ingenuity and skill, Kato builds the ultimate in advanced retro weaponry, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car equal parts firepower and horsepower. Rolling in a mobile fortress on wheels and striking the bad guys with Kato’s clever gadgets, The Green Hornet and Kato quickly start making a name for themselves, and with the help of Britt’s new secretary, Lenore Case, they begin hunting down the man who controls LA’s gritty underworld: Benjamin Chudnofsky. But Chudnofsky has plans of his own: to swat down The Green Hornet once and for all.

Green Hornet: Video Interview with the Cast

Cast members from the Green Hornet provide an inside look at the making of the film in this video interview.

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Top 10 Sports Stories of 2010: Taking his rightful place

A legend in Huntsville for a long time, Joe Clements joins the greatest players and coaches in the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame during a memorable induction banquet this spring

By Tom Waddill Sports Editor The Huntsville Item Mon Dec 27, 2010, 09:39 PM CST

HUNTSVILLE — Joe Clements could hardly contain his excitement early this year.

2010 Women in Movies: Good News, Bad News

I’ve always loved going to the movies, and since I own my own business, I’ll sneak out midday sometimes. In between meetings, with a large popcorn in lieu of lunch (“one scant pump of the buttery topping, please”), alone in the second row, transported to another person’s story in some other place or time. It’s the most satisfying workday break I can imagine.

Computer Graphics World - Luma Pictures Saddles Up with the Coens for “True Grit”

Los Angeles, Calif. – True Grit, from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions, opening nationwide today, marks the fourth collaboration between Luma Pictures and Academy Award-winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen. The Los Angeles visual effects house produced some 360 VFX shots for the new film, the highest shot count on a Coen Brothers’ film to date. Still, if all those CG elements attract little special notice from audiences, the Luma team will be pleased. It will be a sign that they have done their job.

The (Dis)comfort of 3D… Should We Get Used To It?

Will there come a day when 2D films are virtually non existent?

More and more frequently, the content of a film, the director or the cast is becoming less of a priority. Instead, the phrase "In mind-blowing 3D" has become the tagline norm just as much as the wit on display when marketing execs decide "Slow justice is no justice" is fitting for the 2D fare. I, as should all of us, blame James Cameron.

2011 Movie Guide, A to Z

As 2011 begins, it’s time for 3-D fans to celebrate.

Hollywood studio chiefs have been working overtime approving big-budget films designed for images that pop off the screen.

The 3-D titles coming this year include “The Adventures of  Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn,” “Drive Angry,” “5inal Destination,” “Fright Night,” “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” “Gnomeo and Juliet,” “The Green Hornet,” “Happy Feet 2,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” “Ice Age: Continental Drift,” “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,” “Kung Fu Panda 2,” “Mars Needs Moms,” “Piranha 3DD,” “Priest,” “Rio,” “Sanctum,” “Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World,” “The Three Musketeers,” “Transformers 3,” and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1.”

2011 Action Movie Preview

Superhero and comic book fans had a tough 2010 , but 2011 offers a veritable smorgasbord of action heroes. Thor , Captain America , The Green Hornet , Green Lantern , and Cowboys and Aliens offer hope for genre fans. The year also has its share of prequels and sequels to blockbuster action films from the past with Breaking Dawn Part 1 , X-Men: First Class , Transformers: Dark of the Moon , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 , Sherlock Holmes 2 , Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides , Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol , Spy Kids 4 , Rise of the Apes , Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and Fast Five scattered throughout the year.

Cultura & Spettacoli

Il ritorno dei supereroi d'altri tempi CINEMA. L'anno nuovo porterà un'invasione di personaggi fantastici. Tra i registi e i produttori Gondry, Campbell, Spielberg, Favreu e Vaughn

Nel 2011 vedremo Green Hornet, giornalista di giorno e paladino mascherato di notte, ma anche un amico di Flash, Capitan America e Thor

The Green Hornet

Less than a week after Columbia Pictures unleashed a ton of new promotional materials for director Michel Gondry 's upcoming The Green Hornet adaptation, two new preview clips from the movie have been released online and three new TV spots have hit the airwaves.

Based on the classic masked crimefighter created by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker that first appeared in a radio serial in the 1930s, The Green Hornet stars Seth Rogen as Britt Reid, a lackadaisical party boy who inherits his father's ( Tom Wilkinson ) publishing empire and decides to use his fortune to fight crime. With the help of skilled martial artist and weapons expert Kato ( Jay Chou ) and his resourceful assistant, Lenore ( Cameron Diaz ), the Green Hornet sets his sights on the city's top crime figure, Benjamin Chudnofsky (Academy Award-winner Christoph Waltz ), who aims to unite the city's criminal element into a supermafia.

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Il tempo dei regali è ormai finito. Peccato!

I più fortunati potrebbero accaparrarsi qualcosa di veramente speciale, cioè una tavola del grande artista Alex Ross. Sul suo portale ufficiale ha appena inserito nuovi lavori, tutti originali e che vengono offerti a prezzi che non sono, purtroppo, alla portata di tutti.

The Green Hornet, la clip dedicata alla Black Beauty

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Sta per uscire negli Stati Uniti The Green Hornet , il film tratto dalla serie televisiva cult degli anni Settanta. Vi mostriamo oggi una nuova clip , che potete vedere dopo il salto, che ci parla della costruzione della Black Beauty, la mitica auto del Calabrone Verde (un po’ come la Batmobile per Batman). Una vettura superaccessoriata e con armi potenti che Green Hornet e Kato guideranno nelle loro avventure.

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Captain America: The stateside comic book hero, most recently featured in US TV specials, returns to the big screen

SOME will be unmissable, others unendurable and the majority just somewhere in between.

Seth Rogen Shares More Details On The Green Hornet!

"No, he's not a hero in any way that you would expect him to be a hero, in any way, shape or form," the actor revealed when quizzed about the character he plays in the movie, Britt Reid. "He's really not that awesome when you meet him, I have to say."

Cameron Diaz schlägt Seth Rogen zusammen...

... in ihrem neuen Film "The Green Hornet", der alsbald im Kino erscheinen wird!

Was für ein Superheld ist the Green Hornet ? Offenbar einer, der sich von Cameron Diaz zusammen schlagen lässt.

Es bleibt doch zu hoffen übrig, dass wir ein wenig mehr Superheld zu sehen bekommen, wenn "The Green Hornet" am 13. Januar in die deutschen Kinos kommt. Aber bis dahin könnt ihr euch auch einfach hier die Sequenz anschauen, die dieser Newsmeldung ihren Titel gibt: Cameron Diaz , die die Lenore Case spielt, vermöbelt Seth Rogen aka Britt Reid / The Green Hornet .

'The Green Hornet' Fights Crime in 3D

Columbia Pictures presents the exciting new 3D action comedy, “The Green Hornet” starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz and Tom Wilkinson.

Directed by Michel Gondry, “The Green Hornet” revolves around Britt Reid (Rogen), the son of LA’s most prominent and respected media magnate and perfectly happy to maintain a directionless existence on the party scene – until his father (Wilkinson) mysteriously dies, leaving Britt his vast media empire. Striking an unlikely friendship with one of his father’s more industrious and inventive employees, Kato (Chou), they see their chance to do something meaningful for the first time in their lives: fight crime. To get close to the criminals, they come up with the perfect cover: they’ll pose as criminals themselves. Protecting the law by breaking it, Britt becomes the vigilante The Green Hornet as he and Kato hit the streets.

The Green Hornet

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Synopsis The Green Hornet :

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Witness the Birth of Black Beauty In A New Clip From ‘The Green Hornet’

While most people protest that the main character is the most important part to any incarnation of The Green Hornet , there is a huge argument to be made that the true heroes are Kato and Black Beauty, the tricked out car of The Green Hornet. That’s certainly what they’re going for in Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry’s upcoming film, as Rogen even toured around the country with Black Beauty last summer pimping the film.

The Green Hornet: la costruzione della Black Beauty - BadTaste.it - il nuovo gusto del cinema!

A poco più di due settimane dall'uscita negli Stati Uniti, ecco una nuova clip tratta da The Green Hornet, il film di Michel Gondry con Seth Rogen. Nel filmato, vediamo la costruzione della Black Beauty...

Online una nuova clip di The Green Hornet.

Pediatric heart transplant success story is also a tale of Hurricane Katrina recovery

By Bill Barrow, The Times-Picayune

Tyler Green insists that she is plain old “normal,” just like any other student at John Ory Elementary School in LaPlace.

View full size Michael DeMocker, The Times-Picayune Ochsner pediatric heart transplant patient Tyler Green, with her mother, Keysla, by her side, is honored on the court prior to the game between the New Orleans Hornets and New Jersey Nets at the New Orleans Arena on Wednesday.

The Green Hornet

, il film di Michel Gondry tratto dalla serie tv degli anni sessanta. Nella clip, Cameron Diaz scopre l' identità di Green Hornet e Kato...

MovieWeb ha pubblicato la prima clip ufficiale di The Green Hornet , il nuovo film di Michel Gondry in arrivo a gennaio in tutto il mondo.

Teaser Trailer For Kevin Smith’s Red State

Submitted by Brendon Connelly on December 23, 2010 – 1:11 pm (6) comments

Kevin Smith has promised that his next picture, Red State , will horrify us. On first impressions, this trailer seems to suggest he might well deliver on that promise.

Now, a lot of those images are of the kind we’ve seen in so-called torture porn pictures, and I was expecting something a touch more understated. That’s no criticism, mind. As a passionate fan of Hostel and Hostel 2 , and a believer in their angry, impassioned political messages, I can see exactly what cards Smith is playing here, and understand why this might be.

Super! movie roundup

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Every year movies come out more and more, and while some people grumble under their breath and curse the fact that they pay so much money to sit in cheaply made seats from some South Eastern Asian country, eating cardboard with butter on it, and burning their retinas into little jelly nubs. Not me, I enjoy paying out the Wazoo my hard-earned dollars on the chance to see a good movie. So what are we going to expect for this next year?

Three New TV Spots From The Green Hornet!

Britt Reid is the son of LA’s most prominent and respected media magnate and perfectly happy to maintain a directionless existence on the party scene – until his father mysteriously dies, leaving Britt his vast media empire. Striking an unlikely friendship with one of his father’s more industrious and inventive employees, Kato, they see their chance to do something meaningful for the first time in their lives: fight crime. But in order to do this, they decide to become criminals themselves – protecting the law by breaking it, Britt becomes the vigilante The Green Hornet as he and Kato hit the streets. Using all his ingenuity and skill, Kato builds the ultimate in advanced retro weaponry, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car equal parts firepower and horsepower. Rolling in a mobile fortress on wheels and striking the bad guys with Kato’s clever gadgets, The Green Hornet and Kato quickly start making a name for themselves, and with the help of Britt’s new secretary, Lenore Case, they begin hunting down the man who controls LA’s gritty underworld: Benjamin Chudnofsky. But Chudnofsky has plans of his own: to swat down The Green Hornet once and for all.

2010; The highs and lows

There was much to grumble about this year, but amid all the doom and gloom and the 3D movies, our critics found some wonderful shows, books, bands and songs to lift their spirits

I revelled in the continuing ability of Alva Noto, master of austere German electronica, to create tours de force from bleeps, hums and warbles. For 2, a tribute to his heroes, and Mimikry, a jarring collaboration with Blixa Bargeld, were the two great unheard albums of this year.

The year’s worst movie month?

Uptown’s January movie preview assures the dead of winter 2011 won’t leave Winnipeg audiences cold — cinematically speaking, that is

Highlights for January include Barney's Version (starring Paul Giamatti and Dustin Hoffman).

Unless you’re talking about curling up under a quilt to watch some gem on DVD, January and the movies seemingly weren’t made for each other.

Close up: Guardian film news, reviews and much, much more | Film | guardian.co.uk

Jafar Panahi on 25 May 2010, after three months imprisonment in Tehran. Photograph: Str/EPAThe big story

The award-winning film-maker Jafar Panahi was jailed for six years after the Iranian authorities found him guilty of "propaganda against the system". A vocal supporter of the green uprising that followed Iran's disputed 2009 election, Panahi has also been banned from directing or producing films for 20-years. Writing on the film blog, Peter Bradshaw paid tribute to Panahi's life and work and called for "a protest retrospective" at the BFI Southbank. Elsehwere cinema organisations posted an online petition, protesting the film-maker's innocence and calling for his immediate release. The likes of Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Juliette Binoche and Francis Ford Coppola have already spoken out in Panahi's defence.

‘Captain America’ tops list of geek movies to watch in 2011

The golden age of geek-friendly films will continue next year, with more flicks about superheroes, aliens and technology-gone-crazy set to hit the big screen -- and technophiles everywhere are offering their predictions for the best geek movies to watch in 2011.

According to a ridiculously unscientific poll of IT geeks and comic book lovers, the film debut of Marvel Comics fan favorite Captain America tops the list of next year’s most anticipated geek movies; followed closely by The Green Lantern; Thor; The Green Hornet; and the movie that already deserves an Oscar for most interesting juxtaposition in a film title, Cowboys and Aliens.

Go Behind The Scenes On ‘The Green Hornet’

It’s funny how the general perspective on Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry’s upcoming Green Hornet for Sony has changed over the past year. The film was destined to fail several times after playing musical chairs with the director, pushing the date back more that 6 months, and converting the film to 3D after it was in the can. However, now that the film has been released to critics, word is coming out that the movie may be worth something after all.

True Grit, Carlos, The King's Speech Open

★★★★ Joel and Ethan Coen — always unfairly accused of favoring craftsmanship over emotion — might have crafted their most deeply felt movie yet. Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld), the 14-year-old daughter of a murdered Arkansas farmer, hires infamous U.S. Marshal “Rooster” Cogburn (Jeff Bridges) to track and bring to justice the man responsible. Even the least-loved Coen films have offered superficial pleasures, and this one has plenty: punchy dialogue; shimmering cinematography; Matt Damon’s nimble performance as a puffed-up Texas Ranger. The soul of the story, however, is the relationship between Rooster and Hattie, both brilliantly performed; what develops between Mattie and Cogburn is pure respect for someone with a toughness each had thought only existed in themselves. Mattie might be the perfect Coen heroine, with a controlled exterior that makes it seem as though there’s nothing more emotional going on beneath the surface. Her final act in the film shows that perception to be a miscalculation — and maybe folks have been making the same miscalculation about the Coens all these years. (PG-13) (AMC Dutch Square; Carmike Wynnsong; Columbia Place; Regal Columbiana Grande; Regal Pastime; Regal Sandhill)

Hollywood Casino Joliet debuts

Jon Johnson, general manager and vice president of Hollywood Casino Joliet cuts the ribbon to officially open the rebranded casino Wednesday in Joliet. The casino was known as Empress. | Michael R. Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

JOLIET — The Hollywood Casino era dawned Wednesday in Joliet.

Comic Con — Hollywood’s optical marketing illusion?

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Since “Iron Man,” Comic Con has been a rite of passage for studio pictures hoping to tap into fanboy fever and turn it into box office gold.

With “TRON: Legacy” not delivering and, “Watchmen” under-performing and  “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” falling way short of expectations, will Hollywood re-think its Comic Con as America’s Cannes approach to pre-selling big ticket movies?

Let's All Go To the Movies... In 2011

Nicolas D'Agosto and Jacqueline MacIness Wood learn you just can't cheat death in Final Destination 5 .

The Avengers , Terence Malick, and... um, Spy Kids 4 .

Now that we’ve gotten the best movie/album/TV series of 2010 out of the way ( The Social Network /Kanye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy / The Walking Dead seem to more or less be the consensus picks, and in a pinch I’ll go along with those choices), let’s take a look at what’s coming down the pop culture pike for 2011. This is by no means intended to be a comprehensive list; instead, it’s one individual’s view on what might (or might not) be what we’ll all be talking about besides the 2012 presidential race.

David Keighley

Part 1 00:35 How David got involved with IMAX 1:29 Talks about working with Christopher Nolan on The Dark Knight, how the film was a turning point for feature films taking advantage of filming in the IMAX format. Talks about how Nolan had been an avid fan of IMAX for years, decided it would be cool to film a feature film in IMAX. 2:40 CTO of Kodak’s reaction to seeing The Dark Knight in IMAX, “best photographic experience he’s ever had in seeing a motion picture.” 2:55 Talks about audience reaction to opening scene of The Dark Knight in IMAX 3:27 Talks about how much of The Dark Knight Rises will be in IMAX, “many more minutes [than The Dark Knight of IMAX-filmed scenes].” 3:50 Addresses the problems encountered with filming in IMAX, and how the progress on a smaller, more portable, quieter IMAX camera is going. Have a prototype digital-capture camera with 4K resolution, footage from which will debut with Born to be Wild. 4:45 How Nolan got around the problems with the IMAX camera in The Dark Knight, specifically the bank heist scene. 5:23 Talks about how Nolan might use the 65mm camera for intimate dialogue scenes in The Dark Knight Rises 5:30 Talks about which scenes in Inception were shot with a 65mm camera 7:07 Talks about Nolan’s camera choices when making films, practical vs. visual effects. 8:05 Which filmmakers he’s involved with during pre-production of their films, how Nolan is unique in that he started working with IMAX a year before production began on The Dark Knight 8:53 Talks about the IMAX release of The Dark Knight and how he was able to use the OCN’s (original color negatives) for eleven of the prints that were screened in select theaters, and how those were the best projected versions of any film in history. 10:24 Says they will do the same OCN release for The Dark Knight Rises, talks about the financial burden of releasing The Dark Knight Rises in the very best quality possible, and the visible difference between the OCN prints and the others that were sent out. 11:40 Talks about how a 2K image can, in certain circumstances, look almost as good as IMAX, and what circumstances make for the best viewing experience possible. 12:20 What IMAX does to assure quality in all of their theater across the country. Says they all have internet connectivity, the master control room in Toronto can look at certain details in every theater. 12:55 Talks about the new Series 2 4K projectors that are going out, and how they will come close to IMAX quality. 13:20 What makes a 4K projection look so great. Optics, how the 2D and 3D are being done, etc. 13:45 How quickly the new TI projectors will be able to be implemented across the system. Addresses how at the end of the 20th century everyone thought the digital roll-out would occur much faster than it actually did. 14:35 Addresses possibilities of re-releasing older IMAX films again, like The Dark Knight. Says there may be a double bill when The Dark Knight Rises is released. 15:39 Talks about the financial failures of re-releasing movies in the past. 16:02 Talks about the possibility/cost of re-releasing The Dark Knight. The IMAX print itself weighs 700 lbs, a print of Avatar was $55,000. 17:10 Says it’s easier to re-release IMAX films in one of the larger, more successful theaters. Says the digital presentations are less expensive and can be almost as good as the actual film print presentations. 18:09 Talks about the differences between the IMAX digital presentation and the IMAX print presentation. Says digital has allowed them to grow, and allows for brighter presentation of 3D films. 19:45 His reaction when a filmmaker tells him they’re not shooting in 3D. Says the company has decided there’s room for both, but personally he’s partial to 2D. 21:00 Talks about the superior sound of IMAX, how they tailor the sound of each movie that is presented in IMAX. Says how just one week ago TRON: Legacy director Joe Kosinski asked him to alter the subwoofer for the presentation of the film and they were able to fix it. 22:06 Talks about Tron and how IMAX has a team of people that go around the country to other IMAX theaters to make sure the quality is as good as it is in the LA IMAX presentation. 23:10 Talks about how the discipline of projection is not what it used to be, so quality control is a big deal. 24:03 How digital is beneficial because it allows the IMAX team to keep a closer watch on quality control from a remote site. 24:14 Talks about how when IMAX was invented that it was run by PhD’s in a museum, and quality control was much better.

Video game roundup : Kingston Highlights

The superhero game that'll end 'em all. Batman : Arkham City.

‘Tis the season to be jolly eh? Well, no matter what you say, I’m not going caroling, I am hunkering down in my bedroom, with the blinds closed, the lights off and scouring the internet for details on future games. When you play hardcore, you need to search for information hardcore, and when you do that, you get something that looks like this.

ET EXCLUSIVE: Seth Rogen Reveals 'Green Hornet' Secrets

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The countdown to 'The Green Hornet' is on! Seth Rogen gets serious as the masked crimefighter when the movie hits theaters January 14 in 3D, but there were lots of laughs on the fun set -- and we're behind the scenes for all the action!

"You have to show people something they've never seen before," says Seth. "I mean, that's what I like when I go see an action movie. I come away with those moments where you're just like, 'Wow, I've never quite seen that before.'"