It feels like only yesterday that we moved out on our own, set up WidescreenWarrior.com, and shortly thereafter celebrated our 200th episode. Now it’s 100 episodes later… but the more things change, the more they stay the same. We deal with the technical troubles of adding a few more seats as we gather together the current iteration of the show along with the Queen of the Podcast to talk... 

With Transformers: Dark of the Moon, action film director Michael Bay releases his first 3D film using cameras supplied by James Cameron. It’s a match made in heaven. Bay embraces the medium with a skilled hand and keen understanding of the benefits and the restrictions the added dimension brings with it. The results are incredible. Visually, Transformers: Dark of the Moon surpasses any major 3D... 

It’s been a year and a half since James Cameron showed us just what 3D is capable of with Avatar and the topic of 3D’s usefulness is back on the table. It seems journalists everywhere are talking about it, with Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon providing a new impetus for the conversation. Half the people out there are saying 3D is nothing more than an effort on studios to drain more... 

Transformers is back with a third chapter that continues the legacy of the first two movies, and by “legacy” I mean giant freakin’ robots, big explosions, and high action wound together by a tenuous plot that is more about moving to the next big action scene than developing any depth. Still, Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the best of the franchise’s movies so far, but it’s a movie that... 

As with all things Transformers, I’m the wrong person to write about this. I’ve said it before (and I’m sure I’ll say it again), but I wasn’t a Transformers fan as a kid, and the movies thus far certainly haven’t done much to transform me (pun intended) into a die-hard fan. Still, the franchise has its audience. I’m just not in it. Yet here I am, writing about the new full trailer for... 

One of the biggest criticisms of Battle: Los Angeles is how cliché and derivative the story is. Even as someone who mildly liked the movie, it’s hard to ignore how much of the movie we’ve seen before in different forms. Reading through the reviews, the natural comparison for most people to make is Independence Day, but I propose many of these elements are more solidly connected to other movies... 

At first sight the A Nightmare on Elm Street trailer looks suspiciously familiar to the original. On a second look, however, the trailer seems to offer some scenes which look fresh and inventive. Categorized as a contemporary reimagining rather than a remake, Nightmare wants to tell the “origin story” (getting tired of that buzz word?) of Fred Krueger in a new way while staying true to the mythos... 

This summer saw quite a few new franchises start, with the reboot of Star Trek and the new G.I. Joe movie. Meanwhile, sequels really hit the tank, largely being critically panned (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Terminator Salvation). Yet, Hollywood’s love affair with sequels obviously isn’t over with, as two new chapters in franchises thought closed have been announced overnight. Variety... 

Walking out of the theater after seeing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, a memorable movie scene came to mind that summed up the experience perfectly. Jack Nicholson’s Joker, in Tim Burton’s Batman, sits at a desk, having just messily dispatched his competition for running the city. His job is not done, however, as he eyes the newspaper headlines about the mysterious Batman. “Winged Freak,... 

When I first saw Michael Bay’s Transformers, it was in a theater filled with die-hard fans of the franchise. After all, who else would show up to a midnight screening besides those who had lived and breathed Autobots and Decepticons since they first appeared in the mid-80s? Yours truly, that’s who. Still, seeing the movie in that context, among the fans who could identify every change Bay’s movie...