Alan Smithee

Tarantino’s Hateful Eight Shelved

Tarantino’s Hateful Eight Shelved

Thanks to some butthole in the entertainment industry, the initial draft for Quentin Tarantino’s ensemble western titled The Hateful Eight has been put away for a while. The script that was originally released to only a few actors, six if you believe Tarantino (not counting their representatives and talent agencies), was found out to be […]

 Alan Smithee

Go Ahead, Share That HBO Go Account

Go Ahead, Share That HBO Go Account

In a very forward thinking way, HBO just showed the rest of the industry how it should be done. Richard Pleper, CEO of HBO said in a recent interview that: “It presents the brand to more and more people and gives them an opportunity, hopefully, to become addicted to it. What we’re in the business […]

 Alan Smithee

Star Wars VII Script is Complete Says Abrams

Star Wars VII Script is Complete Says Abrams

During a stump speech for his new NBC series Believe J.J. Abrams let out a few details on the upcoming Episode VII that you might want to hear. First up is that the script is complete. In an interview with The Wrap he was quoted as saying, “We’re working really hard and we’ve got our […]

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Dead Rising 3 Gets 13GB Patch

Dead Rising 3 Gets 13GB Patch

I may be out of line, and call me ignorant if you must, but you have to understand that I haven’t played a new game on my Xbox or PS3 in a number of years. You can imagine my surprise when I read this news item today about how Dead Rising 3 for the Xbox […]

 Alan Smithee

Marco Polo – Netflix’s New Series

Marco Polo – Netflix’s New Series

The Weinstein Company has taken the helm of producing a new series for Netflix, one that will be taking us all the way back to 13th Century China as we follow the legendary explorer Marco Polo on his travels. The show is said to have all of the elements that make up a good period-piece […]

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Avatar’s Three Sequels Cast Confirmed

Avatar’s Three Sequels Cast Confirmed

Don’t worry Avatar fans, you’re going to get a yearly dose of Pandora’s fun starting in December of 2016, all the way up until 2018 because there aren’t going to be one, or two sequels, but THREE total sequels to the 2009 original. I was a huge fan of the movie, and am unabashedly excited […]

 Alan Smithee

Breaking Bad “Blue Meth” Spotted in New Mexico

Breaking Bad “Blue Meth” Spotted in New Mexico

I wish it were a lie, but there are always multiple ways that life imitates the arts and this one is a doozy. A copycat Breaking Bad style blue meth has been showing up in different sections of the states that make up the four corners. It has been confirmed by a special agent in […]

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From Dusk Till Dawn The Series – Trailer

From Dusk Till Dawn The Series – Trailer

Join the drawn out antics of Seth and Richie Gecko as they episodically run into a den of south of the border vampires this March 11th on Robert Rodriguez’s new network “El Rey”. There’s already a 10 episode order so it’s only a guess how it’ll all turn out. You should go back and watch […]

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Michael Douglas is Hank Pym in Ant-Man

Michael Douglas is Hank Pym in Ant-Man

Last week we were playing around with Edgar Wright’s blog when he was teasing us with an image that made the Internet explode with speculation about what kind of Ant-Man story we’d be getting in 2015. You might recall that I stated that Paul Rudd would make an excellent Scott Lang and a not-so-good Henry […]

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SimCity FINALLY Getting Offline Mode

SimCity FINALLY Getting Offline Mode

After nearly a year of teeth grinding Maxis has finally decided to give the players the option of playing the excellent remake of SimCity without the need of an Internet connection. Considering the storm of server problems the game faced at launch which left the game unplayable by a wide swath of the audience, this […]

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Netflix is Bringing Lilyhammer Back for Season 3

Netflix is Bringing Lilyhammer Back for Season 3

The Norway centered crime drama will be back for its third season later this year which is great news to those of us who can’t get enough of Netflix’s steady stream of great original content. The second season became available last month and I’m a good chunk of the way through it after <a href=”http://watchplayread.com/hemlock-grove-review-3/“>finishing […]

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DC Comics’ Constantine and Gotham – Details

DC Comics’ Constantine and Gotham – Details

With the success of shows like Arrow and Agents of Shield, the big comic book companies have started to realize that there is a ton of potential to serialized television dramas that either explore the universe that exists in the comic books or at the very least the expanded canon. Last September, DC announced they […]

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Kite – Trailer

Kite – Trailer

>Here is your first look at the Western live-action adaptation of the Japanese anime OVA that came out in 1998. The story, originally by Yasuomi Umetsu (Gatchaman, Lupin III, Robot Carnival) is that of a schoolgirl named Sawa who is orphaned by a gruesome and gory double murder and subsequently becomes at first a sex […]

 Alan Smithee

Edgar Wright Teases Ant-Man

Edgar Wright Teases Ant-Man

On Edgar Wright’s website recently, he made a blog post showing an image from the animated series Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes episode titled “To Steal an Ant Man” that has to do with the story introduced in the Marvel Premiere #47 in which criminal Scott Lang stealing Hank Pym’s Ant-Man equipment and using it to […]

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Doctor Who Filming Has Begun

Doctor Who Filming Has Begun

Peter Capaldi and crew have started filming the new season’s episodes for the BBC this week! Just thinking about how much I didn’t care about this show at nearly this time last year and now am giddy and following each news item that comes up makes me laugh. As we all know (those that cared […]

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