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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Effortlessly Backup Disney’s Blu-ray movies without quality loss on Mac

Want to keep Disney's Blu-ray movies without quality loss on Mac effortlessly? Check out this article to learn how to backup Blu-ray discs with the best Mac Blu-ray coping tool.

When I was just a child, one of our family’s weekly activities was sitting down to watch reruns of Disney movies each week. Our entire family, adults and children alike, couldn't get enough of the loveable characters and their adventures. With Disney has released many movies in Blu-ray collection! I had the chance to review the latest DisneyBlu-ray releases and I was pretty excited to backup some Disney Blu-ray movies which my sons like best so as to play for them later easily when they are free. Here I will share my way to backup Disney’s Blu-ray movies on Mac.

2014 Blu-ray releases for the Walt Disney Animated Classics line:

February 11: The Jungle Book - Diamond Edition

March 18: Frozen

August 12: Hercules, Tarzan, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad/Fun & Fancy-Free: 2-Movie Collection

October 7: Sleeping Beauty - Diamond Edition

October 14: Frozen 3D (rumored)

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How to backup Disney Blu-rays on Mac, then you can easily get the them playback on any device?

As you may know, Disney Blu-rays are copy-protected, so they are usually not easy to be backed up or directly played on media devices. The freeware like Handbrake can only deal with the non-protected Blu-ray movies. Also even some paid Blu-ray ripping programs can't successfully finish this task. To copy Disney Blu-ray on Mac quickly and efficiently, what you need is a powerful Mac Blu-ray ripping tool.

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Here Pavtube BDMagic for Mac (Read review) is a professional program in making digital copy of Blu-ray. It can rip the latest 3D/2D Blu-ray and DVD and convert to various video formats for some popular smartphones and tablets as well as editing software. And you can add srt/ass/ssa subtitles to the output videos to make it unique and perfect. Simple interface but effective conversion. (Another two programs can also do the job from Pavtube are ByteCopy for Mac and iMedia Converter for Mac.)

The following guide will show you detailed steps.

Now you can have the trial version to try all the functions firstly, and then download the retail version to install it. (Windows users go to get Pavtube BDMagic).

How to convert/copy Disney Blu-ray Disc to Mac for enjoying

Solution One –Disney Blu-ray Backup with original structure Directly

1. Import Blu-ray source.

Click "Load file" button to import the inserted Disney Blu-ray disc. After few second, it will be imported successfully and you can preview the whole movie in the preview window.

Then, you need to select the subtitle and audio track for output. As blu-ray movie contains multiple audio and subtitle tracks, you could choose your favorite one for output.

Note: Force subtitle can be checked for output so as to help you to read the unknown language and fully enjoy the blu-ray.

2. Click “Browse” button to select a destination folder for the output files.

3. Start coping.

Click "Copy the entire disc" button in the main interface to starts copying the Disney Bluray disc maintaining the original structure menu.

Note: With the trial version, you can make full disc copy of your Blu-ray disc 3 times.

As soon as the copying task finished, you can click “Open” button to locate the Blu-ray directory. Connect your hard drive to computer and transfer them into it or directly store it on your Mac computer. The final output files have the same structure as that on the original Blu-ray disc.

Among them, the BDMV folder is the most important one with audio and video files in it. Open BDMV -> STREAM folder and you will find all the .m2ts movie clips. You can play these M2TS videos on PC or have a further conversion and transfer to other devices for playback.

Blu-ray Backup: 1:1 Full Disc Copy on Mac

Solution Two - Copy Disney Blu-ray main movie and leave out extras

Step 1: Select Blu-ray source.

Launch the best Blu-ray to M2TS backup software, click “Load files” button on the top left, you will get three options:

a. Load the disc: Inserted discs are usually recognized and listed automatically, just select the one you desired.

b. Load from the folder: When you have copy the content of disc to computer or hard device, use this option to select the folder to import.

c. Load ISO/IFO: If your blu-ray source is ISO file, use this option to load.

Once imported, you will get a list of titles on the source. The main title with longest duration usually has been selected automatically.

Step 2: Choose Directly Copy for output.

Firstly, go to select the location of output files. Simply click “Browse” button and choose the destination folder.

Secondly, click “Format” menu you will find lots of format options in the dropdown list. Here “Directly Copy” is the best choice for you because it will copy the intact main movie without any recoding. In this way, you will get a lossless m2ts file at amazing conversion speed.

Step 3. Lossless Backup Blu-ray main movie to M2TS on Mac.

Hit “Convert” button to start copying M2TS streams from your Disney Blu-ray Disc to Mac, then click “Open” button you will find a quick way to locate the generated files. Once completed, you can get one lossless m2ts file with multiple streams from original Blu-ray.

BD Main Movie Backup: Backup rental Blu-ray disc in M2TS format on Mac OS X

Additional Tip:

Besides copying Disney Blu-ray, this best Disney Blu-ray backup tool also enables you rip and convert Disney Blu-ray to MOV, MP4, AVI, MOV, FLV, M4V, MPEG, etc. Meanwhile, the program provides the optimized preset profiles for almost all popular multimedia devices and HD media players. So, you can choose to rip and convert Disney Blu-ray to a common video for playing on Mac, iPad Air 2, iPad Mini 3, iPhone 6/6 Plus, Kindle Fire HDX, Galaxy Tab S, Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy S6/S6 Edge, Surface 3, Surface Pro 3, etc..

Now start coping Disney Blu-ray on Mac. With the best Mac Blu-ray Backup and copy tool, you can take your favorite Disney blu-ray anywhere and enjoy them whenever you want to. Just try it now!

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

How to connect and play a DVD on Samsung Smart TV

A brief guide assist you to find a top DVD Ripper for connecting and playing your DVD movies on Samsung Smart TV smoothly.

To take the cinema home, Samsung Smart TV is a great option which aims to integrate standard TV with apps and Internet content in one simple device. You may used to watch DVDs on Windows/Mac computer with DVD players, or rent DVD movies online. But for me, the coolest thing is to enjoy my DVD collections on my Samsung Smart TV.

Surely, it’s not necessary to purposely buy a DVD Player just for watching DVDs on Samsung Smart TV, we can make all this happen with the aid of a top DVD Ripper. Pavtube DVDAid is such a magic tool to help you roll off your DVD protection and rip DVD to best MP4 for playback on Smart TV with perfect aspect ratio and best A/V quality.

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How to connect and watch DVDs on Samsung Smart TV?

Step 1. Run Best DVD to Smart TV Converter and import DVD disc.

Click "Load disc" icon to load DVD disc from ROM, or DVD folder, ISO images files.

I also noticed if you have an ISO file to import, it will recognize the ISO automatically with no need to run virtual driver and mount ISO files firstly. Good design.

Step 2. Choose format.

Click“Format” drop-down list and choose "Common Video >H.264 Video(*.mp4)"; it's the most widely used format which will be supported by your Samsung Smart TV.

Step 3. Adjustvideo specs or change aspect ratio (Optional)

If you are not satisfied with default specs, then click "Settings" to enter Profiles Settings windows; here you can customize video frame rate, bitrate,size and other settings freely.

If you want to trim, crop, editaudio/subtitles or adjust aspect ratio, click the pencil-like icon and switchto "Crop" tab. Choose Advanced mode, lock the "Keep Ratio" and you can free change aspect ratio.Usually it will be set to "Original"; it would be ok to playback on Samsung Smart TV, or you can change it to 16:9.

Step 4. Start conversion.

Click the big red "Convert" to start converting your DVDs to H.264 MP4.

After the conversion, click "Open output folder" to quick locate converted files; transfer the files to the USB drive then plug the drive in the Samsung TV.

Samsung Smart TV comes with three USB ports, wired and wireless Internet access and ability to play back every single video file I've thrown at it to date from an external hard drive: mkv (Matroska), avi, mp4 are supported. It is so easy to stream the DVD disc from PC to Samsung Smart TV for enjoying with my family!

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

CS Video: Simon Kinberg and the Producers on the Future of the X-Men

X-Men: Days of Future Past is a 2014 American superhero film, based on the fictional X-Men characters appearing in Marvel Comics and on the 1981 Uncanny X-Men storyline "Days of Future Past" by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. Directed by Bryan Singer and distributed by 20th Century Fox, it is the seventh film in the X-Men film series and the third X-Men film directed by Singer after 2000's X-Men and 2003's X2.

By now, you probably already know a lot about the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past, including the general time-traveling storyline, based on the comic story of the same name. At the recent New York City junket, SuperHeroHype and ComingSoon.net got to sit down with screenwriter and producer Simon Kinberg and his fellow producers Lauren Shuler Donner and Hutch Parker to talk about the idea of bringing back the old cast members as well as finally tackling the Sentinels and the "Days of Future Past" storyline. You can see what they had to say in the video player below.

As well as talking about the upcoming movie, Shuler Donner and Parker confirmed that X-Men: Apocalypse will be set in the '80s as previously reported and that it will follow the group introduced in "First Class" while also introducing the young Cyclops, Jean Grey and Storm.

"Part of the beauty of this world is that it's not defined by a single character," Parker says in the interview. "It's actually a universe populated by the characters you've seen and have now been added and some you haven't. There's a tremendous latitude about who we bring in and who we feature film to film and now even moreso with the legacy of 'Days of Future Past,' we have a chance to revisit certain themes and ideas in new ways."

Kinberg talked about some of the possible things they could cover in the next film including how Professor Xavier began his School for Gifted Youngsters, the further transformation of Nicholas Hoult's Beast, as well as seeing how Mystique realigns herself with Magneto after the events of X-Men: Days of Future Past, essentially setting up the status quo of Bryan Singer's original 2000 movie The X-Men.

There's no word on whether we may see the likes of Quicksilver in the next movie, but Schuler Donner did talk about bringing Nightcrawler into X2, and had to say this about the long-anticipated Deadpool movie:

"Definitely, definitely. I think Deadpool will finally eventually, finally, be made, yes."

X-Men: Days of Future Past opens nationwide on Thursday night, May 22. You can watch our previous interview with Hugh Jackman here and look for interviews with the rest of the cast later this week.

Read more: http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=118188

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Top 5 DVD Player Software for Windows in 2016

Description: In this article, you’ll find top 5 DVD player software for windows reviews to help you make an informed decision on which program is right for DVD video playback.

Currently, a majority of movies are released in DVD format for the large capacity it offers. Well now, with DVD player software, you can capture all of the things you love about the theater experience and pack them into your computer. With so many free and paid video playback services out there, we came up with the FREE Top 5 DVD player software for Windows that you will find very efficient and useful.

What to Look for in DVD Player Software

Exceptional DVD player software should offer a variety of features, be easy to use and install and offer plenty of help support. The audio and video quality should also be excellent, allowing for multiple types of environments and configurations. Below are the criteria TopTenREVIEWS used to evaluate DVD player software:

Feature Set

When it comes to DVD player software, the more features available, the better. These features include the ability to accommodate different types of DVDs, the ability to limit what movies others can watch using the player and extra features, like the ability to play video from your hard drive.

Ease of Use
Great programs offer a control panel that is small enough to be unobtrusive, but clearly visible. The panel should also allow for easy audio and video configuration, subtitle operation and chapter selection.

Video Quality

The best DVD player programs provide video images that are crisp, display natural color and offer controls to adjust video for optimal viewing in both darker and lighter environments.

Audio Quality

DVD player software should offer support in the form of live chat, email or online forms, as well as a built–in help section and a toll–free telephone support line.

Help/Support

DVD player software should offer support in the form of live chat, email or online forms, as well as a built–in help section and a toll–free telephone support line.

Whether you’re anchored at home with your desktop or trekking with your laptop, with the right DVD player software, you can fully enjoy high–quality video playback anytime or anywhere. In this article, you can find top 5 free DVD player software allowing you to play any kinds of DVDs. Just go on and read more.

Top 5 DVD Player Software for Windows

No 1. VLC Media Player

VLC Media Player is one of the world’s favorite open-source video playbacks. VLC has a lot of great features like granular speed controls, frame-by-frame advancement, live recording of streaming videos among other things. It also has customizable toolbars. It also supports a wide range of audio and video formats.

Pros: Great keyboard controls; great video and audio performance; can capture video on webcam;
Cons: Default interface is not cool and savvy; skin options need improvement
OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7

No 2. GOM Media Player

GOM Media Player supports various media formats and has impressive and customizable settings on the control panel. It is also equipped with screen-capture functionality that will allow for zooming, panning, customizable themes, hot keys, among other things.

Pros: A lot of neat features such as fastforward and fastreverse; very versatile and supports a lot of media formats; good quality and nice volume control
Cons: Minimal documentation and help support; may require additional codecs
OS: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/7

No 3. Real Player

RealPlayer has been residing in the World Wide Web since 1995 and has now evolved into a full-featured and user friendly video and audio player today. This amazing program also has a video-trimming tool that will give you flexibility in video options, as well as allows for sharing with social media sites like facebook and Youtube.

Pros: A great and functional media player; competitive and user-friendly interface; can use in smart phones;
Cons: Tendency to hang and slow to load video; lack of video options
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7

No 4. UMPlayer

UMPlayer has a lot of competitive and promising features. For a free multimedia player, it has a lot of advanced options and yet it is so easy to operate and use. It can also play any media format for both video and audio files. It also has unique features such as subtitles search, ability to play and record You Tube, skinable interface, customizable hotkeys and a lot more.

Pros: Easy to use and has a lot of great features like shoutcast and youtube integration; customizable options for file playback; plays all formats;
Cons: Minimal support and documentation
OS: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/NT

No 5. BS DVD Player

With BS DVD player has now returned with a free version, a new interface and great features such as being able to watch Youtube videos, capture frames and even generate thumbnails from certain sequences. It also now has Jukebox functionalities for video and audio. It also allows for a wide array of options for Video, DVD, Audio, Radio and TV playback, as well as plays all types of media files.

Pros: Caters to all video formats including youtube video files; easy to use interface; lightweight and fast; simple and yet it has all the necessary features for watching HD movies
Cons: Needs to install codec; offers to install its toolbar into your web browser
OS: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/Server 2008, Windows 7 including 32-bit and 64-bit

Editors’ Note: Wanna to directly play your DVD video without installing extra media player?

However, if you still prefer to use on PC in player like Windows Media Player, but the video you are trying to watch is not supported; a work around would be to convert the DVD video into a supported format. With this, you can use Pavtube DVDAid or Pavtube ByteCopy.

Both are easy to use to let you convert DVD videos to proper format for playing and editing with fast speed and high video quality. It supports adding *.srt and *.ass subtitle, and allows you to edit video files by trimming (set starting time and ending time), cropping (set aspect ratio) and adjusting video effect (brightness, contrast and saturation) and setting (Resolution, Bit Rate, Frame Rate and Encoder). Simply add the video file, select a best DVD playback format and start the conversion.

Features:

Play DVD on any player as you like
Convert DVD to any media player acceptable format
Lets you enjoy DVD movies on all popular devices
Supports adding *.srt and *.ass subtitle
Improve DVD video visual experience

The Mac version is DVD Aid for Mac and ByteCopy for Mac.

If you happen to be creasy about watching DVD movies, you can go through this guide to learn how to rip DVD video for playing.

Step 1: Run Pavtube DVDAid or ByteCopy, and load DVD files to it. You can click "DVD ROM" to load movie from DVD drive or "ISO/IFO" DVD ISO file.

Step 2: Select output format for your media player.

Click on the drop-down list at the opposite side of "Format", and then choose the best format for your media player.

For example, "HD Video > WMV HD(*.wmv)" format is designed for users that wanna get DVD rips to Windows Media Player.

Tip: Pavtube DVDAid and ByteCopy let users control/customize output file quality. To improve video quality, simply click "Settings" and set video bitrate up.

Step 3: Start ripping DVD video.

Click "Convert" button to start converting your preferred file format from DVD.

Once the ripping task is finished, you can click "Open" button at the bottom of the main interface to get the output file for adding to your player for playing and sharing with your family.

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Sunday, May 11, 2014

20 Awesome Things You Didn't Know About Disney's 'Frozen'!

Because love is an open door.

Yes, Frozen came out back in November and we are still talking about it, because it's become one of our favorite movies ever! Breaking the box office record of the sixth highest-grossing movie of all time is just one of this Disney giant's many accolades.

"Let It Go" remains on repeat during our morning commute and we're still pretty upset that talking snowmen don't actually exist. After breaking all kinds of movie and song records, Frozen the musical is up next!

Before Anna and Elsa hit Broadway, here are 20 things you don't know about this Academy Award-winning movie:

1. They modeled the reindeer, Sven, after Executive Producer John Lasseter's dog, Frankie! They actually brought in a real reindeer, but he just stood there and didn't move.

2. The crew got to tour Norway as "research" when they were designing the kingdom of Arrendelle. Coolest job ever.

3. Rapunzel and Flynn Rider from Tangled make a surprise appearance in Frozen! When they open the city gates for Elsa's coronation, you can see the couple's backs toward the camera.

4. However, there are more Disney theories within the movie. Fans believe that when Elsa and Anna's parents left the kingdom, they were en route to Germany for Rapunzel's homecoming when their ship sank near Denmark. The second part of the theory is that the boat the parents were on is actually the sunken ship in The Little Mermaid. Where does The Little Mermaid take place? Denmark, of course. Disney can be so clever with their inter-weaving storylines.

5. Queen Elsa was originally supposed to be a villain. Thankfully they changed the story to make her misunderstood. The movie just wouldn't have been the same.

6. They approached Idina Menzel to play Elsa after hearing her audition tape for Rapunzel in Tangled.

7. Director Chris Buck has worked on animation for other Disney classics including The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, Oliver & Company, and The Rescuers Down Under.

8. The animators of the film will watch the voice actors perform their lines in the booth and study the faces they make while they act it out.

9. The co-director and writer of Frozen, Jennifer Lee, also wrote the screenplay for Wreck-It Ralph.

10. Did you notice there is a Mickey Mouse stuffed animal on one of the shelves at Wandering Oaken's Trading Post?

11. Elsa is the only Disney princess who isn't a teenager. Jennifer Lee said that she's 21. Anna is 18.

12. Josh Gad improvised most of Olaf's lines to make the producers laugh.

13.During the end credits there is a disclaimer about boogers! "The views and opinions expressed by Kristoff in he film that all men eat their own boogers are solely his own and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Walt Disney Company or the filmmakers. Neither The Walt Disney Company nor the filmmakers make any representation of the accuracy any such views and opinions."

14. Frozen was the first full-length Disney (non-Pixar) movie to win the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature.

15. Frozen is the highest-grossing animated film in history beating out Toy Story 3. It has made over $1.07 billion and is still raking in the cash!

16. Jennifer Lee is the first female to direct a full-length Disney animated feature film. She is also the second woman ever to solely write the screenplay for a Disney film since Linda Woolverton wrote Beauty and The Beast in 1991.

17. The movie is based off of a Hans Christian Anderson story titled The Snow Queen, which was also the original title of the hit film before they changed it to Frozen.

18. Kristen Bell admitted that it had been a dream of hers to voice a Disney princess. She grew up watching The Little Mermaid and used to record herself singing all the songs. Like Menzel, Bell also auditioned to play Rapunzel in Tangled.

19. Anna is the only Disney princess to share a duet with the villain character.

20. The composer of the film, Christophe Beck, composed a bunch of movies you love including Bring it On, Just Married, Hot Tub Time Machine, Date Night, The Hangover Part 2, Crazy, Stupid, Love and lots more.

Mother's Day Movie Marathon: 6 Flicks to Watch With Your Mama

Mother's Day is Sunday, and if you've yet to think of something special to do for your mom, consider treating her (or your mother-in-law or the mother of your children) to a marathon of films that will make her smile, sniffle or sing. Be aware that you will not find classic tear-jerkers like "Terms of Endearment" or "Stepmom" on this list, because it's time to branch out!

Here are my six personality-specific picks for the movie-loving mom you want to celebrate. After you've picked which ones you're going to watch, search for the best places to watch them right here on Moviefone.

Gallery | Mother's Day Movie Marathon

1. 'Easy A'

For moms who were cool during adolescence (and/or still are): You might be wondering why a mom would want to watch a high-school comedy, but main character Olive (Emma Stone) has the kind of patient, funny mom (played to perfection by Patricia Clarkson) everybody wishes they had at 16. Rosemary is open about her own teen antics; is willing to listen -- really listen -- to Olive during her whole "Scarlet Letter" experiment; and she makes her kids and her husband laugh on a regular basis. For extra laughs, reminisce about the craziest thing you did as a teenager.

2. 'Brave'

For mothers of daughters: Pixar's Oscar-winning drama gives the term "mama bear" a literal meaning. Scottish princess Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) and her regal mother Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson) don't see eye to eye about much of anything, especially the idea of young Merida picking an acceptable suitor. But when a curse turns the Queen into a bear, Merida finally learns to see things from her mom's point of view -- and vice versa. It's not a "Freaky Friday"-style body swap, but a story of mutual understanding, respect and trust that all mothers and daughters should be able to enjoy.

3. 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'

For mothers of sons: Plenty of women (and therefore moms) prefer sci-fi action thrillers to romantic comedies, and if your mom appreciates strong, kick-butt heroines who will do anything and everything to protect their kids, she will definitely relate to Sarah Connor (a ripped Linda Hamilton). While some viewers might only remember Hamilton's biceps, mothers will understand the motivation behind the washboard abs and blazing guns -- Sarah's need to protect tween son John against the very real cyborg threat from the future. Don't forget to tell your mom why she's as awesome as Sarah Connor.

4. 'Les Miserables'

For moms who break out into song: Yeah, yeah, I mentioned no tear-jerkers, but I'm breaking that rule for "Les Mis," because mothers who love musicals will: a) be thrilled you were willing to watch a three-hour drama with her, b) probably know most of the musical numbers already, and c) sympathize with Fantine's (Anne Hathaway) desperate need to provide food, shelter, and safety for her daughter, Cosette, even if it means giving up her virtue, and, eventually, her life. To lighten the mood, sing along with the epic numbers like "One Day More" or "Lovely Ladies" in your funniest Broadway voice.

5. 'Bend It Like Beckham'

For soccer moms past and present: Any mom who has hauled a mesh bag of soccer balls, a cooler of Gatorade and a minivan full of sweaty kids to and from soccer practice will love seeing Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra in this British comedy about two girls who just want to "bend it like Beckham," even though their mothers disapprove of their tomboyish pursuits. The scenes between the two girls and their moms (one who's afraid her daughter is a lesbian and one who's afraid playing soccer will ruin her family's standing in the Sikh community) are memorably hilarious.

6. 'Parenthood'

For moms with lots of siblings: Do you have a bunch of aunts, uncles, and cousins you grew up with? Do you have a single mom? How about a mom who has issues with her own mom and dad? Does your mom enjoy big-family comedies? If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, your mom is likely to love Ron Howard's iconic 1989 family comedy "Parenthood." Even if you've watched it before, it's one of the best movies to make a "Mother's Day" tradition, because it shows the importance of a strong, connected family that can overcome obstacles big and small.

From: http://news.moviefone.com/2014/05/09/mothers-day-movies/

Thursday, May 8, 2014

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John Goodman, Ken Watanabe Are Autobots in Transformers: Age of Extinction

The next installment in the Transformers franchise is only a few months away, and yet there is still casting news to report for the movie. Michael Bay announced today that John Goodman and Ken Watanabe will provide the voices for two new Autobots in TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION. Goodman will play Autobot Hound and Watanabe will play Drift. I don’t think there is ever such a thing as bad casting when it comes to these two great actors, so this is all good from where I’m sitting.

Here’s the press release from Michael Bay’s blog:

HOLLYWOOD, CA (May 8, 2014) – Director Michael Bay has tapped John Goodman and Ken Watanabe to voice two all new Autobots in his highly anticipated film “TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION,” the fourth film in the global blockbuster franchise from Paramount Pictures. Goodman and Watanabe will join legendary voice actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker.

Goodman will play Autobot Hound, Watanabe will play Drift, while Cullen reprises his role as the voice of Optimus Prime, and Welker takes on another new character, Galvatron. “I am pleased to welcome two gifted and versatile actors, John Goodman and Ken Watanabe, to the world of Transformers,” said Bay. “And to reteam with Peter and Frank, who have brought Transformers characters alive from the beginning. I’ve been fortunate to work with some of the best voice talent in the business, and together we will introduce several exciting new robots to fans of the franchise around the world.”

Goodman is one of my favorite actors and it’s always a pleasure to see or hear him on the big screen. His work in MONSTERS, INC. and MONSTERS UNIVERSITY are proof enough that the man can take a role, live-action or animated, and make it his own. Watanabe can next been seen in GODZILLA, but you already knew that.

As Bay mentioned, rounding out the voice-over cast are actors John DiMaggio (Crosshairs), Mark Ryan(Lockdown) while returning is Robert Foxworth (Rathchet) and Reno Wilson (Brains).

TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION opens on June 27, 2014.

From:http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/john-goodman-ken-watanabe-are-autobots-in-transformers-age-of-extinction

Jay Roach in Talks to Direct Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Yankees Wife Swap Film THE TRADE

Though Ben Affleck and Matt Damon haven’t appeared together onscreen in starring roles for quite some time, the duo have been trying to get another project off the ground. A few years ago, it looked as though the reunion would happen on a film based on the 1970s baseball scandal involving the swapping of wives between New York Yankees pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich. Titled The Trade, the idea was that Damon would direct and star opposite Affleck and Casey Affleck, but their busy schedules forced the project into limbo. Now it appears that Warner Bros. is reviving the project with a new director at the helm: Jay Roach.

Hit the jump for more, including what roles Damon and Affleck will fill in this new iteration of the project.

Per Variety, Recount and Meet the Parents director Jay Roach is in negotiations to helm The Trade for Warner Bros. Neither Ben Affleck or Damon are expected to appear in the film as actors, but they will still produce alongside Jennifer Todd. The most recent draft of the script was written by the Affleck brothers, based on an initial draft by David Mandel.

Though Affleck and Damon were unable to fit The Trade into their schedules as actors, they were still passionate about the project and pushed to find a director in recent weeks. Roach has experience both in high-concept comedy with films like Austin Powers and Dinner for Schmucks, as well as more politically tinged material like Recount andGame Change. It’s unclear what the tone of The Trade would be, but the central premise could really take it anywhere.

Affleck is currently gearing up to don the cowl as Batman in Batman vs. Superman and recently had to push his next directorial effort, Live by Night, back to 2016 in order to accommodate the shooting schedule of the DC Comics adaptation. With the recent news that Justice League will be shot back-to-back with the Man of Steel follow-up, he’ll be quite busy for some time. Damon, meanwhile, has yet to commit to his next feature.

From: http://collider.com/jay-roach-ben-affleck-matt-damon-the-trade/

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

The worst comic book movies since 2000

Worst Comic Book Movies

Comic book movies have potential to be great, but these seem only to exist to pass off as money-makers and big news rather than entertainment. Here is the worst comic book movies since 2000.

“Amazing Spider-Man 2” was released Friday. This summer will feature another “X-Men” movie and the first film debuting the whacky superheroes “The Guardians of the Galaxy.” Meanwhile, DC Comics is planning a “Superman vs. Batman” movie for 2016 and now talking about a “Justice League” movie for 2018. Comic book movies are a hot property right now, and it doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon.

However, there has been a share of dud comic book movies over the past 15 years. Some sure-fire hits fell quite flat. For every successful “Dark Knight,” there has been a comic book movie that left no room for future sequels, forcing writers to reboot the whole series and start fresh. Here’s a look at five of the worst in recent years.

“Hulk” (2003). Director Ang Lee is known for great films like “Sense & Sensibility,” “Brokeback Mountain” and “Life of Pi.” However, the famed director’s first foray into comic book films was a flat-out disaster. The Hulk didn’t appear until 45 minutes into the movie, as Lee focused far too much on dialogue and psycho-analysis. There was a shocking lack of action that left the target audience – pre-teen boys – squirming in their seats, bored by this talker. Also, the computer-generated Hulk looked terrible. Fans overwhelming rejected the stinker, as it earned an ugly 29 percent approval rating from general viewers at movie-tracking website Rottentomatoes.com.

“Superman Returns” (2006). How awful was Brandon Routh as Super Man? It was so bad that nearly a decade later, the wooden, lifeless actor has still not starred in a major motion picture. Meanwhile, Kate Bosworth (who played Lois Lane) looked frail and thin and sickly. What happened to the strong, athletic woman who starred in the surfer film “Blue Crush” just a few years earlier? Bosworth’s career has likewise tailed off. The plot wasn’t good, and it certainly hurt that the writers decided that Lois Lane had such “loose morals” that she wasn’t sure if Super Man was the father of her son. Average viewers gave the film a sluggish 62 percent approval rating at Rottentomatoes.com.

“X-Men 3: The Last Stand” (2006). Director Bryan Singer was superb in creating the first two films, but he didn’t do this third film, and it showed. The writers here decided to kill off popular characters Cyclops and Professor X. They also brought in a lot of villains that don’t exist in the comic books, which wasn’t popular with fans. With the choice to kill off the main characters, it made it impossible to move forward with a fourth movie. Instead, the whole series was rebooted with a prequel. Critics gave the film a 58 percent approval rating at Rottentomatoes.com.

“Spider-Man 3” (2007). There were too many villains, and too much going on. Tobey Maguire’s “aw-shucks” Peter Parker worked in the first two films, but his brief turn on the dark side in the third movie was an epic failure. When Parker started dancing in a club and courted new girl Gwen Stacey, most fans rolled their eyes and buried their face in their hands. Just like the third “X-Men” film, it felt like there was nowhere new to go, so the series was entirely rebooted at the beginning. Average movie-goers gave the film a dismal 51 percent approval rating at Rottentomatoes.com.

“Green Lantern” (2011). The green super-hero suit looked awful at times. The movie opened with too much back-story. Ryan Reynolds has turned out to not quite be the leading man that Hollywood wants him to be; he is a bit too much of a comic and not enough of an action hero. The story lagged and with the bad computer graphics, the movie fell far short of expectations. The film got a lackluster 26 percent approval rating from film critics at Rottentomatoes.com.

From: http://www.leadertelegram.com/blogs/chris_vetter/article_b65cd614-d57e-11e3-8758-0019bb2963f4.html

Monday, May 5, 2014

Frozen's Idina Menzel Told She's 'Over The Age' To Play Elpheba In Wicked Movie

Idina Menzel has said that she's been told she's too old to play the lead role of Elpheba in a movie adaptation of Wicked.

The hit stage show has been a continued long-running hit in both London and New York, as well as other locations around the globe - but it was Menzel who made the role so famous.

She starred alongside Kristin Chenowith as Glinda, although it seems like neither will be reprising the parts on the big screen.

Idina Menzel (WENN) Speaking on Watch What Happens Live, she was asked if she'd been approached - and she joked: "Yeah, as the mother of Elphaba."

The Frozen 'Let It Go' singer added: "I would die to be in [the film], except I'm afraid Kristin [Chenoweth] and I… they told us we're a little over the age for that."

The film has still not been officially given the go-ahead, although Universal Pictures chariman Adam Fogelson last year described it as a high priority.

From: http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/148336/1/Frozens-Idina-Menzel-Told-Shes-Over-The-Age-To-Play-Elpheba-In-Wicked-Movie

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