This week on Noob Radio Richard and Christian are joined on location by friends of the show and contributors for Geek Weekend 2 and the semi-annual geek roundtable for a rowdy discussion of all the days news involving comics, video games, movies and television. It was a wild and rowdy time so check it out on this episode of Noob Radio!

Intro:

Quick Hits
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Movie news.
Lots of first looks this week…
First looks at planet of the apes, only a pic of franco but it is a start.

First look at the hangover 2. Short teaser went up yesterday. Are you excited by the potential of this movie?

First clip of battle los angeles, very action packed, any digging the marketing of this movie with the fake websites and viral history marketing?

Finally why does Bill Murray hate ghostbusters. If not why would he have the script and not read it? Does he really not want to do this movie?

Video game news…
Killzone 3 dropped this week, did anyone else play it?

Ubisoft plans to release the game We Dare in Europe but not is us. Has a lot of sexual content, they don’t think it will sell here. Why is that?

Gearbox wants to thank everyone who ever worked on the long delayed duke nukem forever, ever. So if you’ve contributed in some way to this game, ever, you can contact them and get your name on the game.

Television news…

CBS finally pulls the plug on 2 and a half men after Charlie sheen went to the media and called out the shows main producer. This last ever episode of this show may have aired last week when the final produced episode was shown.

Comic Break Comics for 2/25/2011

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Booster Gold #41

Written by KEITH GIFFEN & J.M. DEMATTEIS

Art and Cover by CHRIS BATISTA & RICH PERROTTA

A new threat from another time attacks Booster again – for the first time! Unfortunately, this threat catches Booster in Rip Hunter’s lab, and the bunker takes enough of a beating to put everybody out of time-traveling commission for a long while!

Justice League of America #54

Written by JAMES ROBINSON

Art by BRETT BOOTH & NORM RAPMUND

Cover by BRETT BOOTH

1:10 Variant Cover by DAVID MACK

“The Rise of Eclipso” begins here as the dark energies that have surrounded Earth are harnessed once more to usher in the great Lord of Darkness! And it looks like the corruption of all mankind starts with the members of the Justice League! When things go dark, which teammate poses the greatest threat to mankind – Obsidian or Jade?

The Legion of Super-Heroes #10

Written by PAUL LEVITZ

Art and Cover by YILDIRAY CINAR & WAYNE FAUCHER

The Durlan plot against the United Planets comes to a very deadly conclusion, as Chameleon Boy must dive into battle with one of his own kind! And what this final assassin reveals will stun the shape-shifting Legionnaire!

Silver Surfer #1 (of 5)

Written by Greg Pak

Pencils by Stephen Segovia

Cover by Carlo Pagulayan

A new beginning for the SILVER SURFER! The sentinel of the spaceways walks the Earth once more, a stranger feared by many. Only the HIGH EVOLUTIONARY understands his true potential, but the Evolutionary’s mysterious grand design may cost the Surfer everything and change the cosmic balance forever! He’s traded blows with Thor and matched wits with Mephisto, but can the herald of Galactus survive the judgment of NORRIN RAND, the man within the Silver Surfer? It’s a character-defining epic showing the Silver Surfer as you’ve never seen him before.

Hulk #30

Written by JEFF PARKER [Soft Break]Pencils & Cover by ED McGUINNESS

THE ORIGINAL RED HULK ARTIST RETURNS! Ed McGuiness draws a special (and especially insane) issue of HULK! A classic Hulk enemy returns, and can only be defeated by…THE?COMPOUND HULK! Guest-starring XEMNU, THE IMPOSSIBLE MAN and WOODGOD (yes, Woodgod)!

Main Event

Oscar Chat

Picks for Oscar winners

Movie of the Week (2/25/2011)

Christian’s:

Six-Sting Samurai

Richard’s
I Saw the Devil

Chad’s
Hard Boiled

Dave
Terrorvision

Austin Rogers
Gymkata

Kevin Minke
Red Cliff

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Paul Giamatti stars as a lawyer/part time high school wrestling coach who discovers a wrestling phenom, this looks very interesting. I like Giamatti and he looks to be in fine form in this one surround by a strong supporting cast…

Synopsis

Disheartened attorney Mike Flaherty (Giamatti), who moonlights as a high school wrestling coach, stumbles across a star athlete through some questionable business dealings while trying to support his family. Just as it looks like he will get a double payday, the boy’s mother shows up fresh from rehab and flat broke, threatening to derail everything.

This week on the noobnews podcast, Richard and Christian discuss Joseph Gordon Levitt joining the cast of The Dark Knight Rises, the new segment “The Comic Break” brought to you by comicbreak.com, as well as all the Superman casting news you can fit in a pair of red tights. All this and much much more on this episode of The Noob News…

Here’s this weeks rundown…
Quick Hits…

movie news…

Joseph Gordon levitt signed on to Dark Night rises, who would you like to see him play? no riddler or joker in this movie, i could see him as a young dick grayson perhaps?.

television news…

Will ferrell will be doing a 4 episode stint as a saber manager helping to fill in for michael scott when he exits the show
later this season,  Steve Carell is leaving and apparently will farell will provide levity as the focus of the show shifts
from Carell’s exit to the new Sabre Manager. who should be the new manager? a cast member or an outside hire? can this show survive without steve carell?

I say hire todd packer as the new manager and give him a full time role… todd packer is a occasional character played by David Koechner also know as Champ Kind of Anchorman, if you don’t know who that is you can suck it…Whamooo

game news…

PS3 is coming out with a silver version looks very cool…

On March 10th Sony will release the PS3 Slim in a shiny silver color but in limited quantities. The shiny console will come in two versions; 160 GB for about $365 and the spacious 320 GB for $427
is it worth the money? if you had the cash would you buy it just for the looks?

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The Main Event

Lets talk superman, in a bit of a surprise choice, Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced earlier this week that Henry Cavill has been picked for the much sought after role of Superman. What we know about him… He’s on Tudors, showtime network show, He’s played parts in HELLRAISER: HELLWORLD, TRISTON + ISOLDE, STARDUST and he’ll beplaying Theseus in the upcoming IMMORTALS. He was up for consideration for several big roles including superman for bryan synger, James Bond, as well as batman whereNolan who is producing saw him and kept him in mind for future roles. He’s british, does that hurts him playing superman? it hasnt hurt batman, also spiderman is also british now so i’ll let thatslide…

netflix movie of the week…
Invader Zim

The Shining

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goodbye…

If you’ve ever wondered what job you would hold were you living in the Star Wars Universe (and haven’t we all at one time or another) then check out this handy chart I found over at onlineschools.org. Very cool. Incidentally, and much like the real world, there are no podcasting jobs in the StarWars universe. Maybe I’ll try the Potter Universe…

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A few years ago I stumbled across the small spanish horror movie [REC]. It was a verite style horror movie, filmed from various helmet cameras and television cameras to capture the action taking place in a small apartment complex as a zombie/demon/rabies outbreak happened. It was awesome, I loved it, I couldn’t wait to see the sequel [REC] 2 when it was announced and I was not dissappointed when I did see it. Now I’m equally excited to see that they are moving forward with two more films that will fill in the gaps between the first two films as well as spread the story to the world outside the apartment building. Let the awesomeness ensue…

Via geektyrant.com

Blooding-Disgusting has reported that Leticia Dolera has been cast alongside Diego Martin for [REC] Genesis. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balaguero will split directing duties for the final two films in the franchise, [REC] Genesis and [REC] Apocalypse.

Plaza will direct [REC] Genesis, which will return to the origin of the original infection that caused humans to turn into zombies and is scheduled to hit in the fall. [REC] Apocalypse will be directed by Balaguero and will end the [REC] series with the pandemic spreading to unknown proportions and is scheduled to hit in the fall of 2012.

Plot:

The action in [REC] GENESIS encompasses the events of the first two films and after the sense of claustrophobia previously experienced. The action now takes place miles away from the original location and partly in broad daylight, giving the film an entirely fresh yet disturbing new reality. The infection has left the building. In a clever twist that draws together the plots of the first two movies, this third part of the saga also works as a decoder to uncover information hidden in the first two films and leaves the door open for the final installment – the future [REC] Apocalypse.

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It looks like Dame Judi Dench will reprise her role as M in the upcoming James Bond Sequel. Dench announced the news at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards  last night not saying much in the way of details but relaying that she was looking forward to starring opposite Daniel Craig and to working with Director Sam Mendes again…

Dame Dench has appeared in every film since GoldenEye. The only other actors to play M were Bernard Lee  in nine films (Dr. No through Moonraker) and Robert Brown who appeared in four of the films (Octopussy through License to Kill).

Bond 23 begins production soon and has a release date of November 9, 2012.

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This week on thenoobnews podcast Richard and Christian are joined in studio by Matt Jones to discuss why Christopher Nolan wasn’t nominated for best director, why  video game versions of movies suck, as well as all the fallout from Kevin Smith’s big announcement from Sundance. All this and much, much more on this episode of thenoobnews…

Here’s this weeks outline…
quick hits

movie news…

christopher nolan not nominated for best director, how is that possible?

does toy story3 belong in the lsit of best picture?

Best Picture nominees
“Black Swan,” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
“The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
“Inception,” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
“The Kids Are All Right,” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
“The King’s Speech,” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
“127 Hours,” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
“The Social Network,” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceàn Chaffin, Producers
“Toy Story 3? Darla K. Anderson, Producer
“True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
“Winter’s Bone” Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

best director nominees

Black Swan,” Darren Aronofsky
“The Fighter,” David O. Russell
“The King’s Speech,” Tom Hooper
“The Social Network,” David Fincher
“True Grit,” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

television news…

wonder woman is going to pilot

GE’s NBC didn’t like David E. Kelley’s “Wonder Woman” project earlier this month, but Comcast’s NBC just ordered it to pilot.

Based on the iconic DC Comics superheroine, Kelley’s potential series has Diana Prince as a costumed crime fighter by night and a successful Los Angeles corporate executive by day.  Elements carried over from the comics include Diana’s lasso of truth, her bullet-deflecting bracelets and her plane.

game news…

Disney Interactive lays off 200 as video game unit shifts focus
Co-Presidents John Pleasants and James Pitaro announce a sweeping reorganization of the group’s money-losing digital media division, including the closure of a development studio.

After sales of the Tron: Evolution video game failed to crack the 1-million mark, Disney this month closed the studio responsible for it. (Disney Interactive Studios / January 26, 2011)

comic news…

The Main event.
sundance news…

netflix movie of the week…

goodbye…

Here’s a couple of cool screen shots from The Hangover 2 featuring a dishevled Ed Helms, a nearly bald Zack Gafanakis and a sweaty (but still cool in his sunglasses) Bradley Cooper. The plot of this movie has been held pretty close to the chest so far but it looks to involve a monkey on a wire (see second picture). This is on my list of must see movie for 2011 and if it’s half as funny as the first one it will be awesome.

Synopsis…

In the follow-up to the record-breaking hit comedy “The Hangover,” Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and Doug (Justin Bartha) travel to exotic Thailand for Stu’s wedding. After the unforgettable bachelor party in Las Vegas, Stu is taking no chances and has opted for a safe, subdued pre-wedding brunch. However, things don’t always go as planned. What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in Bangkok can’t even be imagined.

This week on thenoobnews.com podcast Richard and Christian are joined in the studio by Mario Pena to discuss Hollywood bringing Godzilla to the big screen, the top selling comics of 2010, as well as all the big movies they’re looking forward to in 2011. All this and much much more on this episode of thenoobnews!

intro
The guys discuss christmas gifts recieved as well as new years resolutions.

Quick hits…

movie news..
gareth edwards, director of Monsters to bring godzilla to the big screen,

TV News…
Lifetime’s original movie “The Craigslist Killer” slaughtered in the ratings Monday, marking the fifth most-watched movie premiere ever on the womens cable channel.

some great life time movie titles
‘I Me Wed”

Crimes of Passion

She Woke Pregnant

Touching Wild Horses

Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story

Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy

To Be Fat Like Me

A Fare to Remember

Co-ed Call Girl

My Stepson, My Lover

‘Mother, May I Sleep With Danger

Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear

Video Game News…

Nintendo Warns Against Possible 3DS Eye Damage, children under 6 shouldn’t play and adults shouldn’t play longer than 30 minutes,

comic news…
top ten comics of 2010
1. Wanted #2
2. Kick-Ass #1
3. Wanted #3
4. The Walking Dead Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
5. Wanted #4
6. Wanted #5
7. Wanted #6
8. Kick-Ass #2
9. The Walking Dead Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us
10. Kick-Ass #3

The Main Event…

Top 10 Grossing Movies of 2010

1Toy Story 3 – $415,004,880 ($110,307,189)
2Alice in Wonderland (2010) – $334,191,110 ($116,101,023)
3Iron Man 2 – $312,128,345 ($128,122,480)
4The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – $300,531,751 ($64,832,191)
5Inception – $292,525,041 ($62,785,337)
6Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 – $272,972,000 ($125,017,372)
7Despicable Me – $250,791,650 ($56,397,125)
8Shrek Forever After – $238,395,990 ($70,838,207)
9How to Train Your Dragon – $217,581,231 ($43,732,319)
10The Karate Kid – $176,591,618 ($55,665,805)

what movies are  you looking forward to in 2011?

The First Avenger: Captain America
Cars 2
Kung Fu Panda 2.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
The Hobbit
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn
Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
Transformers 3
The Lone Ranger
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

What’s in your Netflix cue…
hitman hart, wrestling with shadows

For Your Consideration

Hard Promises

Killzone

Winnebago Man

This Week on thenoobnews.com podcast Richard and Christian discuss the impending death of Indiana Jones, the Playstation Networks huge Tuesday demo drop, as well as a their favorite movies, games, tv shows and comics. All this and much much more on this episode of the noob news.

Here’s the rundown for this weeks episode…

intro
xmas chat
best christmas gift ever recieved

Christians Favorite gift

Richard’s Favorite Gift

This Weeks Podcast giveaway…
Be the first person to answer this weeks question and you’ll receive an autographed poster and dvd copy of the movie “The Battle”.
Listen to the Podcast for the question and answer and be the first person to email us here  info@thenoobnews.com to win!

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Quick Hits

movie news
Does Harrison Ford want to kill of Indiana Jones?

game news
Demos for 3 of the biggest games of 2011 dropped on PSN tuesday. Here’s a taste…
Little Big Planet 2

Mass Effect 2

Dead Space 2

what’s in your netflix cue
Aurthur

Restrepo

main event
2010 in review

Favorite Game
Red Dead Redemption

Favorite TV Shows

American Pickers

Dexter

Favorite Movie
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

Winter’s Bone

Fantastic Stuff From The Future…
Word Lens App

Kevin Smith hates the press but apparently loves the interwebz cause that’s where he dropped an early teaser for his latest flick “RED STATE”. We’ve discussed on the podcast over the last few months our general feelings regarding this film and his approach to distribution and marketing of it and this trailer doesn’t really change any feelings I have for what he’s trying to do. Smith lists the Weinsteins in the credits (Harvey Boys) so I’m assuming he’s got distribution so we may not be treated to the public spectacle of a post screening auction like he promised but as long as it gets out there I guess that’s really all that matters. The trailer looks interesting, lots of action, creepy looking small town folk, and lots of random gun fire.  We’ll see how it all comes together in March when it is slated for release.

It’s been a slow week here at the noob news but santa’s elves dropped a little something in our stocking early. The Drive Angry 3d trailer is here! This looks like a crazy hodpodge of supernatural  meets gone in 60 seconds being molested by a grindhouse double feature featuring crazy Nicholas Cage  in 3d to boot. Enjoy!

A felon (Cage) breaks out of hell for one last chance at redemption: to prevent the cult who murdered his daughter from sacrificing her baby in three days’ time. He’s aided by a young waitress (Heard) and her ex-boyfriend’s muscle car, and together the duo will have to face down the leader of the cult, the police, and a killer known as “The Accountant” — who  wants to return him to the Devil.

DRIVE ANGRY 3D opens on February 25.

I thought it would be interesting to see which celebrities have passed on in 2010, so I’ve compiled a list of those who have passed on.

Recently, we in the “geek” universe lost two iconic figures in Irvin Kershner, director of The Empire Strikes Back, and actor Leslie Nielsen (Airplane). So I decided to look back over the rest of the year to see who else has passed on. For the sake of this being TheNoobNews.com, I will do my best to keep the dearly departed within the realm of our topics, and maybe just toss in a few others for good measure.

James Aubry Actor (Lord of the Flies)
Michael Been Musician (The Call)
Glen Bell Businessman (Founder of Taco Bell)
Barbara Billingsly Actress (Leave it to Beaver)
Manute Bol Athlete (Philidelphia 76ers, Washington Bullets)
Tom Bosley Actor (Happy Days)
Stephen J. Cannell Film/TV Producer (Creator of The Rockford Files)
Art Clokey Cartoonist (Creator of Gumby)
Gary Coleman Actor (Different Strokes)
Robert Culp Actor (I Spy)
Tony Curtis Actor (Some Like it Hot)
Jimmy Dean Entrepreneur/Singer (Jimmy Dean Sausages)
Ronnie James Dio Musician (Black Sabbath, Dio)
Blake Edwards Director (The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
Doug Fieger Musician (The Knack)
John Forsythe Actor (Charlie’s Angels)
Frank Frazetta Artist (Creator of Conan cover Art)
James Gammon Actor (Character Actor)
Greg Giraldo Comedian (Comedy Central Roasts)
Peter Graves Actor (Mission: Impossible)
Paul Dedrick Gray Musician (Bassist for Slipknot)
Bob Guccione Businessman (Founder of Penthouse Magazine)
Guru Musician (Rapper from Gang Starr)
Cory Haim Actor (The Lost Boys)
Dennis Hopper Actor (Apocalypse Now, Easy Rider)
Lena Horne Musician (Stormy Weather)
Irvin Kershner Director (The Empire Strikes Back)
Andrew Koenig Actor (Growing Pains)
James MacCarthur Actor (Hawaii Five-O)
Simon MacKorkindale Actor (Casualty)
Kevin McCarthy Actor (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
Rue McClanahan Actress (Maude, Golden Girls)
Fred Morrison Inventor (The Frisbee)
Patricia Neal Actress (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
Ronald Neame Director (The Poseidon Adventure)
Leslie Nielsen Actor (Airplane!, The Naked Gun)
Arthur Penn Director (Bonnie and Clyde)
Zelda Rubenstein Actress (Poltergeist)
JD Salinger Author (The Catcher in the Rye)
Glenn Shadix Actor (Beetlejuice)
Peter Steele Musician (Type O Negative)
George Steinbrenner Businessman (Owner of the New York Yankees)
Gloria Stuart Actress (Titanic, The Invisible Man)
Ari Up Musician (The Stilts)

Obviously, there are many, many others who left us this year, but these are the few that stood out to me. We lost many talented actors, savvy businessmen, unique inventors and incredible musicians. Join me in “pouring one out” for these fine folks.

As we move through the film we are introduced to several interesting/quirky characters who move in and out of the periphery of the story, serving the purpose of moving the story forward and giving the little bits of information that move us to the next scene. This is something of a Coen Brothers calling card and they certainly don’t disappoint in this department. This movie is littered with interesting characters whose small parts jump off the screen and pull you directly into this movie. From Barry Pepper as Lucky Ned Pepper the outlaw gang leader and his mangy posse (complete with an animal noise impersonator) to a bearded old man on a mule wearing a bears skin complete with head and claws and offering free dental work in the woods of Arkansas, the Coen Brothers have done an excellent job surrounding the stars of this movie with interesting and capable cast that does not disappoint. The excellent attention to detail on the characters really stands out, especially the teeth. The wild west was apparently not a place where you took care of your teeth and there are some awful sets of chompers in this movie.

My biggest fault with this movie was that it just felt rushed. I felt no real chemistry between Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and Haille Steinfled. The seemed to be doing a job and nothing else. There was very little connection between them and at times they seemed to leave and rejoin the group at random, based entirely on the mood of the others in the camp only to return at the opportune moment to save the day. Perhaps another thirty minutes or so of character time added throughout this movie would have fixed the few problems present but like I said earlier, ultimately this was still a very good movie. Just not Coen Brothers good. I’ve come to expect a little more from them as I’m sure most people have but don’t let that scare you off from seeing this film. When Oscar Sunday comes around I’m sure we’ll hear more that a few names called for this True Grit and they will certainly deserve it, after all it’s a Coen Brothers film, and on their worst day they make movies most could only dream of making.

the noob has spoken

This week on thenoobnews.com podcast Richard, Christian, and Mario discuss John Favreau leaving Iron Man 3, The big winners from the Spike TV Video Game Awards,  and have an in depth discussion with the creators of the animated series, Scottish Ninjas. All this and much much more on this episode of thenoobnews.

Here’s the rundown for this weeks show…

intro and show news…
xmas chat, the big day’s only 10 days away, what’s on your list to santa?

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Quick hits…

television…

It’s the end of the fall tv season, what are we looking forward to seeing come January?

film…

John Favreau not returning to Iron man 3? Sounds like trouble in paradise…

Games…
Spike TV video game awards held last weekend, Here are the big winners

GAME OF THE YEAR
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games / Rockstar San Diego)
BEST XBOX 360 GAME
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts / BioWare)
BEST PS3 GAME
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment / SCE Studios Santa Monica)
BEST Wii GAME
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo / Nintendo)
BEST PC GAME
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment / Blizzard Entertainment)
BEST HANDHELD GAME
God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Sony Computer Entertainment / Ready At Dawn Studios)
BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 (Electronic Arts / EA Tiburon)
BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
NBA 2K11 (2K Sports / Visual Concepts)
BEST DRIVING GAME
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts / Criterion Games)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN MALE
Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker / Amazing Spider-Man (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions / Activision)
BEST DLC
Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare (Rockstar Games / Rockstar San Diego)

What’s in our Netfilx cue?
Interview With The Assasin

Die Hard 2

Cronos

The Main Event...
An interview with the creators of Scottish Ninjas

www.scottishninjas.com

fantastic stuff from the future…
Choose your own journey with the Israeli experimental film, Turbulence. More info at the link below…

http://news.cnet.com

Enjoy the show and we’ll see you next week for our “best of” edition where we’ll name our favorite games, movies, tv shows, and comics of the year…

the noob has spoken

The trailer forTerrence Malick’s long awaited film The Tree of Life is finally here, via Apple. While the trailer has been attached to copies of Black Swan in limited release, this is the first time an official high def version of the trailer has been made available online. The beautiful trailer doesn’t give us much of an idea of the story just yet, but the imagery and poetry of youth, growth and life is enough to get me excited. Featuring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and a breakout performance from Jessica Chastain, this drama looks like it’ll be well worth the long wait.

Watch the first official trailer for Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life:

You can also watch The Tree of Life trailer in High Definition over on Apple

From Terrence Malick, the acclaimed director of such classic films as Badlands, Days of Heaven andThe Thin Red Line, The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 50′s. It follows the life journey of eldest son Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years (Penn) as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack, as an adult, finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking out answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick’s images we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life. Fox Searchlight is bringing The Tree of Life to theaters on May 27th.

Fast Five, the fifth Fast and the Furious movie, comes out April 29. Here’s the trailer, just released today.

The cool thing is that is it actually manages to give a little bit of zest to something that should be, by now, pretty lifeless.

There’s big movement on Snow White and the Huntsman,Universal’s take on the suddenly hot fairy tale, which is the subject of several competing movie projects.

The studio, clearly angling to beat Relativity’s version, is in talks with Charlize Theron to play the evil queen and is having conversations with Michael Fassbender’s reps to take on the titular huntsman.

But who will nab the starring role of Snow White?

The studio initially thought of going with name actresses in that age bracket, making entreaties toward Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning and Saoirse Ronan, but is nowleaning toward going with a relative unknown and is holding screen tests in the next few days to find its leading lady. The stakes are high because, similar to Disney’s recent Alice in Wonderland adaptation, there will be stars in key roles, but the main pillar is going to be whoever ends up as the orphaned girl on the run.

Sources caution that depending on how the tests go, the studio can still reverse course and continue reaching out a bigger name. But for now, the actresses who have made Universal’s shortlist are:

– Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley and daughter of Lisa-Marie Presley. She made her film debut playing Marie Currie in The
Runaways and recently wrapped a vampire flick with Kylie Minogue titled Jack
& Diane.

– Felicity Jones, an English actress currently seen as Miranda in Julie
Taymor’s The Tempest. She also played Margot Frank in BBC’s 2009 miniseries
The Diary of Anne Frank.

– Bella Heathcoat, whose major credit is the Australian soap opera
Neighbours.

– Alicia Vikander, a Swedish actress with mostly TV work under her hood.

[Pictured clockwise from top left: Keough, Jones, Heathcoat and Vikander.]

Apart from Keough, who is tethered to WME, none of the girls is known to
have American representation. So get to it, agents and managers!

Summit’s “Twilight Saga: Eclipse” was the No. 2 best-selling disc.

Warner Home Video’s Inception flew off retail shelves its first week in stores, displacing Summit Entertainment’s Eclipse as the top-selling disc for the week ending Dec. 12.

DreamWorks/Paramount’s Shrek Forever After, meanwhile, topped Home Media Magazine’s rental chart for the week, largely due to high demand at Redbox and Netflix. Paramount is one of the only studios that doesn’t impose a rental window on its new releases for the two rental services, which together generate nearly 60% of all rental transactions.

Shrek Forever After debuted at No. 3 on the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart, right behind the third Twilight movie.

Walt Disney Studios’ Toy Story 3 remains a steady holiday season seller, holding on to its No. 4 position on the sales chart in its sixth week of release.

On Nielsen VideoScan’s dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart, Inception scored an easy victory, with 65% of its unit sales coming from the high-def disc. In its second week of release, Eclipsedropped down a notch to No. 2, but it only sold 30% as many Blu-ray Discs as Inception.

Inception debuted at a lowly No. 14 on the rental chart, which isn’t surprising, given that the title is only available at brick-and-mortar retailers its first month of release. At both Blockbuster and independent video rental stores belonging to the IDEA group, Inception was No. 1.

Sarah Palin, Nicki Minaj also made the list, as did Mel Gibson, who ended up in the “Hall of Shame.”

Oscar winner Sandra Bullock was singled out from a headline-making crowd of notables that included everyone from James Franco andNatalie Portman to the Chilean minors and tops People‘s list of the 25 most intriguing people of 2010, reports Reuters. The magazine’s special issue hits stands Friday with the star of The Blind Side on its cover.

People‘s honor as Woman of the Year tops a rocky few months for Bullock, who won an Oscar in March, which was overshadowed a week later by the tabloid-baiting travails of her ex-husband Jesse James‘ reported infidelities. In August, Forbes listed the 46-year-old star of The Proposal as the highest paid actress in Hollywood.

Among the other talent that made the list are rapper Nicki Minaj and Sarah Palin, who was named the “Big Gun” of 2010.

Actor Mel Gibson made the list, too, under People‘s celebrity marriage coverage’s “Hall of Shame.”

[Hollywood Reporter]