Thanks to my purchasing a house James and I have fallen a bit behind on our podcasting duties but wait no more! Today James will be swinging by to record a new episode of Spoiler Alert! and hopefully, if I decided I’d rather do some post-production work than watch a documentary on weirdo fans’ love of mislabeled Goblin films you could be listening to a new podcast from us as early as this evening.

Of course their are a few caveats, the first of which is that James hasn’t actually seen the movie yet, but since he will be watching it here, right before we record, we could get some interesting commentary from him. Or he could just become disgusted and shut it off and leave us up shit creek.

Then of course their is the fact that my house doesn’t have a doorbell, which opens a whole boatload of issues. Will James even make it in the door? Will he stand outside for 3 minutes and simply leave? Now, I have informed him that he does have the ability to knock, but really, there’s no telling what James will do when push comes to shove.

As for the film? I’d alluded to it earlier but if you really want to know, the trailer is after the break. Otherwise, talk to ya soon!
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So what has Sam Raimi been working on? Why producing a 3D post-apocalyptic vampire film starring Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Karl Urban, Christopher Plummer and Brad Dourif called Priest. Oh yeah, its also a western. Man, does it looks like it could be pretty damn awesome.

A warrior priest (Paul Bettany) disobeys Church law by teaming with a young sheriff (Cam Gigandet) and a beautiful priestess (Maggie Q). The three band together to track down a band of renegade vampires who have kidnapped the priest’s niece before they turn her into one of them.

Priest is scheduled for release on May 13, 2011.

Watch the trailer after the break!
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So Vita.MN just released their yearly list issue and the To Ten Movie Theatres turned out to be a rather interesting list as finally someone didn’t put The Riverview at the top. Now, I love The Riverview, but its not the best theatre in the Twin Cities, that designation clearly belongs to The Heights. But now my issue. The Heights isn’t even on the damn list?!?!

Hey Twin Cities, do you even like movies?

The Heights screening Metropolis with an organist accompanying is the movie event of the year in this town. Where is it going to be? The Heights (potentially, Take-Up hasn’t confirmed anything yet). But yeah, if that happens there is no better show in town.

As for the list:

1 – Lagoon
2 – Uptown
3 – Riverview
4 – Southdale
5 – St Anthony Main
6 – Edina
7 – Oak Street
8 – Parkway
9 – Eden Prairie
10 – Rosedale

Congrats to Landmark for nabbing 3 of the Top 6 spots as all three have earned their reps by continually presenting some of the best films you’ll see in the Twin Cities. Also nice to see that 7 of the 10 theatres on the list specialize in Indie films and repertory programming. But why the Oak Street is on there is beyond me since its been dark for what, 7 months now? In fact, I don’t believe a single movie was shown at the Oak Street this year, so kudos to having it on the list Twin Cities!

Also strange to see 3 AMC theatres on the list as they are fairly awful places to watch movies, so I’m guessing the fact they are dirt cheap is the reason why people love them.

In a semi-related not, the Block E Theatre finally fell of the Top Ten places to be shot in the face while enjoying a night on the town and moved up to having its restrooms named as one of the Top 10 places to have sex in. Baby steps Block E. Baby steps.

Why he hasn’t been sticking to action films is beyond me but at least Faster might make up for some of those gawd awful Disney comedies he keeps churning out.

A stint in prison usually has one of two effects on a man – it either breaks him down or makes him stronger. For Driver (Dwayne Johnson), a 10-year sentence proved the latter. His strength was not just fueled by time, but also by a hunger to avenge the murder of his brother during the botched bank robbery that led to his own imprisonment. Untouchable on the ‘inside,’ he made plenty of enemies in prison – men who were counting the days until his release so they could exact their own revenge on the outside. Now, on the day of his release, he is hell-bent on reaping vengeance upon the four men responsible for his brother’s murder. With a list of names and addresses in hand, he sprints out of the prison gates and is immediately on his mission.

Without hesitation, Driver methodically continues down his list while the mystery deepens surrounding his brother’s murder and who might have tipped off those responsible to their robbery plans. With each killing, Driver finds himself face to face with Cop or Killer and he evades them every time. Killer wants Driver now more than ever – he’s finally met a worthy opponent. Thus begins a do or die race to the list’s finish with new details in the decade old murder emerging along the way…hinting that Driver’s list may be incomplete and his life in further danger.

Faster is released on November 24th, 2010.

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Man I can’t wait to watch this movie.

AD 117. The Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in face of the guerrilla tactics of an elusive enemy: the savage and terrifying tribes known as the Picts.

But when the legion is ambushed on unfamiliar ground, and Virilus taken captive, Quintus faces a desperate struggle to keep his small platoon alive behind enemy lines, evading remorseless Pict pursuers over harsh terrain, as the band of soldiers race to rescue their General, and to reach the safety of the Roman frontier.

Centurion opens at the Landmark Lagoon Theatre on August 27th.

Trailer after the break!
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