Wednesday, January 11, 2012 1:50PM - By Travis Woods
Computers. As is the case with sentient robots, cinema has warned us repeatedly that the instant we give our Macs, iPads, X-Boxes and missile defense systems the ability to think on their own, that’s pretty much the end of humanity as we know it. Film after film, from sci-fi warnings to horror fantasias to action adventures, self-aware computers have been portrayed as instantly godlike beings who quickly recognize the obsolescence of human beings, and become hell-bent on our destruction (often sending California governors back in time to assassinate our teenage saviors). In fact, there have been so many berserker computers in cinema that we were able to cull together a list of our favorites—in the insane-computer-genre, these baddies rank as the best.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011 2:45PM - By Damon Houx
Recently, Deadline Hollywood posted a story about how Joesph Kosinski has become the most successful first-time director of all time with Tron Legacy, narrowly beating J.J. Abrams‘ Mission: Impossible: III, and nearly making $400 Million wordwide. This story, and the recent round of publicity for the film has got the rumor mill going yet again. Disney stirred up the pot by saying they’re working on a script, which Kosinski told us in his recent interview. What is the state of a Tron Sequel?
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 5:29PM - By Damon Houx
With the release of Tron Legacy on DVD and Blu-ray, 1982’s Tron has been given a new lease on life. (Some would say finally, as Disney took the film off the market in anticipation of Tron Legacy) with a new DVD and Blu-ray release for the title. Director Steven Lisberg was able to go back in and remaster the film for the first time, and the film looks better than ever. We got a chance to talk about the film, and its impact on pop culture.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 5:28PM - By Damon Houx
Eric Barba is an Academy award-winning Visual effects artist who is best known for his work on aging and de-aging actors digitally. When getting a chance to talk with him, you could tell he felt the reception of his work in Tron Legacy transforming Jeff Bridges into Clu – the digitally de-aged version of the actor – was a sticking point, and he speaks about that effect and the reaction it go in our interview. he also talks about the fun of entering the Tron universe. Check it out…
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011 5:28PM - By Damon Houx
Tron Legacy hits Blu-ray today, and we were given a chance to sit down with director Joesph Kosinski to talk about the film now that the film is over and done with. He was revealing about the film and its reception, and he talked about the struggles of big budget film making, and creating the sequel, along with what might be to come. Take a look.
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Thursday, March 31, 2011 6:54PM - By Damon Houx
Recently, Joseph Kosisnki’s Oblivion was let go by Walt Disney after it had been picked up last year. Today, there was a press junket for the Blu-ray and DVD release of Tron and Tron: Legacy. We got a chance to talk to Kosinski about what happened to Oblivion and its future, and a possible sequel to Tron: Legacy.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 3:37PM - By Damon Houx
Having made his name in commercial, Joseph Kosinski was a very hot director, and when he was tapped to take on Disney’s Tron franchise, he was given the keys to the kingdom – albeit one with a number of catches. Disney seemed to want to be in the Kosinski business, and when they picked up his graphic novel Oblivion – which tells a post-apocalyptic love story – his nest at the Mouse House seemed assured. Disney has now let the project go. It’s hard not to speculate on what that means.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011 12:11PM - By Krystal Clark
Prior to the release of the long awaited sequel Tron Legacy, we learned that the original Tron was going to finally make its debut on Blu-ray. The film was released nearly 30 years ago and hadn’t experienced the conversion to High Definition just yet. Over at Amazon, they have what appears to be the packaging for not only the Tron Blu-ray but also its sequel. Check out the photos and the details below…
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Monday, January 24, 2011 8:21AM - By Scott Schachter
This weekend, Natalie Portman was able to capitalize on the buzz generated from her Golden Globe win as her new film No Strings Attached opened at number 1 as we predicted .The Green Hornet showed a decent hold coming in at number 2, also as we predicted, dropping less then 50% ,while the The Dilemma fell to number 3.
And now for the rest of the top 10…
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