Michael Cera == Jason Bourne

Watch the 2010 MTV Movie Awards at MTV.com!

Iron Baby

Hilarious.

Predators: 'Nuff Said

The SXSW Film Festival is going on, and I am once again not there. However, it is not surprising that such greats (and Austin regulars) like Robert Rodriguez are in attendance and have decided to give sneak previews of their latest projects. Have a look below at 2 glorious minutes of the latest Predator franchise installment, Predators. Let us hope and pray that this movie undoes the damage of AVP and AVP: Requiem.

TRON!

Holy smokes! The new Tron Legacy trailer is now available for your viewing pleasure! And it looks sweet!

It has been a while since we made mention of the new Tron movie, coming soon to theaters near you. But for some time there has been deep rumblings on the blogs about this second installment of the now classic sci-fi. I'd suggest that you hold onto your butts in the coming months, as Disney is bound to rev up the advertisement as we near the release date (not until December of this year).

Thanks to Brandon for bringing this trailer release to my attention! Check out both the trailer for the original Tron and the latest release for Tron Legacy.

When Sci-Fi Let's You Down: Runaway (1984)

My faithful readers know that I am a man who loves sci-fi action, particularly of the 80s and 90s. Tonight, I decided to have a go with the film Runaway (1984) starring Tom Selleck and Cynthia Rhodes. This movie had all the promise of being a solid sci-fi action movie; kind of a Bladerunner or an I, Robot type. The Netflix synopsis goes something like:

Sgt. Jack Ramsey (Tom Selleck) is the police robotics expert on the case when evil genius Dr. Charles Luthor (Kiss front man Gene Simmons) unleashes his reprogrammed androids.

In the end, Runaway was a bit of a let down, despite Netflix's predicted 3.3 stars rating based on my personal preferences. Seeing Gene Simmons as Luthor, criminal mastermind and murderer, opposite Selleck was reasonably entertaining. But other than that, not a whole lot of note to mention...

...that is, aside from the epically un-scary robots which are supposed to comprise the impartial hand of said criminal mastermind. Now, I don't normally like to get down on older movies for having crappy "futuristic" technology, but I can't help myself with this one. Runaway seems to go to great lengths to show its audience that toaster ovens with 357 magnums are assuredly not scary.

The fact of the matter is, well-before Runaway's release, Ridley Scott and James Cameron were doing a hell of a job creating sci-fi films which have definitively passed the test of time (think Alien and Terminator). Director Michael Crighton has no excuse for creating this refuse. Have a look at the clip below to see just what I mean...

Movies I'm Looking Forward to Seeing: Splice

Sundance is going on right now, and, as one might expect, there is chatter abound about lots of different films on the blogs. One of these is the film Splice, directed by Vincenzo Natali (director of Cube and a number of Earth: Final Conflict episodes, for those interested). I heard about this movie a while back when they released a short clip (below) online, and remember thinking that it looked good. Of course, keeping track of potentially awesome sci-fi movies is only a hobby (sigh), and thus the movie almost instantaneously fell off of my radar.

But now it has aired at Sundance, and the reviews are coming back that it is both awesome and a bit disturbing... Splice hits theaters February 24th, and I can't wait. Check out the clip below and give me your impressions when you get a chance.

Your Dad's Captain America

I just read on /film that Albert Pyun's Captain America (1990) is available to watch in full on Hulu. Hulu's description of this movie is as follows:

Superhero foils Red Skull and saves the president.

That sounds about right.

Although this version of Captain America doesn't have the best reputation among superhero-action film aficionados, it nevertheless played a pivotal role in my early perception of America's most patriotic of masked vigilantes. I remember watching this old movie with Keanu as a child and thinking that it was awesome. Of course, I may not think so now if I watched it again (which I will tonight). But I think it's important to remember that comic books have undergone a huge transformation in the past century. This film is a but a landmark on this long road.

You can watch Captain America in full below.

UPDATE:

Thanks to Albert Pyun, the man himself, for directing me to this interview about Captain America... where can I sign the petition?