The Plot Hole – Episode 55
This week on The Plot Hole it’s all about Prometheus and we have both a spoiler-free portion and an in-depth, twist-revealing segment for those who need convincing and for those who want answers respectively.
This week on The Plot Hole it’s all about Prometheus and we have both a spoiler-free portion and an in-depth, twist-revealing segment for those who need convincing and for those who want answers respectively.
The long awaited film Prometheus, the pseudo-prequel to the beloved sci-fi horror movie Alien, is finally in theaters and making a good bit of money. This got us PAMers thinking, what movies and movie franchises known for creating vivid or memorable universes would we like to see revisited or expanded? We each chose one franchise we (or possible franchise) we’d like to see explored once again and provided our own ideas for such an expansion.
The mastermind behind two of sci fi’s greatest movies is returning to the genre after a 30-year absence. What’s he been doing since?
Alien is one of the most important sci-fi films ever made. With Prometheus about to enter theaters, you may have been one of many—myself included—who put “watch Alien” on their to-do list.
Coming off his biggest success yet, Quentin Tarantino responds to the Oscar-winning Inglorious Basterds with Spaghetti Western Django Unchained, which gets a Mississippi spin and its first trailer. The ripples of Jason Bourne’s actions continue to spread in this August’s The Bourne Legacy, which adds Jeremy Renner as another Treadstone agent on the run, this time being pursued by the fiercely determined Edward Norton.
This week on The Plot Hole Kieran, Simon, John and Steven will weigh in on if Snow White and the Huntsman is the fairest of them all and Steven will bring us a review of Jack Black’s latest indie effort Bernie.
One is the loneliest number, it takes two to tango, but is three a crowd? We all know that modern Hollywood is more or less devoid of unique ideas, but one would think rival studios could, at the very least, resist the urge to each unveil a nearly identical film within months of one another—wouldn’t you? 2012 will soon witness such an occurrence with March’s comedic Snow White revamp, Mirror, Mirror, joining this Friday’s gritty Snow White reimagining, Snow White and the Huntsman.
As the enormous wake of The Avengers subsides (however gradually) Warner Bros. has wasted no time in ramping up The Dark Knight Rises marketing campaign with posters, banners, trailers and most recently, four TV spots that have also debuted online.
As the enormous wake of The Avengers subsides (however gradually) Warner Bros. has wasted no time in ramping up The Dark Knight Rises marketing campaign with posters, banners, trailers and most recently, four TV spots that have also debuted online.
Sam, Simon, Steven and Kieran are back with brand new reviews of Men in Black III and Moonrise Kingdom and briefer looks at some movies in theaters including Battleship, The Dictator and Dark Shadows.
