The Wrap #24: Remembering Ebert

04/05/13 • 14 min

In this episode, TJ talks about last weekend’s box office and what’s hot and making the most money, which is ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’, a special version of ‘Iron Man 3’ coming to China, Movieology Episode #4, a new ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ commercial which aired with an episode of ‘The Walking Dead’, the bait and switch tactics of film trailers and why he empathizes with the makers of the films and trailers, a new trailer for ‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’, ‘Finding Dory’ and Ellen DeGeneres’ announcement of the film, ‘the trailer announcement for ‘Catching Fire’, clips, featurettes and entire streaming score for ‘Oblivion’, the ‘MovieByte Podcast #38: Finding Pixar’, some thoughts on the sad news of the passing of ‘Roger Ebert’ and what an inspiration he was, and what you might like to see this weekend at the theater.

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Previous Episode

The Wrap #23: The Wolverine

TJ takes a look at two new TV spots for ‘Oblivion’ and what a fine looking film he expects it to be, HBO GO for non-cable subscribers and what that means and why he won’t be getting it, Robert Redford rumored to be in talks for a part in ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’, Joe’s ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ review and how Joe rated it slightly lower than he did, ‘The Wolverine’ Teaser announcement on Vine, the 20 second teaser, and the full international and domestic trailers, as well as some general thoughts on the good marketing muscle behind that, House of Tweets, talking about ‘House of Cards’ release schedule, a fun video about ‘Hacking the Mainframe’ in movies, an ‘Iron Man 3’ TV spot, a really great ‘Oblivion’ featurette, ‘The MovieByte Podcast #37’, and what you might like to see in theaters this weekend.

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The Wrap #25: Lamenting Stargate’s Demise

Get the scoop from the past week as TJ talks about the box office report and wonders why on earth you all are going out to the theater to see an awful film such as ‘Evil Dead’, Hans Zimmer talking about the ‘Man of Steel’ score, J. August Richard, formerly Charles Gun of ‘Angel’ joining the ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ cast, an ‘Iron Man 3’ clip in which Tony Stark is not afraid, Westboro Baptist picketing Ebert’s funeral and how much that disgusts him, and what if ‘Stargate Atlantis’ had continued on to a sixth season? Then there’s a new TV spot for ‘Man of Steel’, TJ’s review of ‘The Host’ and ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’, the politics in the Mario universe, a trailer for Jonny Depp’s ‘The Lone Ranger’, a new trailer for ‘Now You See Me’, take a quiz on wither photos are CG or real, and what you might like to see in theaters this weekend.