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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Cowboys and Aliens trailer



Here's an extended trailer for the film Cowboys and Aliens. This clip was featured on the Spike Channel's Guys Choice Awards. This is definitely my most anticipated film of the summer. I love how the film blends two of my favorite film genres, westerns and science fiction. The film stars Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde and Harrison Ford . It is directed by Jon Favreau and Executive produced by Steven Spielberg.













Cowboys and Aliens is scheduled for release July 29th, 2011.


Teaser Trailer:









Official Trailer:









Thursday, June 9, 2011

Red Faction: Armageddon Video Walkthrough


Two notable games have been released this week; inFamous 2 and Red Faction: Armageddon. I chose to make a video walkthrough of the latter because of one simple fact: I like blowing sh*t up and destroying anything and everything I see!

A bit about Red Faction: Armageddon:

Unlike it's predecessor, Red Faction: Guerrilla, this game isn't open-ended or has sandbox style of gameplay, it's linear, which means you take a predefined path, you can't just go anywhere and everywhere you want.

Red Faction: Armageddon is set 50 years after the original game, in 2170 and takes place on Mars. The planet is being overran by Martian creatures, and causing an underground Armageddon(hence the name).

You take on the role as Darius Mason, the grandson of Alec Mason and Samanya, the heroes of the first game. It's your job to do what no one else can(or wants to for that matter) and that's to obliterate every last one of them sons of bi*ches! So people can once again live peacefully without having to worry about being ravaged by alien monsters from hell. That and stopping said alien monsters from destroying the Terraformer, a machine that allows the red planet to be more like Earth, atmosphere-wise, and if that machine is taken offline, no one will ever be able to live on the planet again.

Below are the first two parts of my Red Faction: Armageddon video walkthrough:

(NOTE: Also, here's the playlist of the video walkthrough which is in order(work-in-progress)!








EvanTheGamer is a contributing editor for PassMeThePopcorn.com and is the site's video game and walkthrough specialist. You can follow him on Twitter, subscribe to his channel on YouTube and like his fanpage on Facebook!




Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Duke Nukem Tribute Video - Tribute to the King Baby!


Are you ready for the release of Duke Nukem Forever? I know the folks here at SheNeedsIt.com are. Video Gamer, video game walkthrough specialist and SheNeedsIt.com contributer EvanTheGamer is really excited! He's so excited that he created a fun YouTube Duke Nukem tribute video featuring some of his classic lines and some fun artwork.


Make sure to check out EvanTheGamer's YouTube channel, also follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/evanthegamer. He also has a personal blog at http://www.evanthegamer.net. Hell, while your at it give him a like on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/evanthegamer

Duke Nukem Forever comes out on June 14th for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.








Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Fright Night Sneak Peek Trailer



I have fond memories of the original Fright Night. I remember that it was one of the first movies that I had seen to intentionally make me laugh and at the same time freak me the hell out. Back then movies were either campy or scary. Not really both... like many films are now. Also back in the 80's Vampires were all but dead. A silly old school monster that didn't really scare anybody. But Fright Night changed all of that. They eventually followed it up with a sequel. I wasn't too crazy about the second Fright Night... but I don't remember it being horrible. 


I guess with Hollywood going crazy with remake fever it was just a matter of time that they'd remake this property with a new effects-filled version. It's especially timely since Vampires are all the rage now.


Fright Night  (2011) Does have a pretty impressive cast which includes Colin Farrell, David Tennant, Anton Yelchin  Toni Collette and Christopher Mintz- Plasse.










Fright Night 2011 is scheduled for release August 19, 2011



Official Trailer:









Monday, June 6, 2011

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN Part 1 Teaser Trailer



Here's the trailer for the first part of Breaking Dawn from The Twilight Saga.  To be completely honest I haven't really gotten into the whole Teen Vampire, werewolves craze. But I know there are a huge number of fans out there who are totally into this franchise. I've seen all the films to this point, well most parts...while channel surfing on cable and I figure I might as well finish the franchise off. Apparently Bella and Edward do the deed in this next film. Thank god... cause the unrequited lust was beginning to get a little stale. The film stars Kristen Stewart,  Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning and hottie Ashley Greene. The film is directed by Academy Award nominee Bill Condon.












The film is scheduled for release November 18, 2011. Part 2 is scheduled for release November 16, 2012.

Super 8 Trailer



This past weekend the latest trailer for the J.J. Abrams directed and Steven Spielberg produced film Super 8  premiered. The film has garnered intense scrutiny for its highly secretive plot and mysterious internet viral campaign. This of course is old hat for J.J. Abrams who used a similar campaign for his film Cloverfield. I'm interested in how the film does at the Box Office. It seems to me that using a mystery filled viral campaign usually leads to intense disappointment. Simply because a film can never live up to the imagination and anticipation of the audience. When the initial trailer premiered people were speculating that the film could be a prequel or sequel to a variety of Steven Spielberg properties such as E.T. , Close Encounters of the Third Kind or even Gremlins. According to early reviews it is none of those things. It's simply a tale about aspiring filmmaking youths caught up in extraordinary circumstances involving the military and an escaped alien. Which is okay... and interesting none the less...but couldn't they have just told us all this earlier... instead of being so secretive and building up expectations?


Super 8 premieres June 10, 2011 and is rated PG-13.

Initial Super 8 teaser trailer:



 
 

Moneyball Movie Trailer



Moneyball was an interesting... if not controversial concept when the idea was introduced into baseball. If one is unfamiliar with the term, the general premise is that popular statistics used to evaluate talent in baseball such as batting average and runs batted in are statistics that are over-rated in building a successful team. Moneyball theorizes that statistics that SHOULD be valued more in evaluating talent are slugging percentage and on-base percentage... because those statistics increase a team's potential to score runs...and thus win games.


The term inherited it's namesake from a bestselling book titled Moneyball: The Art of winning an unfair game by Michael Lewis which chronicled the rise of the Oakland Athletics in 2002 when Billy Beane used the sabermetrics valued in Moneyball to build a playoff team... despite having one of the smallest payrolls in Major League Baseball.


It was only a matter of time before the book was adapted into a film. The film stars Brad Pitt, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jonah Hill. It is directed by Bennett Miller and was adapted for the screen by Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zallian and Stan Chervin. Check out the trailer.








To be honest, I'm still not sold on the general premise of Moneyball, although one can point out that the principles discussed in the book are effective... the truth is that a World Series Championship team has yet to be produced from it's theories.

Looks like an interesting film though.


Moneyball is scheduled for release September 23, 2011.


Sunday, June 5, 2011

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trailer



Here's the official trailer to the American remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo directed by David Fincher.








There was a leaked Red Band version of the trailer previously released that showcased some of the more bloody aspects of the film. The reader can check out the red band trailer below.








What's interesting about this red band bootleg trailer is that the quality is pretty impressive. Which has led some to speculate that the studio themselves leaked the trailer. Which is a pretty cool marketing move considering the nature of the film. If one is unfamiliar with the original series of books, the stories themselves are extremely dark, mystery, sex related thrillers which revolve around, Lisbeth Salander, an unconventional, gothic, anti-social, female amateur investigator in her 20's and Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist. The  bestselling book was written by Stieg Larsson,  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, was awarded the Glass Key award as the best Nordic crime novel in 2005.

There was also two other bestselling, follow up books released from Larsson, The Girl who played with Fire and The Girl who kicked the Hornet's Nest. Which also resulted in a trilogy of hit foreign films.  This all happened AFTER Stieg Larsson's death in 2004.  His original plan was to write 10 books. He was only able to write three before his death.

 Here's the trailer for the original film.








The American version of the film will be released December 21, 2011.



Duke Nukem Forever Video Walkthrough

Editor's Note: SheNeedsIt.com is excited to welcome video gamer and video game walkthrough specialist EvanTheGamer to our staff. Evan, formerly of Mahalo.com, is notable for his impressive, detailed walkthroughs which has garnered millions of YouTube views! He is now starting his own channel and will be contributing content to SheNeedsIt.com. Make sure to follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/evanthegamer and check out his blog at http://www.evanthegamer.net . Give him a like on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/evanthegamer




Hi all!!! Here's my video walkthrough of the Duke Nukem Forever Demo. This historic game comes out next week on June 14th for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3, and saying I'm more than excited for this games release would be a big understatement. I've been waiting literally forever for Duke Nukem to make his triumphant alien-scum stomping, delectable babe saving, bubble gum chewing return, actually since 1998 to be exact(when I first pre-ordered the game), so yeah, I'm excited.

Hail to the King, baby!










Part 1




















Part 2