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TOP 5: WATCHMEN Prequel Comics, CHRONICLE Interviews, 16-Bit BREAKING BAD, DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX, Sundance 2012 Interviews

by Jason Barr    Posted: February 4th, 2012 at 10:33 am

This past week brought us a story that is near and dear to me. While I briefly give my own thoughts regarding DC Comics’ Watchmen prequel comic series after the jump, I want to use the “Top 5′s” opening paragraph space to invite readers to voice/type their own opinions on the announcement in the comments section. As a fervent fan of the series, I’m always interested to hear fellow fans’ take on Watchmen adaptations, prequels, and the like. So, with that said, what do you think? Does the creative talent involved interest you? Is it the best idea ever? The worst? Somewhere in between? Sound off in the comments.

In addition to DC’s Before Watchmen announcement, this installment of the “Top 5″ includes interviews with the cast and director of superhero/found-footage pic Chronicle, a “What If?” look at a 16-Bit Breaking Bad RPG, ten things to know about Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, and Sundance 2012 video interviews with Bradley Cooper, Paul Dano and more. A brief recap and link to each follows after the jump.

Press Start, Bitch: Check out This BREAKING BAD 16-Bit RPG

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: January 31st, 2012 at 2:28 pm

If we get ultra-violent video games and shovelware TV and movie tie-ins, is it too much to ask that we combine the two (without the crap, rushed video game programming)?  College Humor came up with a nice alternate universe where we still made 16-bit RPGs and then tied one to Breaking Bad.  It’s not only fun, but a great way to sum up every season!  If you’re opposed to any kind of Breaking Bad parody, you should A) lighten up; and B) remember that the show has a sense of humor.  It’s a ridiculously dark sense of humor, but that’s part of what makes the show so amazing.

Hit the jump to check out Breaking Bad in 16-bit RPG form.

Aaron Paul Talks SMASHED, the Final Season of BREAKING BAD, QUAD and DECODING ANNIE PARKER at Sundance 2012

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: January 27th, 2012 at 12:20 pm

One of the many films that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was director James Ponsoldt‘s Smashed.  Written by Susan Burke and James Ponsoldt, Smashed is about a young married couple – played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul – who are brought together by booze.  When Winstead’s character (Kate) decides to get sober, it creates its own set of problems.  While the film and subject matter could have easily drifted into a Lifetime movie of the week, what makes Smashed work is a career best performance by Winstead and fantastic work from the rest of the cast which includes Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman, and Megan Mullally. For more on the film, here’s Matt’s review.

Shortly after seeing the film, I got to sit down with Aaron Paul for an exclusive interview.  We talked about what it means for him to be a part of Sundance, how he got involved in Smashed, what it’s about, who he plays, and the experience of making the movie in 19 days.  In addition, with Paul getting ready to film the final season of Breaking Bad (they start filming in March and it airs this July), we talked about his feelings on the show ending, how much he likes to learn about the season before they shoot, and other upcoming projects like Quad (which is based on a true story of a man who becomes a quadriplegic) and Decoding Annie Parker (another project based on a true story of a woman who develops cancer).  Hit the jump to watch.

HUGO, DRAGON TATTOO, and THE ARTIST Among ACE Nominees for Excellence in Editing

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: January 16th, 2012 at 6:35 pm

The American Cinema Editors have announced their list of nominees for the 62nd Annual Eddie Awards. Before you brush editing off as an insignificant category, take note that no film has won the Best Picture Oscar without at least a Best Editing Eddie nomination in 20 years. Martin Scorsese’s longtime collaborator Thelma Schoonmaker was nominated for her work on Hugo, as were last year’s Oscar winners Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Other films singled out include The Artist, The Descendants, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, and Young Adult.

On the television side of things, Breaking Bad, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Friday Night Lights, and Game of Thrones all landed nods. Hit the jump to see the full list of nominees. ACE’s 62nd awards ceremony, hosted by Patton Oswalt, will be held February 18th.

Best TV Shows of 2011

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: December 27th, 2011 at 6:39 pm

“Top 10” lists are a dime a dozen this time of year, so I hope you’ll bear with me as I add one more. While many are busy debating the merits of Drive vs. The Artist, I thought it appropriate to take a look at the year in television. There’s no denying that the TV landscape has changed enormously over the past decade. Once a wasteland of disposable entertainment, the rise of original programming outside the network system has resulted in some of the best storytelling across any medium. This past year we were given more than a couple fantastic new shows to add to our weekly DVR list, and we saw a fair number of inventive and genuinely funny veteran comedy series get even better. Hit the jump to check out my picks for the best in television of 2011.

The Mash-Up You Never Knew You Wanted: BREAKING BAD and THE SIMPSONS

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: December 16th, 2011 at 4:23 pm

While the Internet is full of endless TV show mash-ups, tributes, and frankly disturbing fan fiction videos, sometimes a genuinely funny one sneaks by. Case in point is this Breaking Bad/The Simpsons mash-up. It uses the audio from AMC’s brilliant drama series juxtaposed with characters from the light, cartoony world of The Simpsons. The assignment of characters is pretty fantastic (Jesse is Bart, Walter is Ned Flanders), with the appearance of Jane as a definite highlight. If you’re a fan of Breaking Bad—beware there are some spoilers—hit the jump to check out the mash-up.

BREAKING BAD Season Finale Recap: “Face Off”

by Scott Wampler    Posted: October 9th, 2011 at 10:15 pm

For the past three months or so, AMC’s Breaking Bad has taken us on quite the journey, hasn’t it?  From that jaw-dropping season premiere to the jaw-destroying season finale (my jaw didn’t just hit the floor this evening:  it broke through my floorboards and burrowed into the foundation of my house), Vince Gilligan and company have delivered a slow-burn that’s kept us wondering how things would turn out for Walter White, Jesse Pinkman, and the rest of our beloved Breaking Bad characters.  Headed into tonight’s season finale, we were relatively sure that at least one character would die…but opinions were mixed on who it’d be.  So, after all that speculation, who survived to see Breaking Bad’s fifth—and final—season?  Find out after the jump, folks.

BREAKING BAD Season 4 Finale Predictions

by Scott Wampler    Posted: October 7th, 2011 at 12:57 pm

AMC’s Breaking Bad has taken fans on one helluva journey over the past four seasons, and the series’ most recent season has been one of the best yet.  There is, in fact, an argument to be made for the show getting better with each passing episode, but we’ll save that for another day.  Instead, let’s talk about Breaking Bad’s Sunday-night season finale:  will Hank figure out why Gus has been three steps ahead of him all this time?  Will Skylar turn out to be pregnant again?  And—as the old Texas Chainsaw Massacre poster used to ask—who will survive, and what will be left of them?  Check out my predictions for the Breaking Bad fourth season finale after the jump, folks.

BREAKING BAD Recap: “End Times”

by Scott Wampler    Posted: October 2nd, 2011 at 8:55 pm

On last week’s Breaking Bad, we watched as—in the episode’s final moments—former chemistry teacher and current stressed-out meth-cook Walter White appeared to snap (Killing Joke-style) in the crawl space underneath his house.  After painting himself into yet another corner, it finally appeared that Walter was ready to skip town for good:  he got the number of a guy that could “disappear” him and his family, he sped home, and upon looking for the million-dollar nest egg he’d been building over the past year or so, he discovered that his wife had given the money away (to her former boss, no less).  As the credits rolled, Walt’s unhinged laughter echoed underneath an ominous, droning buzz on the soundtrack.  Where did the things go from there?  Read on for tonight’s Breaking Bad recap, my fellow junkies.

BREAKING BAD Recap: “Crawl Space”

by Scott Wampler    Posted: September 26th, 2011 at 10:06 am

Last night’s episode of Breaking Bad, “Crawl Space”, finally delivered some payoff for the problems that have been simmering over the course of this, the series’ fourth season.  All season long, we’ve watched as Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan moved all the pieces of the puzzle into place, getting ever closer to finally dropping the “You’re Totally Screwed” hammer on Walter White, and by the end of “Crawl Space”, that hammer had Walter pinned beneath it.  What happened, and how did it play?  Find out after the jump, my fellow Breaking Bad junkies.

Bryan Cranston Talks DRIVE, BREAKING BAD and TOTAL RECALL at TIFF

by Fred Topel    Posted: September 19th, 2011 at 10:53 am

The cast of Drive came to the Toronto International Film Festival for one last stop before the film opened this weekend.  Bryan Cranston, who plays Driver (Ryan Gosling)’s scheming partner Shannon, turns in one of the film’s many memorable performances.  During the interview, Cranston discussed making Drive, the end of his AMC TV series Breaking Bad, and his role in the Len Wiseman remake of Total Recall. Hit the jump for more.

BREAKING BAD Recap: “Salud”

by Scott Wampler    Posted: September 18th, 2011 at 11:21 pm

The opening paragraph of any Breaking Bad recap is supposed to be used to set up everything that follows:  a brief catcher-upper on what happened over the past few weeks, perhaps, or maybe a smarty-pants observation about the underlying message of the episode-in-question.  This is how one normally introduces a Breaking Bad recap, but after tonight’s episode, there’s simply no other way to start things off besides a simple, direct, and entirely appropriate “Holy. Shit.”  Find out why we’re swearing in the intro after the jump, my fellow Breaking Bad junkies…

BREAKING BAD Recap: “Bug”

by Scott Wampler    Posted: September 11th, 2011 at 9:05 pm

When we learned that tonight’s installment of Breaking Bad was titled “Bug”, we might have suspected that tonight’s episode would be similar to last season’s gloriously sparse bottle episode, “Fly”.  In that episode, series creator Vince Gilligan dialed down the shenanigans until it was just two dudes in a room, and though the decision to set “Fly” almost entirely within a single set was almost certainly a decision made to help smooth out the season’s budget (that’s what “bottle episodes” are for, people), it also turned out to be a smart move dramatically:  “Fly” ranks among the very best Breaking Bad episodes ever produced.  So, did “Bug” follow in its footsteps, or was it something else entirely?  Find out after the jump, my precious snowflakes….

BREAKING BAD Recap: “Hermanos”

by Scott Wampler    Posted: September 5th, 2011 at 11:15 am

We’re getting into the tail-end of AMC’s Breaking Bad, and last week, things were really starting to heat up.  We learned that Hank had this whole Gus-Gale-Heisenberg connection pretty much nailed down (in the bravura monologue that closed last week’s episode).  We discovered that Jesse was immediately willing to take out Gus (with a little vial of poison) the first chance gets.  We learned that Walter’s journey over to the dark side is far from over (see also:  Walt blowing up a Mustang just ’cause).  And so, headed into this week’s episode, we were ready for the simmer to become a boil.  Did it?  Find out after the jump, my fellow Breaking Bad enthusiasts…

BREAKING BAD Recap: “Problem Dog”

by Scott Wampler    Posted: August 28th, 2011 at 8:57 pm

After a handful of episodes that– if we’re being frank– sometimes felt like Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan and company treading water, AMC’s best series has delivered two straight weeks of high-tension episodes.  Last week’s installment started turning up the heat on Walter White, Jesse Pinkman, Gus Fring, and Hank the DEA Agent, but this week’s episode turned it up until things were sitting at a nice simmer.  Be forewarned that spoilers for tonight’s episode abound after the jump, my fellow Breaking Bad enthusiasts…

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