Author: Mary Anne Butler

While there is no telling if this was a) taken at Pinewood Studios in England, b) taken on a set Disney owns in LA, or c) Peter Mayhew in the famous Kashyyyk native suit, but we DO know the gentleman in the photo is Bob Iger the Chairman of Disney.  And that it was posted on the […]

Oscar Winner Angelina Jolie is donning the horns of one of the most iconic Disney villains this year.  While she is a show stoppingly beautiful creature in the various posters and trailers, she isn’t the only character in the film.  Here are 5 new character posters released today: Maleficent is set to open on May […]

We know it seems like everything is all Star Wars all the time lately, and maybe it is, but here’s another vid pertaining to that galaxy far far away. In honor of yesterday’s May The 4th (Be With You) National Star Wars day, director of Star Wars VII J.J. “Lens Flair” Abrams recorded and posted this greeting:

On May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard became the first American in space when he commanded Freedom 7 on the first Mercury mission.  Here is a fantastic one on one “oral history” interview with Alan from NASA’s archives, and here is the full mission video: (The Right Stuff had Scott Glenn in the role of Shepard.)

Get yourself to London by May 14th, 2014 because there was an open casting call announcement posted today about Star Wars VII.  We know initially a few names already on the cast list, but here’s your chance to get in on this. “The call mentions seeking actors of all ages and types, 16 years and […]

According to Time magazine, the history of this day is long and varied, much like the fan base and canon built around the saga of the stars and their wars.  We may even have Margaret Thatcher to thank for this tradition because she was elected on May 4, 1979 — two years after Star Wars was released.  Entertainment […]

Are you guys excited yet?  BECAUSE WE ARE.   Also, does it bother anyone else that the romantic leads WITH A KID are none other than Avengers 2: Age Of Ultron twins Wanda and Pietro Maximoff?  Because that’s totally Aaron-Taylor Johnson (Quicksilver) and Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch). Godzilla is set to open on May 16th!!

Ok, I have let it be known numerous times how deplorable the casting of Ben Affleck is for the role of the greatest detective the Dark Knight (Batman) in the upcoming Zack Snyder Man of Steel sequel, Superman vs Batman is.  I’ve never been a fan of his acting style, I like him enough as a director […]

Ok I’m in.  LEGOs and Jaws in the same sentence? LEGO does some pretty awesome things, like allowing designers to submit sets for voting on this website to be made into purchasable pieces.  Jaws is one of my favorite movies OF ALL TIME because…well because it’s a goddamn shark, and three of the best male characters […]

Tim Burton’s latest film Big Eyes is set for a December 25 release, meaning more dark Christmas wonder!Big Eyes is set to star Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman and Terence Stamp.   It is a biopic of artist Margaret Keane, the painter whose distinctive creations featuring big-eyed children became one of art’s first […]