Entertainment Link-Off: Another Round of Ass-Kickin’

lindy booth kick ass premiereThere is some competition at the box office this weekend. While Apple fans might want to see Ashton Kutcher portray Steve Jobs in… Jobs, the rest of us can go check out the highly anticipated sequel Kick Ass 2. You can catch fellow Canadian Lindy Booth in the film as Night Bitch. 

After the jump, Steve Wozniak has some kind and not so kind words for the film Jobs, some aca-awesome news, Sly is right about Bruce Willis, Donald Glover gets serious, Oprah just loves giving away stuff and Jeremy Lin has changed since his basketball career has taken off.  Continue reading

Entertainment Link-Off: Edge of the Earth

Lyndsy-Fonseca-Bello-2013_4This weekend marks the release of the comedy We Are the Millers and the sci-fi actioner Elysium. Good time to marathon some movies! Anyway, let’s start off the ELO with Lyndsy Fonseca this week. You can catch her on the CW series Nikita and occasionally see her pop up on How I Met Your Mother. She’ll also be appearing in Kick Ass 2, opening next week.

After the jump, Finding Dory is getting some quick edits, Americans are too dumb to understand a sci-fi action movie, Paranormal Activity is back with a vengeance, The Lone Ranger’s cast and crew blame the movie’s misfortunes on a certain group of people and watch Patton Oswalt’s Star Wars rant… animation style! Continue reading

Entertainment Link-Off: Show Me the Money

ronda-rousey-maxim13-03Jackie’s off this weekend and I’ve drawn in. As tends to be the case when I do the ELO, I don’t have any good new releases to talk about this weekend. Sure, Denzel’s got a new movie with Marky Mark but it doesn’t sound like 2 Guns is a great film. If you’d rather completely melt your brain out your ear, you can always check out The Smurfs 2. Poor NPH getting stuck with this.

Let’s start off today’s links with UFC Women’s champ and Ultimate Fighter coach Ronda Rousey.

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Entertainment Link-Off: Blades of Glory

aubrey plazaIt looks like another big weekend for Marvel as Wolverine makes a triumphant return to the big screen in theatres. As counter-programming, you can also see Aubrey Plaza in the hilarious raunchy comedy The To-Do List. 

After the jump, Marvel is outperforming DC at the movies, watch the impressive trailers for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity, Peter Jackson just wrapped up The Hobbit, make your attempt to get another Dredd movie, watch Daria come to life in a faux trailer and check out some nifty cosplay at Comic Con. Continue reading

Entertainment Link-Off: Prepare to Get Annihilated

marissa-miller-2013espy3It’s time for another edition of the Entertainment Link-Off. Lots of flicks hitting theatres this weekend. The folks in the UK get to see the final chapter of the Cornetto trilogy first while the rest of us will need to wait til August. Anyway, let’s start off this ELO with Marissa Miller, who can be seen in the film R.I.P.D.

After the jump, no paranormal activity in October, Ryan Reynolds might not be able to carry an entire movie after all, first look at Godzilla, some trailers from Comic-Con and watch Neil Patrick Harris debate with Joseph Gordon-Levitt about love. Continue reading

Sorkin, The Newsroom and the Price of Perfection

the-newsroom-season-2-promoWhen you talk about great modern TV series, the conversation will always include a mention of Aaron Sorkin. The man was the driving force behind not one but two modern classics, Sports Night and The West Wing.

However, Sorkin’s current series, The Newsroom, isn’t considered a classic by most TV critics. It’s not because it’s a bad show. Anyone that has watched network TV over the last few years will know that most series on TV now are pretty poor. Critics don’t like The Newsroom because it doesn’t live up to Sports Night and The West Wing.

That’s the problem when you set the standard too high.

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Entertainment Link-Off: Go Big or Go Extinct

rinko kikuchi pacific rimApparently it’s neck and neck at the box office this weekend with either big names or big robots drawing people into theatres. Seriously though, why would you pass up an opportunity to watch Pacific Rim where giant robots duke it with giant alien monsters to watch Adam Sandler in his critically panned Grown Ups 2? Plus, it features Rinko Kikuchi for your viewing pleasure as well! 

After the jump, Sharknado is a social media hit… not so much on Syfy, some more Pacific Rim related links, Disney has another big dud on its hands, Summer Glau joins CW’s Arrow and find out what really happens during the Universal Studios opening sequence.  Continue reading

Entertainment Link-Off: Sit Back and Relax

jordana brewster gqIt’s a slow week in entertainment as both North American countries celebrate their birthdays. Gotta love those long weekends or extra days off. In theatres this week are The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp while Armie Hammer acts as his sidekick. Oh wait… it should be the other way around right? On the hand there is Despicable Me 2 if you’re up for more random silliness from those cute little minions. I’ll just kick off this week’s ELO with Jordana Brewster’s latest GQ spread. Now I feel like watching those Fast and Furious films again. 

After the jump, a few trailers to check out, Hollywood endings are dead, what if Shakespeare wrote Star Wars and watch a nice little rendition of The Cup Song.  Continue reading

Entertainment Link-Off: It All Goes Down

Jamie-Chung-Patriotic-BikiniIt’s battle of the buddy action movies this weekend. On one end, there’s Channing Tatum teaming up with Jamie Foxx for White House Down. On the other it’s Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy in The Heat. Whatever you fancy, it will be one action packed screening at the cinemas! Once again, I’m not sure who to start off the ELO with, so here’s Jamie Chung getting into some American patriotic gear just ahead of Independence Day

After the jump, it might not be the end for This is the End, see what Peter Jackson has in store for the extended edition of The Hobbit, Marvel wants Vin Diesel, watch Sly and Ah-nold break out of a prison, World War Z deviates quite a bit from the source material, Max Landis didn’t like Man of Steel and the top 10 Backstreet Boys lyrics of all time  Continue reading

Entertainment Link-Off: Monster Party!

Amber_Heard_MalibuMag_7Well if you’re heading out to the theatres this weekend, it sure ain’t for the eye candy. One of the big releases is the animated film Monsters University, which serves as a prequel to the 2001 film Monsters Inc. Then there’s the PG-13 zombie flick World War Z. Anyway, not sure who to kick off this ELO with, so here’s the always hot Amber Heard.

After the jump, Billy Crystal meets his worst nightmare, movie rumours for Jurassic Park 4 and Terminator 5, no Mary Jane in Spider-Man 2, check out a minion test reel and a music video that is meant to Channing all over your Tatum. Continue reading