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Bad movies of the week: After Earth

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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sci-fi action violence and some disturbing images)

Runtime: 89min.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Studio: Columbia Pictures (Sony)

Genre: Sci-Fi

Stars: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Sophie Okonedo

 

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This week we look at the 2013 box office bomb After Earth.  Earth has finally been ruined, It’s no longer inhabitable by mankind and we have to move on to the stars. Nova Prime has become our new home world but, a new threat is out to drive us in to extinction. The Rangers are established to fight this new threat and General Cypher Raige is a legend in their ranks. His son wants nothing more than to prove he is a soldier to the Cypher. After crash landing on the now hostile planet Earth where everything has evolved to kill humans he will get his chance.

When I saw this film was directed by the once celebrated and now very much maligned, M. Night Shyamalan I slightly threw up a little in my mouth. Filled with visions of hours wasted on horrible two hour long PSA’s on environmentalism disguised as a horror movie (The Happening) and multiple groan inducing, twist endings I figured there’s no way this movie will be good. It turns out that I was regrettably correct.

The movie is supposed to be an epic sci-fi space adventure about a workaholic father, a son who’s searching for his approval, and their journey to redemption on a post-human planet Earth. What we get is Will Smith trying to continue the push to make his son the next him. Sure, Will is fine most times as Cypher Raige but, as a fearless soldier he is stunted from giving the emotional performance required for this type of story to work. Jaden Smith also has good moments. The problem is, far too often is his dialogue ruined by the contrived accent he tries to add to words. It sounds British or South African, either way it sounds terrible. There was a few times too many Jaden screamed leave me alone for no reason it seemed which after a few instances drew laughter from the crowd which is never a good sign if the movie is not a comedy.

The suit that Jaden’s character, Kitai wears becomes a character in itself as it changes color depending on the situation. This actually helps to convey emotion and add tension to scenes as you see danger coming before the character does. That was one of the few highlights and good ideas used in the film. Zoe Kravitz (daughter of Lenny Kravitz) as the daughter of Cypher and sister to Kitai is pretty good in her limited role. Also, it’s not that long of a film clocking in at 100 minutes which is a good thing. Here’s hoping that After Earth becomes an afterthought in cinema history.

 

 

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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