A Look At The New Ninja Turtles

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are returning to Nickelodeon this fall and here is the first lok at what the designs for the characters will look like!

New Green Lantern Promo Poster Spotted

At Cinemacon a new Green Lantern promo poster has been seen.  Hopefully a better hi-rs version hits soon.

Pearl Jam's 20th Anniversary: Vs./Vitalogy Re-Release In Stores Today

TMIAJ continues the celebration of Pearl Jam's 20th Anniversary and in stores today is the re-release editions of their landmark 1993 and 1994 albums, Vs. and Vitalogy.  You can find them as separate special editions with three bonus tracks on each or a 3 -CD box set featuring Live At The Orpheum Theater 1994 included in the set.  Check out this cool time-lapse video of a mural being done for the re-release!

A Glimpse At Cesar From Rise Of The Apes

Information on Rise Of The Apes has been scarce, especially since the movie is due August 5th.  20th Century Fox should start promotion soon and recently they handed out promotional calendars at Cinemacon promoting their upcoming movies and one picture in it was this one, our first look at the evil Cesar from Rise Of The Apes.

X-Men: First Class Empire Covers

The latest issue of Empire magazine features X-Men: First Class in different variant covers and here they are!

Two More Thor Character Posters

Here's the final two Thor character posters revealed by IDMB.com.

Amy Adams Is Lois Lane

Amy Adams, who was recently nominated for an Oscar for her performance in The Fighter, has been cast in Zach Snyder's upcoming Superman reboot, supposedly called Superman: The Man Of Steel, as Lois Lane.
     Snyder had this to say: “There was a big, giant search for Lois,” Snyder said. “For us it was a big thing and obviously a really important role. We did a lot of auditioning but we had this meeting with Amy Adams and after that I just felt she was perfect for it.” 
     “It goes back to what I’ve said about Superman and making him really understandable for today. What’s important to us is making him relebant and real and making him empathetic to today’s audience so that we understand the decisions he makes. That applies to Lois as well. She has to be in the same universe as him [in tone and substance].” 
     "Second only to Superman himself, the question of who will play Lois Lane is arguably what fans have been most curious about," Snyder said in a statement Sunday. "So we are excited to announce the casting of Amy Adams, one of the most versatile and respected actresses in films today. Amy has the talent to capture all of the qualities we love about Lois: smart, tough, funny, warm, ambitious and, of course, beautiful."   
      When questioned on the feeling of developing a film where every casting choice is a global news flash, ”It’s an epic thing, no doubt. But this good news is the cast is shaping up to fit that.”

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Vid Pick Of The Week: Chewbacca Returns To Star Wars

The season finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars is this Friday night and it features the return of everyone's favorite wookie to the Star Wars universe, Chewbacca!  Yahoo has posted a cool video featuring Chewie answering questions for the kids along with a clip from the finale and they are our Vid Pick Of The Week.

Thor The God Of Thunder

Check out this new image of Thor from the upcoming film!

Juno Temple Cast In The Dark Knight Rises

Actress Juno Temple has officially been cast in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises as a "street smart Gotham girl".  Rumors are already swirling about the possibility of a female Robin or even Harley Quinn but until we hear for sure, it's just rumor!  She joins an already impressive cast for the Batman three-quel!

Thor Character Posters

IMDB.com is debuting six brand new character posters from Thor and here are the first four!

The T.G.I.F. Girl

It's Friday folks.  have a great weekend and here's something to embed into your mind to help you sleep at night or whatever it is you do in your spare time.

Sucker Punch Art Posters

These new Sucker Punch art posters were created for Alamo Drafthouse for the movies release and are to cool not to share.

Captain America Screen Shots

The Captain America: The First Avenger hit yesterday with a bang and was received mostly positive.  We think it looks pretty darn spiffy!  Here are some screen grabs from the trailer for your viewing eyes.

Sucker Punch "Feudal Wariors" Animated Short

It's a brand new and final Sucker Punch animated short leading into the films release in theaters tomorrow.

Captain America Trailer Is Here (UPDATED W/ Better Quality Copy)

Here. It. Is.

DC Nation Comes To Cartoon Network

The Cartoon Network released details on upcoming lineups for the 20111 season and beyond.  With the additions of  The Looney Tunes Show, and Thundercats coming to the network they also announced that the Green Lantern Animated Series will debut in the fall with a mini series before the show begins airing regularly in 2012.  Green Lantern, based upon the DC Comics super hero, the series is an all-new CG animated action series from Warner Bros. As Earth’s Green Lantern, Hal Jordan is used to being in dangerous situations—but he’s never faced anything like this! Set at the farthest reaches of deep space, Hal must face down an invasion from the Red Lantern Corps. Hal is soon joined by an all-new group of heroes on a mission to protect Guardian Space —and the Green Lantern Corps itself! DC Nation will be "populated with event programming, interstitials, exclusive behind-the-scenes of theatrical production and an insider look into the world of all things DC." Warner Bros. Animation will produce the block.

Rise Of The Apes Gets A New Release Date

Planet Of The Apes is one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time and the original series of films as a whole are well received and very respected.  The Tim Burton re-imagining is not as well liked.  Rise Of The Apes is Fox's "reboot" of the series that was originally due this Thanksgiving but now will hit theaters on August 5th.  We at TMIAJ are very much looking forward to this flick and really hope it comes out well.  The marketing should kick off soon if it's coming to theaters in August and we will keep you updated!

New X-Men Image

Fox has released this new image via Facebook for X-Men: First Class featuring Hank McCoy a.k.a Beast and Raven a.k.a. Mystique.

Sucker Punch "Distant Planet" Animated Short

A third animated short based on Sucker Punch has shown up, this time titled "Distant PLanet".  Check it out below.

Captain America Trailer Sneak Peek

The first full length trailer for Captain America: The First Avenger will premiere tonight on Entertainment Tonight and here is a sneak peek for the trailer along with a new image of Chris Evans as Cap below!

New Abin Sur Image

This new image of Abin Sur from the upcoming Green Lantern film has popped up in the new issue of Green Lantern comics. 

Vid Pick(s) Of The Week: Retro Video Game Commercials

Yahoo recently ran an article about retro video game commercials that had been forgotten.  They were too cool not to share so here they are as our Vid Picks Of The Week.

The Hobbit Is Filming

The Hobbit has finally officially began filming.  Peter Jackson is on set and these pictures prove it.  The first of two films id due in theaters December 2012.

Hobo With A Shotgun Theatrical Poster

Hobo With A Shotgun played at SXSW this past week and it still does not have a theatrical distributor.  It will be available on demand to test it's waters as many small films do now days then may get picked up for theatrical release soon.  This new theatrical poster has been released for the Grindhouse flick for when it does it hit theaters.

Costner Is Jonathan Kent

Kevin Costner is now confirmed to play Jonathan Kent, Clark's adoptive Earth father, in Zach Snyder's upcoming Superman film.  The word is that the film will be a Superman Begins of sorts telling the story of Superman's early years.  The film is expected to be in theaters in 2012.

Retroplex Cinema: Transformers The Movie (1986)

  

Retroplex Cinema is back with a snazzy new logo above and a look back at another classic film.  As we get ready for another Michael Bay bombardment of explosions and hopefully a plot (we can hope right) in his upcoming Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, we take a look back at the animated adventures of the Transformers in 1986's Transformers: The Movie! 

Transformers: The Movie (1986):  In the mid 1980's, Transformers fandom was at a fever pitch. The show had been on air for two seasons and the toys were flying off the shelves.  The creators were looking for a way to introduce new Transformers and shake the show up.  What about killing off Optimus Prime?  Introducing the Matrix Of Leadership?  Let's kill off Megatron too?  Oh and were jumping 20 years into the future, the year 2005!  All this happened int he summer of 1986 when Transformers The Movie hit theaters to lead into the new season 3 of the Transformers cartoon. 

     Plot:  Yes, we give you the entire plot because chances are most of our readers ahve seen this and second, it's not really a movie you worry about spoilers for.  Your either a fan or you aren't!  So here we go! Unicron, a roaming artificial planet, devours robot planet Lithone. Though many inhabitants attempt to flee the planet in spaceships, only one escapes.
The evil Decepticons have gained control of the Transformers' homeworld, Cybertron at some point in the twenty years since the beginning of the struggle between the robotic warriors on Earth. The heroic Autobots are using two of Cybertron's moons as staging areas, preparing to strike against the Decepticons. In need of energon cubes, an Autobot supply shuttle is readied for launch to Autobot City on Earth. A transmission is intercepted by the Decepticons, who ambush the shuttle and kill its crew, intending to use the ship to infiltrate Autobot City.
On Earth, Daniel Witwicky and Hot Rod fish in a lake near Autobot City, discussing Daniel's loneliness, as his father Spike is on one of the moon bases. They pick up the shuttle's signature, and race up to Lookout Mountain to see it land. They spot the Decepticons and launch a preemptive strike. After a brief battle, the Decepticons attack Autobot City. The Autobots, including Ultra Magnus, Blurr, Springer, Perceptor and Arcee, transform Autobot City into a fortress. As a siege ensues, Ultra Magnus orders Blaster to radio for assistance from the leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime. The next morning, Optimus and the Dinobots arrive to repel the Decepticons.
      After single-handlely taking down several Decepticons, Optimus confronts their leader and his arch-enemy, Megatron. Though Megatron is ultimately defeated, Optimus is critically wounded due to Hot Rod's unintentional interference. Starscream takes command of the Decepticons and retreats with their fallen leader and other wounded aboard Astrotrain.
     Later, Perceptor informs the other Autobots that Optimus' wounds are fatal. Before dying, Optimus calls on Ultra Magnus to assume command of the Autobots and tries to give him the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, asserting that the Matrix will one day light the Autobots' darkest hour. The Matrix falls out of Optimus' hand as he dies, but is caught by Hot Rod, who then passes it to Ultra Magnus.

     Astrotrain's shortage of fuel prompts the Decepticons to eject several of their injured—including Megatron. The remaining Decepticons argue over who should lead them. The Decepticon castoffs encounter Unicron, who offers to give Megatron and the others new bodies on the condition that they destroy the Autobot Matrix, which Unicron says is the only thing that can defeat him. Megatron agrees and Unicron converts him into a new form: the Decepticon warrior "Galvatron". His underlings are reformatted into Cyclonus, Scourge and the Sweeps. Unicron provides them with a craft in which they travel to Cybertron, where Galvatron obliterates Starscream and takes command of the Decepticons.
      On Earth, the Autobots are alerted as Unicron consumes Cybertron's moons, along with Autobots Jazz, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper and Spike. Galvatron leads the Decepticons in another assault on Autobot City. The Autobots board a pair of shuttles and flee toward Cybertron. Hot Rod, Kup and the Dinobots are shot down over the planet Quintessa, while Ultra Magnus and company evade their pursuers and set down on the planet Junk for repairs.

     Captured by Quintessa guardsmen, Hot Rod and Kup witness the sentencing and execution of Arbulus, a native of Lithone. While imprisoned they meet Kranix, now Lithone's last survivor, who tells them about Unicron before he is fed to the Sharkticons. Hot Rod and Kup are subjected to a mock trial by Quintesson executioners, who sentence them to execution. Battling the Sharkticons, they are rescued by the arrival of the Dinobots. Grimlock persuades the Sharkticons to rebel against the Quintessons while the Autobots escape. With help from the Dinobots' new ally, Wheelie, the group locates a ship and departs to join the other Autobots.
     Galvatron hunts down the Autobots on Junk. Ultra Magnus fails to awaken the Matrix's powers, and is dismembered by the Sweeps. Galvatron, no longer willing to serve Unicron, steals the Matrix, stating that he will make Unicron his slave. The remaining Autobots are harassed by hostile Junkion natives, led by Wreck-Gar, until Hot Rod's party arrives and befriends them. The Junkions repair Ultra Magnus and provide a vessel to help the Autobots fight against Unicron.
     Galvatron attempts to subjugate Unicron using the Matrix but is unable to unleash its power. Unicron transforms into a planet-sized robot and attacks Cybertron. Galvatron opens fire on Unicron, but Unicron swallows him. Decepticons attempt to counter Unicron's attack, to no avail. When the Autobots arrive Hot Rod crashes their ship through one of Unicron's eyes and they find themselves separated within his body. Wreck-Gar and the Junkions fight back against Unicron, but Unicron crushes their ship. The Dinobots also attack Unicron with little success.
     Inside Unicron, Hot Rod confronts Galvatron while Daniel and the other Autobots rescue Spike and the survivors of Unicron's assault on Cybertron's moons. The Autobots and Decepticons work together to fight Unicron. Galvatron tries to assist Hot Rod, knowing that Unicron is a greater threat, only for Unicron to take control of Galvatron. Hot Rod recovers the Matrix and unleashes its power, transforming him into Rodimus Prime. Rodimus throws Galvatron deep into space freeing the Decepticon from control. Rodimus then unleashes the Matrix's true power, obliterating Unicron. Rodimus leads the Autobots out of Unicron's body before it explodes. The Autobots reclaim Cybertron. Unicron's head orbits Cybertron as a new satellite.
      "Till All Are One"  The movie saw theatrical release on August 8, 1986.  It wasn't received well by critics but then again a movie like this wasn't made for critics.  Like we said before you're either a fan or you aren't.  Although the trailer hails the film as "spectacular widescreen action", the movie was animated in 4:3 "fullscreen" format. The feature was vertically cropped to widescreen dimensions for theatrical showings and released in fullscreen on home video and DVD. The 20th anniversary DVD released by Sony in 2006 features remastered video, and includes both the fullscreen and widescreen versions of the film.  The UK version of the film features scrolling text and narration at the beginning of the film replacing the cast credits, and an additional closing narration assuring viewers that "Optimus Prime will return."  The movie also had a popular soundtrack over the years including Stan Bush's song "The Touch" which has become a cult favorite hit pop song. 
     Over all Transformers The Movie is a total blast of a film, especially if you grew up with it.  It's not perfect but when you saw Megatron turn into Galvatron and Optimus Prime die when you were ten years old watching this, you believed it!  And today the film is still a lot more fun than Michael Bay's live action films!  If you haven't seen this and you love the Transformers then what are you waiting for.  Go check it out on the awesome 20th Anniversary DVD that's out there and be a kid again because it's more than meets the eye!

Thor International Posters

These new Thor posters have shown up internationally to promote the upcoming flick featuring the Thunder God.