Irvin Kershner Passes Away At 87

Director Irvin Kershner passed away over the weekend at the age of 87. His goddaughter, actress Adriana Santini, confirmed the news early Monday morning, but no further details were given at this time.

Kershner is best known for his work directing Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, the second and most well received of the six movie franchise. He also helmed the James Bond adventure Never Say Never Again starring Sean Connery, and the often maligned sequel Robocop 2.

Dennis Hopper 1936-2010

Screen legend Dennis hopper has died today at age 74 after battling prostate cancer.  A gifted actor who could make any movie interesting with his acting chops has been in many films including Easy Rider, Speed, True Romance and much more and even appeared in the first season of the hit television show 24.  Here's a look back and some Hopper moments.


True Romance


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Quick News Bites!

Getting caught up some news as TMIAJ continues to work on site improvements!

-- Hugo Weaving (Mr. Smith in The Matrix Trilogy) has signed on to play the Red Skull in The First Avenger: Captain America


-- Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) has signed on to direct X-Men: First Class. It's due in theaters June 3, 2011. I'm all for another X-Men film but that seems awfully quick to get it in theaters. Last time that happened it was called X-Men Origins: Wolverine and look how that turned out.

-- Iron Man 2 hits theaters tomorrow so go check it out.

-- Warner Brothers announced that the first trailer for the Green Lantern film will be on the Blue Ray/DVD of the Clash Of the Titans remake hitting stores this July.

Stay tuned for more to come at TMIAJ!!!

Five Long Years

It's been five years since Dimebag Darell was murdered on stage and metal continues to miss a true master of shredding on the guitar. With that said TMIAJ pays tribute.