BEYOND THE MARQUEE

Get on the Grid!!! The TRON 30th Anniversary Celebration Event is Tomorrow!!!

October 26th, 2012

Beyond the Marquee

Tron 30th Anniversary Event, Saturday Oct 27th 2012

Fans of the digital world of TRON, TOMORROW NIGHT in the heart of Hollywood itself is an event that will have you Grid’ing from Ear to Ear, it’s the 30th anniversary of the original Disney classic film; TRON! The handfull of remaining tickets are still on sale and this is expected to be a “Flynn’credible” fan event not to be missed. In addition to a screening of the 1982 film, there will be tons of cast and crew from the film on hand, a costume ball, VIP after party and much more! Tickets for the TRON 30th Anniversary Event at the Chinese Theatres in Hollywood on October 27th are now on sale, click here to grab em before they are all derezzed (And look below for a special Promo Code to save 50% on your admission price!!!) Please note that this is a 21+ over event and will run from 7 PM till 2 AM that day. Beyond the Marquee will be on hand with VIP access, archiving all of the nights events and chatting it up with the cast, crew and fans for an upcoming BTM webisode!

The Other Son, Enemies Switched at Birth (Film Review)

October 26th, 2012

John Delia

Probably the most terrifying thing that can happen to a woman is that her child was inadvertently switched at birth. But, what if those two children were brought up as enemies before the unbelievable was discovered. This happens to be the premise of the foreign film The Other Son that’s now playing in selected theaters around the country.

The film tells the story of 18-year-old Joseph (Jules Sitruk) a young Jewish boy living in the home of his parents. Attaining of age to serve his mandatory military commitment, his Israeli Army Commander father Alon (Pascal Elbé) and physician mother Orith Silber (Emmanuelle Devos) anxiously awaits for their son’s acceptance. In a shocking quirk of fate, Joseph turns up with an A positive blood type to his parents A negative. After DNA testing they realize they have the wrong child. After going through records of his birth a discovery is made that Joseph was a victim of an accidental switch at birth during the Gulf War. With the common occupied territory at the time the switch happened during the evacuation of the clinic where the two were simultaneously born.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Video Review)

October 25th, 2012

Steven D'Arcangelo

Obama and Romney ain’t got nothin’ on ol’ Abe.

Honest Abe. The Great Emancipator. Abolisher of slavery. And, in his spare time, slayer of the undead.

New this week on DVD and Blu-ray (just in time for Decision 2012) is last summer’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Produced by Tim Burton, who’s having a prolific year (see Frankenweenie, skip Dark Shadows), and directed by Timur (Wanted) Bekmambetov, who never met a law of physics he didn’t break, this adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel is one for the ages. Just not this age.

Beyond the Marquee: The Web Series (Eps.32)- Horror Filmmaker ~ Charles Band

October 25th, 2012

Beyond the Marquee

With next week being Halloween, we thought it’d be fitting to run our recent interview with legendary Horror Movie Producer Charles Band of Full Moon Features. Operating out of their studio offices in downtown Los Angeles Band and his team have produced some classic horror films such as the Puppet Master franchise, the Killjoy and Subspecies series, Ghoulies and the cult classic Re-Animator. Beyond the Marquee host and Horror genre fan Jon Donahue sat down for an exclusive interview with Charles Band to talk about some of the latest projects in development and find out how Full Moon Horror came to be. Band also answers some of our top questions asked by BTM readers for Charles about some of his various films.

Does TRON Make A Cameo in Disney’s New Animated WRECK-IT-RALPH?

October 25th, 2012

Beyond the Marquee

Next week Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph hits theaters and people seem genuinely excited about this movie with it’s colorful mix of video-game characters and vibrant game-worlds. With cameos in the trailer from Pac-Man, Q*Bert, Street Fighter, Sonic the Hedgehog and Wario, one might just wonder if when the film is released if we’ll catch a glimpse of Disney’s most favorite and iconic video-game character; TRON? Well according to a recent interview w/ Bruce Boxleitner (TRON himself) about the appearance of the Grid’s most famous digital warrior, he had this to say….

Will “Mockingbird Lane” Be As “Creepy” As The Original “Munsters”?

October 24th, 2012

Beyond the Marquee

MOCKINGBIRD LANE — Pilot — Pictured: (l-r) Charity Wakefield as Marilyn, Eddie Izzard as Grandpa, Mason Cook as Eddie Munster, Portia De Rossi as Lily Munster, Jerry O’Connell as Herman Munster.

“Mockingbird Lane,” Bryan Fuller’s long-planned reboot of classic 60’s series “The Munsters,” is finally becoming true reality and has more than a twist on its original. NBC will air the pilot as a special Halloween show on Friday, October 26 in hopes to catch audiences for a real series run if it can pull in the numbers of viewers it needs.

Writer Bryan Fuller (“Pushing Daisy’s”, “Hannibal”) wrote the script for the pilot show with Bryan Singer (“Superman Returns”, “X-men”) as director and executive producer of the project. The critics and concern are what the series might be with Singer at the helm. An hour long format and billed as a drama with comedy ‘sprinkled in’ – but will it work?

Disney’s Secret of the Wings, on Blu-ray 3D (Video Review)

October 23rd, 2012

John Delia

Children will enjoy this wonderland romp in a frozen forest with their favorite fairy Tinker Bell. Disney’s Secret of the Wings, the newest in the Fairies collection, has been released in a Blu-ray combo pack and for the first time includes a Fairies feature on a disc in 3D.

This adventure starts in Pixie Hallow showing Tink working with her friends that are making baskets for neighboring winter fairies living in the forbidden winter woods. Curious about the winter woods, Tink volunteers to help the Animal Fairy take the rabbits to the edge of the frozen forest. There she sees the rabbits cross a mysterious gateway that changes their fir from brown to white so they can survive the cold.