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Toy Story 4 is still a few years away, but in the meantime we’ll get to reunite with our favorite toys in Toy Story That Time Forgot. The half-hour TV special sees Woody, Buzz, and the rest of their friends encountering a line of reptile-warrior action figures. The only problem is, they don’t know they’re action figures. Hit the jump to see the new Toy Story That Time Forgot promo.

Pixar Post put up the new Toy Story That Time Forgot promo.

And here’s a longer Toy Story That Time Forgot promo from a few weeks ago.

Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz (Tim Allen) are still the stars of the Toy Story franchise, but it’s nice to see other characters get the spotlight in some of their briefer adventures. In Toy Story That Time Forgot the focus is on Trixie (Kristen Schaal), a triceratops who is initially eager to play with other dinosaur toys. Kevin McKidd also joins the cast as Battlesaur leader Reptillus Maximus.

Peter caught about 9 minutes of unfinished footage at Comic-Con this year and was impressed with what he saw.

While Toy Story 3 introduced a ton of new and clever toy character designs, Toy Story That Time Forgot introduces us to a whole new world — some great world building from the Pixar crew. You will believe that these toys could be part of a real 80?s style fantasy animated series. They don’t feel like they were created just for this short adventure. […]

My only concern is that today’s children might not get many of the references. I’m not even sure a toy line/animated series of this nature exists today (although I could be wrong). But the kids in attendance seemed to be entertained by the further adventures of the familiar Toy Story characters even if they didn’t get all the references or underlying truths.

Sounds like we’re in for a real treat. Toy Story That Time Forgot premieres December 2 at 8:00 PM on ABC. It’ll also air December 12 at 8:30 PM on Disney Channel. Wallace Shawn, Timothy Dalton, Don Rickles, and Joan Cusack reprise their roles alongside Hanks, Allen, and Schaal.

During a post-Christmas play date, the ‘Toy Story’ gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It’s all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang hopes to return to Bonnie’s room.

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So say we all. Whether you’ve seen Battlestar Galactica before, or have been meaning to see it, today is the day to pull the trigger. This week’s Amazon Gold Box Deal of the Week is 70% off Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series on Blu-ray or 64% off the DVD box set, which means they’re only $89.99 or $72.99 respectively. What the frak are you waiting for?

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David Spade has posted a photo of him in costume for Crackle’s Joe Dirt sequel Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser. Hit the jump to see the photo and find out more about the upcoming sequel

Star David Spade posted the following photo on instagram with the caption “Day 1. Lets get this sh*t started! #imjoedirt #whatscrappenin”:

Producer Adam Sandler posted the following photo of the Joe Dirt mullet and the script for Joe Dirt II: Beautiful Loser on his personal Facebook:

What do you think of the title Joe Dirt II: Beautiful Loser? My original article “Joe Dirt 2: Crackle Is Going To Make The Sequel No One Asked For” about the film sequel from October 10th 2014 follows:

The digital streaming revolution of Amazon and Netflix was expected to combat Hollywood’s sequel/reboot/adaptation overload with new original and interesting tv shows and films. And while that has happened for the most part, we must remember that when a big Hollywood studio is behind it we’ll eventually get more of the same. So it should be no surprise that the Sony-owned digital streaming service Crackle is getting into the game announcing a movie sequel — but was it a sequel anyone was even asking for?

Crackle has announced that they have signed David Spade to reprise his role as Joe Dirt in the yet-to-be-subtitled sequel Joe Dirt 2. The announcement comes a week after Happy Madison (also involved in Dirt 2) announced a deal with Netflix which would see four Adam Sandler original films on the streaming service.

Production will begin in Mid-November 2014, with an expected release in 2015 on Crackle and “on all Crackle platforms”, whatever that means. David Spade tells Deadline “I’m beyond stoked that ‘Joe Dirt’ will finally hit the screens again on Crackle. I’ve been sleeping in this wig for years and it will be nice to wear it in the daytime again.” Sadly, Spade was not able to out-do Sandler’s Netflix press release quote ““When these fine people came to me with an offer to make four movies for them, I immediately said yes for one reason and one reason only, Netflix rhymes with ‘wet chicks.’”

Eric Berger, Crackle GM and Sony EVP of Digital Networks, claims that “David Spade had a fresh and unique vision for Joe Dirt 2 that he could have brought anywhere and we couldn’t be happier that he brought it to Crackle for a first-of-its-kind, worldwide release.” He then goes on to reveal the reason they greenlit the sequel: “The original film has been a longtime viewer favorite, ranking among the most viewed in our library, and we decided to produce and distribute the sequel as a feature for fans everywhere.”

The 2001 film Joe Dirt starred David Space as the title character, a “white trash” young man who through his search for his parents discovers himself.

The original Joe Dirt cost $17.7 million to produce and grossed $30.9 million, which was considered a moderate success. The film’s critical reception has been generally negative, earning a Rotten Tomatoes score of only 11% (you have to try hard to get a score that low) from reviews with quotes like the following one from Peter Travers:

In one scene, raw sewage is dumped on Joe. See Joe Dirt and you’ll know how that feels.

The movie became the brunt of many jokes. Weird Al” Yankovic’s song “Close but No Cigar” contains the lyrics “I thought after all these years of searching around, I’d found my soulmate finally/But one day I found out she actually owned a copy of Joe Dirt on DVD.” Strangely, the mainstream viewing public seemed to enjoy the film much more than critics — 5.9 rating on IMDB and a 64% on Flixter. They even tried to make the 2001 film into a 2010 animated series but TBS did not pick up the pilot.

You can revisit the trailer for the original Joe Dirt below:

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Most Pixar movies are emotional experiences, in that they inspire what the kids used to call “all the feels.” But their next film Inside Out is an emotional experience in a more literal sense, as it delves into the mind of an 11-year-old named Riley.

Living within are five primary emotions that drive her: Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Disgust (Mindy Kaling), Fear (Bill Hader), and Anger (Lewis Black). Get to know all of them as Pixar begins to release new Inside Out character posters. (We’ll update this post as more posters arrive.) 

First, here’s the latest Inside Out poster showing them all.

And here’s the first Inside Out character poster, for Sadness:

Sadness also gets a cute little animated intro (via Mashable). Watch below:

Here’s Joy:

Fear:

Disgust:

And Anger:

For longtime Pixar fans concerned by the studio’s increasing reliance on sequels, Inside Out sounds very reassuring. It’s got an intriguingly original premise and a top-notch, pitch-perfect voice cast. Plus, director Pete Docter hasn’t made a bad movie yet. If you see the inside of my mind while I looked at this Inside Out poster, you’d find Joy dancing wildly, while Fear mumbles quietly about the possibility of disappointment.

Inside Out opens June 19, 2015. Rewatch the Inside Out teaser trailer below.

From the tepuis of South America to a monster-filled metropolis, Academy Award®-winning director Pete Docter has taken audiences to unique and imaginative places. In 2015, he will take us to the most extraordinary location of all – inside the mind of an 11-year-old named Riley.

Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith).

The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley’s main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.

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We’ve been talking about Dean Israelite‘s Project Almanac for what seems like forever. Jumping back in time, the idea first got picked up by Michael Bay‘s Platinum Dunes in 2012. Cameras then started rolling Summer 2013 aimed at a February 2014 release date. In that time, the title changed to Welcome to Yesterday. However the distributor, Paramount, decided to hold the film back once that date got close. It was retitled Project Almanac and it had a pretty successful, buzzy screening at Comic-Con.

Which brings us to the present. A second first trailer for Project Almanac has been released with the film set to hit theaters January 30. In it you’ll see what a group of teenagers might do if they found out how to time travel in their garage. Watch the Project Almanac Trailer below.

Here’s the Project Almanac trailer via MTV.

Project Almanac trailer

And here’s the new poster. Love this tagline:

Russ saw the finished film at Comic-Con this year and enjoyed it for what it was. I heard some people even loved it. We should get more final verdicts soon as Paramount will almost certainly position this for plenty of word of mouth screenings on college campuses and things like that. It’s an MTV Films production, so that fits right in their demo.

On it’s own, it’s a very effective trailer. Definitely reminiscent of the one cut for the film almost a year ago, but this time with more action and consequences. As a time travel fan, I’m very curious what the script by Jason Pagan and Andrew Deutschman does that distinguishes this film from others like it and how it’s changed over the past few years.

Here’s the official description of Project Almanac, which stars Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista and Ginny Gardner:

A brilliant high school student and his friends uncover blueprints for a mysterious device with limitless potential, inadvertently putting lives in danger.

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Major Spoilers For Interstellar

The finale of Interstellar has been quite a point of contention among film fans. Some intrinsically understand and decipher what Matthew McConaughey‘s character, Coop, experiences. Others are just totally in the dark and can’t grasp what’s happening once he goes into the black hole. And a very few actually know exactly what’s going on. No matter what, it would be nice to understand exactly what is happening once Coop begins floating around at the end of the film.

Enter Neil deGrasse Tyson, who has already had lots of interesting things to say about Christopher Nolan‘s film. In a new video, he explains how the five dimensions needed to understand the ending of Interstellar work in very plain, simple English. Watch the Interstellar ending explained by Neil deGrasse Tyson below.

Thanks to Business Insider for this great video.

Interstellar Ending Explained

So you’ve watched the video, but how specifically does it relate to Interstellar? Once Coop shows up in the center of the black hole, he’s experiencing five dimensions. The three dimension of space, one dimension of time (all of which deGrasse Tyson explains above) and then a mysterious fifth dimension. That fifth dimension is not comprehensible except in the fact that, once you reach it, time becomes a spacial dimension like the first three. So now that time is something you can travel into and through, Coop has the ability to contact Murp in the past, to change her future.

Admittedly, all of this is only theoretical because, like deGrasse Tyson says, we don’t know what happens in a black hole, let alone if a humanity eons more advanced than us could ever make an event like this possible. Plus, even if being in a higher dimension made time a spacial dimension, deGrasse Tyson believes you wouldn’t be able to change it. Coop can and does. So this isn’t some kind of swiss watch. But it’s still incredibly interesting.

Does that make more sense?

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