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The trailer and teaser poster to Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor’s “Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance” has been released and it looks to certainly be a step up from the disappointing first film. In fact, forget the first film because despite Nicolas Cage reprising his role as Johnny Blaze, this looks to be a much more hard hitting and darker take on the character as it should be. Neveldine and Taylor did direct the “Crank” films after all and you see that style come through in the trailer.

“Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance” hits theaters February 17th, 2012.

Today Sony released the complete tech specs of the Playstation Vita. Not only is this little handheld going to be powerful but it’;s going to be social. The Vita is coming with support for Facebook, Twitter and Skype right out of the box. It’s starting to look like AT&T will be getting money from me for my phone, iPad and now Vita. Next thing you know my shoes will have their own AT&T plan.

In the opening minutes of “Back to the Future”, we see Marty street surfing his way over to the creepy old scientist’s house. That may be what every high school kid in the 80′s did but by today’s standards, that’s just a bit weird.

I’m no lawyer, but if that happened in the world we live in today, chances are good ole’ Doc Brown would have a lot of “splainin” to do when the cops come knocking on his door…unless he had a reason.

Well thanks to a quote from co-writer and co-creator, Bob Gale, we have a bit of insight as to why the two are so close.

Okay, from the horse’s mouth (yes, I’m the horse — er, co-writer, co-creator): We never explained it in the movie. But the history of the characters that Bob Zemeckis and I created is this… For years, Marty was told that Doc Brown was dangerous, a crackpot, a lunatic. So, being a red-blooded American teenage boy, age 13 or 14, he decided to find out just why this guy was so dangerous. Marty snuck into Doc’s lab, and was fascinated by all the cool stuff that was there. when Doc found him there, he was delighted to find that Marty thought he was cool and accepted him for what he was. Both of them were the black sheep in their respective environments. Doc gave Marty a part-time job to help with experiments, tend to the lab, tend to the dog, etc. And that’s the origin of their relationship. — Bob Gale

Well that makes sense…

You can catch “Back to the Future” in theaters July 3, 1985 assuming you have the ability to travel through time and check out the 5 part game available on PC, consols and the Apple iPad now.

“Shut up, crime!” I know this review doesn’t exactly fall under the category of “current events” but the IFC original film, “Super” was released this past week on Blu Ray and DVD so I finally had a chance to see what the buzz was about.

In the outlandish dark comedy SUPER, James Gunn has created what is perhaps the definitive take on self-reflexive superheroes. When sad-sack loser Frank (Rainn Wilson) sees his ex-addict wife (Liv Tyler) willingly snatched by a seductive drug dealer (Kevin Bacon), he finds himself bereft and wholly unable to cope. But soon he decides to fight back under the guise of a DIY superhero called Crimson Bolt. With a hand-made suit, a wrench, and a crazed sidekick named Boltie (Ellen Page), the Crimson Bolt beats his way through the mean streets of crime in hopes of saving his wife. The rules were written a long time ago: You are not supposed to molest children, cut lines or key cars; if you do, prepare to face the wrath of the Crimson Bolt! No stranger to rebel filmmaking, James Gunn cut his teeth writing for Troma before making his directing debut with 2006′s SLITHER. In a similar vein, his follow-up feature combines absurd humor with balls-out violence to create something that is both unashamed and inimitable. But this time Gunn adds a new ingredient, one that is dark, dramatic and subversive to the core.

The phrase “balls-out violence” doesn’t even begin to describe some of the going ons that happen in this movie. The odd part is, regardless of the fact that this film has some of the most violent scenes in any movie I’ve ever seen (think “Saw” gruesome with less torture), you can’t help but laugh in the way everything was executed.

It may not seem like it sometimes, but “Super” is actually a really funny dark comedy that is fused with gore, great character development and even emotion. It may leave some audiences unsure of what it’s trying to accomplish but if you take it at face value, you might actually be blown away by time the end credits start rolling.

“Super” is definitely not for everybody but it hits its target audience where it counts. If you were a fan of the movie “Kick Ass”, then “Super” really is the film for you. The cast did an excellent job of making you care about the characters and Frank is an average Joe, and superhero, you simply want to root for and follow on his journey.

If you are a fan of comic books, dark comedies or just have the stomach to sit through a wonderful movie with a splash of gore, go out and buy or rent “Super” on Blu Ray or DVD. Hell, if you consider yourself a geek at all, you would have seen it already just because Nathon Fillion is in it.

We now have your first look at Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, which was just released from the official site, www.thedarkknightrises.com.  The photo was discovered under the filename selina_kyle.jpg and is also the first actual still released from the film so far.

Many questions have already arisen from the fan community off this photo.  So she has the ‘goggles’ from the comics, but where’s the mask…?  Why is she on the Bat-Pod?  Will we actually be seeing Selina Kyle in full Catwoman attire while this is just a tease of what’s to come?  It’s quite possible that the cast and crew were sketchy for a reason when press referred to the character as ‘Catwoman’.  Earlier sources, however, did also say that the suit would be “more tactical, like the comic book.”  Let us know what you think below.

“The Dark Knight Rises” hits theaters July 20th, 2012.

Filming is currently underway in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for “The Dark Knight Rises” and we have video of the press conference held this past Thursday, July 28th.

It was announced that the Nintendo 3DS would be dropping in price from $249.99 to $169.99.

This price drop has a lot of people wondering, is Nintendo struggling? Unfortunately, this could be the case. In its initial release the 3DS didn’t have the jump out of the gate that Nintendo was expecting it to have.

Does this mean that the 3DS is on track to be the next Virtual Boy? It almost seems that the low sales have pushed Nintendo to cut the price to avoid that very scenario. But with its library of downloadable games I don’t think the 3DS will go the way of the Virtual Boy. And lets be honest downloadable games are more than likely the wave of the future. I know that with this price drop I will be thinking a lot harder about going and getting the system. The price drop officially goes into affect August 12th. What do you think? Will you be buying a 3DS at the new low price? Let us know!

UPDATE: For you angry early adopters who paid fullprice, Nintendo will be giving you 10 free NEW downloadable games and 10 free GBA downloadable games. Does this make up for it?