What You Missed: Dec. 16, 2014

Written by O’Boyd

Another new feature in Cinema Corner 2.0 is our wrap-up file of all the movie-related events from the day. Think the Drudge Report meets Hollywood. We’ll list here some of the stuff we’ve posted from earlier in the day along with other items we think you should check out. Each day, we hope to provide you with a roundup of sorts of the things we believe you’ll enjoy and want to read about.

As always, enjoy.

Be careful out there when navigating those ice and snowy roads during this holiday season. We wouldn’t want you to get in an accident … with a Tie Fighter.

Heres Monday’s headlines from stories we’ve written …

YouTube video pits Spielberg, Hitchcock, Tarantino, Kubrick, Bay in epic rap battle

Hot Toys gives us a glimpse of the new Iron Man armor we’ll see in next “Avengers” film.

Next ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ film may be going young for last major role

Terrence Malick film ‘Knight of Cups’ releases first trailer

‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ featurette makes us love this film even more

‘Birdman’ soars with 13 nominations for Critics’ Choice Movie Awards

Coming to DVD: Dec. 16, 2014

The New York Times responds to Sony Pictures’ demand that publications not publish leaked information in the recent hack.

• Another Sony email hack shows there’s the possibility of a “Django Unchained” sequel involving Zorro.

Seth Rogan gave his opinion on the Sony hack: “Everyone is doing exactly what these criminals want.”

˙Here’s why Collider isn’t specifically covering news of the Sony hacks.

• The Hollywood Reporter analysis whether Sony could even have the right to sue the media over published stories on the leaked emails.

• The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case involving the inventor of a Spider-Man kid’s toy that lets you pretend to shoot webs and why Marvel continues to owe him royalties.

• Eddie Redmayne, who plays Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything” just got married.

FirstShowing.net has its 2014 Black List of the best unproduced scripts. There are some neat ideas out there not being developed.

See Daniel Craig and co-star Rory Kinnear riding a patrol boat on the Thames River in front of the MI6 building during shooting for “Spectre.”

There are two new additions to Sundance: “A Walk in the Woods,” which stars Sundance founder Robert Redford, and “True Story,” with Jonah Hill and James Franco.

• Some spoilers for “Batman V Superman” include a response to those who thought Superman should not have killed Zod in “Man of Steel.”

Frank Oz, the original voice of Yoda, will reprise the role in the Disney cartoon “Star Wars Rebels.”

• Colby Smulders tackles motherhood in the Sundance film “Unexpected.” Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive photo.

EW also tries to fact-check “Exodus: Gods and Kings.”

• ComingSoon.net has detailed character analysis for the February film “50 Shades of Grey.” It is SFW … the film is a different story.

 • Here’s the movies leaving Netflix in January. And here’s what’s coming in January.

• SchmoesKnow.com has “A Christmas Carol” as its next movie in its 25 Days of Christmas.

Here’s the 2014 Final Cut movie mashup from JoBlo.com.

John Hamm is glad he’s not involved in any super hero movies.

• MoviePilot.com has some “haunting” photos of actors that were taken not long before they died.

• In an interview with GQ magazine, Chris Hemsworth doesn’t have much empathy for his brother and his previous love interests.

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