Sean Wist

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Favorite Movies: Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight, Jaws, Back read more to the Future, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Vanilla Sky, Die Hard, Chasing Amy, Shaun of the Dead, Atonement, Pan's Labyrinth, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Swiss Army Man, Sing Street, Mad Max: Fury Road, Boyhood, Frances Ha, The Social Network

Likes: Editing, Directing, John Williams, Steven Wilson, Dream Theater, Game Informer Replays, read more Mass Effect, Dogs, Tacos, Wendy's Spicy Chicken Sandwich

James Cameron takes Avatar to the world of Cirque Du Soleil

Posted 12 years ago

James Cameron is a director I'll always respect. I mean, the guy knows how to make a film from a business standpoint. I think that's admirable, to a degree. As far as AVATAR is concerned, I enjoyed it for what...

TV Roundup: Reading Rainbow, DreamWorks Dragons and Community

Posted 12 years ago

There’s a lot of cool things going down, TV-wise, so I thought I’d take a minute to talk about those. First up, is Reading Rainbow. I remember watching this program in elementary school and thinking how cool it was that...

First official US trailer for Snowpiercer is here!

Posted 12 years ago

Bong Joon-Ho’s (THE HOST, MOTHER) latest film, SNOWPIERCER, has gone through quite the journey to make its way to our theaters. Early on, there was talk of the movie being cut down to a more “manageable” time. Fortunately, the director...

Cool Videos: Jim Carrey gives the best advice during commencement speech

Posted 12 years ago

Usually on Cool Videos, we try to deliver something funny. This is a little different, but I assure you it is no less cool. Jim Carrey spoke to the graduating class of Iowa’s Maharishi University of Management about a lot...

Edgar Wright leaving Ant-Man; does Marvel have too much control?

Posted 12 years ago

The news of Edgar Wright leaving ANT-MAN dealt a heavy blow to both fans of film and of Marvel. Not just for the film itself, but for what's being alluded to, as far as how Marvel is running its cinematic...

Check out this new trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain

Posted 12 years ago

It's going to be a little more time until we get to experience Guillermo del Toro's latest film, CRIMSON PEAK, in theaters (check out some of that period-piece action here) but thankfully we won't have to wait much longer to...

Trailer for This Is Where I Leave You starring Jason Bateman and Tina Fey

Posted 12 years ago

If you’re the type wondering what director Shawn Levy (THE INTERNSHIP, REAL STEAL) has been up to, feel free to placate those fears as the trailer for his latest, THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU, is here! The story finds...

Cool Videos: Bill Murray crashes bachelor party; delivers sage-like advice

Posted 12 years ago

The ever illusive yet enigmatic Bill Murray is like a more entertaining Bigfoot, except that he actually exists! The latest sighting was at a bachelor party where Mr. Murray felt goodly enough to drop on in and deliver some advice...

Story details on season 2 of True Detective

Posted 12 years ago

I’ve heard nothing but praise for True Detective (I’m getting around to it soon, believe you me), and despite the lack of an official HBO announcement (a formality, at this point) Season 2 is wasting no time gearing up for...

Cool Videos: Professor X fires Magneto

Posted 12 years ago

With X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST kicking ass in theaters, it seemed appropriate that the focus be brought to the never-ending battle between frenemies Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr. Despite how cool all the mutant-on-mutant rampaging is, it looks like...

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