It's easy to tell Hollywood was still in fear of Avengers: Endgame when planning its early May release schedule, as two out of the three new movies hitting theatres this weekend feel like filler. That means only Pokemon Detective Pikachu has a hope in hell of making any real money, and even then, that's only among the youth. Jason, Shawn and Howie will sound off on the weekend's new movies, and provide a new interview for your ear holes, when From The Basement storms the Radio NL 610 AM Morning Show at about 7:40.

No blockbuster releases this weekend, but there's still a pair of movies featuring high-profile casts and high concepts duking it out for your hard-earned movie dollar. And Jason, Shawn and Howie are here to tell you all about it on the Radio NL 610 AM Morning Show. That way your entertainment choices are a little easier to make. They also have a feature interview with scream queen Jamie Bernadette about her latest project, The 6th Friend. Stick with us!

Jason and Shawn return to the airwaves with this, the first segment created for Radio NL 610AM Kamloops! The episode broadcast earlier today, but you can hear it here again -- or for the first time -- thanks to modern podcast technology.

They said they'd be back, and Jason and Shawn are indeed back with another podcast designed to pleasure your earholes while possibly offending your sensibilities. But it's all good, right? I said right!?! Not ones to engage much in mainstream, movies, The Basement Boys first tackle the summer that was, sounding off on cinematic successes and failures that began with Furious 7 back in April and ended with recent releases like The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and whatever else came out last week. Those lovable a-holes also offer insight into why this summer's slate of movies was more or less received with a collective thud than the excitement of summers long gone.

We were teased about Christopher Nolan 's next flick, Interstellar , in November. Now a full look has been granted, and it is good. The trailer, embedded below, is also a bit surprising. We've come to expect certain things from a Christopher Nolan movie. This is a departure of sorts into Spielberg territory. Not a complaint, just an interesting development in the man's directing resume.

We don't learn much from this preview, other than Interstellar will involve mankind's return to space on, what I assume, will be some kind of awesome voyage of discovery. But I guess that's what teasers are all about. Even the presence of Matthew McConaughey is overshadowed by my anticipation for this, writer/director Christopher Nolan 's latest cinematic experience. Behold: A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage. McConaughey is joined by the beauty and talent of Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway . Trust me, I'm all over this mofo a year from now. Source: JoBlo Related articles 'Interstellar' Teaser Offers First Look At Christopher Nolan Film The Teaser Trailer For Christopher Nolan's Interstellar Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" Looks Amazing Even Though The Teaser Doesn'...

As a film fan, there's no better feeling than watching a movie told by a master storyteller. Few writer/directors can claim to be such a filmmaker, but Christopher Nolan is certainly one of them. He's proved it with his first two Batman films and movies like Inception and Memento, and he drives the point home with The Dark Knight Rises. Eight years after events in The Dark Knight a new threat, Bane, overwhelms Gotham's finest and breaks the hero the city has labelled its enemy. Plus there's a mysterious and sexy cat burglar in town who may or may not side with the Batman. Nolan's final Batman film -- and there's no doubt that this story is done -- is just as complex and gritty as The Dark Knight, weaving multiple characters and story arcs into one very grown-up take on what is an epic comic-book story. There's a lot of movie in the two-hour-and-45-minute running time, but everything moves so fast you don't notice. Yet the film isn't...

The Brothers Warner has played pretty coy with the marketing campaign for their upcoming summer blockbuster, The Dark Knight Rises. There have been trailers, posters and TV ads hyping the film, which opens July 20, but no real talk on what it's all about. Until now.  If you want to go into The Dark Knight Rises cold, stop reading. If not, here's the official synopsis from the studio: It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans f...

Just the other day we gave you a peek at the cool one sheet for Christopher Nolan's Batman finale, The Dark Knight Rises. Well, hidden deep within the electronic bowels of the Interweb is a poster that's even cooler . . . and dead sexy in its own way. The only way to unleash the nifty design below is by scanning the QR code at the bottom of the previously mentioned poster. Being technically inept, I waited for someone else to do it and nabbed the .jpg. Because I'm evil that way. Enjoy! I gotta say, of all the banners and poster and promotional items for The Dark Knight Rises, this is my fave. It's a bit of a personalized throwback to the Joker posters from The Dark Knight. And I've always had a thing for stiletto heels. Sue me. The Dark Knight Rise arrives in theatres July 20.

Oh. My. A-God! What more can be said? This is chill-inducing stuff, the kind of awesome that makes guys like me not ashamed to be geeks. Not at all. You know the deal, you already know your ass will be in a theatre seat come July 20 (one day after I turn 40. Happy Birthday to me!), and there is little to no doubt that Christopher Nolan's film will be superb. But you still gotta watch this trailer . . .

Alright, alright. We're whores and we can't deny it anymore. We tried fighting it by posting the Prometheus pre-trailer, but why bother? It must be done. It's our duty as movie geeks! We contemplated posting the bootlegs that popped up on the net these last couple of weeks but didn't, knowing this day would come . . . a day of high-quality epic greatness. So, without further adieu, The Dark Knight Rises trailer! It's great. July can't come soon enough. 'Nuff said.

I know, I know. We're not supposed to be giving props to mainstream releases. But we've given extensive coverage to The Dark Knight Rises so far, including featuring the teaser at the fans' request. And we do like to point out when Hollywood does things wrong. But, in this case, it's good to show when Hollywood does something right. Not that any of us doubt writer/director Christopher Nolan when it comes to his Batman trilogy. He's said his take on Catwoman is Selina Kyle as a thief and robber and that the costume would not be geared for the sexy like Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry. Judging from the pic below, he was telling no lies. I'm fine with whatever Nolan does. Sure, the first image of Catwoman could have had more umph. But it does feature the Batpod motorcycle, which I want. And, costume or not, it's impossible for Anne Hathaway not to look sexy. The Dark Knight Rises opens July 20, 2012.

I know we said we're not posting news on mainstream movies anymore, but we're all about fulfilling fan requests here in The Basement. So when the fans say they want us to post the teaser for the much anticipated The Dark Knight Rises, we do it! The teaser is mostly old footage mixed in with some new. Hey, the movie has just started shooting for it's release next July, let's give Christopher Nolan and company a break. But we get a quick look at Tom Hardy as Bane and a sickly Jim Gordan. It's gonna be later this year/early next before the footage really starts cooking with gas. And we're pretty sure it's gonna be awesome! Nothing yet on what The Dark Knight Rises is actually about, but do we really care? Nolan had us at Batman Begins. Enjoy the teaser folks:

It sounds like we do, thanks to the crafty folks over at Badass Digest . And the details certainly work for me! As written by the Badass boys, who cite an unconfirmed but trusted source, Anne Hathaway is indeed Catwoman, but she's not the villain of the piece. She and Batman go after the League of Shadows, who were the bad guys in Batman Begins. The League is led by none other than Talia Al Ghul, Ras's daughter. Bane (Tom Hardy), is Talia's possible love interest and the League apparently tries to finish what it started in the first movie. Somehow Joseph Gordon-Levitt figures into all this and, according to The Digest, he's a bad guy too. This makes sense, and it sounds pretty damn solid. Writer/director Christopher Nolan is known for his misinformation, but it's fun to speculate on what could be. If this is indeed the plot for The Dark Knight Rises, then I'm sold. The final Batman film is due in theatres July 2012.

My hands down favourite working actor is Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He was brilliant in Brick, the best part of Killshot and The Lookout, and got a much deserved bit of public exposure as Arthur in Inception. Now Deadline has it that Gordon-Levitt could be re-teaming with writer/director Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight Rises. No word yet on who he will play or how large the part. Knowing Nolan, it will be something interesting. In addition to the returning cast of Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman, Nolan has added two stars to his final Batman film: Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle (Catwoman) and Gordon-Levitt's Inception co-star Tom Hardy as villain Bane. That's a great cast and up them to anyone who thinks otherwise. Gordon-Levitt is currently finishing work on the sci-fi thriller Looper with Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt. 

No one yet. But the nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards were announced in Hollywood earlier today and it's a list made up of movies you won't find us talking about here in The Basement, save for in passing. Not to say that they aren't any good, but award material isn't exactly our schtick with the exception of last year's Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker. The film owes its success to us as we reviewed it before most moviegoers had heard of it. Now that we're done being humble, we'll move on to the list of nominees. The King's Speech and The Social Network lead with 12 nominations each. I've seen neither. My favourite movie of last year, True Grit, is next with 10. Those who care to tune in should mark Feb. 27 on their calendar. The above picture is of show hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway. BEST PICTURE 127 HOURS BLACK SWAN THE FIGHTER INCEPTION THE KING'S SPEECH THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT THE SOCIAL NETWORK TOY STORY 3 TR...

News broke across the Interweb today that writer/director Christopher Nolan has picked his Catwoman for The Dark Knight Rises, and she is Anne Hathaway. The Oscar-nominated actress is the first to play the role since Michelle Pfeiffer made latex and a bullwhip so hot in Batman Returns. Knowing Nolan, he'll give the character a gritty, down-to-earth vibe fitting the rest of his Bat Universe. A press release from Warner Bros. also states that Tom Hardy, who was announced as a cast member late last year, will play Bane, the chemically created brute who first appeared in the comics in 1993. It will be interesting to see how these two characters are used in the movie. But I have complete faith in what Nolan will do given how well he's not only handled his first two Batman films, but pretty much every other movie he's ever made. The Dark Knight Rises beats the Mayan apocalypse to theatres in July 2012.