Blog Posts by Adam Pockross

Jaimie Alexander and Rodrigo Santoro in Lionsgate's 'The Last Stand'

If Jaimie Alexander has somehow flown under your radar thus far, you might want to get a new radar.

Yes, Alexander's awfully nice to look at, but that's not the only reason to keep an eye on the rising star; she's also well on her way to becoming a bona fide action hero.

Alexander is probably best known for playing Lady Sif in Marvel's "Thor," a role she'll be regally reprising in "Thor: The Dark World," which debuts this November.

And with her recent gig playing opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Governator's big comeback film, "The Last Stand," Alexander certainly pumped up her action resume. Alexander plays Sarah Torrance, a small-town police officer who stands shoulder to shoulder with grizzled Chief Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) and a ragtag host of deputies (including Luis Guzman and Johnny Knoxville) to fend off a drug kingpin trying to shoot his way across the Mexican border. It's an old-school, good vs bad action flick, and Alexander more than holds her own.

While promoting this week's home entertainment release of "The Last Stand," Alexander spoke with us over the phone. Besides chatting about why the film got a bum rap and what it's like to shoot an action flick with Arnold, Alexander also spoke candidly about what we can expect from Lady Sif in the next "Thor," how her high school wrestling days prepared her for action, and whether or not she can beat up her boyfriend, "Twilight" star Peter Facinelli.

Aaron Eckhart in RADiUS-TWC's 'Erased'

For a guy with so much riding on his looks, Aaron Eckhart isn't afraid to take a punch to the face.

While filming his new international spy thriller, "Erased," Eckhart told us that he took plenty of punches, to the face and elsewhere. Eckhart plays Ben Logan, a decommissioned CIA agent who finds himself on the run from his former employers. When his teenage daughter, played by Liana Liberato, gets embroiled in the high-stakes game of cat and mouse, Logan takes matters personally.

We spoke with Eckhart recently over the phone about the film, how he's basically been in training since "Erin Brockovich" (2000), and why taking punches is far easier than relating to a teenage girl.

Scotty (Simon Pegg) in Paramount Pictures' 'Star Trek Into Darkness'

For over 45 years now, the "Star Trek" franchise has been blowing our minds… and our ears!

Since they first launched in 1966, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise has been a chatty bunch. Along the way, they've certainly uttered some interstellar zingers (and they continue to do so).

Many of the old quotes from the late 60s TV series have found their way into more modern Trek carnations, including the latest, "Star Trek Into Darkness," which opens domestically this weekend. Having travelled through space and time, many of these quotes are now as iconic as the franchise itself.

Oddly enough, one of the most frequently quoted Trek lines – "Beam me up, Scotty!" – isn't a quote at all, it's a paraphrase.

The origination of the phrase comes from "The Gamesters of Triskelion" episode during season two of the Original Series, when Captain Kirk tells chief engineer Montgomery Scott, "Scotty, beam us up." While there have been plenty of iterations, the actual phrase that has become an intricate part of pop culture was never used, not in that episode or in any of the "Star Trek" television

The story of Dr. Frankenstein and his freaky progeny has seemingly been told throughout the history of cinema. But early next year, "I, Frankenstein" is hoping you'll see him in a whole new way.

In this first look motion poster, we can see Aaron Eckhart as Dr. Frankenstein's creation, Adam, an immortal who finds himself mixed up in an age-old war between gargoyles and demons.

Carey Mulligan and Leonardo DiCaprio in Warner Bros. Pictures 'The Great Gatsby'

F. Scott Fitzgerald began his masterpiece, "The Great Gatsby," with the following lines:

In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.

"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."

Now this is just a guess, but what if all the critics who panned Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" were just upset about feeling guilty after hearing these lines repeated in the film's opening? It makes as much sense as many of the complaints, especially when you compare the critical response to the $51 million generated at the box office and the general positivity unleashed in the Twitterverse.

But don't take our word for it, take famous people's words!

Carey Mulligan and Leonardo DiCaprio in Warner Bros. Pictures 'The Great Gatsby'

Director Baz Luhrmann jazzes up F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic Jazz Age novel as "The Great Gatsby" dances into theaters this weekend. We all know Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan will do their darndest to bring "old sport" back to the popular lexicon, but here are five facts about the film you might not know, but definitely should.

Grant Morrison's run of 'Action Comics' & Morrison showing off after being knighted. Photos courtesy of DC Comics/Getty Images

For an honorary knight who has his own convention, Grant Morrison remains relatively unknown -- unless of course you're a comic books fan.

Pretty much everyone in the comics community knows that Morrison has written some seminal runs in both the DC Comics and Marvel universes, including game-changing retellings of both Superman and Batman.

Now that two of Morrison's most popular works are winding down -- "Action Comics" and "Batman Incorporated" -- the legendary writer invited a select group of journalists to DC Comics' office in Burbank, CA to share how he's going to be blowing minds next.

Shawn Levy on the set of 20th Century Fox's 'The Internship'Shawn Levy is a busy guy. As a director and producer, he's currently got seven official projects in various states of completion. And he's also got kids!

Yet even with all that going on, and though he was in the middle of shooting a movie, Levy still found plenty of time to hang out when we visited the set of "The Internship" last year. The comedy, which opens June 7, tells the story of two out-of-work, middle-age salesman -- Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson -- who land internships at Google and have to compete with other interns to get hired.

On a normal set visit, you're lucky to get 15 minutes with the director. But on this particular occasion, Yahoo! Movies and Collider were able to sit down with the "Real Steel" and "Night at the Museum" director for the better part of an hour. And every time we thought we were done, he'd come back and tell us more.

The following snippets are some of the highlights from a day full of highlights.