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Not sure what director Marc Webb’s reboot offers that’s much different than the three that came before, but that’s probably the idea. No sense in fixing what isn’t broken.

This trailer, though, does seem to give away almost all of the plot.

America loves the NFL, Hollywood not so much.

Hollywood does, however, whip out the testosterone for the Super Bowl.

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Thus, it’s with pleasure that Big Hollywood presents this exclusive clip from “Courageous,” the latest film by director Alex Kendrick, available now on DVD and Blu-ray. Have a look at some of the bloopers, flubs, and just plain fun had on set during the film’s lighter moments:

“Courageous” is available at Amazon.com.

My guess is that a large percentage of the Blu-ray bump in sales came from cheap, catalogue titles, not new titles. That’s bad news because there are only so many catalogue titles to release, and technology-wise, home video has hit a wall. People aren’t interested in 3D at home and picture and sound quality can’t improve past Blu-ray. So what’s the next format to entice people to purchase titles yet again?

This fantasy that Ultraviolet is the next step in this evolution is just that. UV might be a nice additional feature, but it’s hard to imagine customers purchasing a title AGAIN for portability reasons alone.

USA Today:

Sales of movies on Blu-ray discs and films delivered digitally and on demand rose in 2011, but not enough to make up the gap in falling DVD sales.

Consumers spent $18 billion buying and renting discs and on digital movies in 2011, a 2% decrease from 2010, the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) will report Tuesday.

Sales of Blu-ray discs topped $2 billion for the first time, up 19% from 2010. But DVD sales dropped 20% to $6.8 billion.

Still, home video executives were satisfied with the results considering the economic challenges of the past year and an underwhelming box office slate of films hitting retail.

New releases coming to home video in 2011 had total box-office revenue about 9% below those in 2010, said Warner Home Video President Ron Sanders, who is also president of the DEG.

Total movie sales dropped 12% to $9.5 billion, from 2010. Total movie rentals remained steady at $7.5 billion, down less than 1%. Digital sales, including streaming movies, rose 50% to $3.4 billion.  …

“We see UltraViolet as kind of icing on the cake,” says Fox Home Entertainment President Mike Dunn. “Once that ecosystem is in place, you have the opportunity … to go from a niche market to mass market.”

Adds Mike Vorhaus of Frank N. Magid Associates, “One of the top features digital consumers value is transportability across devices.”

Full story here.

In worse news, Hollywood’s 16% drop in 2011 attendance is likely to translate to lower DVD and Blu-ray sales once the rest of 2011’s titles hit store shelves over the next few months.

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Brought to you by the same folks who eviscerated “Avatar,” the “Star Wars” prequels and more.

The second video expertly deconstructs the film’s overbearing politics and moral equivalencies, and hammers Lucas for his political hypocrisies.

“When the filmmakers can’t choose a clear side, it affects the overall film.”

 Thanks to ScottDS for sending this early Christmas gift our way.

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Vulture:

Scott teases the spaceships and caves filled with ominously gridded egg placement that you might expect from a movie that “shares DNA” with the Alien series, but there’s also waterfalls, dust storms, and a very intriguing plot hint: This team of spacemen (which includes Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace, and Idris Elba) goes looking for the beginning of life itself, and instead finds something epic that will probably pick them off one by one[.]

“Prometheus” hits theatres June 8.

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This does look as though it might be a better movie than the first one, not that that’s a very high bar. That closing line from Bruce Willis is hilarious and telegraphs that the new installment might add something else its predecessor lacked, a sharp sense of humor.

However, it’s hard not to resent Hollywood for stripping, of all things, G.I. Joe of its uniquely American heritage. This burns up an awful lot of goodwill. Can you imagine Hollywood doing such a thing to any other group? They wouldn’t even consider it, unless it was to protect some sacred cow.

Muslim terrorists come to mind.

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Looks like more of the same, which isn’t altogether a bad thing, but the Josh Brolin moment is inspired.

Is anyone really interested in this, though?

“MIB: 3″ opens May 25th

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Our thanks to the reader who forwarded this video and to all our readers!

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Yes, a Happy Thanksgiving to you all.