And thus, the Summer movie season kicks off into high gear with one of the most anticipated sequels in a long time. Does it live up to the original? Does it surpass it? Tune in and find out!
Category Archives: Movies
Weekend Review – “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”
As a child, I had over 60 G.I. Joe action figures, over 40 comics, over 30 vehicles, and had seen most of the animated series. I doubt the same can be said of the creators of this flick.
Weekend Review: Kick-Ass
The advent of the superhero was a bizarre comeuppance for the American dream.
–Jules Feiffer, The Great Comic Book Heroes.
All right, you grunts. Let’s see what Kick Ass can do.
GhostFacers web shorts
Tonight we’ll see the 100th episode of Supernatural. To tie in with that, today is the launch date for a new series of three minute web shorts featuring the Ghostfacers, who have been occassional guest stars since the first season. You can find them in the “watch and learn” section of their home page.
Joss Whedon likely to direct “The Avengers”
The rumours have migrated up to Variety now: Joss Whedon is in the final stages of signing a deal to direct The Avengers for Marvel. It’s not completely official yet, but it’s looking very likely.
Trailer Park Tuesday – April 12, 2010
OK gang, here’s the latest previews from Hollywood.
Quick question: Does everyone want to see this weekly or does “whenever Brian gets around to it” an OK release schedule?
Short Film – “Pixels”
Patrick Jean has assembled a highly entertaining two and a half minute film in which Earth is attacked by various 8-bit video game threats. You can view it here.
8-bit Dr. Horrible
Doctor Octoroc has redone the first act of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog as an 8-bit game. You can check it out through this homepage if you are so inclined. It runs 8 minutes, 37 seconds.
Independence Day sequels may be coming
Chad points us to this site, which reports rumours of two sequels to Independence Day coming with Will Smith and Roland Emmerich attached. This could be interesting, as I always felt the original was more from the Dean Devlin half of the Devlin/Emmerich partnership, so any sequels which do get made could be very different from the original. Emmerich always knew how to make smart movies, and Devlin taught him how to make marketable movies, for better or worse.
Movie Review: The Elders
A little girl sits on the stairs. She plays with a twisted doll. She appears traumatized, but when no one’s looking, she smiles, a grin of pure evil on a cherub’s face. She never speaks– but she knows something the elders around her have forgotten or, at least, choose not to recall.
The Elders, currently in limited release, takes the tired bones of Halloween, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and a hundred other sleaze ‘n’ slash flicks, and makes them fresh again by, ironically, bringing in tired bones. In place of the usual teenagers, this film features a maniac who stalks senior citizens.