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I'm a musician, singer/songwriter, blogger, writer, poet, bodybuilder, movie lover, music lover, video gamer, history/political buff, conservative/republican, etc. I like to do a lot of things.
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The Brock’s Horror Film Pick #31: The Woman In Black

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Happy Halloween, readers! Hope you’re having a safe one, trick or treating with your kids, handing out candy at your front door, going out partying, etc. Whatever you’re doing, just stay safe. Anyway, since today is Halloween, I thought I would do a cool film for the final pick. “The Woman In Black”, starring Daniel Radcliffe (who is most famous for playing Harry Potter). Keep in mind, this is no Harry Potter, this is a completely different and much darker role for Daniel. It’s about a young lawyer, who travels to this remote village and he discovers that a ghost of a scorned woman is haunting this village. I watched this film earlier this week and I was pretty impressed with it. I like Daniel in this role more than Harry Potter. It’s more serious. This film was actually kind of creepy too, and it did give me a few jumps. The film has a pretty surprising ending, there are a bunch of twists and turns. It’s just a great ghost movie. I would suggest you to check it out yourself. This is also another great film to show your whole family of all ages.

Well, I definitely had a lot of fun doing these top Horror lists leading up to Halloween. I’ll probably do this same idea for Halloween next year. Enjoy!

Kev

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What will the plot be for “Star Wars 7”???

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Will the plot for the next Star Wars movie continue after “Return of the Jedi”? I think it should! It should continue the story of Luke Skywalker. Since there will be no more Vader and Master Palpatine, they’re gonna have to create a new Star Wars villain which I’m sure they’ll be able to do easily. Maybe there should be a new young character aspiring to be a Jedi, and Luke can be his mentor/trainer. Honestly, they shouldn’t go for that direction, ’cause the plot “Training young jedi’s” have been done for the past 6 films. Time for something new and fresh. They could have a new plot where Luke, continue on for new adventures. Of course, the original cast should return like Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Billy Dee Williams (Lando), etc. I’m sure we’ll see the return of Chewbacca, C3pO, R2D2, and all other lovable characters we know. I’m sure they’ll create a bunch of new characters.

If they can get Mark Hammil back for Luke Skywalker in the leading role again, that would be freakin’ amazing. I doubt the original Star Wars gang will come back ’cause they’re getting old but you never know though! Never say never! If none of them wants to come back, then there should be more prequels. Like do prequels set between, “Revenge of the Sith” and “A New Hope”, like they did with the “Force Unleashed” video games. If they can make live action movies based on the “Force Unleashed” video games, that would be sweet ’cause those games are great, and I can see those being made into films.

2015, is still far away yet, they need to hire writers, and directors before they start casting. It’s a long road to make a movie, they have to start off small and build their way up.

I’ll give Disney owning Lucasfilm a chance, ’cause it is a great opportunity to make Star Wars and Indy much better films if you think about it!  Keep in mind that Lucasfilm, also owns, “Willow”, and I can see Disney bringing back, Willow Ufgood to the big screen again. Warwick Davis has repeatedly said in interviews, that he’s willing to play that character again.

Anyway, back to Star Wars, it’ll be interesting to see what they’re going to do with the plot and characters of “Star Wars 7”. I’m interested.

Kev

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Now that Disney owns the rights to Indiana Jones too, what’s gonna happen to this franchise???

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Before George Lucas, announced retirement, George, Steve, and Harrison has been planning an, “Indy 5”. They have been talking about “Indy 5” in interviews, extensively. Now this makes people wonder what’s going on with the future of, Indiana Jones. Questions that need to be asked.

  • Will Steven Spielberg still direct, without George Lucas?
  • Will Harrison Ford still play Indy even if Spielberg and Lucas both steps down?
  • Will Indiana Jones become all kiddy friendly now that Disney owns Lucasfilm?
  • Can this franchise continue to be successful and huge without the original team: Ford, Spielberg, and Lucas?
  • Will the next Indy film leave off from “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” or, will they totally re-boot the series?

Paramount Pictures have been the home of Indiana Jones, for many years, and now Indiana Jones have found a new home. I’m going to miss the Paramount intro at the beginning of each Indy film, where the intro will show the Paramount mountain with stars flying around it. We might see the Disney logo as the intro instead.

I’m a huge Indiana Jones fan. Love all the movies, even the fourth one that everyone is hating on. The Indiana Jones movies are supposed to be violent action movies with comedy thrown into the mix. “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, will always be the best Indy film. That film is a classic, and an essential. I love it way too much. That is one movie, I’ll never get tired of watching.

I just have mixed feelings on Disney owning Lucasfilm. I like the idea of them being in charge of Star Wars ’cause they deserve better films, but Indy however, is different. I’m pretty skeptical of Disney being in charge of Indy. I wish Steve Spielberg would try to get the rights from Lucas about Indy, ’cause only Spielberg can make great Indy movies. Disney might ruin ’em. If Ford and Spielberg are both not down for the next Indy film, they might as well re-boot the Indy franchise. Which wouldn’t surprise me, that they might be planning an Indiana Jones re-boot.

Kev

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The Brock’s Horror Film Pick #30: Wolf Creek

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Most new teen slasher flicks are really bad films, but I absolutely LOVED this one! It surprisingly had a good story to tell, and it was even really scary! Yes, it’s a slasher serial killer flick, but there are some really disturbing scenes in this one. This is an Australian made horror film, about a group of young backpackers, out on an adventure in the Australian outback, when a man offers to help fix their car, then holds them captive later. The dude that plays the killer is a creepy dude. He’ll pretend to be a nice and likeable guy at first, but once you get to know who he is, he is not so nice. It’s an excellent film. Wish I had it on DVD, so I can re-watch it either tonight or tomorrow. I am planning to watch a few horror films tonight.

Kev

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BREAKING NEWS: Lucasfilm confirms, “Star Wars 7”, with a 2015 release date after Disney, acquiring rights from George Lucas…

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George Lucas, announced last year, that he is retiring from making blockbuster movies for good. Now he’s passing the torch, to someone else to continue the Star Wars franchise. While Disney is preparing to buy Lucasfilm, they also acquired the rights from George Lucas to the Star Wars films. So yes, that means there will be a “Star Wars 7” on the way, slated for a 2015 release date.

Read the full story, here.

I guess, that’s good news that George is leaving the franchise, because the prequels were pretty much garbage except for Episode III “Revenge of the Sith”, which was a really good one.

This is a good chance for other film makers to make the Star Wars movies much better. Only problem though, I’m cool with any director making the movies, as long as Michael Bay, doesn’t touch them. Michael Bay, ruined the Transformers movies, we don’t need him ruining, Star Wars.

Kev

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Dolph Lundgren was almost Russell Crowe role for “Gladiator” movie?

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In Dolph Lundgren’s official facebook page, he’ll answer fan Q&A questions a day. I left him a question a long while back, but it took him a while to get to it, well, he finally answered my question. I’m 100% sure, this was my question, here it is…

I wonder what character in “Gladiator” he was originally supposed to play? It was probably Russell’s, Maximus role, wouldn’t surprise me.

Kev

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The Donald, wasn’t the only one who begged Obama to release college transcripts/passport documents…

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There have been others who begged Obama to release that information. Trump wasn’t the only one. Wayne Allyn Root, one of Obama’s college classmates went all over him about it too.

Read this little note in that video:

Wayne Allyn Root, a classmate of Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama at Columbia University, believes Obama is hiding the fact that he was a foreign exchange student at Columbia University and that is why he sealed his college transcripts.
What legitimate reason would Obama have to seal his college transcripts? The only reason a person would seal their records is if they are hiding something. Do we really want a person in the position of President of the United States of America that is hiding something from the American people? We already know that Obama is a pathological liar. It’s time for him to release his college transcripts.
RELEASE YOUR COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS OBAMA!!!!

The Bigger Problem:
Obama is in the Oval Office leaking national security secrets for political gain. This is what we know. What other crimes has he committed that will jeopardize our security and freedom?

Obama has spent millions to seal much of his past. He sealed his college transcripts, passport records and birth certificate. The birth certificate he released has been proven by an official government investigation to be a forgery. Obama’s selective service registration card is a forgery and Obama has committed fraud by using a dead man’s social security number.

I believe anyone with access to the above information would be hailed a hero if they released the information. If they released the information, it wouldn’t be considered a crime because Obama doesn’t have a right to sign an executive order to seal all his information. It was an abuse of power to sign this executive order. As American’s we should have access to all documentation pertinent to Obama’s life. He has no right to seal and hide his criminal past by using executive order.

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Hurricane Sandy…

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I wasn’t online most of the day yesterday, ’cause I had my computer shut off. I don’t like having computer on during bad storms. The power at my place, didn’t go out at all, thankfully.

The town of Greenwich didn’t get it that bad. We can’t get floods here in Greenwich, ’cause there are way too many hills. I do know that NYC and New Jersey got hit hard and they’ve been flooded out. Sad. My heart goes out to them.

It’s hard to believe seeing NYC being evacuated. That city is most famous for being “The City That Never Sleeps”, well not anymore. It officially went to sleep last night, when they sent everyone home and no one was in the streets at all. Pretty hard to see.

Hope you’re all safe and alive, out there. Prayers go out to NYC/New Jersey victims.

Kev

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The Brock’s Horror Film Pick #29: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (both Tobe Hooper & Marcus Nispel versions)

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To catch up on my Horror Film picks from yesterday, I decided to do the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. I love both versions, the original and the remake. The remake got mixed reviews, but I really loved it. The remake was just as good as the original, in my opinion. These lists aren’t complete if you don’t include Leatherface. One of the greatest horror film characters, of all time.

Kev