Last night, Machinima dropped the trailer for “GI Joe: Retaliation”, the sequel to the GI Joe, franchise. I fuckin’ loved the first movie. Saw it twice in theater when it came out and I’m so looking forward to the second one. Second one, looks even better as expected. Bruce and The Rock in the same movie? Hell yeah!!! Count me in! Plus, the sequel to the GI Joe is looking more faithful. Looks action packed and fun. I’m so there!
Kev
Over the weekend, I watched the premiere of Stephen King’s latest TV mini series, “Bag of Bones”, in which was adapted from one of his earlier novels. The series starred, Pierce Brosnan, who is the leading star. Pierce Brosnan, formerly known as James Bond from, “Goldeneye”.
The film is getting bashed on by most Stephen King fans. It’s getting negative reviews. I hope I’m not the only one that actually liked it because I did. Most are mad because the film didn’t follow the book and people though it was boring. In the film’s defense, I don’t like Brosnan as an actor, never did until now. I thought Brosnan was very likable and pretty entertaining in this role. It was right for him. I think Brosnan playing Mike Noonan felt like a realistic person as if you really knew him well. At times, you actually felt sorry for the guy, he was comical and can get serious a lot. I think he was pretty character driven.
The story tells of a famous writer named, Mike Noonan who just released a new book, and he celebrates the release by doing an autograph signing at a bookstore with his wife, Joanna. Joanna dies of brain aneurism and Mike learns that she was pregnant. After his wife’s death, Mike suffers writers block and couldn’t come up with a new book to write. So he took a vacation to his summer home to help fight writer’s block, and he learns that the place he is staying in is haunted. The ghost of his wife, Jo, is there haunting him and she is trying to tell him about this mysterious woman named, Sara Tidwell, and he must find out what happened to her.
Sure, the movie may not follow the book, but hell, it’s usually pretty common that all movies based on books are not pretty faithful. This is nothing new to me. I thought the film was pretty creepy and kind of scary at times. It was pretty violent and there was a little bit of blood as well.
I personally think this film would have been better if it was for the big screen instead of TV. It was pretty good for what it was though. Not the best, but the writing and the acting of the other cast need more work, I just thought Pierce made the film enjoyable.
There hasn’t been many good Stephen King mini series over the years. I only loved a few of them like, “IT”, “The Stand”, “The Shining” w/ Steven Webber, and “Storm of the Century”. Now you can add “Bag of Bones”, to that list. “Bag of Bones” was a pretty good ghost story.
Kev
Musician Birthdays: Ted Nugent (guitarist, singer/songwriter, author, and activist, born in 1948), Jamie Foxx (singer, film actor, born in 1967), Tom Delonge (singer, guitarist, frontman for Blink 182, born in 1975), Amy Lee (singer for Evanescence, born in 1981)
– In 1961: The Beatles performed at the Cavern Club, Liverpool playing two shows at lunchtime and then again at night. Decca Records’ Mike Smith attended the night performance with a view to offering The Beatles a recording contract.
– In 1966: Jimi Hendrix made his TV debut on ITV’s ‘Ready Steady Go!’ (Marc Bolan was also on the show). The Jimi Hendrix Experience also recorded ‘Foxy Lady’ on this day.
– In 1969: Bob Dylan was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, on sale for 35 Cents (2/6).
– In 1986: Bruce Hornsby & The Range went to No.1 on the US singles chart, with ‘The Way It Is’, a No.15 hit in the UK.
– In 2000: Sir Paul McCartney held his first-ever London book signing at Waterstone’s in Piccadilly. Sir Paul was in the store to sign copies of his new book, Paul McCartney Paintings.
– In 2003: Lauryn Hill launched a blistering attack on the Catholic church, urging religious figures to “repent” whilst speaking on a stage regularly used by the Pope. The former Fugees singer was playing at a Christmas show in Vatican City and took the opportunity to speak her mind about allegations of sexual abuse in America, before an audience that included top Vatican cardinals, bishops and the cream of Italian society.
– In 2008: Kanye West went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘808s & Heartbreak’, his fourth studio album.
The first teaser poster we see Gotham City looks like it is crumbling and falling apart. In this poster, we see Bane with his back facing you and part of Batman’s mask laying on the ground.
Do the badguys win? That’s what it seems like. That’s what the posters are trying to tell you. Does Bane kill Batman?
I don’t think so, maybe Batman’s identity will get exposed, but that’s about it. If that is how they are going to end the trilogy by killing Batman, that would be a really good closure, but I don’t think they’ll really end it that way. There’s got to be a good reason why they call it, “The Dark Knight: Rises”, we’ll find out when we see the film next year.
I’m certainly looking forward to seeing it. Batman is my favorite superhero, always have been. I hope this movie will be even more action packed than the last one, I’m sure it will be.
I love how Christopher Nolan keeps quiet about everything with his movies and keeps them mysterious. He doesn’t like to give out secrets and wants people to wait to see the film itself.
Kev
Over the weekend, Metallica had their 30th Anniversary concert at the Filmore in San Francisco, and they had a few surprises for the fans.
The videos below Metallica reunited with their former bandmate & bass player, Jason Newsted for the song, “Whiplash”. Metallica also jams with Ozzy & Geezer Butler for “Iron Man” and “Paranoid”.
Pretty cool. Congrats to Metallica on their 30th Anniversary. Love ’em or hate ’em, they are the kings of metal whether you agree with it or not. I’m sure many fans would like to think they should have retired a long time ago, but sorry to say, Metallica isn’t going away anytime soon. I’m positive Metallica will be around for a long time, they’ll be together until they get old and die.
Kev
“Men In Black 3” trailer is here, and I really liked it. The film looks very entertaining. I liked the first MIB film a lot, I didn’t care for the second one, so hopefully this film will be just as good as the first.
Look like this film is going to be about Agent J, going to look out for his longtime partner, Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones), but the trailer said Agent K is dead in this one. So looks like Josh Brolin’s character is going to take his place? Tommy Lee Jones IS credited in this movie so Agent K must be in this movie somehow. My guess is that Agent K is actually alive and he shows up at the end of the movie?
Kev
Musician Birthdays: Dionne Warwick (singer/songwriter, born in 1940), Dicky Betts (guitarist of Allman Brothers, solo career, born in 1943)
– In 1955: Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley all appeared at the National Guard Armory, Armory, Mississippi.
– In 1957: Still married to his first wife Jane Mitcham, Jerry Lee Lewis secretly married his 13-year old second cousin Myra Gale Brown.
– In 1963: The Beatles were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’, the group’s third No.1 (and first Amercan No.1) and this year’s UK Christmas No.1.
– In 1967: Rolling Stone Brian Jones was given 3 years probation and a £1,000 fine for drug offences. Three psychiatrists agreed that Jones was an extremely frightened young man with suicidal tendencies.
– In 1970: The Doors played what would be their last ever live show with Jim Morrison when they played at the Warehouse in New Orleans.
– In 1985: Dionne Warwick received a star on ‘Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame’.
– In 1985: Scottish keyboard player Ian Stewart died of a heart attack in his doctor’s Harley Street waiting room in London. Co-founder of The Rolling Stones (Stewart was the first to respond to Brian Jones’s advertisement in Jazz News of 2 May 1962 seeking musicians to form a rhythm & blues group). Stewart was dismissed from the line-up by the band’s manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, in May 1963 but remained as road manager and piano player. He played on all The Rolling Stones albums between 1964 and 1983, except for Beggars Banquet. Also played piano on Led Zeppelin’s ‘Rock and Roll’ and ‘Boogie With Stu’ from Physical Graffiti.
– In 1987: George Michael started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with ‘Faith’.
– In 1992: Whitney Houston started a twenty-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘The Bodyguard’.
– In 2003: Mick Jagger became a Sir after being knighted by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. Jagger’s 92-year-old father was at the Palace to see his son receive the award.
– In 2007: Ike Turner, the former husband of Tina Turner died at the age of 76 at his home near San Diego, California. Turner who was a prolific session guitarist and piano player is credited by many music historians with making the first rock ‘n’ roll record in 1951. After marrying Tina Turner in 1959, the pair released a string of hits including the Phil Spector produced ‘River Deep Mountain High.’
– In 2008: The town where Mick Jagger and Keith Richards grew up announced it was to name streets in a new estate after Rolling Stones hits. The 13 streets in Dartford, Kent, were to be given names such as Angie Mews, Babylon Close, Sympathy Street, Little Red Walk and Satisfaction Street. Leader of the council, Jeremy Kite, said he thought Ruby Tuesday Drive sounded a “fantastic” place to live, but police were concerned the street signs might be stolen by fans.
Over the weekend, I picked up 4 new music albums and I wanted to give them a brief review.
Amy Winehouse “Lioness: Hidden Treasures” – This is a collection of unreleased songs and rarities from the late pop star who passed away not too long ago. This album I did love and listened to it about three times and I’ll be addicted to this album. It’s different than “Back to Black’, it’s more Jazz & R&B, than pop. Amy’s voice will knock you out cold in this album, she was really great vocally.
The Black Keys “El Camino” – I’ve been a Black Keys fan for a long while, been buying their earlier albums lately. Here is their new album that they just came out with this year. It was okay, kind of a disappointment. I thought the producing sound on this album was badly done. It’s definitely different than their older albums. I liked the Black Keys better when they do their usual tight blues rock thing, but this album is more pop/rock than anything. My favorite Black Keys album will always be “Attack and Release” ’cause it’s a fuckin’ tight as hell album. Maybe I should give “El Camino” a few more listens and it might grow on me, who knows. It just didn’t grab me the first listen.
Bjork’s “Biophilia” – Now here’s an album that I absolutely enjoyed. I think it’s one of the best albums of 2011. Bjork, the Icelandic singer who I’ve been a fan of for years. This is her best work ever. This album is different than her stuff in the past though. It’s really trippy and out of space sounding music. If you want a good stoner album, this is it. In this album, she wants to stay away from the pop star thing and do something serious. The songs are very powerful on this album, check it out.
Kate Bush “50 Words For Snow” – I don’t know much about Kate Bush but I heard her music before. I got this album out of curiosity ’cause it was getting positive reviews everywhere. I gave this album a listen and turned it off halfway through. It’s really slow, mellow, piano music. Not my cup of tea. I’ll probably get rid of this one by selling it at a used record shop.
When will I do the “Top 15 Best Albums of 2011” list? I’ll get it done at the end of this month, sometime after Christmas. I’m always shopping for music and looking for new albums all the time, it’s about choosing the best. Once in a while, I’ll buy an album I don’t like, it don’t happen a lot.
Kev
Well, I finally got to see, Mel Gibson’s latest movie, “The Beaver”, from Netflix DVD rental last night. Well you know what? I fuckin’ LOVED the movie. It’s definitely one of the best films of 2011 and pretty high up on the list in the top 15. It was a perfect film all around, the writing was phenomenal, perfect script. The movie was entertaining.
Of course, I was blown away by Mel Gibson’s performance in this movie. His performance is what impressed me the most. Mel plays Walter Black, who is CEO of a company he works for called, Jerry Co. He is suffering depression and mental illness. He is kicked out of his family’s home and turns suicidal. He found a hand puppet of a Beaver which he uses to talk to, as a way to help get him out of his depression and make him become a better person.
Walter talks to this Beaver puppet everywhere he goes ’cause it keeps him going in life and helps him become the man he was once was before his depression. If he doesn’t have the Beaver puppet, he’ll become a different man. While him having a Beaver puppet is weird and insane as it sounds, it helped get him his family back,and it helped made him fall back in love with his wife again. Walter’s son (Porter, played by Anton Yelchin) is suffering the same depression his father’s going through and they don’t get along as family.
Mel’s role in this movie can have different emotions. It can get pretty dark, but it can also be very enjoyable and comedic at times. I believe Mel signed on to this movie ’cause it reminded him of how he is in real life. We all know that Mel has personal problems in real life, Mel maybe suffering depression for real and it’s possible he did this movie to help him become a better person himself. To help straighten himself out.
Do I forgive and forget Mel from all the trouble Mel’s been through? After seeing this movie, I think I will forgive Mel. We all make mistakes in life. It’s all about learning from them and moving forward. Despite his personal problems from the anti-semitic rants to his battles with his ex-wife Oksana, I really think he deserves an Oscar for this movie.
If the Academy gives him the snub from getting a nomination, I’ll be disappointed with them and will not bother watching the Oscars, if he’s not in. There’s a lot of speculation that the Academy wouldn’t allow him to get a nomination because of his troubled past. Think about it, Mel getting an Oscar would help make him a better person.
The Oscar nominations should be revealed very soon, and I think there’s a pretty good chance he’ll get a nomination for this movie. I would seriously suggest you all to check this film out.
Kev
Musician Birthdays: Big Mama Thornton (singer/songwriter, born in 1926), Brenda Lee (US singer, born in 1944), Jermaine Jackson (singer of the Jackson 5, aka the brother of Michael Jackson, born in 1954), Nikki Sixx (bass player for Motley Crue, born in 1958)
– In 1961: Elvis Presley started a 20-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Blue Hawaii’, his seventh US No.1 album.
– In 1964: Soul singer Sam Cooke was shot dead by his manager Bertha Franklin, who claimed to have been assaulted by Cooke while staying at the Hacienda Hotel, Los Angeles. Cooke was 33 years old.
– In 1968: Filming began for The Rolling Stones ‘Rock & Roll Circus.’ As well as clowns and acrobats, John & Yoko, The Who, Eric Clapton and Jethro Tull all took part. The film was eventually released in 1996.
– In 1972: James Brown was arrested after show in Tennessee for trying to incite a riot. Brown threatened to sue the city for $1m, the charges were later dropped.
– In 1973: Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley was nearly electrocuted during a concert in Florida when he touched a short-circuited light. The guitarist was carried from the stage but returned 10 minutes later to finish the show.
– In 1989: The Recording Industry Association of America certified four Led Zeppelin albums as multi-platinum: ‘Presence’ (2 million), ‘Led Zeppelin’ (4 million), ‘Physical Graffiti’ (4 million) and ‘In Through The Out Door’ (5 million).
– In 1993: Snoop Doggy Dogg went to No.1 on the US album chart with ‘Doggy Style’.
– In 1998: During a gig in Tuscon, Arizona, a bottle thrown from the audience hit Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson. A security guard was then stabbed trying to eject a man from the crowd.
– In 2000: Former Verve front man Richard Ashcroft was forced to cancel the remaining dates on his current UK tour after he fell on stage and broke two ribs. The accident happened during a show in Birmingham.
– In 2003: Bobby Brown was charged with battery after allegedly hitting wife Whitney Houston in the face. Brown, turned himself in to the police three days after a reported domestic dispute at the couple’s home in Atlanta, Georgia. Houston, who accompanied her husband to court, said they were trying to work out their problems “privately.”
– In 2008: Simon Cowell said he was “very embarrassed” after contracts signed by this year’s X Factor contestants were leaked to the Daily Mirror newspaper. The 80-page document, which is enforceable “anywhere in the world or the solar system” was signed by all 12 finalists before the live shows began. It included a clause that prevents them from saying anything “unduly negative, critical or derogatory” about Cowell. Also the show claimed the prize as a “£1m recording contract”, but the contestants’ contract said the prize money was £150,000.
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