All posts by Kev Brock

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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Report: Will Smith and Quentin Tarantino to team up for the first time for “Django Unchained”???

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The iconic film director, Quentin Tarantino, finally announced his next film that he just wrote and will direct for the big screen. His next film is titled, “Django Unchained” which will be a western film. Tarantino wants Will Smith to star in the leading role. Tarantino describes that this movie will be a popcorn and revenge flick. This will be the follow up film from 2009’s, “Inglourious Basterds”.

Christoph Waltz who won an Oscar from “Inglourious Basterds”, is set to re-team with Tarantino by having a role for, “Django Unchained”. Samuel L. Jackson is also in negotiations to have a role in the film too.

More  on the story, here.

While I’m a huge fan of Tarantino movies, I love them all, I just don’t like Will Smith too much. I find Will Smith overrated as hell and his acting doesn’t grab me at all. I’ll see it in theater if I like the trailer enough. If not, then it will be a wait for DVD thing. I expect this movie “Django Unchained” to be 2 1/2 – 3 hours long. Everyone knows most Tarantino movies are very long films. What’s amazing about Tarantino’s work, is that even if the films are long, they won’t seem that long when you actually watch it because of the film’s pacing. His movies usually go by pretty fast. I expect the same will happen with this flick.

The sad thing is, that Sally Menke, Tarantino’s longtime editor won’t be a part of this film because of her death obviously. So the editing style maybe a little different with a different editor.

Kev

UFC

Cool Video: Showtime finally reveals teaser for “Dexter – Season 6” this fall…

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Showtime dropped this video teaser on the Dexter facebook page today. They tease Season 6 as “Hell Breaks Loose”. Does this mean we’re going to get an angry Dexter who goes on a murderous rampage in the worse ever possible? Sounds like it.

I just started watching Season 4 on DVD. When I finish Season 4, I’m going to have to order the Showtime channel for my DVR box ’cause I don’t have Showtime yet. I will catch up with Season 5 on the Showtime – On Demand thing. Season 5 should be coming out on DVD/Blu Ray this Summer now that Season 6 have finally been announced.

I’m such a huge fan of the show. Other than HBO’s “Game of Thrones”, NBC’s “Friday Night Lights”, Showtime’s “Dexter” is pretty high on the list as one of my favorite TV shows. I just don’t want “Dexter” to end. I hope the show will last for a long time and hope “Season 6” won’t be the final season. I think the show will be around for a long while. As you can see “Dexter” is the most talked about show on the internet. That’s how I got into the show ’cause everyone was talking about it online and I became interested. Glad I finally got into Dexter. Smart storytelling, Melissa Rosenberg is a great writer.

Kev

Kev Brock music

My new mission with my music…

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Just like every musician and band, I want my music to be heard too. I too want to be recognized as a songwriter/musician like everyone else. I would like to be recognized as a music artist and not just an online blogger. In order for me to help get my music known more, I need to write better songs. Which is why I decided to change my songwriting style a bit. Stop writing songs about horror fiction and serial killers, so I decided to start writing songs about serious things. Songs that are about real things like politics, topical songs, protest songs, etc. Write lyrics that are realistic.

I’m trying the best I can to get noticed as a musician and I’m going to do all I can to make that happen in my next round of gigging.

So from this point on, I’m going to be mostly promoting my music in this blog. I’m not giving up posting entertainment news, I’m still doing that. I will use this main site to promote my stuff. People know me as a blogger and online person. It’s time that people should start hearing my tunes.

I’m pretty proud of the songs that I write. I’m going to keep writing new songs all Spring/Summer long so I can have enough songs for a new demo. I need to get a new studio demo out there.

Kev

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Film Review: Thor

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Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins

Directed by: Kenneth Branagh

Well today, I decided to go to the movies for something to do. Get out of the house for the day. I’ve been wanting to see the new “Thor” movie for a long time. Now it’s finally here, I went and saw it. Here is my review.

Plot/Synopsis: In 965 A.D., King Odin (Hopkins) sends his warrior son, Thor, from Asgard to Earth, in our present time, forcing him to live with humans. Of course, when Thor first arrived in Earth in our present time, he had a lot to learn and didn’t understand Earth. So Natalie Portman’s character, Jane Foster, tries to guide him living on Earth. She becomes a love interest for Thor. One of the most dangerous villains from Thor’s home land of Asgard, comes to invade Earth to try and kill Thor. Thor tries to save Earth from his enemies.

As a kid, I used to love reading Thor comics, so I was already a big fan of the character. I was a little worried that this film might suck since most Marvel movies aren’t that good, but, I was actually very impressed with Marvel’s “Thor”. This film actually told a superhero story, the right way. It stayed true to the comics.

The casting was really great and the acting was not that bad. I thought Chris Hemsworth as Thor, was a very good choice. Anthony Hopkins has been my favorite actor for years. Anthony always pulls off really good acting chops no matter what role he does, that guy can do anything.

I hate 3D movies. Most 3D movies are pretty bad, but I thought a 3D, “Thor” was very fitting. The 3D effects were very cool on Thor and that’s what the character needed to be cool. The special effects and the CGI made it feel like you were watching a movie, and not a cartoon. The special effects in the film was crazy.

There is something for everyone in this film. Action, suspense, comedy, romance, etc. It’s all there. I think this is the best Marvel superhero movie out of them all. They did a great job with “Thor”. I am so looking forward to the sequel already! I would go see this flick in theater again!

Score for “Thor” = **** (4 stars as in “excellent”)

Kev

Local music

Played open mic earlier tonight…

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I went to an open mic night at a small venue called the “111” in Greenwich. I played three tunes, “Say Goodbye, Osama”, “Be Home Safe”, and “The Nightmare Has Begun Today”. Surprisingly enough, “Say Goodbye, Osama” actually got a very strong applause from the crowd.

Honestly, I thought the audience would hate me for playing the song. They might feel offended, but they actually liked it. Some people even came up to me to say to my face that they liked the song. The song is not a homage to Osama. The song is a celebration of his death, just read the lyrics in that video. There is swearing in the song, yes, but I feel it’s appropriate to add swearing into it. I mean, if you want it to be an angry song and if you want to be angry at Bin Laden for the things that he did, I figure swearing makes the song right. I thought about using the word “fucker” or “asshole”, but nah, not angry enough. So I thought using the word, “motherfucker” is perfect.

I don’t think I’ll be playing this tune at all of my gigs though. Probably only the bar room gigs, not the family cafes.

The song was inspired by all the metal bands that I listen to: Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Sabbath, etc. I’m very proud of the song. I would like to record a studio version of it with a live band at some point. I just gotta find the right musicians and studio time in order to get it done. If I were to get a new demo CD done, I would do it in a professional local studio. I’ve been looking at working with Don Fury who has a studio in Troy. I hear he’s a very good producer to work with and I think I’ll work with him when I get a band going.

Kev

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Report: “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” re-boot gets writers…

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GK Films has hired new writers, for the upcoming “Tomb Raider” re-boot. They have hired, Mark Fergus and Hawk Otsby, who brought us “Iron Man” and “Cowboys & Aliens”.

Deadline, reports.

I usually disagree with re-boot films but this franchise needs to start over again ’cause the last Tomb Raider movie was pretty bad. I liked the first “Tomb Raider” film but the second one sucked.

The movie needs to be more like the video games. Have Lara solve mysteries and puzzles in historical places. It needs to have a good story and great action scenes.

I still say Rhona Mitra should be the new Lara Croft for the live action movie. She did the voice overs for the video games. I love Tomb Raider games. Especially the last one, “Tomb Raider: Underworld” which is the best Tomb Raider game ever, I think. She’s like a female version of Indiana Jones but a little different.

I hope the new movie will have Lara climb really high things much like the games. That’s what makes the games so much fun and addicting because Lara can do cool things. I hope they do a good job with the movie next time around. I want a good Tomb Raider flick like everyone else.

Hopefully they don’t just make it a popcorn action flick full of violence and CGI effects. This should be a serious Tomb Raider movie with a good story.

Kev

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Report: Arnold makes “Cry Macho” his next movie official…

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Arnold’s getting back to work right away. He decides to make that horse drama, “Cry Macho”, his next official movie where he plays a horse trainer. A lot of you may think to yourself, “Huh? Arnold on a Horse? LOL!”. Just for your information, “Cry Macho” won’t be the first movie where he rode a horse on in a film. Remember, in the movie “True Lies”, Arnold rode a police horse to chase some guy on a motorcycle (see the scene below).

While it is kind of disappointing that Arnold is doing a drama film first, I’m just glad he’s going back to leading roles, where he belongs. I’ll probably see “Cry Macho” in theater, sure. I’m looking forward to seeing how Arnold handles a drama film which he’s never done before. You can’t blame him for trying something different.

On top of that, Arnold seems to be a big horse lover and he attends a lot of horse races. I think he goes to the Kentucky Derby every year.

Deadline, reports.

Kev

Celebrity/musician deaths

R.I.P.: Jackie Cooper 1922 – 2011

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Jackie Cooper was born with acting. Yes, that’s right, he was born with it. Jackie started acting in Hollywood film at the age of 3, when he appeared as an extra in films with his grandmother. Later he started starring in a bunch of films with legendary actor, Lloyd Hamilton. Jackie never won an Academy award but he was the very first young star to be nominated for an Academy Award for “Best Actor in a Leeding Role” for the film, “Skippy”. As he got older, he started several collaborations with legendary actor, Wallace Beery, with “Treasure Island” being their most well known film.

As an adult, Jackie served in the U.S. Army for World War II. After the war, he started to star in a bunch of TV shows such as, “The People’s Choice” and CBS’s “Hennessey”.

In the late 1970’s, Jackie Cooper became a more well known and mainstream actor when he got casted as Perry White for Richard Donner’s, “Superman: The Movie”, he played the Daily Planet head honcho. Jackie starred as Perry White in all 4 Superman films. Jackie announced retirement from film, but he still kept directing some episodes for the TV show, “Superboy”. Jackie Cooper died in Beverly Hills, California. He was 88 years old.

Kev

Kev Brock music

More on my Bin Laden song…

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Well, it seems that people actually enjoy “Say Goodbye, Osama” song, so far. Getting some responses already. People giving it thumbs up. The song was done in a rush. Very quick. It just came to me. The ending needs some changing around, the ending where I do all them, “oooohhhsss”.

I just heard that song in my head, and just had to get it out of me. It needs to be re-done a little bit. That was just a rough take in that youtube video. It’ll be better, trust me.

As you can hear in that song, it’s very “metal” inspired. So imagine what that tune would sound like in your head in a full band with full blown electric guitar and heavy distortion ’cause that’s how I heard the song in my head. Notice I’ve been writing more harder rock stuff? It’s because I have plans in forming my own band down the road. I’ll make it happen soon.

Kev