For a while now Arnold Schwarzenegger has been doing a contest where a lucky winner will get Arnold to do a voice mail recording for your cell phone or mobile phone or whatever, as a way to help market his book, “Total Recall”. Here is Arnold himself at his home recording his voicemail message to his lucky winner, proving that this is the real thing.
Arnold still does his “Get to Da Choppa” quote very well! Awesome! Can’t wait for the “Total Recall” book too, I will buy it.
Kev
After Lincoln has been getting silly vampire and zombie films as of late, we finally get a proper Lincoln movie. Enjoy this teaser of Spielberg’s next movie, “Lincoln”. It’s already looking amazing and I’m stoked for the movie, can’t wait. I will definitely see this one. The full trailer will debut Sept. 13th. It’s already looking like a Best Picture worthy film for the Oscars.
Kev
Starring: Jeffery Dean Morgan, Natasha Calis, Kyra Sedgwick
Directed by: Ole Bornedal
Today, I’ve just seen the Sam Raimi produced PG-13 horror film, “The Possession” and here is my review…
Plot/Synopsis: A young girl named, Emily, buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the box lives a malicious ancient spirit. Her body has been taken over by this spirit since she opened the box, and she has become possessed because of it. Emily’s father teams up with the Hasidic religious community, hoping to save Emily’s life from this demon who has taken over her.
Movie fans and critics have given this movie mixed reviews. It’s another one of those, you either love it or hate it, kind of movies. This film is doing very good in the box office and selling pretty big. So I had to see it for myself. The film is not as bad as some made it out to be. I liked it. It was a pretty good horror film for a PG-13 movie. The writing wasn’t that bad. A lot of it actually made sense, and the pacing was pretty good too. Not slow and boring like some said it was. They wanted to keep this movie a family friendly film. A horror film that is suitable for the entire family of all ages. There have been way too many exorcism movies in Hollywood as of late, it seems to be a trend, but this is something that kids can watch.
Yes, some of it is pretty graphic and gory a little bit, but not that bad. I found some of the scenes in the movie pretty silly and weren’t needed but other than that, the film was fine. The acting was okay. There were some scares and a few jumpy parts. I jumped once, and that rarely happens when I’m watching a horror film. If any horror film can make me jump like that, this reason alone is what makes me respect this film. You can tell Sam Raimi has been throwing ideas toward the writer and director ’cause this film definitely had a bit of Evil Dead style into it. It was kind of similar to Sam’s last directed horror film, “Drag Me To Hell”. Maybe the reason people didn’t like this film too much ’cause it’s a Hebrew horror film. Yes, there is such a genre in the horror world.
I thought the film ended well. I didn’t expect it. Of course, the ending leaves open for a sequel, but the ending will get you scratching your head a bit. The ending was kind of shocking. With all this being said, this is not the best horror film ever. Certainly not the best exorcism movie ever. Nothing will ever top “The Exorcist” with Linda Blair, but “The Possession” was good. It was pretty unpredictable movie and had me at the edge of my seat at times. “The Possession” was a pretty realistic exorcism movie. They made it seem like demonic possessions can be believable.
Score for “The Possession” = *** (3 stars as in “Good”)
Kev
Man, wish I could fly to London just to see this, being the big Bowie fan that I am! The V&A Museum announced that they will display a David Bowie exhibit, running from March 23 – July 28th of 2013. The exhibit will celebrate the life and career of rock star, David Bowie. The exhibit will display items from David’s personal collection. Everything from his costumes from his glitter rock years, real hand written sheets of his lyrics, some of his art work will be displayed, photography, music videos, and it will also celebrate his movie career as well.
More information, here.
Kev
Is there another Joaquin Phoenix documentary in the works? “I’m Still Here 2”??? Here is Joaquin at the Venice Film Festival promoting his next movie, “The Master”, and he is still acting bizarre, even if he moved on from the rap stuff. Here is Joaquin with cast and crew of the “Master” at the press conference talking about the movie. Joaquin is still acting weird, he only answered one question which you see in the video. He wouldn’t even talk to the mic and he’s talking quietly. He’s also looking bored as hell throughout the interviews, and even went as far as smoking during it too.
Well, maybe this is part of an act ’cause that is part of his character for, “The Master”. His character in the “The Master” is pretty much the same way. It’s hard to tell whether this is real or just an act which makes Joaquin a great actor.
Enjoy these.
Kev
So now that the Chrsitian Bale/Christopher Nolan “Dark Knight” trilogy is over with and for good, Warner Bros. is of course, planning a re-boot. What worries me about the upcoming re-boot, is that who ever the next director is, he might try to copy Christopher Nolan’s style a bit. I hope they don’t do that. They need to take Batman into a different era. Just like what they are doing to the “Man of Steel” re-boot. You know how the “Man of Steel” re-boot is staying away from the Christopher Reeve/Donner stuff? The same needs to be done for Batman, next time.
I think the next Batman film, they need to use a different style of Batsuit ’cause the “Dark Knight” suit is getting old. They’ve been using the black rubber suit for over ten years since the Tim Burton/Michael Keaton era. I think it would be pretty sweet if WB’s went back to the Black and Blue style Batsuit. Make it an old school Batman film, just like what they’re doing with “Man of Steel”.
Yes, they would probably bring back the Joker played by a different actor for the re-boot but, they shouldn’t make the next Joker like the Heath Ledger one. They need to make that character differently as well.
Another question is, could the Batman re-boot be more successful than the Chris Nolan films? I don’t know. Tough to say. The casting, script and everything else needs to be good enough if they want people to take Batman seriously again. I feel bad for the Batman movie franchise ’cause the series has been re-booted for a few times already ’cause of directors dropping out and people moving on, and stuff. You get the deal. It’s hard to make a great Batman movie, and Christopher Nolan was the only one who can do it. Hopefully WB’s doesn’t go back to making bad Batman movies.
I guess the most important question, we’re all wondering is now that Christopher Nolan is done, what’s next? We’ll hear something soon.
Kev
Last night, I watched the Netflix DVD rental of “Don’t Bother To Knock”. Yes, you guess it, another Marilyn Monroe flick. I think this is her best film in her career, and it was her best performance too, which she should have gotten an Oscar nod for. Believe it or not, Marilyn Monroe has never been nominated for anything by the Academy, which she should have, but she did win 2 Golden Globes for “Bus Stop” and “Some Like It Hot”. I thought her performance for “Don’t Bother To Knock” was Oscar worthy enough. It’s a real shame that she never got anything from the Oscars though.
Back to the film, “Don’t Bother To Knock” is about an airplane pilot name Jed, who was dumped by his girlfriend, so he starts getting interested in his next door neighbor Nell (Monroe), who is a babysitter. Turns out that Nell was just getting out of a mental hospital and she hasn’t gotten better yet, still kind of insane in a way. This movie is a love triangle story, and Nell turns violent toward the end.
Marilyn is mostly known for starring in comedy/musicals over the years, but she has had a few pretty dark roles, this film here, and “Niagra”. I just can’t stop watching Marilyn flicks. I just watched “Prince and the Showgirl” a week ago, it was alright but not her best film. I’m trying to catch up with all the classics. I love those films from the 30’s – 50’s. You should too. This is true cinema, not most of the garbage you see nowadays.
Kev
Two photos have been released from the upcoming “Carrie” remake. One photo is Chloe Moretz as Carrie White drenched in blood (not sure if it’s pigs blood from the prom scene, probably is) and the other photo is Julianne Moore as Carrie White’s crazy mother.
See the photos, here.
Looking good so far. Lets see a trailer soon please!
Kev
When Angelina Jolie got her start at acting, she had her acting debut at 7 years old for a small cameo, in the 1982 film, “Lookin’ To Get Out”. Keep in mind that the entire Jolie/Voight clan are actors, which is how Angie got into the business. Disney announced, that Angie’s 4 year old, Vivienne, will have a cameo in the upcoming, “Maleficient”, film.
More on the story, here.
Could Vivienne grow up to be a huge movie like her, Mom? Wouldn’t surprise me that Angie and Brad could turn their kids into aspiring actors. It would give them something to be proud of when Angie and Brad retire from film.
Kev
For reasons unknown, Warner Bros., all of a sudden refuses to make Ron Howard’s “The Dark Tower” series adapted from, Stephen King. First Universal bails out, now WB’s.
While I do want these movies to be made into big screen movies and TV shows, honestly, I can understand why no studio wants to make it so far. Why? The Dark Tower has a total of 7 books. Ron wants to make 3 big screen movies and 2 mini series, which would be a bit too hectic for a studio to work on. Plus, I’m willing to bet, the budget is the problem. It’s going to be a very expensive project. Would probably cost billions to get these made. It would require a lot of CGI work and stuff ’cause of the different world that Roland is in. It’s going to be very challenging to bring these to the screen.
They’ll probably negotiate with Paramount next, but they probably won’t do it either. They might as well scrap the project if no one wants to do it. Even Javier Bardem don’t even want to do it anymore. This sounds like a pretty overwhelming project. Maybe Ron oughta shorten it up a bit, if he’s serious about this.
Kev
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