The Steven Soderbergh directed action movie, “Haywire”, which stars Strikeforce fighter, Gina Carano is now online. The movie looks great. I’m a big fan of Steven Soderbergh movies. He was the one who did the Oceans trilogy, “Traffic”, and other films. “Haywire” looks to be an action packed ride. I like female action hero’s, and we need more of them.
I’m sure Strikeforce events on Showtime, will be promoting this movie pretty heavily.
Kev
When this “Snow White and the Huntsman” movie was being put together, I was at first skeptical of it. I’m like, “Oh no, they’re going to ruin a Disney classic by doing a live action version of this legendary tale”. When this trailer came out this week, I was very impressed with it. The movie actually looks like a very good one. I would probably go see it when it comes out, now. I don’t like Kristen Stewart too much, but the movie itself looks great. Check it out.
Kev
Well, this is no surprise and totally expected! Billy Crystal is set to host the Oscars for the 9th time! Replacing Eddie Murphy. The Muppets may not be hosting the Oscars this year, but maybe the Muppets will make an appearance during Billy’s opening segment for the show? After all, Billy did make a cameo appearance in the new “Muppets” movie coming out in theaters later this year. Could the Muppets do a song and dance performance with Billy? Could be a possibility.
More on it, here.
Anyway, I like Billy Crystal. He’s a very talented actor and a funny comedian. I loved, “City Slickers”, “When Harry Met Sally”, and “Analyze This/That”. All great movies.
Kev
Today at Barnes & Noble, I picked up the Marilyn Monroe DVD collection which includes 5 different films. “Gentlemen Prefers Blondes”, “Let’s Make Love”, “Niagara”, “River of No Return” and “The Seven Year Itch”. It also has a bonus disc which is a documentary of her life called, “The Final Days”. I wanted to find a Marilyn Monroe DVD collection boxed set and Barnes & Noble was the only place where they had it. So I had to get it there.
I really should learn more about her and watch more of her classic films. When I was in L.A. last week, Marilyn was pretty much everywhere you go. Everywhere you look in Los Angeles, you’ll see her photo somewhere. Why? Because she was born in L.A. and she died there too. That’s why she’s a big deal in that city.
I figure it would be good to research her more by watching more of her films and reading about her past. I happen to be a fan and starting to collect some of her merchandise stuff.
Celebrities of today can try to impersonate her all they want to, but they’ll never be in her league. Her career and life was something else. I guess this is just me getting older and wanting to get into classic stuff more.
Kev
Starring: Katie Featherston, Chloe Csengery, Sprague Grayden
Directed by: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Well, I decided to hit the mall today to see, “Paranormal Activity 3” and do a little shopping for myself. Today, I picked up the new Stephen King book, “11/22/63”, the new Megadeth album “Thirteen”, and I also picked up the “Marilyn Monroe – Special Anniversary Collection” DVD set, I’ll talk about that in another post some other time. This will be the last week I’ll be buying stuff for myself ’cause Christmas is obviously around the corner, and I got to start my Christmas shopping. On with my review….
Plot/synopsis: This is a prequel of the first film. It is set 18 years before. It shows the childhood of the young Kristi Rey and Katie Featherston. Kristi and Katie both live with their Mom, Julie, and her boyfriend, Dennis. Dennis notices that something is wrong with Kristi, that she has an imaginary friend, named, Toby. Strange things begin to happen around the home, and Dennis becomes obsessed with it by video taping everything. Dennis thinks that there is something in the house and Julie thinks he is crazy, of course. Throughout the film, Dennis tries to investigate the home on whether or not it is haunted.
When the first “Paranormal Activity” was coming out, I was at first skeptical of this new franchise. I actually tried to stay away from it. I thought to myself, these films are just another , “Blair Witch Project”. I never planned on seeing the films at all, but when the first film first arrived on DVD, I was pulled into seeing it when family members were watching it together. I ended up loving the first film so much, that I couldn’t get enough of the series. I’m usually never scared of horror films ’cause I’ve watched so many of them over the years. Horror is my favorite genre as some of you know. Then they made the 2nd movie, “Paranormal Activity 2”, which I actually went and saw in theater. I loved that movie too.
I just love the storytelling and the writing. I like what they’re doing with the Katie Featherston story, keeping her story mysterious. What is it with her obsession with ghosts? What is wrong with her? That’s what these movies don’t want you to find out until the time is right. Found footage movies are awesome, ’cause they are so realistic. These movies wants you to believe that ghosts could be real and there could be actual haunted houses out there, even though these movies are fictional. They want to make these movies seem believable. They are doing a very good job so far.
So here is “Paranormal Activity 3”, and I think this is the best film of the trilogy so far. The filming style is similar to the first two, but they take the scare to the next level. I was actually a little creeped out watching this movie and that rarely happens when watching horror films. There is a huge shocker at the end of the movie, I must warn you. Most found footage movies usually try to end the film with a shocker, but “P.A. 3” ending, this one will do it to you. While this film can be a bit predictable at times, I loved how it revealed most of the secrets and mysteries from the first two films. It basically explains how the stories of, Katie Featherston, all started.
It’s still keeping Katie’s story mysterious though. They want to keep you watching to see what’s going to happen to her up ahead. I absolutely loved, “P.A. 3”. The first two films weren’t that scary, but this one actually is pretty scary. I’ll be looking forward to “Paranormal Activity 4”, which I hope would take place after the events of the 2nd film. You don’t need to have blood, guts and scary music to make a good horror film. The film makers have something to prove. Good low budget horror films still can be successful to this day.
Score for “Paranormal Activity 3” = **** (4 stars as in “excellent”)
Kev
Look like Eddie Murphy says, “hosting the Oscars is for f*gs”. Ooopps, somebody had to say it!
More on the story, here.
The question you’re all probably wondering is, why would he drop out of the Oscars after Brett Ratner dropping out? Well for one, Eddie and Brett have worked on films together in the past. Secondly, they are great friends and Eddie probably felt that his performance couldn’t be done without him. It’s about the artistic direction, I would believe.
Now the important question is, who is going to re-place Eddie Murphy??? Hugh Jackman? Billy Crystal? Steve Martin? Alec Baldwin? Hugh Jackman would not do it because I remember him saying that hosting the Oscars was a one-off kind of thing for him. The other guys I listed is a possibility.
Lets hope they don’t bring James Franco and Anne Hathaway back because they were terrible. I’m sure the Academy would announce a replacement very soon here. I’m sure they already have a second host lined up in case, Eddie backed out.
Kev
I always thought he was the wrong guy to produce the Oscars, anyway. It was a mistake the Academy hired him in the first place. Glad he’s gone. I never liked Brett Ratner. Terrible director and he made the worst movies ever. The Oscars will be a much better show without him now.
Deadline, reports.
Kev
“Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, the fourth installment to the Indy series has gotten negative feedback ever since it came out, and Steven Spielberg finally responds to the negative critics. He agreed with the public that Indy IV sucked, but he puts the blame on George Lucas for the bad movie.
Another thing that people’s been complaining about is the controversial Fridge scene in which Indy hides in to protect himself from an atomic bomb. Steven says he doesn’t blame Lucas for that scene, he blames himself.
Read the full story, here.
I’m one of the very few that actually loved Indy IV, I just didn’t like Shia Labeouf starring in it. I think it was pretty much him that ruined the movie. Without Shia, the movie would have been fine.
When they do Indy V, hopefully they get rid of Shia, and I’m hoping they make Indy V a more serious movie next time around, and not a popcorn flick. I think the next Indy movie should be more like, “Raiders”. Will they do the sci-fi thing again with Indy V? I don’t think they should do it again.
I think it would be kind of cool if they do a script on the Ark of Covenant, after all, the Ark did make a brief cameo in Indy IV. They better make Indy V soon, because Harrison is getting older.
Kev
A behind the scenes video of “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” surfaces the web, showing the scene where Tom Cruise is doing the action scene on a tall building in, Dubai.
It proves the scene was done for real. No green screens, no special effects and no stunt doubles. That’s all Tom. He looks very confident doing that too.
No matter what you think of Tom, love him or hate him, what he did here is pretty ballsy. It gave me a little more respect for him after this. I can’t wait to see the movie, I’m definitely seeing it in theater.
See the video here, at AICN.
Kev
….Kerry Washington. Yep, she has been officially hired for Tarantino’s next flick, “Django Unchained”. She will play alongside Kurt Russell, Don Johnson and others in the flick. Kerry is most famous for her roles in “Save the Last Dance”, and “Ray”, in which she played Ray Charles wife in that film.
More on it, here.
Like the article says, Tarantino has always been well known to write strong characters for women over the years, and I agree. In some weird and creepy way, Tarantino is the best at writing characters for women. In every film he does, it’s the female character that makes you want to pay attention to the most. Like Uma Thurman in “Pulp Fiction”, and “Kill Bill”. Pam Grier in “Jackie Brown”, you can also add Melanie Laurent and Diane Kruger for “Inglourious Basterds”.
This Broomhilda character, for “Django Unchained”, will probably end up stealing the show than most characters.
Kerry Washington, is a freakin’ hottie, though. Wow, what a stunning beauty! Yes, I dig black women, I would even date one if I could.
Kev
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