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Report: Bruce Willis and Arnold confirmed to play longer roles for “The Expendables” sequel…

Bruce Willis is set to return as, Mr. Church, and, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is set to return as Trench for, “The Expendables”, sequel. They will be playing longer roles this time around, now that Arnold’s governor days are over with.

Deadline, reports.

My question is, which one of these guys will get into a major fight scene with Sly in the next film? I’m hoping Arnold. I’m hoping Arnold will be villain for the next one.

JCVD and Chuck Norris have been rumored for this movie for a long while, lets hope they confirm soon. It’s most likely they are part of this film too. We’ll have to wait and see.

Kev

Thought: Should Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” ignore the John Williams theme song?

There’s a huge debate online through movie forums and blogs on whether or not Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” film should keep the John Williams “Superman” theme for the opening title sequence, of the new film. Should they keep the theme song?

Of course, there are mixed reactions to this….

Some people do want the song because they feel it’s not a Superman movie without it.

Some people don’t want the song. Some fans say that Zack and Christopher Nolan should trash the theme song and go for something different since this is a reboot and has nothing to do with the early Superman films. Some claim it wouldn’t make sense if they still used the main theme.

So what are my thoughts to all of this? I agree that they need to KEEP the original theme. If they want to hire a different composer and change the song around with different styles and arrangements, I’m fine with that, but they shouldn’t ignore it completely. I mean, every Superman movie had a different composer but they still used the JW’s theme song, but each version had a different arrangement to it. If they use the original theme, I’m cool with that too.

I think the theme song is needed for so many reasons. 1) The theme song was made for Superman character himself, not for the actual movies 2) They need to get the audience pumped up and excited before the movie starts 3) They need to stay true with the Superman character.

The reason JW’s “Superman” theme is debatable on the internet now is because, Zack Snyder haven’t confirmed anyone for a composer for “Man of Steel”. Plus, Zack never said anything if he will use JW’s legendary score or not. I’m sure we’ll hear something soon. In Hollywood films, the film crew would mostly hire a music composer after the film is done ’cause they score the film in an orchestra setting while the movie is playing on screen. That’s how they do it.

Think about it, if they use a different theme song, people won’t get used to Superman anymore. It might turn the new fans off and it won’t be as successful in the box office. It won’t be as exciting and fun. I love the Superman theme. It certainly pumps me up and puts a smile on my face when I watch a Superman movie. That’s what the audience needs for this film.

If they used  a different composer for Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” movie, I don’t care who the composer is. NOBODY, I mean, NOBODY, is ever going to top JW’s legendary score. In my opinion, I think Zack and Chris are going to use the song. I think Warner Bros. would want them to use it. I hope they use it.

Kev

BREAKING NEWS: Eddie Murphy confirmed to host Oscars!!!

Well, that was fast! Earlier this week it was announced that the Academy is in talks with Eddie Murphy to host this year’s Oscars, it is already confirmed. Eddie is game for hosting the Oscars this year.

Deadline, reports.

This is a much better choice of host than last year. Last year, it was James Franco and Anne Hathaway, they weren’t funny. I’m sure Eddie Murphy will be very funny and will bring lots of laughs. The Academy’s filming crew better have their censor button ready ’cause he’s going to drop a lot of swearing.

Congrats to Eddie, he deserves to get recognized again.

I wish Eddie would get back into action movies instead of doing all of these films for kids. I hope a 4th Beverly Hills Cop movie will happen too.

Kev

Thought: Would Eddie Murphy be a good host for the Oscars? I’d say YES!!!!!!!!!!!

Will the Oscars finally get a good host for once? Deadline was the first to report that the Oscars are in talks with Beverly Hills Cop star, Eddie Murphy to host the next Oscars. As you all know film director, Brett Ratner, is producing this year’s Oscars and he was the one that recommended the Academy to hire Eddie as host.

Would Eddie Murphy be a good host? Oh hell yeah! Absolutely! Eddie Murphy’s career maybe sinking lately by making a bunch of bad movies, but he had a successful career in the 80’s and early 90’s. Eddie Murphy is most famous for movies such as “48 hrs.”, the “Beverly Hills Cop” trilogy, “Coming To America”, “Harlem Nights”, and the two “Nutty Professor” sequels.

He’s a great actor and a great stand up comedian. Plus, this would be a great opportunity for Eddie to get his career back on track just by hosting the Oscars. While he is a very talented stand up comedian, he’s going to have to cut out the swearing and the dirty talk ’cause he does a lot of that at his stand up shows. I’m sure he’s going to drop a few F bombs by accident if he hosted the Oscars, but that’s the way comedians talk on stage. I think there’s going to be a lot of bleeping outs.

I’m all for Eddie hosting the Oscars. I hope they get him. It’ll be good for his career. He’s probably going to make fun of himself for not winning an Oscar most of the time, although he did get nominated for, “Dreamgirls”.

Kev

Thought: In response to the latest George Lucas controversy…

For the past week or so, George Lucas, the man who created “Star Wars” is in a huge backlash because he made changes with the new Blu Ray’s. In the “Return of the Jedi” Blu Ray he made Darth Vader scream, “Noooo”, while Emperor Palpatine is shooting electricity at Luke. They also replaced Yoda’s puppet character into a CGI version of Yoda for the original trilogy.

What I find hilarious is the Star Wars fans hating on George Lucas now when they should have been hating on him a long time ago? I’ve lost my respect for George ever since he re-did the original trilogy to add some scenes and add more special effects. Plus, I hated the prequels. “The Phantom Menace” and “Attack of the Clones” were garbage films, I didn’t like them at all. I must say that “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith” was actually a pretty good movie though.

I’m a George Lucas hater like a lot of you. Hey, don’t get me wrong, I LOVED the original movies before George decided to mess with them. I’m just sick of seeing Star Wars everywhere. We already got a Star Wars animated series going on now, “Attack of the Clones”, and there is a possible Star Wars live action TV series on the way too.

Why is it that George concentrates on Star Wars only and he can’t do something original? It’s because he’s a HACK! In other words, he sucks. He mostly does Star Wars for most of his life because he’s only successful at that and nothing else. If he tries something different, it fails. Look what he did to Indy IV, “The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, perfect example.

No offense to Star Wars fans, I find Star Wars overrated. I’m a Star Trek guy, big time. I like Star Trek more, ’cause they tell actual stories. Star Trek is insightful, and more entertaining. I wish people wouldn’t knock Star Trek because a lot of people find it boring. I don’t find it boring.

Sure, don’t get me wrong, I respected George Lucas’s legacy he created with Star Wars back in the day, but now he’s a fucking joke. He’s got a really big ego and another reason he continues to work with Star Wars is because it helps make him money. He don’t need to work. He should have retired a long time ago after the original trilogy. How many more versions of Star Wars can George come up with? I don’t think he’s going to stop anytime soon.

Kev

Film Review: Apollo 18

Starring: Lloyd Owen, Warren Christie

Directed by: Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego

Today, I decided to go to the mall, to go check out a movie. There were quite a few movies out recently that I wanted to see but it was hard to make up my mind. I was going to see either: “Conan, The Barbarian”, “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”, “Colombiana”, and this film, “Apollo 18”. I ended up seeing, “Apollo 18” first since I have a huge interest in science fiction and outer space things.

Here is my review:

Plot/synopsis: “Apollo 18” is set in December of 1974. The story is about a post-Apollo 17 mission to the  moon, explaining why NASA never went back to the moon, cancelling all future missions. Two astronauts visit the moon for a special mission, and while there, they discover parasitic lifeforms. These mysterious lifeforms begin to attack the astronauts and they try their best for survival. 

A lot of people seem to hate found footage hand-held camera movies that seems to be trending in Hollywood lately. Why? I think found footage films is a great idea. I love them, honestly. Here’s why…

In horror films of today, we get way too many high budget teen slasher flicks and remakes of older horror films lately. I find found footage films to be something unique, different and original. Of course, found footage films all started with the “Blare Witch Project”, and more followed after. Most of today’s horror films, the big budget ones are not scary. They are mostly blood, guts and naked women, but with found footage films we don’t get any of that. The found footage movies such as “Blare Witch”, “Paranormal Activity”, “Quarantine”, and many others can be very scary movies. In my opinion, I think they all do a good job in making them believable.

In “Apollo 18” was the most realistic found footage movie I’ve ever seen. I also think it’s the scariest found footage movie ever made. I’m about to explain why.

Ever wonder what it would be like to be on the moon? It may sound fun and very exciting but at the same time, it can be a very scary job being an astronaut. I’m pretty sure Neil Armstrong, was scared to death before he set his foot on the moon for the first time. That’s exactly what made this movie pretty fucking scary. This movie makes it scared to be on the moon.

The reason this movie makes it so realistic is, even though this movie was fiction, this movie was inspired by the real life story. They just added the fictional aliens into this story. While a lot of people don’t really believe in aliens and UFO’s, you still never know what could be out there. I certainly believe that there are other lifeforms somewhere other than us.

Anyway, the cinematography and the filming of the movie, was phenomenal. That is another reason they made this movie realistic, it was the camera work. To make a believable outer space movie, there couldn’t be high budgeted CGI effects. You ain’t going to see “Star Wars” or “Star Trek” in this film. This film is going to make you feel like you’re out in space, yourself.

Plus, the performances of Lloyd Owen and Warren Christie, were excellent. I thought this was the best found footage movie so far. It’s a nice mix of horror and sci fi. The funny thing is, that people don’t get into sci fi much. I absolutely love science fiction. I love to watch sci fi movies and read sci fi books. Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury are two of my favorite sci fi writers.

“Apollo 18” was fantastic, check it out!

Score for “Apollo 18” = **** (4 stars as in “excellent”)

Kev

Cool Photos: Christopher Meloni “Man of Steel” pics surfaces the web but not in character…

 

Here are two photos of Christopher Meloni from Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” film. The first photo is Chris leaving the set of filming and the second photo is Chris enjoying a break at a public pool. Filming of Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” is happening in Plano, Illinois.

Chris is playing a military general in “Man of Steel” so far, no pics of him in his military costume yet for the film. I’m sure they’ll start showing up at some point.

Kev

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Report: Dan Aykroyd to resurrect the Blues Brothers but to the TV screen instead…

The Blues Brothers, first appeared in SNL as Elwood and Joliet Blues, played by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. In 1980, The Blues Brothers had their first major motion picture titled, “The Blues Brothers”, played by the same actors, which is one of my favorite films of all times, by the way. After John Belushi’s death, Dan Aykroyd kept the Blues Brothers going by performing live in concerts. Then, the Blues Brothers had their second movie titled, “Blues Brothers 2000” with John Goodman taking over as Elwood’s partner and band mate.

Dan Aykroyd is planning to resurrect, The Blues Brothers, after a long hiatus in the entertainment business, but it will be for a television show instead of a third film. Judy Belushi, who is John’s widow is writing the script. Aykroyd and his team are shopping for networks and studios who might be interesting in working on this project. The story is about Jake and Elwood being released from jail and they search for their long lost father.

The Hollywood Reporter, reports.

Hmmmmm, judging by the show’s synopsis, sounds like it’s going to be taken place after the events of the first film. The first film ends with them being arrested and they perform in prison.

My question is, will Dan still play Elwood? Or will he pass the torch to a younger actor? We’ll know soon, I’m sure.

I love the Blues Brothers, especially the first movie, I love that film too much. I will buy that movie on Blu Ray sometime. It’s a classic.

Kev

10 reasons why Zack Snyder is the right choice to direct “Man of Steel”…

Man, I am getting pretty tired of all the Zack Snyder bashing in other movie forums & blogs. I hope I’m not the only one who has a 100% faith in him and Christopher Nolan for the Superman reboot. I think Zack Snyder is the man for the job for a lot of reasons.

A lot of people don’t like Zack because they think he is a terrible director. Well I think he’s a fine director with a gift. I absolutely loved, “Watchmen”, “300”, and “Legends of the Guardians”. I still haven’t seen “Sucker Punch” yet, his latest released film but I plan to see it soon.

Here are ten reasons why I think he’s a perfect director for the Superman film and no one else could do it…

  1. Zack is a huge Superman fanatic like most of us – I can tell too. From all the behind the scenes pics I’ve been seeing of this movie, he definitely knows his shit and definitely knows what he’s doing.
  2. Zack stays pretty faithful to the comics – When he did “Watchmen” and “300”, they were very close to the graphic novels. I think he’ll stay true to the “Superman” franchise and so far, he’s doing just that.
  3. Zack’s films are action packed, which is what Superman needs – I bet Warner Bros. looked at “Watchmen ” and “300”, they thought to themselves, “This is what Superman needs”. Zack is a good action movie director. Superman needed to be a fun action movie
  4. Zack is good with visual and special effects – If you’ve seen “Watchmen” and “300”, he’s got a unique style when it comes with special effects. When he does his films, you know it’s his work immediately.
  5. “Watchmen” and “300” were both very successful films – Both of these films were pretty big, box office money makers. Warner Bros. are hoping that “Man of Steel” will be a hit too, and they needed a director who had experience with box office hits. Zack is the man for this.
  6. Zack is good with “slo-motion” effects – This is one reason why a lot of people hate Zack Snyder as a director, he does the “Slo-motion” technique way too much. Well? I believe that if his slo-mo technique grabbed people’s attention, he’s doing something right. There are so many other directors who do the slo-mo technique as well but nobody complains. Only when it comes to Snyder, he gets bashed for the slo-mo. The slo-mo technique is exactly what Superman needs. The slo-mo when Superman’s flying in the air would look great if done by Snyder.
  7. Zack is good at working with characters – All of his movies are very character driven. He doesn’t take random characters and just do whatever he wanted with him. He just had to follow them with a complex  storyline, like “Watchmen” for example. His characters in his films are pretty insightful and anybody can recognize them.
  8. Zack’s work can be different and original – He can do things differently that no one else could do. He’s doing exactly that with “Man of Steel”. Making changes with the characters and changing Superman’s costume. He’s doing a nice job staying away from the Christopher Reeve/Richard Donner style Superman.
  9. Zack is a fast worker – This is one of the reasons he was hired, because he gets things done quickly. As you can see, from all the Behind the Scenes pics posted on the web so far, you can see he’s working very fast. Working on one scene to the next. His work ethic must of impressed Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros., so they gave him the nod.
  10. Zack knows what the fans want – We all wanted a dark, edgy, action packed Superman movie. Look like we’re going to get exactly that.
So why complain about Snyder? I think he’s going to make an amazing Superman movie. I think we’ll finally get a good one. Don’t always think that Snyder is going to make a horrible Superman movie just because you thought “Sucker Punch” was bad.
Kev