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Ghostbusters III, questions that needs answers…

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While the original actors of Ghostbusters are aging, do you think they’ll still be able to play their characters well? If you played, “Ghostbusters – The Video Game” like I did, you’ll know that they still have what it takes to play their characters. They still have the voices down pretty well. If you don’t think they can, play the video game. You’d be surprised to hear yourself that they still got it. Even Bill Murray played Peter Venkmen well in the video game. I think they’ll do fine with the new film.

What I’m a little worried about is the script. I hope it won’t be another “Ghostbusters II”, that film was horrible. We need Slimer to return and hopefully Staypuff as well. As far as Vigo The Carpathian, I hope they don’t make him return ’cause that was a terrible villain.

We hope for a Ghostbusters film that is much like the first one. The first Ghostbusters film was a classic. I’ll always love that film so much. I’ll never get tired of it. What we need for “GIII” is a celebration of the first film. The Video Game did a pretty good job at that.

We want “GIII” to be scary as hell, along with the comedy mixed into it like the first one. We don’t want it to be a family film like the second movie was. I’m fine with the new young Ghostbusters taking over for III, I just want a good script and I want good casting with the young Ghostbusters.

Like I always say, I’m all for another Ghostbusters movies ’cause it deserves another film to close out the trilogy. There will probably be a new Ghostbusters trilogy after this for young Ghostbusters to take over and the original cast can retire after the 3rd movie.

Just like I hope Warner Bros. does a good job with Zack Snyder’s “Man Of Steel”, I hope Sony does a good job with “Ghostbusters III” as well.

Maybe the next film can be successful without Bill Murray, who knows. I’m not getting my hopes up. They need him. I’m sure Bill will respond to this soon, he’s just waiting for the right time ’cause he knows the media will be all over it. He’s making his careful decision and thinking things over. He may be a pain in the ass about it, but even Bill wants the next movie to be good like all of us. If you think about it, we are not alone, even Bill is worried about the next film.

I wish them luck on “Ghostbusters III”. Since they maybe start shooting next year, they’re going to start casting soon. We know for sure that Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Harold Ramis and Sigourney Weaver are returning…but we haven’t yet heard from Bill Murray and Rick Moranis. It would be great if everybody returns. Lets hope they make “GIII” a great film where we could all walk out of the theater with smiles on our faces.

Kev

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Report: Dan Aykroyd says “Ghostbusters 3” will start shooting next year, with or without Bill Murray…

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Dan Aykroyd, appeared on the “Dennis Miller” show and yep, you guessed it, they talked about, “Ghostbusters 3”. Dan explains they will start shooting next year, sometime in 2012. They still want Bill Murray to sign on, but Bill has never responded yet. Bill is still being difficult about the project. So whether Bill wants to do it or not, they don’t care. Sony studios is doing it with or without him.

Dan does explain what the main characters will be like for the next film. His character Ray is blind in one eye and can no longer drive the cadillac. Egon is too overweight that he can’t do anything anymore. They did this to explain the reason for new, “Ghosbusters”. They explained they need 3 young men and going for a female Ghostbuster this time around.

Dan reveals he wants Matthew Grey Gubler from, “Criminal Minds”, as one of the new Ghostbusters.

More on it, here.

Lets hope Rick Moranis returns as Louis Tully as well. Without Louis Tully, it won’t feel like a Ghostbusters movie anymore. Rick Moranis retired from Hollywood years ago, but who knows, maybe he will come back just for this one film.

I hope Bill says yes. If he’s not in this film at all, then I won’t bother with it. It’s not a Ghostbusters movie without Bill either. Lets hope and pray that Bill will respond to this soon.

Kev

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Cool Photo: Warner Bros. thanks Pittsburgh in a unique way…

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Christopher Nolan and the film crew of Warner Bros. wrapped up their summer filming of “The Dark Knight: Rises” in Pittsburgh, P.A. That photo above is created by Warner Bros. for a Pittsburgh local newspaper.

The film crew will next head to Los Angeles and New York City to film the rest of the movie.

More on it, here.

Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” is currently filming now as well. Warner Bros. hard at work with both “Superman” and “Batman”. I’m looking forward to both of these films.

“The Dark Knight: Rises” is looking great so far though. Can’t wait to see more behind the scenes pics when they hit Los Angeles and New York. Hopefully we’ll get a pic of Anne Hathaway in the full Catwoman costume soon.

Kev

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Netflix Pick (PS3): My Name Is Bruce

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Last night, I got so bored that I decided to take the night off watching 24 on Netflix and decided to watch a streamable movie. I saw that this film, Bruce Campbell’s “My Name Is Bruce” streamable so I watched this film. It’s a low budget indie film directed by Bruce Campbell himself. As some of you know, I am a huge Bruce Campbell fan. Love the guy’s work whether it’s movies or TV. I haven’t been watching his new show, “Burn Notice” but I plan to start catching up with it soon. I just enjoy the guy’s acting style. I also admire how he stays away from blockbuster hits and prefers to star the leading roles in low budget B movies.

In this film, it stars Bruce Campbell, as he plays himself as a character. It’s about four teenagers from a small town of Gold Lick, who vandalize a  19th Century Cemetery of Chinese laborers.One of the demons wake up from the cemetery and tries to kill the teenagers.

One of the teenagers, whose name is Jeff, escaped from the Demon and he goes to his favorite actor, Bruce Campbell for help. At first, Bruce Campbell refuses because he believes demons are not real and they are just in the movies. When Bruce finally realizes that the Demon is real, he finally decided to help Jeff and the people in Gold Lick. Jeff thinks Bruce Campbell is really Ash and tries to get Bruce to buy a double barrel shotgun and a chainsaw like in “Army Of Darkness”. Again, Bruce refuses and stays out of his Ash character. The whole movie is about a legendary actor, Bruce Campbell battling against this Demon inspired from the “Evil Dead” movies.

Enough with the plot. On with this review. Now, you shouldn’t watch this movie if you haven’t seen any of Bruce Campbell’s flicks from the past. This film is clearly for the die hard fans of Bruce Campbell, the actor. Throughout the film there is at least a few references of every film he has done from the past. If you haven’t seen any of Bruce Campbell’s film, then you wouldn’t like this movie at all.

While the movie sounds cheesy and goofy as hell, that’s the way I like Bruce Campbell. Bruce has got a weird and messed up imagination when it comes to storytelling. When he does horror films, he’s a genius at making horror films both funny as hell and scary as hell. This movie is more of a strict comedy then a horror film though.

There are scenes in this movie where Bruce actually plays Ash a little bit, like the part where he is drunk at his camper home. He still plays the Ash character pretty well despite his age. The movie was funny and enjoyable. The acting and the writing was pretty bad, but hey it’s a B Movie. Most B movies are like that. In most B movies, the special effects, acting and music are pretty amateurish. Except for Bruce, who did the best acting job, of course. Since there is a new “Evil Dead” re-do in the works, I think Bruce still has it what it takes to play Ash again.

“My Name Is Bruce” is a short 1 hr. and 20 minute film, but this is a great film for all die hard Bruce Campbell fans to geek over. Check it out.

Kev

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Cool Video: Danny Devito finally gets his star for the Hollywood Walk of Fame…

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I’ve always admired Danny Devito as an actor, director and one funny ass, comedian. He’s a great guy who treated his career in a positive note. He had a very successful career and he finally gets the respect he deserves. Danny Devito finally gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

He has done it all in the movie business. He doesn’t just do comedy, he can also do a serious drama role and he’s even starred in several action movies.

Some of my favorite films he have starred in are: “Throw Momma From the Train”, “Twins”, “The War of the Roses”, “Batman: Returns”, “Hoffa”, “L.A. Confidential”, “The Virgin Suicides”, “Man on the Moon”, “Heist”, “Death To Smoochy”, and I even enjoyed “Matilda” even though he directed that film and not star.

Danny is one talented man and this is well deserved. Congrats Danny!

Like I said, I’ll be visiting Los Angeles to visit family at the end of Oct. So I will probably check out the Walk of Fame. Of course, I will bring my video camera and document my Hollywood vacation. Can’t wait.

Kev

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BREAKING NEWS: Ridley Scott confirms another “Blade Runner” movie but doesn’t yet say if it’s a prequel or a sequel…

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Major movie news hit the web hard today. Since Ridley Scott is working on the new Alien movie, “Prometheus”, Ridley decided to sign on to direct & produce another installment to, “Blade Runner”. The 1982 science fiction film that starred, Harrison Ford.

There is no word on whether this new “Blade Runner” film, will be a prequel or a sequel. It is also not known if Harrison Ford will reprise his role as, Rick Deckard.

Deadline, reports.

I always thought there was more of a story to tell with, “Blade Runner”. It’s one of my favorite films of all times. Is it a good idea for Harrison to return though? If they make it a sequel for him to return. They could also hire a young actor to play a young Rick Deckard for the prequel. Not sure what Ridley’s plans are yet, but it certainly deserves another film. Love this movie!

Kev

 

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Film Review: Rise of the Planets of the Apes

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Starring: James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow

Directed by: Rupert Wyatt

Today, I finally decided to go see the film, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”. This film is not a prequel, a sequel nor a remake. It’s a complete re-boot. It tells a whole new original story of the “Planet of the Apes” franchise, which takes place in our current time.

Here is my review…

Plot/synopsis: This film is taken place in San Francisco. It tells a story of a young scientist named, Will Rodman (James Franco) who worked on a science experiment that will cure Alzheimer’s disease. Will’s father, Charles Rodman (John Lithgow) has Alzheimer’s and he wants to make his father better.

To test out the experiment, they use chimpanzees. The Alzheimer’s virus mutates the chimpanzees, which makes the animals more human. They use a female chimpanzee named, “Bright Eyes” for testing, but she is killed after she disrupts a board meeting because she felt her baby chimp is threatened. Instead they use her baby chimp for testing and Will Rodman keeps the baby chimp. He named the baby chimp, Caesar. Later, Caesar escapes from the primate facility where he is being kept. Caesar rescues the other apes and the apes decide to take over San Francisco. 

I was a little worried that this film was going to suck, but to my surprise. This turned out to be an excellent film. I believe this film was inspired from the old “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes” because both of these films are very similar, although it wasn’t meant to be a remake.

I was impressed on how realistic “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” was. They did a great job on making apes being more believable that they can be more human. This film will make you realize that apes do have emotions and feelings like humans do. It’s not just an action movie, it’s got a serious story to tell too. This film wants people to believe that apes can be a part of this world as well.

The animated character of Caesar who is voiced by Andy Serkis, is one of the best movie characters in a long time. I have a feeling that Andy Serkis could get Oscar nominated for this role. Andy Serkis is most famous for his role as Gollum for the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

I also think there is a possibility that John Lithgow could get an Oscar nomination nod for Best Supporting Actor. As predicted, Lithgow killed it with his acting in this movie. It was nice to see him on the big screen again because he haven’t had a live action big screen movie in a long while. He’s been doing so much TV work and animated films as of late.

When you watch the apes in this movie, they want you to see they have different emotions. They can be funny, lovable, angry, evil, sad, etc.

I thought Freida Pinto was smoking hot in this film. James Franco did an okay job, but I wished they picked a better male lead with acting talent. Somebody that can really get you into the film.

I also had a blast with the action scenes. The Golden Gate Bridge scene at the end was pretty amazing.

My only complaint is that I wish the film was a lot longer. It should have been a good 2 and a half hours long. I thought there was more of a story to tell and they did kind of leave open for a sequel, of course. I hope they do a new “Planet of the  Apes” film where it’s taken place in New York City so they can explain the Statue of Liberty thing at the end of the original movie, that would take this franchise to an interesting turn.

In the theater I was in, I was surprised on how many old people were in there to see the film. The audience was mostly people around 50 – 80 years of age. I guess all the old timers were big fans of the original films with Charlton Heston and this new film brings back memories to those.

“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” was a great homage to the original films. I loved it!

Kev

Score for “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” = **** (4 stars as in “Excellent”)

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Cool Photos: Jeff Bridges reunites with cast of “The Big Lebowski” last night in NYC!!!

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Not only that Jeff Bridges celebrated the release of his debut solo album yesterday, he also reunited with the cast of “The Big Lebowski” last night in NYC. Everybody was there except for Joel and Ethan Coen who directed the film, they were no shows…but John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, and Julianne Moore were there. T. Bone Burnett was also there. While T. Bone Burnett didn’t score the music for the film, he produced the film’s soundtrack and picked the songs for the movie.

They were there to celebrate the release of the Limited Edition of “The Big Lebowski” Blu Ray/DVD which also came out yesterday.

Yesterday must be a thrilling and exciting day for Jeff Bridges. As you can see in the pics, Jeff is smiling really wide so he must of had that big smile all day. Congrats Jeff!

“The Big Lebowski” is one of my favorite comedy films by the way. I love the film too much. I plan to pick up Jeff Bridges new album tomorrow.

See the photos of the Big Lebowski reunion, here.

John Goodman is looking amazing. He’s definitely been working out and eating right ’cause every new pics that surface of John Goodman online, he seems to be getting thinner and thinner. So congrats go to John in his fitness success.

Kev

 

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Actors turned musicians over the years…

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An actor’s movie career can certainly help their music career if they play an instrument or sing. In celebration of Jeff Bridge’s releasing his debut solo album today, I thought it would be fun to name all the actors turned musicians over the years. Some of you may even be surprised of some of them

Here’s the list, I’ll name 15 of them in no order:

  • Billy Bob Thornton – He’s released a few albums of his solo career and a few albums with his other band, the Boxmasters.
  • Steven Seagal – The 80’s action star is a guitar player and singer. He had his own songs featured for his own films and released some albums. He’s been playing with his band Thunderbox, for years.
  • Johnny Depp – Yep, Johnny is a guitar player and have collaborated with other bands & artists. He used to play for his two former bands, The Kids and another band called, P.
  • Kevin Bacon – He’s in his band with his brother Michael, called the Bacon Brothers.
  • Scarlett Johansson – She released an album full of Tom Waits covers a few years back.
  • Joaquin Phoenix – He sang and played guitar for the movie “Walk the Line” but shortly after, joked about a so called rap career which he never released an album. His rap career turned out to be a hoax. Who knows, maybe someday he will do a real album down the road. Not a rap album, but maybe he can do a rock n’ roll or a country album.
  • Jack Black – An actor turned musician who actually has some talent. He’s a good singer and I love the Tenacious D. I wish they would get together to make another album.
  • Adam Sandler – His music career became very popular when he did “The Chanukah Song” on SNL, later he got himself a record deal and released his debut album, “They’re All Gonna Laugh At You” in 1993.The album have been certified platinum 2x’s.
  • Jared Leto – He has his band with “30 Seconds to Mars” and they’re still together. Making new music and touring.
  • Bruce Willis – This action star is a harmonica player and singer. He has also released a few solo albums but he haven’t released a new album in a long while.
  • Gary Sinise – He plays bass guitar for the Lt. Dan band, which is named after his character from the film, “Forrest Gump”.
  • Clint Eastwood – Clint is a pianist, and he has composed his own music for some of his films that he directed. He have never released any albums of his own yet.
  • Jamie Foxx – Jamie released his first album “Peep This” in 1994 just a few years after his first film, “Toys”, came out.
  • Gwyneth Paltrow – Her music career started to get recognized after her movie, “Country Strong”. She never really released any full length albums yet, but she has released a few singles.
  • Brittany Murphy – Before her death, she was going to launch a music career but she only did one song with Paul Oakenfield. The name of the song is “Faster Kill Pussycat”, you can hear it in youtube.
I’m sure there’s plenty more but these are the most notable ones. I’m probably going to get Jeff Bridge’s new album this week.
Kev
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The Top 10 movies that I’m looking forward to seeing this Fall…

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Now that the summer season of popcorn action and superhero flicks is almost over with, here comes the Fall season where all the serious drama films will start coming out.

Here is a top ten list of Fall movies, I’m looking forward to seeing this Fall, in no particular order:

  • The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – This one I’m looking forward to the most. I really can’t wait to see Fincher’s version of this movie and I really hope he doesn’t disappoint us. I hope he did a good job with it.
  • Mission Impossible IV: Ghost Protocol – Did I say this movie out loud? This actually looks like a very good movie, and I’ll probably see this one in theater for sure.
  • Appollo 18 – It’s another one of those found footage movies with the likes of “Blair Witch”, “Paranormal Activity”, etc. It’s about two NASA astronauts who go on a mission to the moon and you find the real reason why they never came back to Earth. I’m looking forward to this.
  • J. Edgar – The Clint Eastwood and Leo team up in which this is a J. Edgar Hoover biopic the man who founded, the F.B.I. I love Clint’s movies whether he’s either starring or directing, I look forward to any Clint film.
  • Moneyball – A movie starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, it’s a baseball movie focusing on the Oakland A’s manager, Billy Beane who is successful on putting together a baseball club by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players. When I first heard about this movie, I wasn’t so sure about it. Then I saw, the trailer and was impressed. I’m there!
  • Paranormal Activity 3 – Loved the first two P.A. films, I will probably see the third one in theater too.
  • The Three Musketeers – Another Three Musketeers remake that stars Orlando Bloom. It actually looks very good, so I will probably see this one.
  • Immortals – The Greek myth film that stars Henry Cavill. The trailer got mixed reviews, but I liked it. I love movies like this so I will probably check it out.
  • The Muppets – The new Muppets movie is actually looking very good. I’ll probably go see this one.
  • Warrior – It’s a sports movie about MMA that stars Tom Hardy. I’m really looking forward to this one as well, looks like a great film.
I wanted to add Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse” but I didn’t have enough room for this list, I’ll probably end up seeing that one anyway.
That’s all, Enjoy the list!
Kev