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Winner of the Memento Blu Ray contest…

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Well the “Memento” Blu Ray contest is over and we have a winner.

Congrats to Mike from Broadalbin, N.Y. I picked him, because he was the first one to get it right before anybody else, sent the answer in, early.

The question was:

“Who is the name of the artist and the name of the song being played at the end of the rolling credits of “Memento””…

ANSWER: David Bowie “Something In the Air”

I will mail him out the Blu Ray and poster hopefully on Monday.

I’ve asked Cinedigm to mail me a couple of more copies, they haven’t came yet. If they do send me a few more, I’ll mail out a few more to a few more winners. If they don’t send me anything at all, then don’t feel bad, I hope to do more Contest Giveaways in the future.

Thanks for those few people who actually entered.

Kev

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DVD Review: Lemmy

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So today, I’ve been watching the “Lemmy” movie, that I picked up on DVD a few days ago. I never bought any Motorhead albums, but I’ve heard so many songs on the radio of course. After seeing this DVD, really makes me want to start collecting Motorhead albums.

This movie, “Lemmy”, is so special. It’s one of the best music documentaries I’ve ever seen. Once you see the film, you’ll understand Lemmy Kilmister as a musician and as a person, 100%. With Lemmy’s image, the way he dresses and looks, he maybe kind of scary and mean looking, but in reality, he’s actually one of the friendliest musicians you could ever meet. Plus, Lemmy Kilmister isn’t the type of guy that would live in a private mansion, hire people to take care of him around the house, or have bodyguards everywhere he goes. He also doesn’t travel around in limo’s.

The truth about Lemmy is that he doesn’t live in a very big house. He lives in Los Angeles currently. He lives alone. His house is actually a mess, he doesn’t clean. He cooks his own food as well. Things he likes to do other than music, he likes to collect things. He also plays video games, casino slot machines and watches cartoons. Yes, they actually showed footage of Lemmy watching cartoons several times in the documentary.

The life of Lemmy Kilmister, he is just a regular guy keeping things casual, like all of us. He’s a very rich guy, yes, but when you watch this movie, you’ll know that he doesn’t live his life that way. If he wants to go to a bar to have a few drinks, he’ll go by himself. If he wants to go shopping for music at record stores, he’ll go.

I respect Motorhead. Do you know how a lot of legendary bands like the Rolling Stones, Zeppelin, the Who, etc. Break up and have long hiatus’s in between albums? Not Motorhead. They released their debut album in 1975 and the band kept going to this day, all the way up to their new album, “The World Is Yours” that they just released not too long ago, with no breaks in between. Motorhead kept releasing a new album year after year.

This was a very nice documentary, and it showed some deep insight about Lemmy Kilmister that you would never know about. He’s willing to meet fans in public everywhere he goes, so he treats his fans good. There are too many bonus extras on the disc, there’s a lot to go through. There’s live concert footage of Motorhead and extra footage from the documentary that was taken out of the movie itself.

If you’re a fan of music, you don’t have to be a fan of Motorhead to see this movie. The point of this movie is that this film wants to introduce Lemmy and Motorhead to newer fans of today’s generation. If you’re a longtime Motorhead fan, anyway, then this is a must see for you definitely, but I suggest new fans to check it out too. It’s a shame that Motorhead haven’t been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yet, when they deserve that more than any other band out there.

The documentary includes other interviews with other famous rock stars such as Dave Grohl, Ozzy, Steve Vai, Alice Cooper, Slash, Duff McKagan, etc. Billy Bob Thornton has an interview with Lemmy in the documentary ’cause Billy Bob is friends with Lemmy.

This was a very good DVD and worth the purchase. It’s kind of expensive, but I was just dying to see this movie so I bought it anyway, but it’s worth it. I don’t see Lemmy ever retiring Motorhead. He’ll keep the band going until the day he dies, I’m sure. Pick up this on DVD or Blu Ray soon. You’ll love it too. It’s inspiring.

Kev

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Report: Zack Snyder and Warner Bros. interested in Michael Shannon for main villain for the new “Superman” movie…

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The casting for the next “Superman” movie just keeps getting better and better! Now Zack Snyder and the team are interested in Michael Shannon to play an unnamed villain for the next, “Superman” flick. I’ve never seen “Boardwalk Empire”, but I have seen him in plenty of films and other TV shows. His character in the movie, “Revolutionary Road” is what impressed me the most of that film that starred Leo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet. Michael Shannon is such an amazing actor that he would make a perfect villain for Superman. I can see why they badly want him. When Michael Shannon plays a villain in movies,  he’s really psycho and makes you want to hate the guy.

Of course, they are keeping Michael Shannon’s villain character for “Superman” top secret for now, but I have a feeling that he’s going to be none other than Lex Luthor. He would be great for Lex, in my opinion. He would make an even more psychotic Lex Luthor than Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey, for sure. Gene and Kevin both played an ok Lex, but not evil enough. Michael would be perfect.

See the full story here, at Deadline.

Kev

 

 

 

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Film Review: “Battle: Los Angeles”

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Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez

Directed by: Jonathan Liebesman

Today, I decided to go to the mall for something to do. Check out a movie and do some fun shopping. I’ve been wanting to see this film for quite a long while and finally got to today. On with the review…

Plot/Synopsis: A man named Sgt. Michael Nants (Eckhart), who just retired from the Marines as a Staff Seargent, enjoys life in his home city of Los Angeles. When the city learns that they are about to get themselves in an alien invasion, Sgt. Nants is forced to go to war once again. This time, he will fight an army of aliens instead of humans.

Well, I’d have to say that this film was pretty interesting. People can get confused on what genre this movie is in. People say it’s either an action film, sci fi, or a war film. It’s a little bit of all three. I had a friggin’ blast watching this film. It’s the most fun I’ve ever had watching a film in a long time. It’s a perfect popcorn film that has it all.

The writing was surprisingly really good, the writing made you feel part of the story. It made you feel like an alien invasion can happen in real life, it was pretty realistic. I wasn’t bored one bit and stayed awake throughout the entire movie. The acting was phenomenal. You really got into the characters and made you feel part of them. They really showed their emotion and showed their acting talents. Aaron Eckhart was of course, a great actor in the film, but I liked everyone else too. Michelle Rodriguez is an actress that I love and she did a great job in the film, I was impressed with her too.

This is one of the best musical scores of a movie I’ve heard in a while too. Who ever did the score for this movie, deserves an award or something because this composer made the score very memorable. I would definitely fit the musical score to this film along with other iconic scores such as “Superman”, “Star Wars”, and “Indiana Jones” for sure.

Another thing I was impressed of with the film was the film’s sound. Oh my god. This film was LOUD! When you hear explosions and spaceships flying off the ground, you hear this loud rumbling through your ears as if you’re experiencing an earthquake. So when this film hits on DVD/Blu Ray and if you have a Surround Sound system, watch out and stand back!

The action scenes were such a blast to watch, it was a thrill ride. The thing with the Marines vs. Aliens goes, it actually made you feel like it’s war in real life. I’m sure you’ve seen other war films like “Black Hawk Down”, “The Hurt Locker”, “Saving Private Ryan”, and many more but in “Battle: Los Angeles”, this movie made you feel like you were high on something and watching a totally different war movie. The special effects and cinematography was very well done. The aliens in the film were cool too.

So far, this is the best film of 2011. I’d go see it again.

Score for “Battle: Los Angeles” = **** (4 stars as in “excellent”)

Kev

Books, movies, music

Report: Alan Paul’s “Big In China” book to be made into a movie, possibly directed by Ivan Reitman???

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Most people may have never heard of this man, but Alan Paul, is an American journalist who writes for different music magazines. He mostly writes for, Guitar World, magazine.

Alan Paul is a blues musician, who lived over in Beijing, China for a while. While there, he formed a blues band named, Woodie Alan. The band, Woodie Alan, become famous over in China. Alan Paul, wrote his experiences over there in a memoir, as you see in the pic above. The book is now out in stores everywhere I believe. Ivan Reitman’s “Montecito Pictures”, just acquired the rights to make the book into a major motion picture. The film could possibly be directed by, Ivan Reitman himself.

The Hollywood Reporter, reports.

This book sounds very interesting to me! I’ll be going to the mall tomorrow, and I’ll probably take a walk over to “Barnes & Noble’, and I’ll look for this book. I’m interested in reading it.

If you don’t know who Alan Paul is, watch the videos below. I think he’ll definitely become more well known once this film hits theaters.

Kev

 

 

Celebrity news, movies, TV

Happy 80th William Shatner!!! :-)

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I have followed William Shatner’s career for years. You have to give so much respect for this great man. He’s an American icon, and one of the true legends in the entertainment business, in my opinion. This man has done it all. He’s done everything in the entertainment business, that he could run out of things to do.

Lets look at all the things he has done over the years:

  • Movie actor for the big screen
  • TV actor – for commercials, sitcoms and a handful of other shows…
  • TV show host – from “Rescue 911” to “Shit My Dad Says”, etc. list goes on….
  • Film director
  • Screenwriter
  • Stand up comic
  • Novelist/writer (he’s written a handful of Star Trek books, biographies, and the “Tek War” series)
  • Spoken word musician/singer
  • Professional wrestler (yes, he did that too)

I think that pretty much covers it. I don’t think there is anything he hasn’t done yet. He’s 80 years old, still doing the things he loves doing. He hasn’t retired yet. I don’t think he will call it quits until the day he dies. It’s amazing he’s 80 years old and hard to believe too.

Congrats Shat, and happy birthday, man! You’re such a huge inspiration to me!

Kev

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Cool Video: A look at “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2”, a preview…

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This isn’t really a trailer, just a short behind the scenes look, but you can see some of the footage from the new film. The new film looks intense, dark, and action packed. It’s probably going to be the darkest Harry Potter film of them all.

I’ve been reading the Harry Potter books, and I’ve just started reading, “The Deathly Hollows”. Since I already saw “Deathly Hollows part 1”, that’s only half the book, obviously. I’m looking forward to the rest of the story in the book. I’m just starting it, I’m a little over a hundred pages in already.

It’s amazing. I wasn’t that much of a Harry Potter fan before, but now I’m all of a sudden, a Harry Potter fanatic. I fucking love these stories. Pretty amazing stuff.

In my opinion, J.K. Rowling should write three more Harry Potter books. Daniel Radcliffe doesn’t want to do it anymore, but Harry Potter can pass the torch to someone else to be the series leading star. Maybe pass the torch to Hermione Granger or Ronald Weasley. Keep the stories going, it shouldn’t end at 7. Maybe J.K. Rowling would create some kind of Harry Potter spin-off? Possibly.

Enjoy the video.

Kev

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Report: Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s “Dark Knight: Rises” character revealed, Juno Temple as a street-smart Gotham girl?

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Wow, Christopher Nolan is on a roll. He’s a hard working man. Going back and forth from “Batman” and “Superman”. First Nolan hires Diane Lane and Kevin Costner for the new “Superman” flick. Next here comes two new castings confirmed for, “The Dark Knight: Rises”.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is indeed signed on to the new Batman flick, WB’s kept quiet on what role he will be playing, but his character has already been leaked to the web. Gordon-Levitt will be playing, the Holiday Killer, Alberto Falcone from, “The Long Halloween” graphic novel.

The role for Juno Temple is still being kept secret, but they gave us a clue that she will play a street-smart Gotham girl. That’s a hint that she’ll be playing a costumed character, either a villain or a hero.

See the full article at, Variety.

I was thinking Juno Temple will be playing Harley Quinn, but since the Joker won’t be coming back, it can’t be possible. Harley Quinn only works if Joker is around.

There are two other young characters in the Batman comics that she would be most fitting for. She could be playing Stephanie Brown, the female Robin or Batgirl. If you knew the Batman comics, Stephanie Brown was both Robin and Batgirl. I bet that’s who Juno will be playing, Stephanie Brown. Obvious prediction.

I have read, “The Long Halloween” graphic novel. I have it in my book collection. It seems Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy have been borrowing a lot of plot ideas from that novel. They still continue to borrow stuff too, I’ve noticed.

Kev