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Lupita Nyong’o is the latest casting for “Star Wars Episode VII”…

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The Hollywood Reporter reports that “12 Years A Slave” star, Lupita Nyong’o is in talks for a major female lead for “Star Wars Episode VII”. Her character is kept under-wraps for now but I heard a lot of rumors for a long while now that the leading character for “Star Wars Episode VII” will be a black female Jedi. That’s what I heard, look it up.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lupita-nyongo-meets-jj-abrams-688787

If it’s true that she’ll be playing a Jedi, Luke Skywalker will probably end up being her mentor/master, I bet. Will we see Lupita vs. Adam Driver’s villain character in light-saber battles???

“Star Wars Episode VII” is obviously looking for a younger cast but when will we ever get a confirmation where Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill are going to be in the film? I guess, JJ is just waiting for the right time.

I still haven’t seen “12 Years A Slave” yet but gonna get around to it soon.

Kev

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New Jimi Hendrix movie biopic is on the way…

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Experience Hendrix, LLC has announced they will move ahead with the Jimi Hendrix biopic. This is not to be confused with the other Hendrix biopic starring Andre 3000. This Hendrix biopic is totally different and separate. The other film with Andre 3000 is not authorized by Experience Hendrix, LLC… this one will be. In this biopic film will have Jimi’s songs played throughout the film.

No casting, no director, no writer or producers have been hired yet but they said the plot will be chronicling the life and career of Jimi Hendrix. The movie will probably go from his childhood to his death.

More on the story, here.

I’m more interested in this biopic film than the Andre 3000 film. Who is going to play Jimi Hendrix in this film? I’m pretty sure they’re gonna be accurate with Jimi’s life in this movie since this film will be made by his family. Experience Hendrix LLC, is owned by Jimi’s father and helmed by his sister, Janie.

I’m a huge Jimi Hendrix fan. He’s my 2nd favorite guitarist right behind Jimmy Page. I’m sure they will make this a good movie. It should be a hit for musicians and regular music lovers. Jimi’s story should be an interesting one, though, as it deserves to be told. I’m sure everybody would like to know how Jimi became a musician and all would be told in this film. I’m sure the film will focus mostly on his music career and his drug problems as well.

I’m looking forward to seeing how they’re gonna pull off the Woodstock and Monterey Pop Festival scenes.

I hope they pick a good actor to play, Jimi. They probably won’t go for Andre 3000, they should probably go for somebody different. I’d say go for Lenny Kravitz maybe? Lenny’s already doing some movies and he’s already a good guitar player so I say go for him. Lenny has a lot of Hendrix resemblance so he’ll be a good choice, I think.

Kev

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Does Mel Gibson deserve a second chance in Hollywood? I’d say yes, absolutely!!!

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Deadline is begging Hollywood and movie fans to give actor/director, Mel Gibson, a second chance in the mainstream due to the 10th Anniversary of “The Passion”. Everybody knows that Mel got into a lot of trouble for his anti-semitic rant in 2006.

Read more here:

http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/tv/tvguide/article/Does-Mel-Gibson-Deserve-Another-Chance-5308634.php

After 2006, Mel took a couple of years off of making movies but he returned in 2010 with the action/thriller, “Edge of Darkness”, in which he played the leading role. Then he starred in Jodie Foster’s, “The Beaver”, and released the straight-to-DVD film, “Get The Gringo”, he also played a role in “Machete Kills”.

Mel Gibson will next star in “Expendables 3” as the main villain.

Do I think Mel deserves a second chance in Hollywood? Yes, absolutely! In the past, I used to be upset with Mel’s anti-semitic rant myself but I got over it. You should do the same. People make mistakes. We all make ’em. It’s about learning from your mistakes and moving on. That’s what Mel did. He learned from his mistakes and moved on. He was really drunk and wasted around the time he said those things so I’m pretty sure he didn’t mean it ’cause drunk people can say stupid shit, believe me.

Love him or hate him… Mel is a talented man. He’s a good actor, writer, and film director. Like most people, “Braveheart” is one of my favorite films and I think “Apocalypto” is an amazing film as well. Of course, “The Passion” was great also. He made too many great films. I love all the Mad Max movies and of course, the Lethal Weapon series.

Of course, there will be tons of ignorant people who WILL NEVER move on from the anti-semitic stuff. There will always be people who will try to bring Mel down no matter what he does. I’m sure there will be campaign groups trying to get “The Expendables 3” banned in the USA ’cause of Mel Gibson. Wait ’til that film comes out.

Mel continues to work in Hollywood despite all of his troubles ’cause that’s what the man does. He makes movies for a living.

Mel deserves a second chance in Hollywood. I think it’s time to forgive and forget. Mel deserves it. He may seem like an asshole but in reality, I think he might be a great guy. He’s human just like the rest of us.

I think he deserves to be a big part of Hollywood again. Give him a break and let him live his life. He seems like a changed man and he’s getting better.

Kev

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“The Last Of Us” video game coming to the big screen for live-action film…

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Well, I didn’t find this a surprise at all that they were going to make a movie for, “The Last of Us”, which is one of the best games released of 2013. After I finished the game, my first immediate thought was, “They’re gonna make this into a live-action movie”. Look like my prediction was right! Sam Raimi’s, Ghost House Pictures, is producing and they already have a writer who is, Neil Druckmann. No director have been found yet. “The Last Of Us” is an action-adventure zombie game mixed w/ a little science-fiction as well. The game is mostly storyline but there are tons of gameplay in it.

More on the story here:

http://www.slashfilm.com/the-last-of-us-movie/

Will they get Ellen Page to play Ellie? The girl pictured above? I don’t know. Ellen Page complained about the game using her likeness so she might not do it but ya never know, though. These guys may try to ask Ellen ’cause I know they won’t resist it. The Ellie character looks a lot like Ellen. Ellen didn’t voice the character, though, they just made the character look like her.

I hate most movies adapted from video games but as long as Sam Raimi is involved for this one, I’m all for it. Will Sam Raimi direct as well? Who knows. We’ll have to wait and see.

Who will play Joel, the man pictured above? Looking at that photo, I can easily think of a few actors who would be perfect for that character: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Ethan Hawke, and Ben Affleck maybe???

Since this is a Sam Raimi movie, Bruce Campbell would probably get a small role.

Looking forward to seeing where they’re going with this. Hope they make it right.

Kev

 

 

 

 

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I think I’m gonna pass on seeing the “Annie” remake… no thanks…

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For some weird reason, I’m already seeing that the Jay-Z and Will Smith produced, “Annie” remake could be the worst film of 2014. It isn’t because they turned it into a version where black actors star in the film, it’s just that the movie looks garbage overall. Could this be the box office bomber of the year? I’m saying yes, it will bomb terribly. No one will see this.

I used to be a fan of the 1982 original when I was a kid.

What’s even worse is that Steven Spielberg is planning to direct a “West Side Story” remake, and I don’t want him getting near that either. It pisses me off how important classics are getting remade in this day and age.

Kev

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Film Review: “Robocop” (2014)

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Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, Jackie Earle Haley

Directed by: Jose Padilha

Today, I decided to go hit the movie theaters for something to do and I finally gotten around to checking out the new “Robocop” film… here is my review:

Plot/synopsis: In 2028 Detroit, when Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) – a loving husband, father and good cop – is critically injured in the line of duty, the multinational conglomerate OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer.

I wanted to see this film ’cause like most movie fans, I am a huge fan of the original 1987 “Robocop” film directed by Paul Verhoeven. The original film is an important classic and it’s a film I will always love.

I was pretty surprised of the new “Robocop” film that came out this year. The film got mixed reviews and I couldn’t understand why. The film had a “plot” and a good one. I thought the film was well-written and the story explained the whole man-in-machine plot pretty well. This movie explained so much that the original film didn’t. In this film, Robocop had a little more personality and he was more human than the Peter Weller version. Don’t get me wrong, this film will never top the original but I appreciated the new film for what it was.

The casting was pretty strong in this movie and was well-acted by everyone. It was amazing to see Gary Oldman and Michael Keaton play in the same movie together. Both actors have one thing in common. What are they? Both of them starred in Batman films. Sam L. Jackson and Jackie Earle Haley were great too. It’s nice to finally see a movie with Jackie Earle Haley in it in which he’s not wearing make up or costumes.

I thought the visuals and special effects in this movie was pretty impressive. The action scenes and violence was a blast to watch too. I’m also happy that they kept the original “Robocop” theme that opened the movie, that was awesome! While this film isn’t a straight-up remake from the original, there are still going to be a lot of similarities from the original, though. The story was original and something different.

I thought the star who played Robocop, Joel Kinnaman made a great Robocop. He looked a lot like Peter Weller’s Robocop.

With all that being said, I thought this was a badass movie. I liked it a lot. This is the kind of film that doesn’t deserve the negative criticism. I didn’t find anything wrong with it. You should definitely check this film out yourself if you’re a Robocop fan. It’s recommended for new fans too.

Two thumbs up.

Kev

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Last night’s Oscar awards brings up the debate of celebrity obsession in America…

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The topic of “celebrity obsession” in America haven’t been that big on the internet until Ellen hosted the Oscar awards again last night. The whole internet world is all over this debate of celebrity obsession ’cause of last night. You look at facebook, political forums, blogs, entertainment sites, etc. You can see the internet world shitting on the world of fame and rich celebrities. I’ve been guilty of “celebrity obsession” myself ’cause that’s what this blog has been about over the years. Why do Americans hate on celebrities making a living for making movies? Is it out of jealousy that these celebrities are making more money than we do? Maybe that’s a small part of it.

However; though, you shouldn’t really blame these people getting rich off of making movies. Who is the real person to blame? That would be us. If you think about it a few minutes, we’re the ones keeping these celebrities out there doing what they do for a living. We’re the ones paying to go see their films by going to the theaters and buying/renting their films, that’s how they’re making their money. That’s how the movie industry stays alive ’cause we’re paying them. Sorry but that’s the truth. That’s how they get their box office numbers. We pay to go see movies, the money goes through the box office, and then the money goes to the industry to pay the film companies, crew, actors, etc. We’re the ones making these people rich and famous, ha ha! Sorry but that’s the truth. That is a small part of why we have sites like TMZ and perezhilton. I hate those gossip sites like the next person but those sites wouldn’t have came around if we weren’t helping people become rich and famous. If you don’t want celebs getting rich and famous, then we should stop paying for their work but nope, that will never happen.

I agree, though, that it’ss crazy and out of this world how these actors/actresses get paid millions just to make one film.

With that being said, Hollywood has always been this way since the 1930’s. America has always been obsessed with celebrities for decades. It’s nothing new.

Fame and fortune continues to get worse ’cause of media and gossip sites, though. Celebrity gossip is pretty big on the internet. Whenever a celeb couple gets married or if a famous actress gets pregnant… it’s all over the news. I can’t stand it myself but that’s how people make their money. If you notice on my blog, I try to stay away from celebrity gossip. I don’t concentrate on marriages, divorces and all that bullshit. My main focus is on their film projects and what they’re doing in the movies.

I hear everyone, though. It would be nice if this nation would get their minds off of celebrities and focus on what our fuckin’ President is doing to our nation. The US is about to go to war with Russia over this Ukraine stuff, we still have 4 dead Americans w/ no answers over Benghazi, and we have all kinds of crazy things going on in America. Obama is destroying our country and everybody wants to focus on celebrities. That’s kind of why I’ve been all over Obama on my blog more than the other topics ’cause I find what he is doing to our country is more important.

Back to the Oscars, I have a feeling that we’re gonna get Ellen as host again for next year since the ratings turned out decent and the popularity of that selfies pic. That’s why they had Ellen back ’cause of her popularity on twitter. I can’t stand Ellen Degeneres. It’s not because of her being lesbian is why I don’t like her — I just think she’s an annoying and stupid as hell woman. Never liked her at all.

Kev

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Last night’s Oscar awards was the worst show in history… wow!!!

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Man, I wish I can get my 4 hours back that I wasted watching the horrendous Oscar award show last night. Last night’s show was really bad… all the way through.

Ellen Degeneres was a horrible host. She wasn’t funny as she tries to be. She was actually annoying as hell. The pizza delivery and the group selfie w/ celebs? That part when Ellen kept going on and on about her group selfie with those stars going viral on twitter… I’m like, “Wow, Ellen, shut the fuck up, no one cares.”. Even the celebs in the audience was looking bored. I did laugh at one part; however, when Ellen gave Harrison Ford a pizza slice… she forgot to give him a napkin so Harrison tapped her on the shoulder and asked her for one. Harrison is the shit!

I was disappointed in the Oscar winner choices too. Sandra Bullock didn’t win, Jennifer Lawrence didn’t win… wtf? Jonah Hill and Leo didn’t even win either. It was no surprise that “12 Years A Slave” was gonna get BEST PICTURE. I’m glad they gave Alfonso Cuaron the director for “Gravity” an award but they just did that ’cause “Gravity” wasn’t gonna get BEST PICTURE.

A lot of acceptance speeches were pretty bad too especially Matt McConaughey who had to bring “god” into helping him get up there. How was that an inspiring and moving speech? God didn’t help him get up there. I hate when people win awards at award shows they think god got them up there. Hard work and talent, got them up there. God didn’t do that for ya. It’s a load of crock. Why did McConaughey’s speech had to turn into the Joel Osteen show?

The musical performances weren’t that great either. Even U2 and Pink were pretty bad. Same with Bette Midler.

The camera and production crew seemed pretty amateurish and they cut off the applause during the “In Memoriam” segment. Usually during the “In Memoriam” segment there are people clapping during it. They did a little bit but it was cut off due to technical difficulties, I think?

The only positive I can give about the Oscars last night was that Bill Murray gave a shout-out to Harold Ramis as he was presenting an award. That wasn’t on the teleprompter… he just ad-libbed it in there. That was very cool! That was probably the best thing that happened last night but other than that… the whole show was garbage.

I don’t know if I’ll continue to watch the Oscars. The Oscars seem to be getting worse each year too. It’s no different than other award shows now.

Kev

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I think “Gravity” WILL be the Best Picture winner at the Oscars tomorrow night…

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So “The Oscars” is tomorrow night. Yes, I will probably end up watching but it’s easy to predict this year’s “Best Picture” winner even though they try to make it look tough to predict. As soon as I finished watching the movie, “Gravity” after I’ve seen it in theaters… my first thought was, “Gravity’s going to win Best Picture”. “Gravity” really is a beautiful film. Finally, a science fiction movie that is realistic. If you haven’t seen it yet, I would suggest you check it out as soon as possible. The film is on DVD/BluRay. Give it a rent or buy it. I’m planning to get my own copy of the film “Gravity” on BluRay sometime next week. I’m also hoping Sandra Bullock will win another Oscar for her role in “Gravity”.

I also think Jennifer Lawrence will win her second Oscar for her role in “American Hustle”. “American Hustle” was an amazing film too.

I haven’t seen”12 Years A Slave” yet so I will wait for rental on that one.

Hopefully, it’ll be a good Oscar awards show tomorrow night and the winners go to the right people.

Kev

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Will I go see the “Son of God” movie???

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Oh hell no!!! I think I’m gonna avoid this one, “Son of God” movie that is produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey… same makers for “The Bible” TV minis series which I also didn’t watch. I would avoid anything that have to do with Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. I don’ t appreciate how they’re trying to promote religion in the mainstream, ya know? I’m pretty sure their work is very inaccurate about the Bible and Jesus’s life anyway.

If you wanna watch great movies about Jesus, there are other great films that I’m sure a lot of people today don’t even know about most notably a powerful film like Mel Gibson’s “The Passion”. That is probably the best movie about Jesus, right there. Also “The Last Temptation of Christ” starring Willem Dafoe and directed by Martin Scorsese is another great film about Jesus’s crucifixion. There is also other classics such as: “King of Kings”, “The Greatest Story Ever Told”, there is also, “Mary, Mother of Jesus” w/ Christian Bale and what about, “The Jesus of Nazareth”? What about the rock opera musical, “Jesus Christ Superstar”?

I know a lot of people are excited about “Son of God”, but there are other films on Jesus as I explained above.

Even though this film isn’t about Jesus at all, you should also check out the important classic, “The Ten Commandments”, that tells the story about Moses. The Cecil B. Demille classic.

I’m not a religious person by any means but like most people I find the Jesus story interesting myself.

Forget, “Son of God”. It’ll probably suck anyway and I won’t even see it when it comes out on DVD as well.

Kev