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Saw the new “Death Wish” remake and it was freakin’ GREAT! Definitely go check it out!

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Earlier today, I decided to go to the mall for something to do and I wanted to go see the new, “Death Wish” remake w/ Bruce Willis. Turned out that I thought the movie was freakin’ GREAT like the title says. It’s definitely one of the best action thrillers I’ve seen in a long time.

Bruce Willis is finally back on the big screen after several years of making straight to video films. This is the Bruce Willis we all want to see, though. The bad ass Bruce Willis like how we all like to see him. This role will remind you of John McClane a little bit from the first two “Die Hard” movies.

Ya know how most remakes sucks nowadays? Well, we finally get a really good one here. As a matter of fact, I think the “Death Wish” remake w/ Bruce Willis was a lot better than the original which starred Charles Bronson. Even though both movies have pretty similar story lines, still though the films are pretty different. I’m glad the remake isn’t exactly like the original. The one with Bruce Willis is a modern day “Death Wish” film of what it would have been like today. That’s the whole point of it, I believe.

What I liked about this film is that this is an action thriller where you get to cheer on the hero and also get grossed out by the gritty scenes. There are a few scenes in this film that will make you want to look away from the screen. Eli Roth is the master of making gritty scenes since he is mostly known as a horror director.

I was very impressed with this film. Glad I went and saw it. It’s a good revenge movie. Bruce Willis haven’t been starring in that many great roles lately and the true Bruce Willis is finally back. This is not just a remake, I think it’s gonna be a reboot too ’cause this could be ongoing series. There’s probably gonna be a sequel.

The action scenes were a blast to watch and the entire cast did great on the acting too. It was good to see Elizabeth Shue in a movie again, though. I haven’t seen her in a movie since “Hollow Man” w/ Kevin Bacon. Remember Elizabeth Shue played Laruso’s love interest in the first “Karate Kid” movie and she was McFly’s girlfriend in “Back to the Future II and III”. She was also the leading star in “Adventures in Babysitting”.

The “Death Wish” remake kicked ass. If you’re a fan of action thrillers, definitely go see this one. I’m definitely getting the BluRay when it comes out for sure.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1137450/

Kev

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“The Sacrament” brief review…

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http://www.amazon.com/The-Sacrament-HD-Joe-Swanberg/dp/B00K1WIN7O

Last night on Netflix streaming, I finally gotten around to watching “The Sacrament”. It’s a found footage horror film about religious cults. It tells the story about two journalists who make a trip up to “Eden Parish” which is a small private area where a bunch of people live in this group with a guy named Father being the leader. At first, they didn’t seem like a religious cult until they realized it later.

I thought this film was pretty interesting. Religious cults is pretty scary and frightening stuff. I enjoyed this film ’cause it was actually pretty realistic and something like this can happen in real life. Well, something like this already did happen in real life as this story was inspired from the Jonestown Massacre. Remember, the Jim Jones cult leader? This is what this movie is. It’s a re-telling of the Jonestown Massacre. After watching this movie, makes me want to learn more about the Jonestown Massacre.

The content in “The Sacrament” film maybe very dark and controversial but I think it was meant to be. I think it intentionally re-told the story of the Jonestown Massacre ’cause this film wants to remind people that religious cults do exist. I’m sure they still exist to this day.

This film made it’s debut at Venice Film Festival last year but earlier this year it was only shown in a limited amount of theaters. This film is definitely worth checking out, though. If you don’t have Netflix streaming, give it a rent through Itunes or Amazon or where ever you watch your moves online.

I thought it was a pretty good film and it was actually scary.

Kev

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Report: Quentin Tarantino wrote new zombie film, Eli Roth will direct it…

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Quentin Tarantino exclusively revealed on his twitter page that he just wrote a zombie horror film titled, “The Night The Dead Walked”. He also announced that Eli Roth will direct the film. This is really Tarantino’s twitter page, ’cause only he can get out the script he just put out for the public. Go to his twitter and download the script, “The Night the Dead Walked”. The script is over 30 pages long, it’s only a preview, not the entire film. Give it a read, it’s pretty good.

Tarantino’s twitter page.

As you can see, he gave me a “retweet” after giving him feedback on his work. Tarantino is no stranger to writing scripts in the horror genre. “From Dusk ‘Til Dawn” anyone? He wrote and starred in “From Dusk to Dawn” along with George Clooney, Tarantino didn’t direct “Dawn” though, Robert Rodriguez did.

Looking forward to seeing, “The Night the Dead Walked”. I’m a big Tarantino fan, I follow everything he does.

Kev

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Report: Eli Roth joins Tarantino’s “Inglorious Bastards”…

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Quentin Tarantino finally started casting and he should complete the casting pretty quickly before shooting begins. Tarantino confirmed Eli Roth to play the character Sgt. Donnie Donowitz for “Inglorious Bastards”. The character is described as a baseball swinging Nazi hunter. Tarantino worked with Roth a few times before. He worked with Roth for “Death Proof” and worked for the horror film “Hostel” which Eli Roth directed and Tarantino was the executive producer.

Brad Pitt is currently in talks and Tarantino soon plans to meet with Leonardo Dicaprio to star in the film as welll.

Variety Reports:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117990111.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

How much do you want to bet that Tarantino will also get some of his regulars in the film too like Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, maybe even David Carridine may have a small role. Maybe Uma Thurman too.

But I hope Sly Stallone has a role in this flick as well. That be sweet to see Sly co star along with Pitt and Dicaprio.

Kev

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Report: Eli Roth joins Tarantino’s “Inglorious Bastards”…

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Quentin Tarantino finally started casting and he should complete the casting pretty quickly before shooting begins. Tarantino confirmed Eli Roth to play the character Sgt. Donnie Donowitz for “Inglorious Bastards”. The character is described as a baseball swinging Nazi hunter. Tarantino worked with Roth a few times before. He worked with Roth for “Death Proof” and worked for the horror film “Hostel” which Eli Roth directed and Tarantino was the executive producer.

Brad Pitt is currently in talks and Tarantino soon plans to meet with Leonardo Dicaprio to star in the film as welll.

Variety Reports:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117990111.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

How much do you want to bet that Tarantino will also get some of his regulars in the film too like Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, maybe even David Carridine may have a small role. Maybe Uma Thurman too.

But I hope Sly Stallone has a role in this flick as well. That be sweet to see Sly co star along with Pitt and Dicaprio.

Kev