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Are movie theaters around the US doing the right thing cancelling “The Interview” due to Guardians of Peace threats???

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Many theaters across the US are cancelling the Christmas Day opening of the controversial comedy film, “The Interview”… even the local movie theaters of Bowtie Cinemas in the Capital District are cancelling it too. Are movie theaters doing the right thing or are they cowards for letting the so-called, “terrorists” win?

I would have to say that movie theaters are doing the right thing. A threat like that should be taken very seriously. The Guardians Of Peace may or may not be “real” terrorists but ya never know. It’s a good idea to cancel the film’s opening release date just in case ’cause you never know that if you go to the theaters there could be bombs all over the theaters in America.

While it doesn’t look like a good movie anyways, it’s the best thing to do to take these threats very seriously. It’s a good idea ’cause I would do the same thing if I owned a movie theater.

You just never know if bombs were planted all over the theaters or someone could walk in with a suicide vest or a plane flies over and drops missiles on a theater. Any of that can happen.

I wouldn’t want to go to a movie theater that day when all of this is going on.

I will still see “The Interview” though, just not in theater. I’ll wait for rental on that one.

Kev

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Sony getting hacked thoughts…

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I think what’s going on with Sony is real sad. They don’t deserve that at all. Becoming a victim of hacking is not cool. Why are people doing this to them?

It could be that Kim Jong-un (Sp?) and North Korea are hacking Sony themselves as in retaliation for releasing that movie, “The Interview” w/ James Franco and Seth Rogen when they were told not to. Kim Jong-un threatened Sony not to release the film ’cause he felt it was offensive to him but of course, Sony ignored him and released the film anyways.

It could be that or the hacking could be by a bunch of losers with no jobs that have way too much time on their hands.

Sony getting hacked revealing top secret movie news that’s not supposed to be released yet, celebrities getting attacked like Angelina Jolie and Tom Hanks, many others. Crazy.

Hacking is becoming the next big thing in the technology world which is sad. That’s the way it goes, though. The bigger technology gets, the more it becomes “hacker” friendly.

I have no interest in seeing, “The Interview” film, by the way. I’ll still see it but I’ll wait for DVD rental for that one. I’m not really a big fan of either Franco and Rogen anyways. Both are terribly overrated actors and not that funny either. The only film I liked with James Franco in it was “127 Hours”.

Other than that, I hope Sony will be successful in finding out who is behind the hacking and hope they’ll get those responsible. It’s gonna be difficult, though. I don’t think they’ll ever find out who is behind the hacking ’cause it’ll be hard to trace them. They’re probably using proxy servers and all that stuff.

People who hack into others computers are usually people with no lives, though. They got nothing going on and that’s all they do.

Kev

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Is James Franco a sexual predator of underage girls? Something tells me this wasn’t the first time he’s done it…

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These are the kind of things that goes on in Hollywood. This girl is only responding to James Franco because she is probably thrilled that a big Hollywood movie star is talking to her in a back and forth chat. James’s “celebrity” status is making him think he can get any girl he pleases… it’s his huge ego. The guy maybe a talented actor but in real life, he can be a bit of a whack-job. Just look at his “selfie” obsession for proof on that.

I think this guy should get arrested and get questioned. Maybe there should be a new TV show, “To catch a ‘celebrity’ predator”, hosted by Chris Hansen again. James is only 35 years old and he’s talking to her like a teenage boy as you can clearly see, that’s some good acting, James.

http://www.cinemablend.com/pop/James-Franco-Accused-Trying-Bed-17-Year-Girl-63185.html

I hate that instagram site anyway. You would never see me on it ’cause I don’t take a lot of photos. I’m not that obsessed with it.

Kev

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What’s up with James Franco’s selfie obsession???

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Movie star James Franco has been on a selfie obsession with his facebook/twitter. He has also been posting a lot of homemade videos of himself too. Some of you ask…. what is up with James Franco? How come he’s like this all of a sudden?

James said he does it for more “power”. He says selfies helps you get more attention or something like that.

More on the story, here.

Good on James! Most celebrities and movie stars like to keep their personal life private as possible but with James… he is different. He wants to be more open and be more personal with people. Just his way of expressing himself more which most celebs are afraid to do.

There are other celebs who are obsessed with taking selfies and one other celeb that I can think of is Patrick Stewart who is famous for playing Captain Picard of “ST: TNG”.

This is just their way of entertaining their fans and their way of showing they are cool people. James seems like a good guy in real life. I love the movie, “127 Hours”, and the comedy he was in, “This Is The End”.

I follow James’s online stuff and he’s an interesting guy.

Kev

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“Oz: The Great and Powerful” brief review…

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So I finally saw, “Oz: The Great and Powerful” on DVD last night. It was a Netflix DVD rental. This film is the prequel to the original 1939 film, “The Wizard of Oz” directed by Victor Fleming and based upon the book by L. Frank Baum.

My thoughts on, “Oz: The Great and Powerful”… I thought the film did a pretty good job explaining the original film; however, the script was a mess. Yes, this new film was based upon the Oz books ’cause remember they were a series of novels. Sam Raimi was pretty faithful to the stories but there was something missing with the script and needed a little improvement. The dialogue was a bit of a mess and the acting wasn’t that great either. I thought James Franco was pretty annoying and they should have used a better choice of an actor for Oz.

I was actually most impressed with Mila Kunis who played the Wicked Witch of the West. Mila was the best part of the movie. She was pretty sexy as hell in the film with or without the witch costume & makeup. Mila made a sexy Wicked Witch even in the green skin. Mila did a great job playing her.

After watching the movie, I can see why Disney wanted Sam Raimi to direct this movie ’cause they wanted this movie to be kind of scary and they knew that Raimi has horror experience. A lot of material in this reminded me so much of the “Evil Dead” movies, for sure. I’ve always liked Sam Raimi’s directing style. He’s unique and different. Even though this is a high budget movie, Sam still has some of his B-movie directing in this film.

Some of this movie is pretty entertaining, though. The film has a lot of action and quite a bit of violence in it. Sam did an okay job making Oz having a love for magic and turning him into an evil wizard when he’s not really.

With all this being said, I thought the film was okay. Nothing all that great and nothing amazing. I just wish they didn’t make it so similar to the original film. After I watched this film last night, I thought to myself, “Was this a remake or a prequel”? I looked at it as a remake ’cause almost every scene was pretty much the same from the original film. If you wanna call it a prequel, then make it a prequel… don’t make it similar. I hate it when prequels do that. George Lucas didn’t do that with the Star Wars movies… he made those prequels totally different stories.

The original “Wizard of Oz” movie with Judy Garland is one of my favorite films. I’ve seen that movie too many times ever since I was a child and still love that film. It’s a classic indeed and honestly that film doesn’t need prequels, remakes or sequels. It should have been left alone ’cause if you make it a prequel, you’re just ruining the mysterious part of the story. It takes the magic out of it, know what I mean?

“Oz: The Great and Powerful” was alright. It’s nothing I’ll watch over and over again. It’s still worth checking out, though!

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 Video: “The Rise of the Planet of the Apes” trailer is finally here!

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As a huge fan of the original Planet of the Apes movies, I’m actually very excited for this new one. This new movie sounds killer. As you should know, this film is a prequel to the original film. It explains how Apes took over New York City. “The Rise of the Planet of the Apes” looks very impressive. I’m definitely seeing this film. Enjoy.

Kev

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Film Review: Your Highness

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Starring: Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zoey Deschanel

Directed by: David Gordon Green

So I decided to go to the movies today. I was hoping to see the film, “Hanna” but it wasn’t playing in my theater I was going to. So I ended up seeing the comedy, “Your Highness”.

Here is my review:

Plot/Synopsis: Fabious (James Franco) is about ready to get married to Belladonna (Deschanel), suddenly she is kidnapped by the evil wizard named, Leezar. Fabious teams up with Prince Thadeous (McBride) to go on a quest to rescue Fabious’s soon to be wife. Along the way, they meet up with Isabel (Natalie Portman), who is a warrior princess and she helps them in their adventure. Thadeous ends up falling in love with Isabel.

I saw this movie because I figure it would be nice to see a comedy for once. It’s a comedy spoofing off the Middle Ages. The same makers who made, “The Pineapple Express” film which I never saw yet. Back to “Your Highness”, this film has gotten mixed reviews by critics and movie fans. Did they see the same movie that I did?

I thought it was a very good comedy. It was brilliant. There were a few scenes where I couldn’t help myself but throw my head back and burst out laughing. If you dig movies with a lot of rude and crude humor, you would like this one. The one complaint I’ve seen from other people about this film is the “swearing”. I see no problem with swearing in movies. I never found swearing offensive. Swearing is not for everyone, I just never saw anything wrong with swearing. I swear all the time myself, it’s how I talk. You heard me in my videoblogs, right? The swearing is what made the movie entertaining. Without it, then the film wouldn’t be getting all this recognition. That’s how you’re supposed to make a “slapstick” comedy

The film is also surprisingly action packed. The action scenes were fun and there were a lot of cool special effects. Why wasn’t the film in 3D? It should have been! I like Danny McBride, he was a good actor in this. Plus, Natalie Portman’s character was bad ass.

I thought this film was very entertaining and I liked it a lot. I would probably buy it on DVD when it comes. There’s a lot of gay jokes in this film, but they are actually pretty funny if you don’t take it seriously. This film did a good job mixing different genres into one: fantasy, medieval, comedy, action, and romance. Do yourself a favor and check it out, soon. It was a fun movie and a laugh riot.

Score for “Your Highness” = **** (4 stars as in “excellent”)

Kev

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Thought: About last night’s Oscars…

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Yes, I did watch the Oscars last night, of course. Like expected, it wasn’t all that surprising and too predictable. I do like the winner choices, the awards went to the right places and right people this time around.

I’ve seen all ten “Best Picture” nominations, the only movie I didn’t like was, “The Kids Are Alright” but the rest of them are really good.

I’m honestly glad, “The King’s Speech” won BEST PICTURE, because it is a really good movie. It may seem boring to some people, it’s not just a dramatic movie, they made it a fun film with humor too. I wish there were better hosts this year, James Franco and Anne Hathaway were both kind of boring. The only celebrity worth seeing that did the best speech, was the amazing Kirk Douglas. Kirk Douglas, was funny, I was laughing my ass off when he was on stage, that guy has a sense of humor, indeed. Kirk Douglas, is a legend and it was amazing that he got a standing ovation.

Other stuff that was funny on the Oscars were Melissa Leo, saying the F-Bomb during her acceptance speech and Justin Timberlake saying that he’s Bansky. Banksy is the anonymous street artist in the movie, “Exit Through the Gift Shop”. Timberlake is not Bansky, he was just joking obviously.

I thought Natalie Portman gave the best acceptance speech and glad that she won for “Black Swan”. “Black Swan” was a really good movie also and I’ll admit that Natalie was good in that role.

I was hoping that Christopher Nolan was going to win for “Best Original Screenplay” for “Inception” though but he got robbed of that too.When will Chris Nolan ever get an Oscar award for Beset Director/Screenwriter? It’ll happen for Chris, just hang in there. I want Chris himself to become an Oscar winner, he’ll get his chance someday.

It was an alright, awards show, not so bad.

See the winners here, if you missed it.

Kev

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Report: Sam Raimi and Harry Osborn will reunite for “Oz: The Great and Powerful”…

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While actor, James Franco, is busy preparing for this Sunday night’s Oscars with Anne Hathaway, Franco has signed on to “Oz: The Great & Powerful”, the prequel to “Wizard of Oz” directed by Sam Raimi. This will be the fourth time Raimi will work with Franco, as Franco played Harry Osborn, in the “Spiderman” trilogy.

James Franco’s latest film is “127 Hours” which is about the real life mountain man, Aron Ralston, who was trapped in a cliff.

Deadline, reports.

Great choice! I think Franco is a talented man. I would like him to get Best Actor award for “127 Hours” at the Oscars this Sunday, but it’s probably gonna go to Colin Firth.

Kev