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Report: Wow, look like George Lucas isn’t lying about retiring…does this mean no Indy 5 after all???

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Earlier this week, George Lucas, (the man responsible for bringing us, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and um, quack, Howard the Duck) he told Empire magazine that he is done with blockbuster movies. He’s retiring, says he’s serious about it and wants to make experimental movies. Well, turns out that he isn’t lying and meant what he said!

George just hired producer, Kathleen Kennedy, to be in charge of Lucasfilm, so she can take over as soon as he leaves.

More on the story, here.

For the past year or so, George and Steve Spielberg have been talking about doing a fifth “Indiana Jones” film. Steve said he’ll do it whenever George is ready. So what’s the status going to be on “Indy 5”? Will George pass the torch for the creative writing for someone else or will George scrap Indiana Jones for good? It’s obvious that George is in charge of the Indiana Jones franchise. He’s the one that put it together. George was in charge of the writing process for Indy, Steve just directed them.

I can understand why George wants to hang it up. The guy’s a fuckin’ billionaire, dude, he’s loaded. Made so much money from the Star Wars films and Indiana Jones movies. He can do what he wants to do now. It’s not yet known what they’re planning to do with the next planned Indy movie, but it’ll be interesting to see what they’re going to do with it. Hope they do something before Harrison gets too old.

If George does end up passing the torch of the Indy franchise to someone else, I won’t be heartbroken about it. The Indy movies needs a better writing team anyway. Hey, I enjoyed, Indy IV, “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, but it had a lot of problems with the writing. I’m sure the next Indiana Jones films would do fine with a better writer and better producer behind it. As I said, I liked Indy IV, just get rid of Shia Labeouf and the stupid fridge explosion scene, then the movie would have been fine.

I hope they will still make another Indy film ’cause the series deserves a good closure.

Kev

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Report: Leonardo Dicaprio buys red slippers from “Wizard of Oz” for Academy Museum of Motion Pictures…

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Love Leo Dicaprio or hate him, this makes him a really good guy for this. Leo buys, the red slippers you see in the photo above that were worn by Judy Garland in the legendary film, “The Wizard of Oz”. There were 4 slippers used, and one pair was used for the close up shot seen in the pic above. Leo wasn’t alone on spending money for the slippers, he had help with Steven Spielberg and other donors.

Of course, they wouldn’t reveal how much the slippers are worth (so they wouldn’t attract thieves). They are probably worth a fortune, so I can’t blame Leo for having other people help out. Those slippers are pretty historic and they deserve to be in a museum or some sorts.

Read this press release, here.

Kev

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Film Review: War Horse

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Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Benedict Cumberbatch

Directed by: Steven Spielberg

So I just saw the movie, “War Horse” today and here is my review…

Plot/Synopsis: Young Albert enlists to service in WWI after his beloved horse, Joey, is sold to the cavalry. Albert’s hopeful journey takes him out of England and across Europe as the war rages on.

Spielberg may have done a few war movies in his career like, “Schindler’s List”, and “Saving Private Ryan”, but those films were aimed toward the adult audience. Finally, Steven made a war film that the whole family of all ages can enjoy.

This is not the best Steven Spielberg movie ever made, he had better in the past, but “War Horse” was pretty entertaining and enjoyable. Definitely not the best of the year, but it was good for what it was. It’s Spielberg, so of course, all of his movies are great. In this film, there is something for everyone. There is this happy and joyful stuff for the children, and there are also dark stuff for the adult audience. There is a lot of violence and action in the film, but the violence is not gory and nasty like “Schindler’s List” and “SPR” were.

One thing that Spielberg is great at is making memorable characters that everyone can enjoy. They don’t even have to be human characters either. The whole movie was more about the horse, Joey, who is the main character of the movie. You can easily line Joey, the horse, along with E.T. and those aliens from “Close Encounters”. Joey is the star here.

I also love how the film is full of unknown actors, there are no big names at all. I can understand why the movie is full of unknown actors because a big name star, might overshadow, the horse, which is the main focus of the movie. This movie will remind you of, “The Black Stallion”, ’cause both of these films are pretty similar.

I was most impressed with the musical score of, John Williams. John Williams is the king at movie scores. He is amazing at composing memorable scores that you can’t get out of your head and he did it again with this movie.

Steven Spielberg is one of my favorite film makers. This film wasn’t his best, like I said, but at least it helped me get all psyched up for his upcoming, “Abe Lincoln” biopic, which is what I can’t wait to see. Spielberg can do just about every genre in film. He’s done both for children and adults. Love him or hate him, the man’s a genius. I loved a lot of Spielberg flicks except for “Hook”, which was the only movie he did that I hated. Other than that, “War Horse” was a pretty good flick. A perfect Christmas film for the whole family.

Score for “War Horse= *** (3 stars as in “good”)

Kev

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Cool Photo: First look at Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln!!!!

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After completing, “War Horse”, and “Tin Tin”, Steven Spielberg is already at work on his, “Lincoln”, biopic. Here’s your first look at Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abe Lincoln. This photo was taken at a restaurant in Richmond, Virginia where the movie is being filmed. Abe in jeans? How badass is that? Look like Daniel is on a lunch break from filming or something.

Now, I can’t wait for the movie after seeing this pic! Super cool!

Kev

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Report: Steven Spielberg agreed with the public that “Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” had problems but blames Lucas…

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“Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, the fourth installment to the Indy series has gotten negative feedback ever since it came out, and Steven Spielberg finally responds to the negative critics. He agreed with the public that Indy IV sucked, but he puts the blame on George Lucas for the bad movie.

Another thing that people’s been complaining about is the controversial Fridge scene in which Indy hides in to protect himself from an atomic bomb. Steven says he doesn’t blame Lucas for that scene, he blames himself.

Read the full story, here.

I’m one of the very few that actually loved Indy IV, I just didn’t like Shia Labeouf starring in it. I think it was pretty much him that ruined the movie. Without Shia, the movie would have been fine.

When they do Indy V, hopefully they get rid of Shia, and I’m hoping they make Indy V a more serious movie next time around, and not a popcorn flick. I think the next Indy movie should be more like, “Raiders”. Will they do the sci-fi thing again with Indy V? I don’t think they should do it again.

I think it would be kind of cool if they do a script on the Ark of Covenant, after all, the Ark did make a brief cameo in Indy IV. They better make Indy V soon, because Harrison is getting older.

Kev

 

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Report: “Transformers 4 & 5” to star Jason Statham?

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The third installment to the Transformers trilogy, “Dark of the Moon”, was originally going to be the final film of the series. Due to the huge box office success of the third film, it’s no surprise they are going to keep going with the franchise after this. Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay are in early negotiations to discuss plans to shoot, “Transformers 4 & 5” back to back.

Only thing though, Shia Labeouf, the series main star will not return for the next films. They are very interested in action star, Jason Statham, to star the leading role instead.

Read the full story, here.

I hated the first Transformers movie and the second one, but the third one I actually loved a lot. They did a great job with the 3rd movie, “Dark of the Moon”, it was a great improvement.

I always thought Shia Labeouf was the wrong actor to play in these movies and they are finally starting to understand it. Jason Statham is a better choice. I’m a huge Transformers fan, I just want the movies to be better. I like Jason Statham. I enjoy a lot of his movies. He’s a great action star of this generation.

Kev

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Cool Video: Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse” trailer is finally online!

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We all know Steven Spielberg took a long break from directing his own movies. During his break, he spent most of his time producing other films. He just finished “War Horse” his latest directorial film and it will hit theaters this Christmas. I love Steven Spielberg movies so I will probably go see this one. The film looks very good. Glad he’s finally back to serious dramas where he’s best at. This is his first directorial film since 2008’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”.

He’s got a few more directorial films coming up. The animated “Adventures of Tin Tin” and he’s got the “Abraham Lincoln” biopic coming up soon.

John Williams scored the music for “War Horse”. Since John Williams is still scoring movies, will he score for Zack Snyder’s “Superman”? I’m hoping.

Enjoy the trailer for “War Horse”. Looks great.

Kev

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Cool Photo: Indiana Jones’s fridge scene from “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”…

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In Indiana Jones, “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, you remember that controversial fridge scene? Where Indy hides in this fridge during the Nuclear bomb explosion to protect himself? Well, here they are filming that scene. That’s really Harrison Ford in that fridge. It’s no stunt double, that’s really Harrison. The pic is proof of it.

Damn, while that scene is kind of goofy and silly, you gotta give respect for Harrison for braving that scene. I couldn’t even get in a fridge like that, it would be too painful and tiring. Gotta give the kudos for Harrison for dealing with that. I wonder how long Harrison stayed in that fridge in the pitch black dark like that?

Photo taken from Ain’t It Cool News.

Kev

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“Super 8” the mysteries of the trailer…

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One thing for sure that JJ Abrams and Spielberg did a great job on keeping the new trailer mysterious. The plot haven’t been revealed quite yet. The trailer showed a few kids filming their own zombie movie with a video camera at a railroad track. A train comes by and crashes through a truck. Then they discover a US Airforce cargo that was on the train, not sure where it came from and they try to investigate it. Something was trapped inside the cargo and trying to get out. Keeping that “thing” a mystery. They wouldn’t show you if it was an animal, a monster or an alien, whatever that thing is.

At about 1:37 in the trailer, you can briefly see that “thing” in the trailer, if you look closely. So it’s obviously some kind of creature or an alien. The trailer makes it look like that the town is in danger of this “thing”. If you notice in the trailer, the kids try to find the “thing” themselves by filming a documentary of it. Look like Kyle plays the town’s Sheriff and look like his job is to protect the town from danger.

The trailer wants to make it look like the film is violent and dark, with this mysterious “thing” in the film. Is this “thing” evil or actually friendly? There are too many questions that need to be answered. Once we actually see the film, I’m sure the film will be much different than the trailers we’ve seen.

Knowing that Spielberg is part of this film, I just hope this film won’t end like “Close Encounters” or “E.T.”. We’ve had enough of those endings where the aliens go back out in space. I hope the ending for “Super 8” will be different.

Most movie trailers make films so predictable, but this one is mysterious. They did a great job with the trailer, leaving us having no idea of what the movie is going to be like. Spielberg have done so many movies about aliens over the years, I’m hoping this one will be something different. I’m hoping the “thing” in this film will be evil and scary looking. Spielberg had enough family friendly aliens, hope this one will be a mean one.

It might not be an alien or a monster at all and the thing won’t even exist in the film. We’ll just have to wait and find out what it is when the film comes out in June.

Kev