Thursday, April 21, 2011

New Blogs

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I’m a little slow. This whole blog thing is new to me, so I have recently discovered the ability to create multiple blogs under this account. As such I have created separate pages for movie news, movie reviews and new releases.

New Blogs can be found by clicking "view my complete profile" to the left.


I’m also working on making some animated films using moviestorm. They’ll be based off of short scripts I have and am writing and also the feature length scripts I have completed. They’ll be a blog coming for updates and clips once the first film gets off the ground I’ll also be hosting a website (www.cubicleprisonerfilms.com) using godaddy’s services. That part will take me a while. I have the hosting and domain, but I need to write the code to create the actual site. I’d like to have it up and running soon.





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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Leatherface 3D Getting Director John Luessenhop?


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Leatherface 3D Getting Director John Luessenhop?


Bloody Disgusting is reporting that John Luessenhop is in talks to direct Leatherface 3D, Lionsgate's relaunch of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) [Blu-ray]

Restrepo Documentarian Tim Hetherington Reportedly Killed in Libya

Having survived many dangerous photographic missions in his life, as well as repeated trips to the lethal Restrepo outpost in Afghanistan--now abandoned by U.S. military--where he shot Oscar-nominated doc Restrepo with co-director Sebastian Junger, British photojournalist and Vanity contributor Tim Hetherington has reportedly died in an attack in Libya, along with photographer Chris Hondros. Photographer Andre Liohn wrote from the scene on his Facebook page: Sad news Tim Hetherington died in Misrata now when covering the front line. Chris Hondros is in a serious status. Michel Brown and Guy are wounded but fine. He later writes that this news is confirmed, that he is "at the hospital now." My condolences go to Hetherington's friends and family, and to Junger. I am so sad to hear (more at imdb.com)


Sad day indeed.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Blockbuster To Dwindle To 600 Stores


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EW is reporting that Blockbuster will keep 600 stores open nationwide.
At the height of Blockbuster’s domination, the video chain had nearly 6,000 locations across the country. But since declaring bankruptcy last September, Blockbuster has seen its stores dwindle to just over 1,700. Now, with the imminent acquisition by Dish Network for $320 million, the Dallas Morning News reports that the new ownership plans to close additional stores — more than a 1,000 — but that approximately 600 locations will remain open. A spokesperson for Dish Network declined to comment, but the report hints that Blockbuster will remain in the movie rental business for the time being. (EW.com)


I hope that they’ll keep at least one of my local stores. I’ll admit to having Netflix, but I will also admit to going to my local Blockbuster on occasion to pick up a flick that Netflix doesn’t have streaming. Sure I pay more, but I enjoy the experience. Maybe I’m getting nostalgic in my (almost) middle-age. I like the experience of going into the store, browsing the aisles and interacting with actual human beings.


I’ve slacked off in the past few years. There was a time when I went to Blockbuster so often that their Friday afternoon crew greeted me like Norm from Cheers. I understand that the world moves on and technology changes things (hell the internet was still sci-fi when I was a kid), but this aging nerdish guy will miss the days of talking about the latest releases with the staff face to face instead of just emailing customer service. Technology is a wonderful thing, but I can’t help but look around and see how it is, in many ways, taking the human out of our humanity. We can get anything and everything online and people just don’t seem to interact like they used to.


Ok…I’m off of my soap box for now HaHa!!!!





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Matt Reeves to Direct The Passage


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Movieweb.com reports that Matt Reeves has been hired to direct The Passage for Fox 2000. The screenplay by John Logan, for which Matt Reeves will be supervising a re-write, is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Justin Cronin (The Passage: A NovelContemporary Literature)) .




The Passage follows what happens when a scientific experiment goes wrong, creating a horde of blood-hungry vampires set on destroying the world. It begins with a group of terminally ill cancer patients being treated with South African bat bites. At first, this seems like the perfect cure, but it soon turns out that this treatment is breeding an unstoppable army of indestructible bloodsuckers who can also read minds. Before long, they set out to infect the entire populace of the world.(Alan Orange movieweb.com)


Unfortunately he will also be directing the remake of They Live (They LiveAlien Invasions)). I know remakes have always existed in Hollywood, but damn people!!! There have been way too many in the past few years.

James Franco to star in The Stare Opposite Winona Ryder

James Franco in The Stare


Movieweb.com is reporting that James Franco (127 Hours) will star in and produce an indie drama titled The Stare, which also stars Winona Ryder (Black Swan [Blu-ray]).


The story centers on a troubled playwright (Winona Ryder) who is struggling with her latest production. She starts to have bizarre dreams and visions that she is being watched, and is uncertain if she's losing her mind, or if others are plotting against her. James Franco will portray one of the actors in her new play.

Ryan Gosling Will NOT Be The Lone Ranger

There were a lot of blog reports yesterday that Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl [Blu-ray]
) was in talks to play The Lone Ranger to Johnny Depp's Tonto. Today it has been reported by the actor's Reps that he will not be taking that role. Rumors are that his commitment to the upcoming Logan's Run (Logan's Run [Blu-ray]Crime Movies & TV)
)rip off....errr...remake may have kept him from accepting this role At this rate Depp may be playing a retired Tonto who sits on a rocking chair and yells at The Lone Ranger to get off of his lawn. Will anyone step up for the role? I would except for the fact that I have no acting ability, am almost...well...almost older, and did I mention no acting ability?

Stallone vs. Thomas Jane in Headshot

Shortly after the announcement that Walter Hill (Deadwood: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]) would be directing the new Stallone vehicle Headshot we now learn (thanks to Thomas Jane himself in a JoBlo Arrow in the Head podcast) that Thomas Jane (Hung: The Complete First Season) will star opposite Stallone (The Expendables (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)).

Headshot is the tale of a hit-man (Stallone) paring with a young NYPD Detective (Jane) in a high-stakes investigation that leads them from the back alleys of New Orleans to the power corridors of D.C. These unlikely allies join forces after the death of each of their partners in order to seek revenge.

The Hunger Games Adaptation Update

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The book The Hunger Games (The Hunger GamesChildren's Action & Adventure Literature)) Hollywood adaptation seems to be moving forward smoothly.


The book was originally published in September of 2008 and is the first book of The Hunger Games Trilogy (Hunger Games Trilogy BoxsetTeen Fantasy Books)). It introduces us to 16 year old Katniss Everdeen who lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panern (formerly North America). The are chosen by a powerful government to compete in an annual televised even where a boy and girl are choosen to fight to the death. The Hunger Games exist to demonstrate not even children are beyond the reach of the Capitol's power.


Before casting news hit this week I hadn’t heard of these books. They’re marketed as young adult and I’m…well let’s just say NOT a young adult anymore, so that may be why I’ve missed them. They sound interesting enough that I’ll pick them up prior to the release of the film.


Casting probability is Elizabeth Banks (Zack and Miri Make a Porno [Blu-ray] Role Models [Blu-ray] The Next Three Days (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)) as Effie Trinket (a bureaucrat who escorts her district’s contestants to their fate in the death match). She’s currently in talks for this role. Her talent would be a great addition to the cast which has confermation of the actors/roles below.


Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone [Blu-ray]) as Katniss Everdeen: The female tribute from District 12, who volunteers in place of her sister for the 74th Annual Hunger Games. She is the main character of the story.


Josh Hutcherson (The Kids Are All Right [Blu-ray]Indie & Art House Movies & TV)) as Peeta Mellark: Peeta is the second "tribute" to go into the 74th Hunger Games.


And
Liam Hemsworth (The Last Song (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) ) as Gale Hawthorne: Gale is Katniss' best friend.


'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' lands director Craig Gillespie


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'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' lands director Craig Gillespie
EW is reporting that director Craig Gillespie will be at the helm of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!Contemporary Literature)). He directed Lars and the Real Girl (Lars and the Real Girl [Blu-ray]) which I liked, so maybe I can forgive him for directing the remake (I FUCKING HATE REMAKES. They are way over done these days) of Fright Night (Fright NightVampire Movies & TV)) and check this movie out. He’s a good director and I have to admit that he has to work on what is out there to work on. Fright Night being remade is more the fault of lazy ass producers and studios looking for a quick buck than it is his. Looking forward to this one!


Monday, April 18, 2011

The Home (2011) in Pre-Production

The Home (2011)


I’m looking forward to this one after reading the synopsis. I’m just wondering two things:


1) How big of a role will my sancha (don’t worry my GF knows about my celebrity crush and laughs at me for it) Michelle Rodriguez (Girlfight S.W.A.T. (Widescreen Special Edition)Mystery & Suspense Thrillers) Machete)have?


2) Will it live up to it’s potential?


The Home unfolds after a young man is nearly killed during an accident that leaves him physically and emotionally scarred. To recuperate, he is taken to a secluded nursing home where the elderly residents appear to be suffering from delusions. But after witnessing a violent attack, he soon realizes that the screams behind the walls are caused by more than hallucinations, and the residents are being preyed upon by twisted, monstrous nightmares that lurk within the home itself


No official release date beyond 2011 currently available at imdb.com as it’s currently in pre-production. If it’s as good as it sounds, it would be a fun ride in a crowded theater.


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Scream 4. The reviews are in and they are mixed.

Scream 4. The reviews are in and they are mixed.

Bill Gibron of filmcritic.com writes
“In one of those weird ironies that only a writer would appreciate, a random keystroke (or in this case, an inopportune "shift") gives the title of Wes Craven's latest attempt at recapturing past glories, Scream 4, the far more appropriate printout -- Scream $. In reality, it's hard to tell if this new installment is a mere cash grab, or the result of some manner of delusion. What's clear is that expectations, along with time, have taken their toll on the franchise, leaving horror fans wary of the need for another go round. Of course, director Wes Craven and original series scribe Kevin Williamson don't help matters much. It takes them over an hour to get to a real point. And once they make it, it's back to the standard red herring/denouement round-up.”

While at screenjabber.com Simon Thompson says
“Wes saves the genre again, and his own cinematic soul, with Scream 4. Scream was a game-changer, Scream 2 was a worthy if flawed sequel, and Scream 3 barely but only just did the job (it lacked balls and brains). However, Scream 4 is the money shot. Now, I am highly restricted with regards to what I am allowed to reveal as far as plot and characters go but I can tell you this – you won’t be disappointed by Scre4m – although that’s not to say it is totally perfect. The trademark touches are here as you would hope and expect. Arquette and Cox are back, as is Campbell, and even though it has been 11 years since the last movie, they slip back into these characters so slickly that it was like only yesterday. It is genuinely great to see them back on screen all together.”


Kwenton Bellette at twitchfilm.com says
“Scream 4 is one of the most self-reflective meta-winks I have ever seen. The tongue is stabbing right out of the cheek here, never mind 'in' it. The film starts hilariously but predictably with two nubile teens as air headed victims, or does it? See, the film is self-aware of the past tropes of familiar horror and it utilizes exposes and abuses them in hilarious and unpredictable ways. Scream 4 is a mirror exposing the ugly face of by-the-numbers horror and slasher flick conventions and iterations of them. In particular how Saw 4 is 'torture-porn shit' and that 'they' are sick to death of 'little Asian ghost girls'. This over-analysis of the genre works well and sits somewhere between comedy and parody in terms of what it is trying to express.”


Then we get to Nick Schager at slantmagazine.com who states
“As befitting a third sequel that plays by the "rules" of remakes, Scream 4 proves doubly redundant and uninspired. Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson's return to the wink-wink horror well opens with an exaggerated movie-within-a-movie-within-a-movie-within-a-movie gag that bluntly speaks to the tiredness of such "self-aware postmodern meta shit." Yet for all its self-referentiality, the most telling aspect of this latest film is its conspicuous refusal to address the bottom-line cash-grab motivations of most slasher-saga follow-ups, which its pointless tale—arriving 11 years after Scream 3, and with its three headliners absent from the big screen for much of that time—most certainly and depressingly exhibits.”


What this one seems to come down to is a love or hate relationship. I missed opening weekend (birthday party complete with BBQ and a day at the park on one of our first really nice days since Central California got 200% plus of our normal rain this winter). However, based on the mixed reviews I believe I will have to rethink my idea of waiting for DVD on this one. I loved the original Scream (Scream [Blu-ray]) and found the atmosphere of watching it in a crowded theater to be much, much fun. Hoping that this is the last film (a dead horse can only be beaten for so long…except in Hollywood) I think the theater experience would be a nice bookend to the series. I may have to talk the girlfriend out of any other plans for next Friday and shot for Scream 4 before the crowds die down.






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Sly Stallone: I'm Not Directing 'Expendables' Sequel!

Sly Stallone: I'm Not Directing 'Expendables' Sequel!






WTF? Sly has made it official (despite the talk that he would be) that he won’t be directing the sequel to The Expendables (The Expendables (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)). Stallone, who stared in and directed the original $275 million grossing film, is currently involved in putting together a list of directors to run the sequel. The film is being scripted as you read and is expected (I’m hoping!) to have both Arnold Schwarzenegger Schwarzenegger Collection(Predator / Commando / True Lies)Mystery & Suspense Thrillers)
)and Bruce Willis (Die Hard Collection (Die Hard / Die Hard 2 - Die Harder / Die Hard with a Vengeance / Bonus Disc)Mystery & Suspense Thrillers))return. Personally I hope to see them in more than cameos this time, but one can only dream (Eva Mendes has yet to call me after all!) The case is also expected to expand beyond the original stars, but no final casting choices have been made at this time.


I know that the original was a love or hate situation, so maybe this one will be a bit different. Either way I enjoyed the original, taking it for the popcorn ‘80’s throw back that it was, so I’m looking forward to munching some unhealthy popcorn to the sequel.