Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
The Last Movie Star starring Burt Reynolds (Burt Reynolds!) poster and trailer are here. I can’t tell you how excited I am to see Reynolds back on the big screen and The Last Movie Star looks like the perfect vehicle for him.
Once a week Joblo.com posts Awesome Art We’ve Found Around the Net. As you can imagine, they post awesome art that they, well, you get the idea.
I always enjoy seeing what JoBlo has found because with each post they list the artist’s name and a link to more of his/her art. That’s where I saw this Escape From New York (by Martin Ansin) poster.
I surprised myself with how well I did on MeTV’s Can You Guess the Cartoon from 1967? Quiz. For the record, I missed question 7.
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at The Terror!
MetaBallStudios has created an interesting short video comparing the size of various movie monsters. I wish that a few more had been included (Creature from the Black Lagoon and Ants from Them! to name two.)
Fans of the movie Psycho have to love this alt poster by Adam Simpson. Simpson cleverly incorporates key movie moments in his design. Bravo!
The Bent poster and trailer are here! I just wish it looked better. I’m a Karl Urban fan, Andy Garcia is always a plus and who doesn’t enjoy seeing Sofia Vergara?
The second trailer for A Quiet Place is here. The movie looks better and better!
S. Craig Zahler is a novelist, screenwriter and movie director.
Zahler’s novels include Mean Business on North Ganson Street, A Congregation of Jackals, Wraiths of the Broken Land, and Hug Chickenpenny: The Panegyric of an Anomalous Child. I’ve read and enjoyed Mean Business on North Ganson Street. I look forward to diving in to his other novels.
At this point, Zahler is probably best known for his movies. Bone Tomahawk and Brawl in Cell Block 99 showed Zahler to be a promising film-maker not afraid to create genre films that are equal parts character study, action and horror. Zahler’s next film, Dragged Across Concrete, stars Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn with support from Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Laurie Holden,Udo Kier and Michael Jai White. I can’t wait.
Jedidiah Ayres recently interviewed S. Craig Zahler and they talked novels, movies and more. Well done, Jedidiah!
Your Date is Here is a fun little horror short based on the 1960s Mystery Date board game.
Regular readers will know what I mean when I say Primal Rage looks like a great drive-in movie. If you’re not a regular reader a drive-in movie is one that looks like a low-budget fun ride.
Wow! This surprised me. Very creepy and now on my radar.
I like the look of Spinning Man. (Interesting that he has memory trouble – Momento anyone?)
MeTV has an article that presented 11 Forgotten TV Detectives and Crime Solvers of the 1970s. Although the post is no longer available, here are three of my favorites (and some comments)…
1. Dan August (1970–71)
Dan August was Burt Reynolds second series after he left Gunsmoke. In his first effort, Hawk, Reynolds played a detective. The series ran just one season of 17 episodes. Reynolds second television outing as the lead was in Dan August. Reynolds played a homicide detective. Dan August lasted just one season of 26 episodes. It gained new life after cancellation because Burt Reynolds star was on the rise in feature films. I was a big Dan August fan.
2. Longstreet (1971–72)
Longstreet was a blind insurance investigator played by James Franciscus. Little known fact: Bruce Lee appeared in some episodes of the show! Lee played a martial artist who trained the newly blind Longstreet! Bruce Lee was what brought me to watch.
5. Toma (1973–74)
Toma was based on a real-life detective named David Toma. Toma was played by Tony Musante. Surprisingly Musante decided to quit after the first season. ABC decided to recast the role with Robert Blake. ABC then opted to dump Toma and create a new show with different characters. The new show was Baretta. I vaguely remember Toma, but I never missed Baretta!
