Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Above is a pretty rare video of Lyle Waggoner & Peter Deyell and Adam West & Burt Ward in screen tests for the original Batman TV series. While Waggoner looked more like Bruce Wayne, West was the right choice.
Here is the poster and trailer for The Quarry. The poster is okay, I like the trailer more. The Quarry looks like a winner.
From the novel by Damon Galgut comes this searing thriller, a tale of sin and redemption set in the wilds of Texas. After murdering a traveling preacher, a fugitive drifter (Shea Whigham, Joker) travels to a small town and poses as the man he killed. Though the congregation loves the drifter’s sermons of forgiveness, the local police chief (Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon, The Shape of Water) is suspicious of the man. Soon a gruesome discovery at a local quarry forces the killer to fight for his freedom.
Here are two posters and a trailer for Arkansas. I like both posters – love the Arkansas logo with the skull – and the clever tag line “Kyle and Swin are working their way to the top… but the top has other plans.” The trailer shows how quirky Arkansas will be. The question is will it be too quirky?
Jake Rosen at Mental Floss recently posted The Most Popular Movie for each Year from 1950 On. Here’s how many I saw and my favorite for each decade.
It’s time for another episode of Stuntmen React. This time The Crew is joined by Stuntman and Parkour master Jesse LaFlair to react and break down some of Hollywood’s best and worst Stunts!
If like me, you’re a Darwyn Cooke fan… and if like me, you’re a Richard Stark fan, and if like me, you already own or have pre-ordered Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition, then you’re going to love this post.
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition – Last Call has been announced for a September 29, 2020 release! This oversized edition will contain…
Features more than 100 pieces of never-before-seen Parker art by Darwyn Cooke; a round table talk with Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Bruce Timm, and Scott Dunbier on Parker and Cooke; and a brand-new 17-page story by multiple Eisner Award-winning creators Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
Darwyn Cooke crafted four universally acclaimed Parker graphic novels, adapted from the works of Richard Stark (A pseudonym for Donald Westlake), before his untimely death. This volume will be (along with the Martini Edition) the last word on Cooke’s brilliant Parker stories.
This edition is a loving tribute to the legacy of Darwyn Cooke and Parker.
If like me, then today you’re going to pre-order Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition – Last Call and count down the minutes until its release.
Tim Grierson and Will Leitch posted their choices for VIN DIESEL’S 5 BEST MOVIE ROLES (OTHER THAN DOMINIC TORETTO, OBVIOUSLY). While I agree with their five choices, my rankings are different.
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Grierson and Leitch |
Zablo |
| 5. Hugo Toorop from Babylon A.D. (2008) | 5. Xander Cage, introduced in xXx (2002) |
| 4. Xander Cage, introduced in xXx (2002) | 4. Groot, introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) |
| 3. Riddick, introduced in Pitch Black (2000) | 3. The Iron Giant from The Iron Giant (1999) |
| 2. The Iron Giant from The Iron Giant (1999) | 2. Hugo Toorop from Babylon A.D. (2008) |
| 1. Groot, introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) | 1. Riddick, introduced in Pitch Black (2000) |
For the record I would have placed Riddick ahead of Toretto if that was an option. Toretto would then be #2.
I’m glad to see that Toorop (from Babylon A.D.) made the list. I love that movie despite it’s flaws.
How about the poster and trailer for Greyhound with a screenplay by and starring Tom Hanks?
The only thing more dangerous than the front lines was the fight to get there. Screenplay by Tom Hanks inspired by actual events, Greyhound comes to theaters June 12.
In the early days of WWII, an international convoy of 37 Allied ships, led by captain Ernest Krause (Tom Hanks) in his first command of a U.S. destroyer, crosses the treacherous North Atlantic while hotly pursued by wolf packs of Nazi U-boats.
Here’s the Season 2 trailer for Dark Side of the Ring. I enjoyed the first season and will tune in for the second which premieres on March 24th.
Check out the very cool Dave Dorman painting for the hardcover version of The Expendables Go to Hell written by Sylvester Stallone & Chuck Dixon with art by Graham Nolan, Kelsey Shannon, Butch Guice, Jason Johnson and others!
Click on the art to see a bigger version!
Deadline broke the story that Syfy has given the green light given to a 10-episode series based on George A. Romero’s classic Day of the Dead that should air in 2021. Here’s the synopsis…
Day of the Dead is the intense story of six strangers trying to survive the first 24 hours of an undead invasion.
I like the sound of this quite a bit. The most exciting parts of zombie movies are at the very start when people don’t know what is happening or how to deal with it. The idea of strangers having to come together to survive is a winning concept. I just hope that the zombies aren’t able to “learn” as in Romero’s Day of the Dead.
The Last Vermeer starring Claes Bang and Guy Pearce trailer is here.
If you’re able to get to Youngstown, Ohio between May 3 and July 5 this year, the Butler Institute of American Art will host a gallery showing of 60 select paintings by Steranko!
…STERANKO was cited by Stan Lee as one of the prime architects of the Marvel Universe; the co-creator of NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D.; and the artist-writer of CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE HULK, SUPERMAN, and THE X-MEN (for which he designed the classic title logo). He generated more than 150 original storytelling devices and techniques that changed the direction of the comics’ medium, and evolved a devoted cult of followers who nicknamed him The Innovator.
Steranko has painted a multitude of movie posters, record albums, and book covers; and in 1975, created RED TIDE, the First Modern Graphic Novel. As the editor-publisher of the international newsstand entertainment magazine PREVUE, he conducted hundreds of superstar interviews and penned more than three million words. He numbers among his friends and associates writers Mickey Spillane, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ray Bradbury, and directors Federico Fellini, John Huston, and Orson Welles.
Insider sat down with Michael Franzese, a former New York mobster and ex-caporegime of the Colombo crime family. After his release from prison in 1995 he became the only high ranking official of a major mafia family to ever walk away, without protective custodies, and survive. Michael is the author of “Blood Covenant” and “I’ll Make You An Offer You Can’t Refuse.” He now works as a public speaker and motivator.
The US mafia has featured in many classic movies from the 1920s onwards. We discuss the cultural significance and accuracy of famous crime scenes in movies and TV shows, such as “The Godfather” and “The Sopranos.” Michael also points out inaccuracies in scenes from mob comedies such as “Analyze This” and “The Simpsons.”
We also discuss true stories and real-life characters featured in “Goodfellas” and “Casino.” He talks about his proximity to the events of Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” the Oscar-nominated movie starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino.
It’s no secret portrayals of real people are often glamorized in movies and TV. Well, way back in 1960, when westerns were king of television air waves, Cracked magazine had John Severin create drawings showing the differences between Real and TV western heroes.
Above we can see the differences between the real and TV versions of Billy the Kid and a Bounty Hunter. If you click over to BookSteve’s Library you can check out Real vs TV… Lawmen, Cochise, Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hicock and Jim Hardie.
