Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
I like the poster above for Terminator Genysis but you have to admit that if 20 years ago someone wanted to make a parody poster of a future Arnold Terminator movie it would have looked like this.
I’m not sold on the trailer.
Justified is my current favorite tv show so I was glad to read 21 Things You Might Not Know About Justified.
Here are my three favorite of the facts listed…
6. LEONARD WAS A FAN OF OLYPHANT’S PORTRAYAL.
Before his passing, Leonard was very vocal about being a fan of Justified—particularly with the way that Olyphant interpreted the character of Raylan. In 2012, The Wall Street Journal asked Leonard whether the series had influenced the way he visualized the character in his writing, to which he responded: “No, because Tim Olyphant plays the character exactly the way I wrote him. I couldn’t believe it. He’s laidback and he’s quiet about everything, but he says, if I have to pull my gun, then that’s a different story. And it works. There are very few actors that recite the lines exactly the way you hear them when you’re writing the book. George Clooney [in the 1998 movie Out of Sight] was one. He was very good.”
7. OLYPHANT ISN’T THE FIRST ACTOR TO PORTRAY RAYLAN GIVENS.
James LeGros got there first, playing Raylan Givens in the 1997 TV movie adaptation of Pronto. And LeGros has popped up on Justified, too: In 2011, he began a recurring role as small-potato criminal Wade Messer.
17. OLYPHANT CLAIMS TO BE DOING HIS BEST SAM ELLIOTT IMPRESSION.
In order to be the coolest guy in the room, Olyphant claims that he just acts as Sam Elliott might. The irony, of course, is that Elliott will star as one of the final season’s bad guys. “On his first day of work, I took [Sam] aside and said, ‘Look, buddy, here’s the deal: Raylan is really just me trying to be you and failing miserably,” Olyphant joked to Rolling Stone.
Source: Mental_Floss.
If you check the dates, you’ll find that they don’t match up, but the joke was too funny not to share.
Source: Bits & Pieces.
Run All Night starring Liam Neeson looks pretty good!
I don’t post a lot about music because most of the tunes I listen to are oldies. That’s because most of the current songs I hear don’t hold my attention.
Every so often I come across a song like Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars and my ipod gets an addition.
Today we have a video created by Steven Benedict that shows the classic themes/shots that Alfred Hitchcock often returned to throughout his 40 plus year career in film.
Eddie Deezen recently presented 10 Facts You May Not Know About Elvis Presley. Here are my three favs from the list…
5. He wanted to make guest appearances on Laugh-In and Hee Haw.
Elvis was an inveterate TV watcher.He enjoyed watching many popular television shows in the ’60s and ’70s.He actually thought about making cameo appearances on both Laugh-In and Hee Haw. He thought he could do a brief cameo on Laugh-In when he rode a tricycle, incognito. It never happened.
6. He didn’t know the Beatles by name.
In 1965, the celebrated formal meeting of Elvis and the Beatles took place at Elvis’ house in Bel Air. Since Elvis had no idea which Beatle was which, during the meeting, he addressed each one as “Beatle,” instead of using their first names.1. He was pals with Clint Eastwood.
Elvis and Clint Eastwood used to see each other around the studio they both worked at in the mid-60’s. According to Clint: “I was always wearing a gun. (Elvis) loved to do fast draws and stuff, so we always did fast draws together.”“I liked him. He seemed like a good guy. Had a lot of guys hanging around, big entourage.”
Source: Neatorama.
Ain’t it a beaut?
Did you know that one of Neil Simon’s most popular comedies, The Goodbye Girl, might have never been made if Robert DeNiro hadn’t been fired from Bogart Slept Here?
Shawn Levy explains in “When Mike Nichols Fired Robert DeNiro.”
Source: Indiewire.
The Tagline: “Sometimes good people do evil things..“
The Overview: *** Beware – spoilers are found below ***
Hank [Bill Paxton] and Sarah [Bridget Fonda] are living the American Dream. Married and expecting a child, Hank works at the local feed store and Sarah is a librarian. Known and respected by folks in their small town, things seem wonderful for the young couple.
When Hank, his dim-witted brother, Jacob [Billy Bob Thorton] and Jacob’s alcoholic friend, Lou [Brent Briscoe] accidentally stumble across a downed plane buried in the snow, they find their morality tested. The plane contains a dead pilot and over four million dollars cash.
Hank wants to report their find to the police with hope there will be a reward. Lou wants to keep the money and say nothing. Jacob sides with Lou. Ultimately, they decide that Hank will keep the money for the three. If no one comes calling after the plane is found in the spring, they will split the money equally and leave town going their separate ways.
It is a simple plan. What could go wrong?
*** Even More Spoilers Below ***
The Good
The Bad:
The Ugly:
Rating: 4 out of 5
The Amazing James Randi exposes Uri Geller and Peter Popoff.
How about a 55-minute documentary on Alfred Hitchcock?
Today we have an Open Letter published in 1990 in the LA Times from Frank Sinatra to George Michael.
I love Sinatra’s advice which basically boils down to “be careful of what you ask for” or “Swing, man.”
Source: Michael Beschloss.
Jennifer Wood and Mental_Floss present 30 Things You Might Not Know About Die Hard.
Here are my three favorites…
5. CLINT EASTWOOD PLANNED TO TAKE A STAB AT THE PART.
Originally, it was Clint Eastwood who owned the movie rights to Nothing Lasts Forever, which he had planned to star in in the early 1980s. That obviously never happened.
7. BRUCE WILLIS WASN’T EVEN THE STUDIO’S THIRD CHOICE FOR THE ROLE.
If Die Hard was to be a success, the studio knew they needed a bona fide action star in the part, so they set about offering it to a seemingly never-ending list of A-listers of the time. Rumor has it that Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, Robert De Niro, Charles Bronson, Nick Nolte, Mel Gibson, Richard Gere, Don Johnson, Burt Reynolds, and Richard Dean Anderson (yes, MacGyver!) were all considered for the role of John McClane. And all declined it.
9. BRUCE WILLIS WAS BARELY EVEN SEEN ON THE MOVIE’S POSTERS.
Because the studio’s marketing gurus were unconvinced that audiences would pay to see an action movie starring the funny guy from Moonlighting, the original batch of posters for the film centered on Nakatomi Plaza instead of Willis’ mug. As the film gained steam, the marketing materials were altered, and Willis was more prominent in the promos.
David Morrell, Rambo and Sylvester Stallone fans get ready to be excited!
Gauntlet Press in collaboration with Borderlands Press have special editions of David Morrell’s Rambo trilogy set for publication starting in 2015.
Leading the way will be Morrell’s First Blood special edition which will feature…
…essays by David Morrell and by New York Times bestselling author Steve Berry as well as the never-before-published outline for the novel and the original first chapter.
As excited as I am for the special edition of First Blood, I am equally excited about the hardcover special edition treatment that David Morrell’s Rambo II and Rambo III novels will get. Anyone who has ever read them will understand.
For more information check out Gauntlet Press’ First Blood by David Morrell page.
