Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd is back and he’s brought Sly as Machine Gun Joe Viterbo from Death Race 2000 with him! Over the coming weeks/months I’ll be posting more of Mike’s sketch card commissions. My goal is to eventually get a card for every character Sly has played. We’re well on our way!
You can see more of Mike’s art at his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.
Robert Rodriguez tweeted this sweet character poster of Frank Miller for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.
Miller is, of course, the creator/writer/artist of the original Sin City yarns and co-director with Robert Rodriguez of the two Sin City movies.
I think it’s cool that Miller received his own poster for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Outside of Hitchcock, I can’t think of many other directors who weren’t also acting in the films represented to get the honor.
It’s not that unusual to learn that co-stars of movies and tv sometimes don’t get along. It is surprising though when the co-stars seem to like each other and have on-screen chemistry.
TopTenz posted 10 Sets of Co-Stars You Didn’t Realize Hated Each Other.
The list has a few surprises [Richard Dreyfuess & Robert Shaw, Steve McQueen & Yul Brenner] and several that everyone probably knows about [Bea Arthur & Betty White, David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson, Dustin Hoffman & Meryl Streep, William Shatner & George Takei, Bill Murray & Lucy Liu].
I was surprised that Bruce Willis & Cybill Sheppard and Vivian Vance & William Frawley didn’t make the list!
James Garner, star of movies and tv, was found dead in his Los Angeles home yesterday. Mr. Garner was 86.
If you are a child of the 50’s then James Garner is probably best known to you for the role of Brett Maverick [the role that launched him to stardom] in the series Maverick. Garner played a new kind of hero, one that preferred to use his wits rather than his guns or fists to get him out of trouble.
If you grew up in the 60’s then you probably know James Garner the movie star. Movies like The Great Escape, The Americanization of Emily, Duel at Diablo, Support Your Local Sheriff, and Marlowe all come to mind.
The 70’s saw a combination of movies and tv. The early 70’s included the movies Support Your Local Gunfighter, and Skin Game as well as the short-lived tv series Nichols. Then in 1974, James Garner’s other cornerstone character, Jim Rockford began appearing when the Rockford Files premiered (which ran until 1980).
James Garner went on to star in many more movies [Victor/Victoria, Murphy’s Romance, Space Cowboys, and The Notebook are just a few], but time and time again he would return to Brett Maverick [tv series and movies] and Jim Rockford [tv movies].
My favorite James Garner roles include the two Support Your Local… movies, Marlowe [Bruce Lee appears and Garner plays Phillip Marlowe!], Nichols [watched and enjoyed the series as a kid and would love to see how it holds up] and of course Jim Rockford.
Many actors are called legendary. James Garner embodied what it takes to get that designation. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and fans.
Entertainment Weekly recently posted “The Terminator” at 30: An Oral History.
It’s interesting to hear behind the scenes stories from James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Michael Biehn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Mike Medavoy and others. If you’re a Terminator fan, you’ll want to check it out.
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd is back and he’s brought Sly as Robert Rath from Assassins with him! Over the coming weeks/months I’ll be posting more of Mike’s sketch card commissions. My goal is to eventually get a card for every character Sly has played. We’re well on our way!
You can see more of Mike’s art at his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.
IFC recently posted 15 Things You May Not Know About Lock Up. Although the majority of readers here will know most, there may be a few surprises. Here are two that I didn’t know or had forgotten…
11. Frank McRae Had NFL History
McRae was a solid choice for the football scene – he’d actually spent a short stint as an NFL defensive tackle, playing six games for the Chicago Bears during the 1967 season.
12. Danny Trejo Is in the Movie
Danny Trejo makes an appearance as one of the gang members led by the character Chink Weber (played by actor Sonny Landham).
You know how on some days you really feel like listening to some music by The Monkees and –
What’s that? You don’t? Ok… let me rephrase that.
You know how on some days I really feel like listening to some music by The Monkees? Well, today is one of those days.
Thanks to Do You Remember, we can listen to The Monkees 7 Greatest Hits.
The trailer for Reach Me is here!
Casey Kasem died today. Mr. Kasem was 82 and had been in failing health for some time.
Mr. Kasem was best known as the host of his American Top 40 Countdown which appropriately enough counted down Billboard’s best selling records each week. Casey Kasem also did voice work for commercials, and cartoons (most notably as the voice of Shaggy on the long-running Scooby Doo series).
I was a big fan of the Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 Countdown when I was a kid. In the last few years I made rebroadcasts of Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 Countdown: The 70’s a part of my Sunday morning routine. I listened to it as I updated the StalloneZone.
Casey Kasem usually ended his show by saying, “Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.” Sage advice from a man who did just that.
My thoughts and prayers go out to Casey Karem’s family, friends and fans.
Today we have a work in progress of Sly as Barney Ross by Drew Moss. Here’s what Drew tweeted when he posted the piece:
WIP. didn’t like cutting off the hand. Reworked. Gun belt is higher. That tattoo done. Inks soon. 🙂
If you’d like to see more of Drew’s art, you can here. – Craig
Quick – What’s the best horror series ever put on television?
My guess is that many of you immediately thought of The Twilight Zone [not only horror, but did have some scary episodes], The Outer Limits [Twilight Zoneish], The Invaders, The Night Gallery… and so on.
But… how many of you immediately thought of Thriller?
Stephen King did. In fact King described Thriller as…
“…probably the best horror series ever put on TV.”
Classic Film and TV provides a nice overview of Thriller with links to additional information. If you’ve read this far, you’d probably enjoy clicking over.
The Huffington Post presents 12 Famous People Who Really Made the Most Out of Their Last Words.
I just hope my last words aren’t “Oh-oh.”
Did you catch the drum-off between Will Ferrell and his look-alike Chad Smith of The Red Hot Chili Peppers?
No? You’re in luck.
Yes? You know you want to see it again!
I know just the thought of a King Conan teaser poster starring Arnold Schwarzenegger is going to excite a lot of Schwarzenegger and Conan fans [myself included].
Unfortunately the poster isn’t as strong as I had hoped.
I know I’m going to get blasted by fans for saying this, but the poster looks like Conan/Schwarzengger [suffering with rosacea] calmly holding a sword.
I wanted something more.
Let the lamentations of the fans begin.
