Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Marv the lead character from many of Frank Miller’s Sin City yarns. We don’t get enough drawings (let alone stories featuring the big guy), so when we do, I like to share them.
The one above is by Ben Oliver. You can see it and more of Ben’s art at his Instagram.
Isn’t this Psycho poster by Ignacio RC one of the most creative and beautiful posters you’ve seen lately? I love it. Here’s what Ignacio had to say about his inspiration for the piece…
I always loved Atari box art (Cliff Spohn, Steve Hendricks…) and particularly Steve Hendricks art for ‘Haunted House’ Atari 2600 game, so wanted to play with the same concept for ‘Psycho’, just for fun and practice.
Ignacio RC is an illustrator from A Coruña in Spain. If you’d like to see more of Ignacio RC’s art, you can check out his gallery.
Source: Poster Spy.
Check out this amazing animated short, Dernier Round (Last Round) created by a talented group of student filmmakers from France. Dernier Round felt like the set-up for a wonderful full-length movie that I’d love to see!
“In a Parisian suburb, a promising young boxer must find a way to finance the future of his little sister, a piano prodigy.”
It’s been announced that Ace Atkins will have a new Quinn Colson novel coming out on July 13, 2021. The Heathens will be the 11th novel in the best selling series and I can’t wait. Here’s the synopsis…
Sheriff Quinn Colson and his former deputy Lillie Virgil find themselves on opposite sides of a case for the first time after a man is found dead and three delinquent teens go on the run.
The Byrd clan is one of the wildest families in Tibbehah County. The three kids are the ire of school resource and truant officers–they peddle pot and steal car parts, doing what they can to survive with a mother who sometimes disappears for months on end. But when their mother returns with a new husband, a registered sex offender, a homicide soon follows, and the kids hit the highway.
U.S. Marshal Lillie Virgil is convinced the Byrd kids are guilty of murder, and sets off on a cross-country hunt to track them down and bring them to justice. Back in Tibbehah, Sheriff Quinn Colson isn’t so sure. And as he digs deeper into the case, he comes to think there may be a larger conspiracy at work.
If you’ve missed out (or are interested in getting started) here our the Quinn Colson novels in order of publication.
Here’s the poster and trailer for the new CBS limited series Coyote starring Michael Chiklis. I cannot wait for this one!
Coyote is the story of Ben Clemens (Michael Chiklis), who after 32 years as a border patrol agent, is forced to work for the very people he spent his career trying to keep out of America. Now exposed to life on the other side of the wall, Ben will start to question his black and white views of the world, challenging his ideology and his loyalties.
We have the poster and trailer for FBI/MLK. I like them both and look forward to seeing the film.
Director: Sam Pollard
Starring: Martin Luther KingDr. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered today as an American hero: a bridge-builder, a shrewd political tactician, and a moral leader. Yet throughout his history-altering political career, he was often treated by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies like an enemy of the state. In this virtuosic documentary, award-winning editor and director Sam Pollard (Editor, 4 LITTLE GIRLS, MO’ BETTER BLUES; Director/Producer, EYEZ ON THE PRIZE, SAMMY DAVIS, JR.: I’VE GOTTA BE ME) lays out a detailed account of the FBI surveillance that dogged King’s activism throughout the ’50s and ’60s, fueled by the racist and red-baiting paranoia of J. Edgar Hoover. In crafting a rich archival tapestry, featuring some revelatory restored footage of King, Pollard urges us to remember that true American progress is always hard-won.
Here are the poster and trailer for Hunter Hunter. I like both!
Directed by: Shawn Linden
Starring: Camille Sullivan, Summer H. Howell, Devon Sawa & Nick StahlHUNTER HUNTER follows a family living in the remote wilderness earning a living as fur trappers. Joseph Mersault (Devon Sawa), his wife Anne (Camille Sullivan), and their daughter Renée (Summer H. Howell) struggle to make ends meet and think their traps are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf. Determined to catch the predator in the act, Joseph leaves his family behind to track the wolf. Anne and Renée grow increasingly anxious during Joseph’s prolonged absence and struggle to survive without him. When they hear a strange noise outside their cabin, Anne hopes it is Joseph but instead finds a man named Lou (Nick Stahl), who has been severely injured and left for dead. The longer Lou stays and Joseph is away, the more paranoid Anne becomes, and the idea of a mysterious predator in the woods slowly becomes a threat much closer to home.
If you’re into crime stories, then you might want to check out Catch & Release: A Murder Book Story by Ed Brisson & Lisandro Estherren. What’s it about, you ask? (And I’m glad you did.) I’ll let Ed Brisson take it away…
CATCH & RELEASE: A MURDER BOOK STORY is about a thief who concocts a plan to sell a stolen car not once, but several times, by luring unsuspecting buyers to a remote location and robbing them at gunpoint. His plan hits a snag when he encounters a student, who needs a fresh set of wheels to travel to his new life out West. When things go south, they go south hard, and now our car thief stands on a precipice where he has to make a choice that will affect not only his life, but that of his co-conspirator and their two victims. The story is an examination of one man’s guilt and how far he’s willing to go to stay out of jail.
Below are a couple of pages from the story.
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Catch & Release: A Murder Book Story is running on Kickstarter. Click on the link for more info or to pre-order. If you want to get a copy, you have until December 16th to get your order in. I did and look forward to it!
My wife and I are working our way through the Columbo series and really enjoying it. Columbo is experiencing a revival of sorts with the series running in several places and more social media posts about it. I watched and enjoyed Columbo when it first aired, but it is all new to my wife.
Columbo first appeared in a tv movie in 1968. It wasn’t until 3 years later that the series of Columbo tv movies started. It then ran from 1971 – 1978; 1989 – 1995; 1997 – 1998, 2001; and 2003.
Getting back to the first Peter Falk Columbo: Prescription Murder, Me-TV takes a look at 7 Things You Never Noticed about the Columbo pilot, Prescription: Murder. Here are my three favorite facts and thoughts about each…
Any time a new Joe Lansdale novel is announced there is reason to celebrate. So, depending on how you party, get ready!
Moon Lake by Joe R. Lansdale will premiere on June 22, 2021. I’m set to jump on board, but if you need a little more info…
Edgar award-winning author Joe Lansdale returns with a standalone novel following the gripping and unexpected tale of the lost town and dark secret that lie beneath the glittering waters of an East Texas lake.
Daniel Russell was only thirteen years old when his father tried to kill them both by driving their car into Moon Lake. Miraculously surviving the crash— and growing into adulthood— Daniel returns to the site of this traumatic incident in the hopes of recovering his father’s car and bones. As he attempts to finally put to rest the memories that have plagued him for years, he discovers something even more shocking among the wreckage that has ties to a twisted web of dark deeds, old grudges, and strange murders.
As Daniel diligently follows where the mysterious trail of vengeance leads, he unveils the heroic revelation at its core.
Pre-orders are available now, if you’re so inclined.
Both the poster and trailer for Always and Forever aren’t bad. This is another film that normally wouldn’t be my type of movie, but yet, I’m interested in seeing it thanks to the trailer.
Next up we have the poster and trailer for The Killing of Two Lovers.
After seeing the trailer, I am surprised by the poster. The trailer has a gritty, crime drama feel and the poster doesn’t give that vibe at all. I’m surprised also by how much I liked the trailer. Reading the synopsis, this doesn’t seem to be my type of movie, but having seen the trailer, I now want to see The Killing of Two Lovers.
Starring: Chris Coy, Clayne Crawford, Arri Graham
Directed By: Robert Machoian
Synopsis: David desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife’s new relationship.
I’m always game for a good crime story. I’m hoping that American Dream will be just that. I like the poster and the trailer looks good.
I especially like the start — if that’s what happen to a guy who owes $126.00, can you imagine what happens when you owe a whole lot more? The problem I have with stories about guys who get in too deep to shylocks is, they knew what they were getting into when they got the cash advance. It doesn’t make the interest or beatdowns (or worse) right, but as my man Rocky said, “If you wanna dance, ya gotta pay the band. If you wanna borrow, ya gotta pay the man.”
Fingers crossed that American Dream is a good crime yarn.
Academy Award winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan) directs this intense thriller about the brutal struggle for success. Desperate for cash, entrepreneurs Scott (Luke Bracey, Point Break [2015]) and Nicky (Michiel Huisman, Game of Thrones) turn to Russian mobster Yuri (Nick Stahl, Sin City). After they refuse the funding he offers, Yuri gets revenge by trying to take over their construction project. The partners are terrified until Nicky’s tough Russian girlfriend Ana decides to take action herself.
D.B. Cooper. Funny how so many people know the name, but no one knows who he is.
Or is there someone who actually knows the identity of the skyjacker who got away with $200,000.00?
Check out the trailer for The Mystery of D.B. Cooper.
The Wander poster and trailer are here.
The poster is just okay, but I do like the tagline: If You’re Not Paranoid, You’re Not Paying Attention.
The trailer has me interested, but not 100% sold. The cast of Tommy Lee Jones, Aaron Eckhart, and Heather Graham moves me more in that direction though.
