Category: Crime
“Extraction” Trailer and New Poster!
How about a new Extraction poster and a trailer. I like the looks of this and will be watching come April 24th.
Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) is a fearless black market mercenary who embarks on the deadliest mission of his career when he’s enlisted to rescue the kidnapped son of an international crime lord. Directed by Sam Hargrave, this action-packed, edge-of-your-seat thriller is produced by Joe and Anthony Russo, the visionary directors of Avengers: Endgame.
Frank Frazetta’s “Dusk Til Dawn” Poster!
Here’s a Frazetta painting you don’t see often. Frazetta was commissioned to create a poster for Robert Rdriguez’s From Dusk Til Dawn. Sadly, according to Frazetta’s granddughter, his health prevented him from finishing it in time for it to be used to promote the film.
I’m a huge Frazetta fan. (Who isn’t?) I’m also a fan of Robert Rodriguez. (I guess you could say I ride with El Rey.) It’s cool that Rodriguez commissioned the poster and now owns it. I wonder the reason the creatures in Frazetta’s painting don’t match those in the film.
Speaking of Dusk Til Dawn, I think it is greatly underrated. I love the mashup of crime and horror. Hats off to Rodriguez, Tarantino and all involved.
Source: Frank Frazetta Art.
The Poster and Trailer for “Last Moment of Clarity” is Here!
The poster and trailer for Last Moment of Clarity is here!
After his girlfriend Georgia (Samara Weaving, Ready or Not) is murdered by European mobsters, Sam (Zach Avery, Fury) flees to Paris to hide out. Years later, he sees a woman in a Hollywood film who he’s certain is Georgia. In L.A. to investigate, he encounters enigmatic Kat (Carly Chaikin, “Mr. Robot”), who impulsively decides to help him on his quest. But when Sam meets the mystery actress face-to-face, his life spins out of control. Also starring Golden Globe® winner Brian Cox (2020, Best Television Actor – Drama Series, Succession) and Udo Kier, this twisty Hitchcockian thriller will keep you guessing until the final frame.
The Poster for “Extraction” Starring Chris Hemsworth is Here!
A little over eight years I posted The Rock Heads to Ciudad. You can head over to see the original post or I can save you the mouse click and summarize it:
Dwayne Johnson has signed to star in the big screen film adaptation of the upcoming graphic novel, Ciudad [co-written by Anthony and Joe Russo and Ande Parks]
Johnson will play a “black market mercenary” hired by a drug lord to rescue his kidnapped daughter in one of the most “dangerous and corrupt cities in the world.”
All I want to know is where is the line to buy a ticket?
What does this have to do with the poster for Extraction starring Chris Hemsworth, you ask? (And I’m glad you did.)
Dwayne Johnson left the project and it ultimately was greenlit with Hemsworth. Extraction premieres April 24th on Netflix.
The “Earth and Blood” Trailer is Here!
The Earth and Blood trailer looks pretty good…
Saïd owns a sawmill deep in the woods, which he decides to sell. Little does he know that one of his apprentices was cornered by his brother and forced to hide a large amount of cocaine inside the factory.
When the gang to whom the drugs belong shows up, Saïd quickly realizes how determined these tough guys are. Albeit outnumbered, he knows his factory like no one else. Forced to strike back to protect his daughter Sarah, Saïd transforms the sawmill into an embattled camp. And as the number of casualties grows, so does the thirst for revenge…
The “Survive the Night” Trailer is Here!
The Survive the Night trailer looks better than I was expecting.
“Spenser Confidential” / Z-View
Spenser Confidential (2020)
Director: Peter Berg
Screenplay: Sean O’Keefe & Brian Helgeland based on characters created by Robert B. Parker and the novel by Ace Atkins
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Bokeem Woodbine, Marc Maron, Donald Cerrone and Post Malone.
The Pitch: “Let’s turn Ace Akins’ Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novel into a movie!”
Tagline: The Law Has Limits. They Don’t.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
If you’re not a fan of Robert B. Parker and Ace Atkins Spenser characters there’s an outside chance you may like Spenser Confidential. If you are a fan of the books, my guess is that you’ll hate this movie. That’s because not a single character goes unchanged to something fundamentally different from the novels.
Spenser goes from an intelligent, wisecracking ex-cop to a less than stellar (IQ-wise) ex-con who aspires to be a trucker. In the novels, Susan is a Harvard-educated, calm, supporting soul mate to Spenser. In the movie she becomes a foul-mouthed, crazy girlfriend that Spenser works to avoid until he needs sex or help with the “case”. In the novels Hawk starts out as a respected rival who works on the fringes of the law and ultimately becomes Spenser’s best friend (outside of Susan). In the movie Hawk is a big, nerdy, untrained lug who dreams of being a MMA Champion who is forced to be Spenser’s roommate.
Peter Berg is usually a director that makes fun movies. Not here. Brian Helgeland wrote the screenplays for LA Confidential, Payback, Mystic River, and Man on Fire. Spenser Confidential isn’t in the same ballpark… not even the same continent.
You may be thinking that if I wasn’t such a big fan of Parker and Atkins’ Spenser novels I would have liked Spenser Confidential better. Perhaps I would have liked it a bit more… but not much.
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Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics
On August 4, 2020, Dark Horse Comics is releasing Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics…
…Featuring stories by Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and many more of crime comics’ top talent!
Murder, passion, and criminal enterprise are presented here at their darkest, directly from the most talented writers and artists in crime comics!
In these thirteen pitch-black noir stories, you’ll find deadly conmen and embittered detectives converging on femme fatales and accidental murderers, all presented in sharp black and white by masters of the craft.
If Noir: A Collection of Crime Comics sounds like something you’d like, I’ll be you know what to do.
Legends of the Dark Knight: Matt Wagner
Matt Wagner not only draws a great Batman, but has also created many great Batman stories. Come this June, DC Comics is releasing Legends of the Dark Knight: Matt Wagner with a bunch of them.
Matt Wagner’s prolific run on Batman is collected in one place for the first time ever. From a mad scientist who has created a race of giant monster men to do his bidding, to Batman encountering sinister machinations and new dimensions of wickedness as he confronts the hooded menace of the Mad Monk, there’s plenty of horror and action!
Collects issues Batman #626-641 and #54 (2016), Batman and the Monster Men #1-6, Batman Black and White #3, Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #28-30, Batman: The Mad Monk #1-6, Detective Comics #647-649, Robin II: Joker’s Wild #1 and Batman: Riddler — The Riddle Factory.
Legends of the Dark Knight: Matt Wagner is available for pre-order now!
The “Ozark” Recap Trailer is Here!
If you haven’t watched Ozark, you might want to give it a try. Season 3 is coming, but below is a trailer to give you a taste.
Official Recap for Ozark Season 2. The Byrde family drama ramps up as their money laundering operation in the Ozarks region grows more powerful and complex, drawing them further into the criminal world. Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, and Julia Garner return to their roles for Ozark Season 3, arriving on Netflix March 27, 2020.
New “Arkansas” Poster!
Here’s a third poster for Arkansas. It’s interesting… I like it.
Robert B. Parker’s Someone to Watch Over Me (Spenser) by Ace Atkins
They’ve announced the next Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novel. It’ll be called Someone to Watch Over Me and Ace Atkins will again (yea!) be the writer.
In this next thriller in the New York Times bestselling Parker series, Spenser and his new apprentice trace the murder of a young woman to an international crime ring that has been operating with impunity because of the powerful and highly connected billionaire at its helm.
Ten years ago, Spenser helped a teenage girl named Mattie Sullivan find her mother’s killer and take down an infamous Southie crime boss. Now Mattie–a college student with a side job working for the iconic private eye–dreams of being an investigator herself. When Mattie’s childhood friend from the South Boston housing projects, Chloe Turner, is found dead, she decides to take on the case for the family. Taking a cue from her boss, Mattie has a knack for asking the right questions to the wrong people.
Soon, Spenser and Mattie find ties between Turner and dozens of other girls from poor families to an eccentric billionaire with a massive home along Commonwealth Avenue. The man owns properties and business throughout the Massachusetts with connections to local politicians, the state house, and beyond. As a bleak winter bears down on Boston, Spenser and trusted ally Hawk must again watch out for Mattie as she unravels a massive sex trafficking ring that will take them from Boston to the Bahamas, crossing paths with local toughs and an old enemy of Spenser’s–The Gray Man–for a final epic showdown.
Anything Atkins writes is worth getting — never read a clunker by him yet — and his Spenser novels are more than worthy successors to Parker. Robert B. Parker’s Someone to Watch Over Me (Spenser) by Ace Atkins is available for pre-order now and drops on November 17, 2020.
The “Clover” Poster and Trailer are Here!
The Clover poster and trailer are here. I’m not a fan of the poster but I do like the trailer. “Clo
