Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
IMPAwards is now running their annual contest to determine the Best Action Movie Posters of 2020. If you click over to their site, you’ll see all the posters in the running and you can pick your top five. Once you submit your vote you can see the top vote getting posters (at that point). Not a single one of my picks made the top ten. At least so far. Maybe your votes will help,
What do you think of the Trust trailer? Although the storyline reminds me of a Lifetime movie (and I don’t watch those), I do have to admit that I might watch this one with my wife. Maybe,
The Funny Face trailer is here! I’m interested in seeing more. Did you notice that Victor Garber, Dan Hedaya and Rhea Perlman were in the cast?
Release Date: 03/30/2021
Directed by: Tim Sutton
Cast: Cosmo Jarvis, Jonny Lee Miller, Dela Meskienyar, Victor Garber, Jeremy Bobb, Dan Hedaya, Rhea Perlman
Synopsis: Two young outcasts-turned-avengers meet in a late night bodega and form a bond that takes them on an ethereal, romantic, and ultimately doomed journey of revenge through a maze-like Brooklyn in the midst of great change.
The Tunnel trailer is here! Shades of Sly Stallone’s Daylight.
A tank truck crashes in a tunnel in the ice-cold Norwegian mountains, brutally trapping families, teenagers and tourists on their way home for Christmas. A blizzard is raging outside and the first responders struggle to get to the scene of the accident. The wrecked tanker catches fire and the tunnel is filled with deadly smoke. Will the help get there in time?
Wow! Wow! Wow! Finally a movie I cannot wait to see. Check out the poster above and trailer below for Without Remorse starring Michael B. Jordan and Guy Pearce based on character created by Tom Clancy. I know what I’ll be watching on April 30th.
In a war-torn region of Syria, an elite team of Navy SEALs led by Sr. Chief John Kelly (Michael B. Jordan) rescues a CIA operative taken hostage by ex-Russian military forces. Three months later, in apparent retaliation for his role in the mission, Kelly’s pregnant wife Pam (Lauren London) is murdered in the U.S. by a squad of masked Russian assassins. Despite being shot multiple times himself, Kelly manages to kill all but one of the attackers before being rushed to the hospital.
Meanwhile in Washington D.C., Kelly’s friend and former SEAL team member Lt. Commander Karen Greer (Jodie Turner-Smith) meets with CIA agent Robert Ritter (Jamie Bell) and Secretary of Defense Thomas Clay (Guy Pearce) to discuss their response options. Leaked news of Russia’s unprecedented attack on American soil has caused the already-strained relations between the two nations to sour further. If something isn’t done soon the result could be a full-scale war.
Healed from his injuries, a rogue Kelly tracks down the corrupt Russian diplomat who issued the passports to his wife’s murderers, and forces him at gunpoint to give up the name of the surviving assassin. Sent to prison for the crime, Kelly bargains his way out by revealing the escaped operative is one Victor Rykov (Brett Gelman), an ex-Special Forces officer currently hiding in Murmansk, Russia.
With Secretary Clay’s reluctant approval, Kelly joins Greer and Ritter on a top-secret mission to capture Rykov and bring him back to the U.S. to face justice. But en route to Murmansk, their plane is shot down by the Russian Air Force and plummets into the Bering Sea. Using their SEAL skills to survive the crash, they eventually make their way to Rykov’s location, only to discover that the murder of Kelly’s family was part of a vast international conspiracy orchestrated by powerful political figures. Torn between personal honor and loyalty to his country, and with the fate of nations hanging in the balance, Kelly has no choice but to expose the truth, no matter the cost. The explosive origin story of action hero John Clark, one of the most popular characters in author Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan universe, Without Remorse is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Stefano Sollima (Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Gomorrah, ZeroZeroZero).
IMPAwards is now running their annual contest to determine the Best Drama Movie Posters of 2020. If you click over to their site, you’ll see all the posters in the running and you can pick your top five. Once you submit your vote you can see the top vote getting posters (at that point). I only had one of my picks make the top ten. Hopefully, you will have better taste. ; )
IMPAwards is running their annual contest to let fans determine the Best Horror Movie Posters of 2020. If you click over to their site, you’ll see all the posters in the running and you can pick your top five. Once you submit your vote you can see the top vote getting posters (at that point). I only had one of my picks make the top five… but maybe that will change once you vote.
I’m a Guy Pearce and Keith David fan so I am looking forward to The 7th Day. The fact that Keith didn’t make the poster doesn’t bode well for him living to the end of the film. As to the poster it is okay. I did like the trailer. If I watch The 7th Day, I know that I’ll be doing it without my wife. She hates exorcism movies.
A renowned exorcist who teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training. As they plunge deeper into hell on earth, the lines between good and evil blur, and their own demons emerge.
Starring: Guy Pearce, Keith David, Stephen Lang
Directed by: Justin P. Lange
The poster for Shadow and Bone is pretty cool and I like the trailer as well. I’m not familiar with the book. The trailer has me interested and I plan to check it out.
The Shadow Fold. To destroy it, we need a miracle. Shadow and Bone coming April 23, only on Netflix.
Jonathan Blaauw at Listverse recently posted his choices for the Top 10 Memorable Movie Songs. His list is a good one. I was happy to see that Eye of the Tiger by Survivor for Rocky III came in at the number one spot. Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees for Saturday Night Fever came in at #9. I would have put Stayin’ Alive in the top spot, but who am I to quibble. The songs in Blaauw’s Top Ten were all excellent choices.
If I was making the list however, I would have found a place for Queen’s Who Wants to Live Forever from the movie Highlander. I think that Who Wants to Live Forever is not only a cool song, but perfectly fit the film. There are many other songs that I also might have picked for my top ten but watch the video below and tell me if you don’t agree, Who Wants to Live Forever is one of the great movie songs of all time.
The video below on How Tom Cruise Pulled Off All Those Crazy Stunts is worth a watch. Say what you will about Tom Cruise, but you have to admit that no one else in the movie business takes it to the limits that Cruise does almost every time out. He must truly be an adrenaline junkie.
Tom Cruise is perhaps most famous for doing almost all of his own stunts, which have intensified throughout his career. In the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, he climbed part of a 2,000-foot cliff in “Mission: Impossible 2” and then climbed 1,700 feet up the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, in “Ghost Protocol.” In “Rogue Nation,” Cruise did not one, but two dangerous stunts. First, he hung off the side of a plane that took him up 1,000 feet in the air. He then had to hold his breath underwater for about six minutes, a stunt that required military-style preparation. In “Fallout,” he jumped 25,000 feet out of a plane and filmed a helicopter stunt that required him to get 2,000 hours of training and learn how to do a 360-degree corkscrew dive. Outside the “Mission” franchise, he filmed a scene on a real zero-gravity plane instead of a soundstage in “The Mummy” and learned how to do action in an 85-pound suit in “Edge of Tomorrow.” He is soon set to return to one of his most iconic roles in “Top Gun: Maverick.“
Today the Army of the Dead trailer dropped. I like Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead remake, 300 and Watchmen. So I’m looking forward to seeing what Snyder will do with Army of the Dead. The story holds a lot of potential and Dave Bautista will make a good lead. My only concerns are that it doesn’t get silly. I like some humor in my horror, but the focus needs to be on the scary stuff. Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead had the right balance, I hope that Army of the Dead does as well.
A Zack Snyder film. On Netflix May 21.
Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble, venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
Starring Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Ana de la Reguera, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Raúl Castillo, Michael Cassidy, and Garret Dillahunt.
Story by Zack Snyder
Screenplay by Zack Snyder & Shay Hatten and Joby Harold
Directed by Zack Snyder
Me-TV posted There’s no jive talkin’ in these 12 fascinating facts about the Bee Gees. As an unabashed Bee Gees fan, I’m happy to see it.
Unfortunately I don’t think enough people give the Bee Gees enough credit for their impact on music and culture. Although they were making and releasing great music in the 60s, they peaked in the 70s and then continued to write and produce hits well after. I was (and am) a Bee Gees fan. I still love their music — it brings back great memories and makes me smile. Before you click over, here are my three favorite facts from the Me-TV post…
Peter S. Davis, best known as the producer of the Highlander movie, television and video game franchise died on February 21st. Mr. Davis was 79.
Peter S. Davis was CEO and President of Davis-Panzer Productions (DPP) and Davis Merchandising. He was a former lawyer on Wall Street as well as an entrepreneur who owned several business’ outside of movie-making. Davis began his Hollywood career in 1976 as an Executive Producer of The Death Collector which featured Joe Pesci in a co-starring role. Davis followed that up as Executive Producer of the movie Stunts starring Robert Forester and Ray Sharkey. Peter Davis was producer of Sam Peckinpah’s last film (The Osterman Weekend) as well as one of Brad Pitt’s first films (Cutting Class), but it is the Highlander series where Davis made his biggest and best contribution.
Davis pushed to get Highlander to the big screen. He is also credited for getting Sean Connery in the co-starring role that gave the film gravitas. The success of Highlander created a franchise that included a sequel, an animated series, a television series, tv movies and video games.
The original Highlander film is one of my all-time favorite films. Everything from the screenplay to the acting, direction and soundtrack/score came together. Although I wasn’t a fan of the sequel and didn’t get into the other Highlander ventures, I am such a fan of the original Highlander film, if that was the only contribution that Peter S. Davis made in his career, it would be worth noting here.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Peter S. Davis’ family, friends and fans.
Ben Sherlock at ScreenRant posted The Rambo Franchise’s 5 Best Characters (& 5 Best Action Sequences). His list is a good one. Before you click over let me show you a clip of an action scene that I think should have been included in Sherlock’s list. It is the scene with the river pirates from Rambo.
I love how the tension builds as Rambo and crew move past the pirates’ dock. Just when it looks like they may have escaped trouble, you hear the pirates’ boat start up. Then they are hit with an intensely bright spotlight and machine gun fire churns the water around them. As Rambo tries to negotiate with the pirate leader, Rambo’s eyes move to each of the pirates to see what weapons they possess and their level of danger. Rambo is already determining the order that he will have to take them out should it come to that… and it does.
Be aware before watching the video it contains some profanity and violence.
