Category: Movies

The Poster and Trailer for “The Quarry” Starring Shea Wigham and Michael Shannon!

Here is the poster and trailer for The Quarry.  The poster is okay, I like the trailer more.  The Quarry looks like a winner.

From the novel by Damon Galgut comes this searing thriller, a tale of sin and redemption set in the wilds of Texas. After murdering a traveling preacher, a fugitive drifter (Shea Whigham, Joker) travels to a small town and poses as the man he killed. Though the congregation loves the drifter’s sermons of forgiveness, the local police chief (Academy Award® nominee Michael Shannon, The Shape of Water) is suspicious of the man. Soon a gruesome discovery at a local quarry forces the killer to fight for his freedom.

Two Posters and a Trailer for “Arkansas” Starring Vince Vaughn, Liam Hensworth and Many Others!

Here are two posters and a trailer for Arkansas.  I like both posters – love the Arkansas logo with the skull –  and the clever tag line “Kyle and Swin are working their way to the top… but the top has other plans.”  The trailer shows how quirky Arkansas will be.  The question is will it be too quirky?

The Most Popular Movie for each Year from 1950 On

Jake Rosen at Mental Floss recently posted The Most Popular Movie for each Year from 1950 On.  Here’s how many I saw and my favorite for each decade.

  • 1950 – 1959:  6 and BEN-HUR (1959) gets the nod.
  • 1960 – 1969: 7 with BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969) coming out on top.
  • 1970 – 1979: 10 (yep, I saw ’em all) and you know that ROCKY (1976) was my favorite.
  • 1980 – 1989: 10 again.  RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) wins.
  • 1990 – 1999: 10 (I’m on a roll.)  TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY is my fav.
  • 2000 – 2009: 6.  PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST (06) gets the nod in the weakest decade so far.
  • 2010 – 2019: 4.  GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014) in a decade when I’ve only seen four of the top ten.

Vin Diesel’s Best Movie Roles

Tim Grierson and Will Leitch posted their choices for VIN DIESEL’S 5 BEST MOVIE ROLES (OTHER THAN DOMINIC TORETTO, OBVIOUSLY).  While I agree with their five choices, my rankings are different.

Grierson and Leitch

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5. Hugo Toorop from Babylon A.D. (2008) 5. Xander Cage, introduced in xXx (2002)
4. Xander Cage, introduced in xXx (2002) 4. Groot, introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
3. Riddick, introduced in Pitch Black (2000) 3. The Iron Giant from The Iron Giant (1999)
2. The Iron Giant from The Iron Giant (1999) 2. Hugo Toorop from Babylon A.D. (2008)
1. Groot, introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 1. Riddick, introduced in Pitch Black (2000)

For the record I would have placed Riddick ahead of Toretto if that was an option.  Toretto would then be #2.

I’m glad to see that Toorop (from Babylon A.D.) made the list.  I love that movie despite it’s flaws.

The Poster and Trailer for “Greyhound” Starring Tom Hanks is Here!

How about the poster and trailer for Greyhound with a screenplay by and starring Tom Hanks?

The only thing more dangerous than the front lines was the fight to get there. Screenplay by Tom Hanks inspired by actual events, Greyhound comes to theaters June 12.

In the early days of WWII, an international convoy of 37 Allied ships, led by captain Ernest Krause (Tom Hanks) in his first command of a U.S. destroyer, crosses the treacherous North Atlantic while hotly pursued by wolf packs of Nazi U-boats.

The Poster and Trailer for “Sea Fever” are Here!

Here’s the poster and trailer for Sea Fever.  Yes, this would be a great drive-in movie!

Sea Fever is a tense and original Irish sci-fi thriller reminiscent of cult classics The Thing and The Abyss, starring Hermione Corfield (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) and Connie Nielsen (Wonder Woman).
For marine biology student Siobhan (Hermione Corfield), it was supposed to be a research excursion with a trawler crew fishing the West Irish seas. But when they hit an unseen object and become marooned, a mysterious parasite infects their water supply. Soon the oozing force infiltrates the entire vessel and turns Siobhan’s journey into a claustrophobic fight for survival.

Can they stop the mysterious water borne parasite from spreading before it’s too late? Sea Fever also stars Dougray Scott (Hitman) and Jack Hickey (Game of Thrones). Written and directed by BAFTA© winning Irish filmmaker Neasa Hardiman (behind BBC triumph Happy Valley and Netflix hit Jessica Jones).