Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Each week JoBlo.com posts a feature called Awesome Art We’ve Found Around the Net. I always enjoy what JoBlo finds because with each post they list the artist’s name and a link to more of his/her art.
That’s where I found this cool Creature from the Black Lagoon poster by Jesus Prado. You can see more of Jesus’ art here.
Today we have Eduardo Risso’s riff on Mel Gibson as The Road Warrior. If you’re a fan of great art, then check out Risso’s Instagram.
Over the years many actors have played Dracula, but my personal favorite is Bela Lugosi. You can imagine my thrill to learn that Legendary Entertainment in partnership with Bela Lugosi’s estate will publish Bram Stoker’s Dracula Starring Bela Lugosi! The graphic novel will be out in late 2020!
“There have been great Dracula graphic novels, but to unite Bram Stoker’s novel in a faithful adaptation with the definitive Dracula in the form of screen icon Bela Lugosi is a dream come true,” – Legendary Comics SVP Robert Napton.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter.
It’s amazing how many actors got their start or appeared in The Faculty. Check out Everything You Didn’t Know About The Faculty presented by SYFY Wire.
Robert Forster, the actor best known for his Academy Award nominated role in Jackie Brown has passed away at the age of 78 from brain cancer.
Forster was one of those rare actors who made everything in was in better. I first became aware of Forster in the tv series Banyon. I liked him better than the show and often that seemed to be the case. The same could be said for his appearances in Reflections in a Golden Eye; The Black Hole; Alligator; The Delta Force; and so many more.
Forster was quoted in a 2018 interview with the Chicago Tribune…
“My career went like this for five years and then like that for 27. Every time it reached a lower level I thought I could tolerate, it dropped some more, and then some more. Near the end I had no agent, no manager, no lawyer, no nothing. I was taking whatever fell through the cracks.”
But Forster hung in taking whatever parts he could that would pay the bills.
Quentin Tarantino was a fan and had Forster audition for Reservoir Dogs. Ultimately Tarantino gave the part to Lawrence Tierney, but had another idea for Forster. And that was the male lead in Jackie Brown. Forster was nominated for an Academy Award and that restarted his career. Better roles continued, and Forster worked until his death — having two films, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Story and Phil coming out in 2019.
I loved Forster’s acting and his attitude about life. As he told this interviewer…
“You gotta be ready… Accept all things that give you a good attitude. Deliver excellence right now… And never quit. You can win it in the late innings if you don’t quit.”
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Robert Forster’s family, friends and fans.
The poster and trailer for The Courier are here and I like the looks of both.
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Academy Award® winner Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight franchise) stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier (Kurylenko, Quantum of Solace) to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick, but after she rescues Nick from certain death, the duo must confront an army of ruthless hired killers in order to survive the night.
What do you think of the poster and trailer for Rattlesnake?
Time waits for no one.
When a single mother (Carmen Ejogo) accepts the help of a mysterious woman after her daughter (Apollonia Pratt) is bitten by a rattlesnake, she finds herself making an unthinkable deal to repay her debt. Written and directed by Zak Hilditch (1922), also starring Theo Rossi and Emma Greenwell, and produced by Ross Dinerstein (1922).
Here’s the poster and trailer for The Fare. It does have a bit of a Twilight Zone vibe to it. I hope the movie is as good as the trailer.
Check out this cool Cobra drawing by Nick Dragotta. You can see a larger version on Nick’s Twitter feed!
Thanks to Military.com today we have 8 Even More Incredible Facts About ‘Rambo’. Check out three of my favorites before clicking over to all eight.
4. Stallone hated the first cut of First Blood.
The first time Stallone saw the edit for “First Blood,” he hated it. It was three and a half hours long, and Rambo’s dialogue was terrible. At first, Stallone wanted to buy the film so he could burn it. Instead of that, he re-cut the film to 93 minutes with most of his dialogue removed, which is what you see when you watch it today.
5. Without ‘Rambo’ there would be no ‘Predator’
When Rocky Balboa took on Ivan Drago in “Rocky IV,” no one in Hollywood was quite sure who Rocky’s next opponent could possibly be. The joke was made that Rocky would have to fight some kind of Alien in “Rocky V.” After a while, Screenwriters Jim and John Thomas began to take the idea seriously and wrote a Rocky-Rambo Hybrid movie that we call “Predator.”
3. Rambo wasn’t a killer – originally.
John Rambo never actually kills anyone in “First Blood.” There is only one death in the entire movie, and that happened as an accident when an overzealous cop falls from a helicopter while shooting at Rambo. (This refers to the movie “First Blood” not the novel on which the film was based. – Craig)In subsequent movies, that all changes of course. Rambo’s body count is 76 in “First Blood: Part II,” and 132 in “Rambo III.” In “Rambo,” he appears to kill the entire Burmese Army with one .50-cal.
This is just one of three rare French posters for the original Frankenstein. You can see the other two here thanks to 41 Strange.
Here’s the poster and trailer for Eli. I’ve watched the trailer twice and it made me jump both times!
Matthew Jackson and Mental Floss present 10 Terrifying Facts About Creepshow. Here are three of my favorites (with my comments) before you click over and check out them all!
1. IT BEGAN WITH SALEM’S LOT.
(Can you imagine if Stephen King and George Romero had made a theatrical version of Salem’s Lot? I loved the tv version of Salem’s Lot, but the thought of a King/Romero movie makes me smile and wonder. – Craig)
9. CREEPSHOW INTRODUCED GREG NICOTERO TO FILMMAKING.
(If getting Nicotero into movies was the only thing that Creepshow was known for it would be enough. – Craig)
10. CREEPSHOW IS PART OF THE STEPHEN KING UNIVERSE.
(I love that Stephen King stories, for the most part, take place in the Stephen King universe. – Craig)
The Acceleration Trailer is Here! Starring Dolpj Lundgren, Natalie Burn, Sean Patrick Flanery, Chuck Liddell, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, and Danny Trejo. This would be the featured film if we still had drive-ins. 🙂
DesVladik Zorich (Dolph Lundgren), a villainous crime lord, is double-crossed by his most trusted operative Rhona (Natalie Burn). Vladik’s propensity for power, control, and violence drives him to kidnap Rhona’s son forcing her to participate in a twisted plan to eliminate one of Vladik’s enemies. To keep her on a short leash, Vladik sets out the ‘rules’ to his ‘game’ and overseas Rhona’s every move as she navigates the darkened streets of Los Angeles. As her son’s life hangs in the balance, Rhona struggles to eliminate the most violent and depraved delinquents, however, Vladik underestimates the power of a mother’s love and finds himself losing control as his devious plan.
The 6 Underground trailer staring Ryan Reynolds and directed by Michael Bay is here. The movie premieres on Netflix on December 13th.
