New “Escape Plan: The Extractors” Poster!
Here’s the new Escape Plan: The Extractors poster!
Category: Movies
The “Into the Ashes” Poster and Trailer are Here!
I like the poster and cast but am not 100% sold on the trailer for Into the Ashes.
The “Doctor Sleep” Trailer is Here!
The Doctor Sleep trailer is here. It definitely has me interested in the movie and the novel as well.
“Escape Plan: The Extractors” Trailer is the Best of the Series!
Here’s the best Escape Plan: The Extractors trailer yet.
International Trailer and New Poster for “Angel Has Fallen”
Today we have a new poster and an international trailer for Angel Has Fallen. While I don’t care for the poster, the trailer is the bests one yet for Angel Has Fallen.
McKay’s Used Books and Collectibles Stores!
Today my wife and I are going to do something we really enjoy. Any guesses?
No, not that. Get your mind out of the gutter. Try again?
Good guess, but HeroesCon doesn’t start until Friday. Give up? Ok, I’ll tell you.
Today we’re going to go to two McKay’s Used Book Stores. We’ll be swinging by the Greensboro and Winston-Salem locations. Later this week we’ll go to the Knoxville location. Yeah, we’re used book store junkies, but especially McKay’s Used Book Store junkies.
McKay Used Books was founded in 1974. The idea was that it would be a…
…book store that would contain a wide variety of books that an individual could obtain cheaply, keep as long as they wanted to, and return for credit on other books in the future… Since that time, the brand split ownership and McKay’s was born in Tennessee. In 1985, the first Tennessee location opened in Knoxville. Since then, two more TN locations have been added: McKay’s Chattanooga opened in 1990, and McKay’s Nashville opened in 2007… During this time, the original idea of a bookstore has expanded to include music, movies, electronics, games, musical instruments, collectibles, and more!
We love McKay’s not only because of the wide variety of books, music, movies and other things that they carry, but because we can trade in similar items we no longer want for either cash or store credit. (Give us store credit, please!). Plus McKay’s prices are reasonable and they always have sales. (Where you will usually find my wife.) I love finding books I need for my collection and discovering new authors thanks to McKays. The only thing that would make McKay’s Used Book Stores better is if they had a central Florida location.
Thomas Boatwright, Cobra and Pizza!
Today we have a video of Thomas Boatwright creating a watercolor Stallone as Cobra sketch for me. I was surprised at how much Boatwright knew about Sly and Cobra. As always, I love the Boatwright’s art. You can see more of it here.
Sly Stallone Starring in “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” Video!
Most fans of this site have probably seen the poster for Stallone in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. (You definitely did if you saw Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Action Hero.) Now, thanks to Ctrl Shift Face we can see what the Stallone Terminator 2 movie would have looked like.
Oh, and if you like the Stallone Terminator 2: Judgment Day poster, click on it to see a apocalyptic-sized version.
Tom Reilly Teams Jack Carter and John Wick!
I usually don’t post any of my Stallone commissions until I’ve received them, but Tom Reilly sent me a scan of the Jack Carter/John Wick piece he did for me and I like it so much I just couldn’t wait!
Tom Reilly is an artist from Mount Desert Island, Maine. He is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, with a BFA in Illustration. Tom’s work has been included in exhibits such as the Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Exhibition, the Rhode Island School of Design Illustration Triennial Exhibition, and the 2017 MoCCA Arts Festival.
You can check out more of Tom’s art at his website or follow him on Twitter.
The “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” Poster and Trailer are Here!
The Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark poster and trailer are here!
From the dark imaginations of Academy Award®-winner Guillermo del Toro and acclaimed director André Øvredal, based on the iconic book series, comes Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark — in theaters this summer.
It’s 1968 in America. Change is blowing in the wind…but seemingly far removed from the unrest in the cities is the small town of Mill Valley where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. It is in their mansion on the edge of town that Sarah, a young girl with horrible secrets, turned her tortured life into a series of scary stories, written in a book that has transcended time—stories that have a way of becoming all too real for a group of teenagers who discover Sarah’s terrifying home.
Shot by Shot with the “Rambo: Last Blood” Trailer!
Samantha Olthof at Film School Rejects takes us through Shot by Shot with the Rambo: Last Blood Trailer. I did catch something I missed in the trailer – Rambo coming up out of the ground during the attack on his property. Check and out and see if there’s anything you missed.
‘John Wick’ Franchise Director Chad Stahelski Interview
Jack Giroux at /Film has an interesting interview with John Wick 3 director, Chad Stahelski. It’s worth a read and here are a couple of tidbits to whet your appetite before you click over…
They call it the curse of the sequel. They love the first movie because it’s original, but by its very nature, the sequel can’t be original in the same way as the first one is because it’s a sequel [Laughs]. So how do you become original, how do you keep the audience invested in what they love and at the same time, show them something new? They want to see it again, but they don’t want you to repeat exactly.
Same with backstory. Halle [Berry] can look at John with the anger, the love, and the look and stoicism and still agree to help, and that should tell you there’s something there. I don’t need her to say, “I love you. We were together for five years.” If you’ve gotta say that, you got the wrong cast or you’ve gotta drop the writers.
Click over and get your John Wick 3 fix!
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) / Z-View
John Wick: Chapter 3: Parabellum (2019)
Director: Chad Stahelski
Screenplay: Derek Kolstad and Shay Hatten and Chris Collins & Marc Abrams from a story by Derek Kolstad
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, Mark Dacascos, Asia Kate Dillon, Lance Reddick and Anjelica Huston.
The Pitch: “It’s time for the sequel”
Tagline: “Tick Tock, Mr. Wick”
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
John Wick [Reeves] is on the run after killing a member of the High Table on neutral ground. With a $14 million bounty on his head, there’s danger at every turn. Wick has a plan, but for it to work, he’ll have to fight his way out of the city and to the one person who can provide a possible option for his life. The odds are against any of it working, but then again, this is John Wick we’re talking about.
The John Wick series is the best movie franchise in years. Each new chapter (film) really feels like an extension of the previous films. In other franchises each film often feels like a step up or slightly different world. John Wick 3 raises the bar for action and provides a broader view of Wick’s world. The new cast members (Berry, Dacascos and Dillon) are perfectly cast.
If you liked John Wick 1 and 2, you’ll dig Chapter 3. They’ve already set a release date for John Wick 4 and that’s May 21, 2021.
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The 50 Best Sports Movies of All Time
Tim Grierson & Will Leitch and Vulture.com present The 50 Best Sports Movies of All Time. I’m happy to report that Creed came in at #28 and Rocky at #3.
The list is a good one, but I’d have included The Set-up, Requiem for a Heavyweight and a couple more from the Rocky series and Paradise Alley. (Would you expect any less?)
Here’s what Grierson and Leitch said about Rocky and Creed:
28. Creed (2015)
The Rocky series had run out of gas several times by the time Ryan Coogler got together with his Fruitvale Station star Michael B. Jordan to inject the whole franchise with adrenaline and soul … and even liven up old Rock himself in the process. The best scenes of Creed aren’t even about boxing at all, as we see young Adonis Creed struggle with his identity, his purpose in life, and the power of his feelings for a young, hearing-impaired musician (played wonderfully by Tessa Thompson). Putting Rocky Balboa in the Paulie role is a brilliant idea, and the relationship between the young boxer and his trainer works … and even manages to transcend the whole 40-year-old enterprise.
3. Rocky (1976)
Roger Ebert famously wrote, in his initial review of Rocky, that Sylvester Stallone reminded him of a young Brando, and while that classification hasn’t, uh, aged so well, you can understand what he was thinking. Before all the sequels, before the montage sequences, before Stallone became a muscled, chiseled ode to misguided masculinity, he was just a guy who wanted to tell a story about a past-his-prime palooka who met a girl and then suddenly finally got his chance at the big time. This is a big hokey underdog story, but it’s told with a grit and realism that matches the era; Rocky’s just a good-hearted schmo from the neighborhood who doesn’t have the stomach to break thumbs for the mob but isn’t sure what else the world has for him either. But he’s got heart, kid. This series is more than 40 years old now, but, as Creed showed, this story remains eternal. It’s probably going to outlive us all. Even Stallone.
RIP – Leon Redbone
Leon Redbone, the singer-songwriter known for his sense of humor and songs performed in the musical styles of the 1920’s has died at the age of 69.
Redbone’s website announced his passing with the following…
“It is with heavy hearts we announce that early this morning, May 30th, 2019, Leon Redbone crossed the delta for that beautiful shore at the age of 127. He departed our world with his guitar, his trusty companion Rover, and a simple tip of his hat. He’s interested to see what Blind Blake, Emmett, and Jelly Roll have been up to in his absence, and has plans for a rousing sing along number with Sári Barabás. An eternity of pouring through texts in the Library of Ashurbanipal will be a welcome repose, perhaps followed by a shot or two of whiskey with Lee Morse, and some long overdue discussions with his favorite Uncle, Suppiluliuma I of the Hittites. To his fans, friends, and loving family who have already been missing him so in this realm he says, ‘Oh behave yourselves. Thank you…. and good evening everybody.’”
I first became aware of Leon Redbone from his performance on Saturday Night Live. I loved that he was so willing to do his own thing in a style no one else (at least to my knowledge) was doing. Redbone went on to create albums, provide songs for movies and do voice work for movies and television.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and fans.
