Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Guy Vizard came up with The 10 Best 70s Horror Movies for ComingSoon.net. Vizard’s list is a good one. It includes…
What’s cool is that for each movie listed, the original trailer is attached. Fun stuff. So, what film(s) did he miss and what would come off the list?
I’ve been a fan of Planet of the Apes since I saw it during it’s first theatrcial run. I was nine. The poster above is one of the rarer ones. I’m a fan of it as well.
Dan Epstein created an excellent profile of Burt Reynolds for Rolling Stone. In Praise of Burt Reynolds: The Last Good Ol’ Boy Movie Star is well worth a read. Here’s a few tidbits…
…even at the height of his fame, Reynolds was never really taken seriously as an actor. Part of the problem, perhaps, was that he was so damned good-looking…
Nobody had more onscreen or offscreen swagger in his stride or a more knowing twinkle in his eye. He was Cary Grant crossed with Tom Jones – funny, sharp, self-aware and surprisingly unpretentious…
And maybe his natural inclination towards fun was part of the problem. Even in his prime, well before all the Cannonball Runs and Stroker Aces and Rent-a-Cops began piling up like a trash strike, he paid scant attention to “building his brand” as a serious actor. The man preferred instead to do whatever happened to strike his fancy at the time…
Now, thanks to Rifkin, Reynolds is back with what’s arguably his best performance since Boogie Nights…
Source: Al Bundy’s Socks.
Gerardo Moreno is back with his riff on George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead poster!
Christopher Shy’s Salem Lot poster is a fine example of the type of work Shy creates. You can see more of Shy’s paintings at his gallery. Plan to spend a bit of time if you click over.
Source: /Film.
Stanley Kubric / The Shining / Horror fans are going to love it that Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ Got the Cinephilia and Beyond Treatment!
Click on the link and you’ll find…
How about this sweet Creed 2 poster made by Gerardo Moreno? Moreno’s Jedi skills at poster-making are strong!
Jason Edminston‘s Rocky IV print was featured this week in JoBlo’s Awesome Art We’ve Found Around the Net. It was too nice not to share here!
Max Allan Collins was recently interviewed by Michael Barson about Collins’ friendship and collaborations with Mickey Spillane. If you’re a fan of Collins and/or Spillane, you won’t want to miss it.
Source: Crime Spree Mag.
Except for Creed 2, Sicario: Day of the Soldado is the movie I’m most looking forward to this year!
Seeing Mike Mignola’s Bride of Frankenstein piece makes me wonder why someone isn’t licensing the classic Universal Monster movies to bring out as comics. I’d think there’s a market for them.
Source: I Can’t Stop Thinking About Comics.
Jonathan Maberry recently requested…
Name your favorite:
1. Vampire Movie
2. Werewolf Movie
3. Zombie Movie
4. Monster Movie
5. Haunted House Movie
And he listed his…
1. Near Dark
2. Dog Soldiers
3. Dawn of the Dead 2004 unrated directors cut)
4. Aliens
5. The Haunting
So here’s mine…
Dracula (1931)
Curse of the Werewolf
Night of the Living Dead (Romero Original)
Aliens
The Changeling
Yours?
Here’s something you don’t often see — Steranko art for The Godfather, Part II. You can see a bigger version at Cool Comic Art on Twitter.
I’m not sure of the artist who created this poster for The Thing, but I sure do like it!
Source: Jennifer Elm.
Tara Aquino and Mental Floss present 11 Dizzying Facts About Vertigo. Here are three of my favorites…
1. ALFRED HITCHCOCK BLAMED JIMMY STEWART FOR VERTIGO’S FAILURE.
Marred by mixed reviews, the $2.5 million Vertigo did comparatively less than Hitchcock’s previous movies, and was widely recognized as a failure. Frustrated with its reception, Hitchcock partly blamed star Jimmy Stewart’s aging appearance. At the time of filming, Stewart—who had starred in Hitchcock’s three previous films—was 50 years old which, according to the director, was too old to convincingly play then-25-year-old Kim Novak’s love interest.5. AN UNCREDITED CAMERAMAN CAME UP WITH THE FAMOUS “VERTIGO EFFECT.”
According to associate producer Herbert Coleman, it wasn’t Hitchcock who came up with the film’s famous camera technique (which essentially involves zooming forward while pulling the camera backward); rather, it was an uncredited second unit cameraman, Irwin Roberts. “He didn’t get screen credit on Vertigo because they gave the screen credit to another close friend of ours [Wallace Kelley] who did all the process work on the stage,” Coleman said.9. ALFRED HITCHCOCK CHANGED THE SETTING FROM PARIS TO SAN FRANCISCO.
The French source novel, D’entre les Morts, was set in Paris, but Hitchcock believed that San Francisco was more interesting. As noted by Auiler, with the city’s vertiginous streets and hilly landscape, the location perfectly matched the film’s themes. In a city where there were such extreme physical highs and lows, awful for anyone with acrophobia, Scottie’s vertigo became a character in and of itself.
