Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Patrick Schoenmaker created the cool Indiana Jones poster and animated trailer below. After seeing them both, my guess is you’ll want to see more of Patrick’s art which you can at his blog.
Boom Studios is putting out a crossover mini-series of Big Trouble in Little China and Escape from New York and it doesn’t look bad.
Jason Gonzalez created this cool drawing of Sly as Deke DaSilva from Nighthawks. I’m a fan of Jason’s bold style. If you are too, then check out more of his art and follow him on Twitter.
Roger Cormier, Garin Pirnia and Mental_Floss present 25 Facts About Lethal Weapon. Here are three of my favorites…
2. SHANE BLACK SET OUT TO WRITE AN “URBAN WESTERN,” MIXED WITH FRANKENSTEIN.
“What I was looking to do at that time was write a urban western,” Black said. For Riggs, Black used one of his favorite films, Dirty Harry, as a template. “That’s what I was thinking about for that character, sort of the Frankenstein who everybody reviles … for what he did, for what he’s capable of, for the things he still believes in. Because we think that we’re all placid and tame, but in fact violence intrudes in a horrible way and then they have to knock on Frankenstein’s cage and say, ‘Well we kind of need what you do even though we hate and revile you. Please come out and kill these people for us,’ and it’s the old gun slinger.“
3. LEONARD NIMOY WAS OFFERED THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR.
Richard Donner ended up directing all four of the Lethal Weapon films, but that only happened after Leonard Nimoy—who had just shown his directing chops behind the camera on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), and 3 Men and a Baby (1987)—turned down directing Lethal Weapon to concentrate on The Good Mother (1988).
7. THE ACTORS WERE TRAINED IN THREE DIFFERENT FORMS OF MARTIAL ARTS.
To prepare for their roles, the actors learned a trio of martial arts techniques, including Capoeira, Jailhouse Rock (a fighting technique that originated in United States prisons), and Jiu-Jitsu. Gary Busey recalled also learning Taekwondo as well. Busey’s interest in martial arts began when he was taught these forms for Lethal Weapon.
William Bibbiani and Crave preview choices for The Best Western Ever. This of course begs the question, What is The Best Western Ever?
Of the three preview choices I would go with Stagecoach. The Ox-Bow Incident is also an excellent choice and since I haven’t see El Topo I can’t comment on it (other than to say I haven’t seen it).
What other westerns would make the cut to be in the running for The Best Western Ever?
Of course there are others but these five jump to the top for me right now. What did I miss?
I am really looking forward to John Wick 2.
The new John Wick 2 photos at Joblo.com ease the pain of the wait somewhat. If you want to see the photo above bridge-sized then click here.
Max Evry at ComingSoon.net posted his choices for the Most Rewatchable Movies of All Time.
Evry’s list is an interesting cross-section of films. Of the twelve Max listed I could agree with three: Goodfellas, The Princess Bride and Jaws.
My list would include: Rocky, The Wizard of Oz, Enter the Dragon and The Big Heat as the top four rewatchable movies of all time.
The second trailer for Desierto is here!
Here’s the poster and trailer for The Whole Truth starring Keanu Reeves, Renée Zellweger and Jim Belushi [who was dying to get the role].
What are the odds that a young writer would, on the same day, get the jobs to write the screenplays to two of Hollywood’s biggest sequels ever?
That is exactly what happened to James Cameron when he earned the assignments to create sequels to First Blood and Alien.
You can click over to /Film.com and see the video where Cameron explains how he did it, but before you go, I’ll give you a clue… two desks.
If you thought the teaser for Allied looked pretty good, then you’ll like the full trailer even more.
Remember when I posted about the “ROCKY” 40th anniversary print by Gabz? I received mine this week and it looks even better in person. Below are the details if you’d like one for yourself!
“ROCKY”
by Gabz
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary!
Grey Matter Art, under license from MGM Studios is proud to present a new officially licensed, limited edition screen print for the 40th anniversary of the classic film, “Rocky” by talented artist, Grzegorz Domaradzki (Gabz). GMA are thrilled to be working with Gabz again to showcase this amazing poster. There are 2 separate editions for this poster, a regular and variant Edition. Below are details regarding the poster and release date.
Artist: Gabz
Size: 24×36
Regular Edition: 225/$45.00
Variant Edition: 175/$60.00
Printed by: D & L Screen Printing
This poster was released on Wednesday, June 08th on our website shop page at 1:00 PM (est) at www.greymatterart.com
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Tom Breihan at A.V. Club picks the most important action movie of every year and does an indepth write-up. For 1985, Breilhan chose Rambo: First Blood Part II and the piece is worth a look.
The trailer for Passengers does exactly what a great trailer should do: It sets up an interesting situation and leaves you wanting more.
