Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
In this rare and too short interview with Lee Marvin he talks about everything from his M-Squad days to making [what was to be his last film] Delta Force.
Although the Lee Marvin interview probably won’t be new to him, today’s post goes out to Chris Mills, the co-creator [along with Rick Burchett] of the free weekly webcomic Gravedigger.
Double Indemnity is one of my favorite noir movies. I’ve seen it a bunch of times.
Raymond Chandler, who wrote just seven novels, is one of the founding fathers of modern detective fiction. I’ve read a lot of Chandler and knew he co-wrote the screenplay [along with director Billy Wilder] adaptation of James M. Cain’s novel of the same name.
Until recently I didn’t know that Chandler had a cameo in Double Indemnity. What makes this an even greater find is that there are no known film or television interviews with Chandler!
Thanks and a tip of my fedora to Adrian Wootten and The Guardian.
I’m not a fan of motion comics.
I am a fan of David Twohy and Vin Diesel’s character Riddick.
So, here’s a motion comic to bridge the gap between Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick and Riddick.
Oh, and if like me, you don’t care for motion comics, here is a short interview for you with Vin Diesel who speaks about Riddick.
I like this poster for Gravity.
I think I’d dig it even more if there was part of the spaceship or tether floating in the foreground.
This piece was originally posted at iFanboy as one of their choices for Sketches of the Week.
Cool idea. Cool exection.
Franchesco Francavilla was listed as the artist. No surprise there. Franchesco does neat pieces like this all the time.
Funny thing is, Franchesco wrote in to say he didn’t draw it. Chris Schweizer did.
iFanboy corrected their post. The one thing that didn’t need to be changed is that Bronson as Wolverine is worthy of Sketch of the Week honors.
Chris Flick of Capes and Babes makes his second appearance in my Stallone Theme Sketch Collection. I had the good fortune to sit with Chris, LittleJohn312 and Patricia at last year’s Heroes Con Drink and Draw event. What a great evening! Ah, but I digress…
Chris Flick worked up this cool sketch of Sly wondering why he was invited to be an Avenger. You can learn more about Chris as well as check out his popular Cape and Babes webcomic.
Steven Grant is a writer than I’ve written about many times.
Grant is the co-creator of Damned with Mike Zeck. Grant is also the writer of the first Punisher mini-series [which took the character from a second-tier guest star to one of the most popular Marvel characters of all-time] as well as the best Punisher stories ever told.
Grant is also the creator [along with artist Mataes Santolouco] of the comic mini-series Two Guns. As, you’re probably aware, Two Guns is now also a movie starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. Grant has written an interesting article that he calls Temporary Madness: Lessons Learned from Watching “Two Guns” Get Made. You can read part one here and part two here.
Thanks and a front row seat to Two Guns for CBR.com.
Have you seen the cool poster of Tom Cruise for his movie Edge of Tomorrow? Well, of course you have, I posted it right above.
Many of you are going to let out a groan or even stop reading when you move to my next sentence; but please read on.
The cult classic film that was Brandon Lee’s last starring role, The Crow, is gearing up for a remake.
I know. I know.
I agree. There is no need to remake or reboot The Crow. Heck, even James O’Barr felt the same way…
I was 110% against it. There was no point or need for a reboot. In my mind, you could throw a $100 million at it, put Johnny Depp in it and had Ridley Scott direct and it wouldn’t top what Alex Proyas and Brandon Lee did.
But after talking with director, Javier Gutierrez O’Barr’s feelings changed and he came on board. Principal photography starts in October.
The original Crow mini-series was published by Caliber Comics in 1989. I loved it. The Crow movie was released in 1994 and I liked it a lot.
Since the release of the first Crow mini-series by O’Barr there have been many attempts to bring back the character or to pass the Crow mantle on to others. I’ve given each a chance but none has the power of the original. I have to wonder can lightning in a bottle be caught once again?
Thanks and a wave of a crow’s wing to Shock Till You Drop.
Sly Stallone as Jimmy Bobo from Bullet to the Head by Ron Salas. Obviously I’m a huge fan of Ron’s art. If you’re a sketch collector, you should be too!
Check out more of Ron’s art here.
If you’re already following Riddick on Twitter then you’ve seen these images.
If you’re not, you know what to do.
Recently Hollywood.com posted Christian Blauvelt’s choices for The 25 Greatest Westerns of All Time.
Blauvelt’s list has an interesting mix of classic (“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” – “The Wild Bunch” – etc.), obscure (“The Ruthless Four” – “The Great Silence”), and guilty pleasures (“The Quick and the Dead”).
My only question is how can ANY list of the 25 Greatest Westerns of All Time not have a spot for “The Outlaw Josey Wales”?
Gerardo Moreno is back with his new Jack Carter piece. Prints of this painting are available here. I’ve always enjoyed Gerardo’s Stallone art, and know that I can see more of his art here.
John Carpenter’s The Thing is a classic in the horror genre. Most fans consider it Carpenter’s high-water mark.
What many don’t know is that The Thing that was released to theaters was very different from what was originally planned and filmed. When Carpenter saw a rough cut he realized that the movie didn’t work. It lacked tension (can you believe that?), the pace was slow and MacCready (played by Kurt Russell) was just another face in the crowd.
Luckily a six-week break had been built into the shooting schedule. During that time Carpenter…
…restructured the film, wrote what was essentially a new Second Act to conform to the editing he had done (including new death scenes for two characters), adopted MacCready as his spiritual doppelganger, and scrambled to get all of it shot on location in Stewart, B.C. Coming face to face with his own greatest fear – fear of failure – he was able to make THE THING undeniably his…
Stuart Cohen was a co-producer on The Thing. Cohen was on location during filming and in his blog, details the changes that Carpenter brought about to turn a movie that didn’t work into a horror classic.
Although I haven’t seen The Great Gatsby movie, I have seen enough trailers and clips for it to know that The Great Gatsby is visually stunning.
Now thanks to Chris Godftrey we can see a major reason why The Great Gatsby looked so amazing.
