Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Alexis Ziritt makes his second appearance in my Stallone Theme Sketch Collection. Alexis is the co-founder of Fistful Apparel and the indie comics co-op Calavera Comics. When I saw that Alexis was taking sketch card commissions, I decided to get on board for a couple. I asked Alexis to pick two from Jack Carter, John Rambo and Cobra. Alexis liked the theme and decided to do all three.
One of my all-time favorite graphic novels is Alien: The Illustrated Story by Archie Goodwin [writer] and Walt Simonson [artist]. Released at the same time as the Ridley Scott movie, Alien: The Illustrated Story not only adapts the movie, but also includes scenes which never made it into the film.
If you like Alien or comics, my guess is you’ll love Alien: The Illustrated Story.
Here’s a teaser poster for Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman. I like the it! Very minimalistic. It has the feel of a Japanese print which ties right in with the fact that Wolverine will be set in Japan [since the movie is an adaptation of Frank Miller’s classic Wolverine mini-series.]
Plus the poster uses real art. As in a drawing, not a giant Photoshopped photograph. Sure, I realize that Photoshop is a tool and it takes a real artist to make it sing, but still… how often do we see art ala Drew Struzan, or Bob Peak, or Frank Frazetta on a modern movie poster? Not often enough.
Today we have Jenn Lee’s third (but hopefully not last) appearance in the Stallone Sketch Gallery. I saw Jenn’s art and that she was taking on headsketch commissions. Jenn thought sketching Sly characters would be fun. Here’s her take on Sly in his role as Barney Ross from The Expendables.
You can see more of Jenn’s art here. – Craig
FIlm.com posted their choices for the Top 50 Horror Movies of All Time. Like with most any “best of” list there are things to quibble about…
Even with the quibbles, it’s not a bad list.
A Good Day to Die Hard. I dig the new poster and new trailer. Unless the movie jumps the rails in a way I can’t imagine, I’m gonna dig A Good Day to Die Hard as well.
That’s the first shot of Arnold Schwarzenegger in character for the crime-action-drama, Ten, that’s now in production. According to ComingSoon:
Arnold looks to be in fine form and he’s still got that Terminator-stare, but if you ask me, that Lollipop-Guild haircut has got to go.
Sometimes a movie looks/sounds good from the moment you first hear about it. Then as posters and teaser trailers start appearing, it just keeps looking better and better.
Killing Them Softly is one of those films. This international Killing Them Softly trailer is the best yet.
Earlier this week, Deadline.com posted that Warner Bros. had picked up the rights to Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer. Although it hasn’t been decided whether Hammer will be turned loose in a modern day setting or the film will be a period piece, I think that either way we’re in for a potentially fun movie.
The real question is, who to play Mike Hammer? If they’re not going with an unknown, then I’d suggest Karl Urban. I’ll be interested to see who others (especially Chris Mills) would have step into the role. Your thoughts?
Oh, and while we’re making suggestions, might I suggest that Armand Assante’s outing as Mike Hammer in I, the Jury be brought out on dvd?
I like the idea of this poster, better than the actual poster.
It’s cool to have Tony Stark surrounded by different versions of his Iron Man armor. I like that Stark is partially suited up and looking over his shoulder. I like that there is no title other than the number 3 and the release date.
Yet, the main figure doesn’t look dynamic enough. Perhaps it would work better if it appeared that Stark was wearing all his armor except for his helmet.
Then again, maybe it’s just me being too picky. At any rate, you can see an Avengers-sized version of this poster over at IMPAwards.
Today we have Jenn Lee’s second (but not last) appearance in the Stallone Sketch Gallery. I saw Jenn’s art and that she was taking on headsketch commissions. Jenn thought sketching Sly characters would be fun. Here’s her take on Sly in his role as Jack Carter from Get Carter.
You can see more of Jenn’s art here. – Craig
That’s the latest poster for Jack Reacher starring Tom Cruise. Fans of Lee Child’s novels have been pretty vocal that Cruise is not right for the role of the 6′ 5″ tough guy. I’d have to agree. Still, I’ll judge the movie based on how it plays out rather than Cruise’s height [or lack of].
I don’t really care for this poster. This trailer isn’t much better, although I do enjoy it from the point that Cruise steps out of the moving car right before the police arrive.
A couple of months ago we took a look at Joe [Narc] Carnahan’s sizzle reel giving his pitch for a proposed Daredevil movie reboot. Today we get a look at one Carnahan’s video pitches from several years ago. It’s for Gemini Man — about an over-the-hill hitman forced to do battle with a younger clone of himself. [Looper, anyone?]
Thanks and an extra “Go ahead and make my day” Eastwood impression to ComingSoon for the original post.
