Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd decided to go a round with Sly as Rocky Balboa.
You can see more of Mike’s art at The Daily Sketch with The Krayola Kidd and his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable. You’re also going to be happy to know that once a month Mike has a contest for someone to win a free sketchcard!
I was sad to hear that James Arness died on Friday, June 5, 2011, at the age of 88 of natural causes. Most fans know Mr. Arness as Marshall Matt Dillon from the long-running tv series Gunsmoke which aired from 1955 to 1975 and then returned in the form of five made-for-television movies. If Matt Dillon was the only role that James Arness was known for, it’d still be enough reason to post about his passing. I spent many hours watching Gunsmoke with my grandfather and those are memories I’ll always treasure. [It was my grandfather who informed me that James Arness and Peter Graves [Mission Impossible] were brothers. LOL. The things that we remember.]
James Arness was also an important part of my childhood because he played roles in two of my favorite monster movies. Mr. Arness was the thing in the classic The Thing from Another Planet. He also played the romantic lead in another sci-fi classic, Them! You can also find James Arness in the John Wayne classic, Hondo! One of my favorite James Arness‘ roles was as the mountain man Zeb McCahan [a role that he played in a made-for-tv movie and two mini-series].
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and fans of James Arness.
Did you happen to see the three new character posters for Captain America – The First Avenger movie? The posters are of Captain America [Chris Evans], Peggy Carter [Haley Atwell] and The Red Skull [Hugo Weaving]? If you haven’t seen them, then swing over to ScreenRant for a looksee.
On Friday, May 27, 2011, if he was still alive, Vincent Price would have celebrated his 100th birthday. Zach Bellissimo decided to honor the milestone by creating 100 Vincent Price drawings of the horror legend in the roles that made him famous. What a cool idea!
Well done, Zach. I’m sure Vincent Price would have gotten a kick out of them!
I met Billy Fowler at Heroes Con last year. I hadn’t seen Billy’s art prior to the show, but I really liked the sketches that he was doing. Luckily, I was just able to get on Billy’s sketch last. He worked up this really great take on Sly as Jack Carter.
Billy is scheduled to be at Heroes Con again this year. I wonder if lightning can strike twice. You can see more of Billy’s art at his blog.
I don’t know a thing about Solo, but because the movie poster does what it should, I want to know more. If you’d like to see more, as in a giant-size version of the poster, you can thanks to IMPAwards.
Have you seen the very creepy [and very well done] trailer to Take Shelter? The fact that the images from Joplin are still fresh in mind only add to the spookiness.
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd created the art above earlier this week. It’s his take on Sly as Barney Ross from The Expendables.
Mike Torrance can do it all – pencils, inks and colors. You can see more of Mike’s art at The Daily Sketch with The Krayola Kidd and his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable. You’re also going to be happy to know that once a month Mike has a contest for someone to win a free sketchcard!
Daniel Norris did a bang-up job on his re-imagined poster for Die Hard.
I know I’m in the minority when I say that I didn’t care for Peckinpah’s “Straw Dogs” starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. So I’m a bit surprised to find that, thanks to the trailer, I like the looks of the “Straw Dogs” remake.
That’s the poster for the remake of “Fright Night.” It kind of works. I wish the large face in the background was more menacing, but it still ain’t bad. If you’d like to see a slightly bigger version, you can over at IMPAwards.
Here’s the official trailer. When I heard that Colin Farrell had signed on to play the vampire, I thought he was an odd choice. Now, I think he may be the best part of the movie. I’m a fan of the original film, and will give this one a shot.
FirstShowing scored a, uh, first look at The Expendables 2 teaser poster. Several sites picked up on the image as well as the synopsis that Nu Image posted the storyline for the sequel. I just received a call from Sly’s office. Sly wanted fans to know that the posted synopsis is not correct. The real storyline will be forthcoming, but Sly wanted SZoners to know the truth first! – Craig
The more I see of the new Conan movie, the more I think it might be kinda fun!
The more I see about “Colombiana” the more I think I’m going to like it. If you’d like to see more, as in a much, much bigger version of the poster, then click on the link.
[Via IMPAwards.com]
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd did this for me earlier this week. Mike Torrance does it all – pencils, inks and colors. You can see more of Mike’s art at The Daily Sketch with The Krayola Kidd and his Deviant Art site.
You’re also going to be happy to know that once a month Mike has a contest for someone to win a free sketchcard! This sketch of Jack Carter was what I chose when I won! What would you choose?
Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable. I just ordered four cards [three Stallone pieces and one for a friend so the subject must remain secret… at least until he gets it.]
