Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Jake Hinkson has written an excellent essay, The Little Story of Right-Hand/Left-Hand: Davis Grubb, Charles Laughton and Night of the Hunter. Although it’s only four pages long, it features rare photos and behind-the-scenes information that make it more than worthy of a read.
Well done, Mr. Hinkson.
Isn’t that about the coolest lamp you’ve ever seen?
While we’re on the subject of Aliens, have you ever seen this rare test footage of Bolaji Badejo, the actor who played the Alien, as he worked out how the Alien should move, Erie footage, indeed.
That’s a detail from a photo that Vin Diesel posted today of himself in character as Riddick. You can see the full photo and learn more about Riddick at Coming Soon.
Dave Wachter returns this week with his take on Sly from Rambo. I met Dave three years ago and became an instant fan. How can you not like a great guy who is a terrific artist? You can see more of Dave’s art at his site. – Craig
Have you seen this mashup?
It’s the opening music from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” combined with the opening bank robbery sequence from Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight”. Bernard Herrmann’s score perfectly matches Nolan’s shots.
How crazy-cool is that?
Tyler Perry as Alex Cross? Yeah, that could work, although I have to admit it was a bit of surprise to see Madea taking on the role of James Patterson’s detective.
I liked the poster a lot better at first glance, but the more I look at it the more the layout bugs me. All of the white space to the left and the fact that Matthew Fox and Tyler Perry are in the same pose just makes the poster fall a bit flat. I also think that they could have come up with a better tag line than: Don’t Ever Cross Alex Cross. The trailer is interesting though.
About a year ago, I did a post about Kyle Hilton‘s cool Breaking Bad paper dolls art. As I said then, I’m not a fan of paper dolls, but when they’re as cool as the one that Kyle did for Vincent Vega from Pulp Fiction, they deserve to be mentioned.
If Oliver Stone’s adaptation of Don Winslow’s Savages is even almost as good as the novel, we’re going to get a great movie.
I think we’re going to get a great movie.
If my life depended upon the right answer, I might be able to guess how many Resident Evil movies have been made. Of course it would be a guess. And I’d only do it to save my life.
The Resident Evil movies (however many there may be) are not great films by any stretch of the imagination. I will confess, however, that I think I’ve seen them all. At least the ones that have made their way to the SYFY channel.
I watch them, enjoy them at the time of viewing and then pretty much forget the details. That’s because, at least as best as I can remember, they’re all pretty much about Milla Jovovich fighting zombies and other creatures created by the evil Umbrella Corporation. Which is a fun way to spend a late night on the weekend when there’s nothing else on.
Guess what? There’s a new Resident Evil movie coming out. It’s called Resident Evil: Retribution and here’s the trailer. I wish I could tell you where this new movie fits in to the Resident Evil timeline, but it’d only be a guess.
Jesse Munoz makes his first appearance in my Stallone Theme Sketch Collection. Big thanks to Jesse for his excellent take on Sly as Jack Carter and for the quick response time. You can see more of Jesse’s art.
Here is the final Expendables 2 poster in all it’s glory.
Recently Neatorama posted The Truth About Gunfights in the Old West. While we probably knew most of the liberties taken in Hollywood gunfights, the piece is still a fun and interesting read.
Here are the viral posters that are starting to make the rounds to promote the Total Recall remake. I’m looking forward to the movie. I also wonder how long it will be before a company decides to make it their business to make fantasies come true.
Thank to ComingSoon for covering the movies that make our fantasies come true… at least for a couple of hours at a time.
Gerardo Moreno is back with his version of how a new Rambo movie poster could look. I’ve always enjoyed Gerardo’s Stallone art, but this may be his best piece ever. To see more of his art, click here.
There was a period of time when Quentin Tarantino could do no wrong. This trailer for his next film, Django, looks like Tarantino is once again hitting on all cylinders.
