Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Here we have the first poster for The Killer’s Game starring Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella and Terry Crews. You can see a Bautista-sized version at IMPAwards.
Two posters and a trailer for The Convert starring Guy Pearce and I’m on board.
Lee Tamahori’s action-filled historical epic stars Guy Pearce as Thomas Munro, a newly arrived preacher in a colonial town in early 19th-century New Zealand who finds himself at the centre of a long-standing battle between two Māori tribes.
Directed by Lee Tamahori
Starring Guy Pearce, Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne, Antonio Te Maioha, Jacqueline McKenzie, Lawrence Makoare
Here’s Lucas Bernard’s caricature of Sly Stallone as Rambo! You can see more of Bernard’s art here.
The more I see for Alien: Romulus, the more I want to see it.
“Alien: Romulus” takes the phenomenally successful “Alien” franchise back to its roots: While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
The film stars Cailee Spaeny (“Civil War”), David Jonsson (“Agatha Christie’s Murder is Easy”), Archie Renaux (“Shadow and Bone”), Isabela Merced (“The Last of Us”), Spike Fearn (“Aftersun”), Aileen Wu.
Fede Alvarez (“Evil Dead,” “Don’t Breathe”) directs from a screenplay he wrote with frequent collaborator Rodo Sayagues (“Don’t Breathe 2”) based on characters created by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett.
“Alien: Romulus” is produced by Ridley Scott (“Napoleon”), who directed the original “Alien” and produced and directed the series’ entries “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant,” Michael Pruss (“Boston Strangler”), and Walter Hill (“Alien”), with Fede Alvarez, Elizabeth Cantillon (“Charlie’s Angels”), Brent O’Connor (“Bullet Train”), and Tom Moran (“Unstoppable”) serving as executive producers.
Today we get the Alien Romulus poster (which I like) and tomorrow we get the trailer!
Crom! Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan by Richard Bonk. You can see more of Bonk’s art here.
Bad for Each Other (1953)
Director: Irving Rapper
Screenplay: Irving Wallace, Horace McCoy based on SCALPEL by Horace McCoy
Stars: Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Dianne Foster, Mildred Dunnock, Arthur Franz, Ray Collins, Lester Matthews, Chris Alcaide, Frank Sully, Ann Robinson, Dorothy Green and Blackie Whiteford.
Tagline: Ghost Surgeon! Forced into the medical shadow world by the love of a money-hungry woman!
The Plot…
Colonel Tom Owen M.D. (Heston) returns to Coalville, Pennsylvania to attend his brother’s funeral. His brother, the mining company’s safety engineer was killed with several others in a mining explosion. Although Tom is a straight arrow military leader and doctor, he discovers that his brother was taking kickbacks to allow the purchase of substandard mining equipment.
When Tom investigates further he becomes enchanted with Helen Curtis (Scott), the wealthy daughter of the mine owner. Tom decides to retire from the military. He takes up residence at a medical facility run by Dr. Homer Gleeson (Matthews). Dr. Matthews caters to the rich. Soon the easy money and Helen begin to change Tom’s point of view.
Tom is blind to the fact that he, Helen (and the easy money) are bad for each other.
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…
Made several years before Heston became a big star.
Power (2024)
Director: Yance Ford
Screenplay: Yance Ford, Ian Olds
Tagline: None.
The Plot…
Power explores the history of police in the United States.
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…
It’s crazy to think that the idea of a city police force didn’t start in the United States until 1838.
The focus of this documentary reminds me of the saying that when the only tool you have is a hammer, you begin to see everything as a nail.
Howl (2015)
Director: Paul Hyett
Screenplay: Mark Huckerby, Nick Ostler
Stars: Elliot Cowan, Rosie Day, Sam Gittins, Ross Mullan, Robert Strange, Sean Pertwee, Ed Speleers and Shauna Macdonald.
Tagline: Last train. Full moon. All change.
The Plot…
A late night train traveling through a remote wilderness comes to an unexpected stop. When the conductor get off to check on things, he is killed by a werewolf. Soon the few passengers on the train realize that they must work together to survive. The creature that killed the conductor isn’t alone.
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…
Director Paul Hyett is known for his special effects in Neil Marshall’s Dog Soldiers, The Descent, Doomsday and The Centurion. Shauna (The Descent) Macdonald and Sean (Dog Soldiers) Pertwee worked with Hyett previously.
The acting is better than expected for a low budget horror film.
This could be fun!
Global superstars George Clooney and Brad Pitt team up for the action comedy Wolfs. Clooney plays a professional fixer hired to cover up a high profile crime. But when a second fixer (Pitt) shows up and the two “lone wolves” are forced to work together, they find their night spiraling out of control in ways that neither one of them expected.
Written and Directed by: Jon Watts
Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Screenplay: Shinichi Sekizawa story by Kazuo Shimada
Stars: Michitarô Mizushima, Misako Watanabe.
Tagline: None.
The Plot…
A van transporting prisoners is ambushed. A sniper kills two prisoners and escapes. The guard in charge of the transport, Daijirô Tamon (Mizushima) is suspended. Tamon decides to use his time off to track down the killer. As he gets closer to the truth, Tamon learns human traffickers may be involved. What chance does one man have against an criminal organization?
Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…
Take Aim at the Police Van‘s subject matter could have been ripped from today’s headlines. Despite being filmed in 1960, the movie has a few scenes that couldn’t get a “G” rating.
Take Aim at the Police Van (1960) rates 3 of 5 stars.
Anyone looking forward to Robert Eggers new film Nosferatu? Ben McLeod is and he made an iconic alt poster for it. You can see more of McLeod’s art here.
I like the retro feel to Jade‘s poster and trailer. It definitely would qualify as a “drive-in” movie that I would look forward to seeing.
Follows a woman who comes between a powerful businessman and a gang leader in their search for a hard drive that could damage the operations of Interpol. The woman is required to use her unique set of skills to retrieve the drive.
