Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
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I like this Rambo III poster by Marko Manev. This is Marko’s third appearance here. The first was for his Pulp Fiction poster and the second, his poster for The Thing. I can’t wait to see what he will do next.
Source: Brian Stooss.
The poster and trailer for Truman & Tennessee can be found here. Truman and Tennessee are, of course, Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams. I don’t know much about either man other than they were considered great writers. They created excellent books (Capote) and plays (Williams) which in turn led to excellent movies. I didn’t often see either of the men on talk shows because I was too young to be interested, but I have seen the movies made from their work. I’d like to know more about these creatives and so I look forward to seeing Truman & Tennessee.
A story of two of the greatest writers of the past century examined in a dialogue that stretches from their early days of friendship to their final, unsparing critiques of each other.
Mimic is a sci-fi short that feels like the start of a full-length feature. It is professionally done with excellent acting, direction, and score. The only nit to pick is the poster which is pretty bland. Still, I could see Mimic adapted into a feature film or tv series.
MIMIC
A lone investigator seeks answers from a reclusive Navy veteran to uncover what happened to a submarine that mysteriously vanished into the atmosphere.
Sly Stallone is posting on the StalloneZone message board. How this all came about is kind of funny… now. You see before everything was worked out, I actually blocked Sly’s ability to post here even after he had posted a few messages.
No, I’m not crazy. Let me explain.
On April 12th a SZ message board member using the screenname “Barney Ross” posted a couple of messages signing off as Sly Stallone. Over the 25 years since I started the StalloneZone this has happened from time to time. Someone will come on the message board and claim to be Sly, one of Sly’s personal friends or business partners. We’ve always blocked these imposters’ posts.
That’s not to say we haven’t had contact with Sly, Frank, Sage or Kevin King. We have, but they have always made it clear it was them and we verified the info before we posted it. Heck, I was even asked by Sly’s team to run the Official Rocky Balboa Movie Blog and I gladly did that.
But back to April 12th…
After seeing the posts, I private messaged “Barney Ross” and asked him to not sign off as if he was Sylvester Stallone. I then see him post again signing off as S. Stallone. So I checked his profile. “Barney Ross” had been a member for over a decade and never posted. There were a few other reasons that made me think he was an imposter. I sent him another message to not sign off as if he was Sylvester Stallone or he would be blocked from posting. “Barney Ross” then posted a public message saying, that he really was S. Stallone and I could ask him anything.” At that point, I was like, “I’ve been down this road before” and blocked him from posting.
The next morning I see this message from Sly’s Official Twitter account: @craigzablo you blocked me from the site, s stallone???? I was under the name BARNEY ….
You can imagine how I felt. I also had an e-mail from one of my official Stallone contacts. He asked why I had blocked Sly from posting.
Of course I unblocked Sly immediately and explained to everyone the situation.
When I started the StalloneZone in 1996 my goal was to create a place for Sylvester Stallone fans to get the latest news and interact. We’ve weeded out the trolls and those who want to be negative. I’ve made every effort to not post rumors and to verify sources.
And that is why I blocked Sly from posting. Yeah, I’ve been getting the business from friends and family for blocking the very man I created the site to honor. But no harm, no foul.
Sly is posting on the StalloneZone… now. ; )
Allison Keene and the Paste TV Writers posted a fun piece titled The 25 Best TV Friendships. Their list isn’t a bad one and contains many of the tv friendships you’d expect to see including…
But I have to question any list of The 25 Best TV Friendships that doesn’t find a spot for…
C’mon, man!
Felix Silla, whose acting career spanned 55 years, died yesterday after after a battle with pancreatic cancer. While you may not instantly recognize Felix Silla’s name, you’ll be surprised at the number of roles you saw him play.
One of his most famous was as Cousin Itt in the tv series The Adams Family. That wasn’t the only popular show that featured an appearance by Felix Silla. He also had roles on: Bonanza, The Monkees, Petticoat Junction, The Girl from UNCLE and Star Trek. Sila appeared in the movies Point Blank and Planet of the Apes. He followed those roles as a regular cast member of HR Puffinstuff.
Other television highlights include: Bewitched, Night Gallery, Mary Hartman, Battlestar Gallactica, a regular role on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Mork & Mindy, and Married with Children. Movie highlights include: The Black Bird, Demon Seed, Kentucky Fried Movie, Under the Rainbow, The Sting II, Meatballs II, Spaceballs and Batman Returns.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Felix Silla’s family, friends and fans.
I like Elvis Presley’s music and maybe even a few of his movies. So I’m not what you’d call an Elvis fanatic, but truth be told, I wouldn’t mind visiting Graceland. There’d be something cool to be able to walk around in Elvis’ mansion (now a tourist hot spot) that has been kept like it was when Elvis lived there.
Ellen Gutoskey posted 9 Rockin’ Facts About Elvis Presley’s Graceland and it was a fun read. Before you click over for the full story, here are my three favorites…
ELVIS BOUGHT GRACELAND WHEN HE WAS ONLY 22 YEARS OLD. (Elvis paid $102,500.00 for the mansion and almost 14 acres of land. $102,500 in 1957 dollars equals $950,127.58 in 2021. That shows you how popular and how much dough Elvis was bringing in at such an early stage in his career. – Craig)
GRACELAND’S JUNGLE ROOM DOUBLED AS A RECORDING STUDIO. (This is probably the most famous room in the mansion. Elvis recorded his second to last studio album in the Jungle Room. It’s cool to know that John Cougar Mellencamp, Kid Rock, and Lisa Marie Presley (Elvis’ daughter) also recorded albums in the Jungle Room. – Craig)
ELVIS KEPT GRACELAND’S KITCHEN STOCKED WITH VERY SPECIFIC ITEMS. (A lot has been made over the years of Elvis’ love for fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches. Other items that Elvis wanted to always be available included: banana pudding, ingredients for meatloaf, fudge cookies, fresh orange juice, ice cream, brownies, shredded coconut, hot dogs, ground round steak, biscuits, and gum.
Looking at that list I’d say: banana pudding only if it contained Nilla Wafers, meatloaf is a good idea for leftover sandwiches, I’d substitute chocolate chip for fudge cookies, fresh orange juice is good but with Elvis money I would have a McDonald’s Iced French Vanilla Coffee maker installed, ice cream is a must and make sure we have Hershey’s syrup, brownies are a big YES, pass on the shredded coconut, yes to hot dogs (all beef), yes to ground round steak, big YES to biscuits and pass on the gum. – Craig)
I almost missed the trailer for Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness. That’s because it is animated in the style of a video game and I don’t play video games. With that said, I did watch it and plan to tune in when Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness shows up on Netflix. What’s not to love — zombies in the White House. ; )
The world of Resident Evil that intertwines horror, action and suspense is presented with beautiful and realistic visuals in this brand-new entertainment epic on a unprecedented scale!
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness releases worldwide in July 2021, only on Netflix.
Riders of Justice. I like the poster. It’s nothing fancy but gets the message across of the type of film it represents. I like the trailer. Love the opening that sets up everything. Riders of Justice looks to have the right mix of action and humor. Deal me in.
RIDERS OF JUSTICE follows recently-deployed Markus, who is forced to return home to care for his teenage daughter after his wife is killed in a tragic train accident. But when a survivor of the wrecked train surfaces claiming foul play, Markus begins to suspect his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible.
In theaters May 14 and on demand May 21
Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen
http://ridersofjustice.com/
Yesterday I posted that my wife and I received our second COVID-19 vaccination. Like with the first shot we both experienced some pain in the arm that received the injection. In the afternoon I felt sleepy, but my wife didn’t experience that issue. We knew that with the second shot many people experienced tiredness, headache, muscle pain, chills, fever, and nausea. We hoped to avoid those reactions.
Unfortunately, as the night wore on we began to experience them. We both developed chills, joint aches and hot flashes. I also had muscle pain (lower back) and nausea. Neither of us slept well, waking up throughout the night several times. We took Tylenol and drank water. It felt like the flu. It’s a little after 1;00pm and we’re starting to feel better. I imagine by tomorrow we’ll be back to our normal selves.
Given that in two weeks we should be assured of not dying or being hospitalized if we contact COVID-19, the side effects were a small price to pay and if we have to get booster shots ever year, I’m fine with that. It sure beats the alternative.
This King Kong poster by John Berkley looks amazing, doesn’t it?
Well, until you click over to The Bristol Board and feast your eyes on the King-Kong-Sized version, you haven’t seen nothin’! So quit monkeying around, and click over!
This morning my wife and I received our second COVID vaccinations. We arrived at 7:15 for our 8am appointments, which were the first of the day. For our first shots we arrived at the same time and were the very first car in line. Today we were probably the 50th car in line. Like last time it was set-up so that you were directed to a parking spot and then allowed to enter the building. They had folks monitoring the line so that people went in according to their appointment time. They even opened things up about 15 minutes early.
We entered the building and it was laid out so that everyone stayed spaced apart. For my first vaccination I felt some heat when getting the shot and my wife didn’t feel a thing. For the second shot, neither of us felt anything. After getting the vaccination we moved to an adjoining room for a 15 minute waiting period to make sure we suffered no ill after-effects. Neither of us had any reactions so we left and again, the layout made it a breeze.
On day two of the first shot we both had a little arm pain tomorrow, but nothing that Tylenol couldn’t handle. I felt sleepy this afternoon and took a nap. Can I blame it on the shot? My wife has felt no ill effects. In two weeks our immune systems will have the full effect of both vaccinations and we will be able to start visiting friends and family again. I can’t wait.
Mike Mignola, the creator of Hellboy, posted “the one time <he> drew the David Harbour version of Hellboy…”. It is too good not to share it here. Click over to Mike Mignola’s Twitter to see a larger version and all of his cool posts.
The trailer for F9, the next in the Fast & Furious saga, is here. It’s all that you’d expect. There are the returning franchise stars, big-name new additions to the cast, a plot that takes the stakes even higher and stunts/special effects that are mind-blowing. You’re either down with that or not. Either way is fine. As for me, I’ll put my brain on hold, fire up some popcorn and enjoy F9.
No matter how fast you are, no one outruns their past.
F9 is the ninth chapter in the Fast & Furious Saga, which has endured for two decades and has earned more than $5 billion around the world.
Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto is leading a quiet life off the grid with Letty and his son, little Brian, but they know that danger always lurks just over their peaceful horizon. This time, that threat will force Dom to confront the sins of his past if he’s going to save those he loves most. His crew joins together to stop a world-shattering plot led by the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they’ve ever encountered: a man who also happens to be Dom’s forsaken brother, Jakob (John Cena, the upcoming The Suicide Squad).
F9 sees the return of Justin Lin as director, who helmed the third, fourth, fifth and sixth chapters of the series when it transformed into a global blockbuster. The action hurtles around the globe—from London to Tokyo, from Central America to Edinburgh, and from a secret bunker in Azerbaijan to the teeming streets of Tbilisi. Along the way, old friends will be resurrected, old foes will return, history will be rewritten, and the true meaning of family will be tested like never before.
The film stars returning cast members Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Nathalie Emmanuel and Sung Kang, with Oscar® winner Helen Mirren and Oscar® winner Charlize Theron. F9 also features Grammy-winning superstar Cardi B as new franchise character Leysa, a woman with a connection to Dom’s past, and a cameo by Reggaeton sensation Ozuna.
F9 is produced by Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Joe Roth, Justin Lin, Clayton Townsend and Samantha Vincent. www.thefastsaga.com
Most hardcore Rocky / Stallone fans know that a different ending for Rocky was filmed than what was used. A few photos from the original ending are seen from time to time, but Trevor O’Sullivan posted some really rare ones. Click on the photos to see larger versions or on Trevor’s name to see his Twitter.
