Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Isn’t it about time for even more Two Sentence Horror Stories? Here are three…
During dinner, she told me she knew my deep dark secret.
As she ate her burger I knew she was bluffing.
I decided to kill off a few characters in the book I’m writing.
It would spice up my autobiography a little.
I told the genie for my third and final wish, I wanted my family to be happy.
And I started fading.
If like me, you’re a Darwyn Cooke fan… and if like me, you’re a Richard Stark fan, and if like me, you already own or have pre-ordered Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition, then you’re going to love this post.
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition – Last Call has been announced for a September 29, 2020 release! This oversized edition will contain…
Features more than 100 pieces of never-before-seen Parker art by Darwyn Cooke; a round table talk with Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, Bruce Timm, and Scott Dunbier on Parker and Cooke; and a brand-new 17-page story by multiple Eisner Award-winning creators Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
Darwyn Cooke crafted four universally acclaimed Parker graphic novels, adapted from the works of Richard Stark (A pseudonym for Donald Westlake), before his untimely death. This volume will be (along with the Martini Edition) the last word on Cooke’s brilliant Parker stories.
This edition is a loving tribute to the legacy of Darwyn Cooke and Parker.
If like me, then today you’re going to pre-order Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition – Last Call and count down the minutes until its release.
Here’s the poster and trailer for the Twilight Zone-esque The Platform.
Inside a vertical prison system, inmates are assigned to a level and forced to ration food from a platform that moves between the floors. Directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, The Platform is a twisted social allegory about mankind at its darkest and hungriest.
Over at B&N Reads, Jeff Somers posted his list for The 50 Must-Read Noir Detective Novels. I’ve read half of the books on Somers’ list and if the other books are just as good, Somers has picked nothing but winners.
I’d be interested in how many you’ve read and if you’d add any that Somers missed.
Speaking of Jeff Somers, I recommend his Avery Cates series to anyone who likes hardboiled sci-fi.
Tim Grierson and Will Leitch posted their choices for VIN DIESEL’S 5 BEST MOVIE ROLES (OTHER THAN DOMINIC TORETTO, OBVIOUSLY). While I agree with their five choices, my rankings are different.
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Grierson and Leitch |
Zablo |
| 5. Hugo Toorop from Babylon A.D. (2008) | 5. Xander Cage, introduced in xXx (2002) |
| 4. Xander Cage, introduced in xXx (2002) | 4. Groot, introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) |
| 3. Riddick, introduced in Pitch Black (2000) | 3. The Iron Giant from The Iron Giant (1999) |
| 2. The Iron Giant from The Iron Giant (1999) | 2. Hugo Toorop from Babylon A.D. (2008) |
| 1. Groot, introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) | 1. Riddick, introduced in Pitch Black (2000) |
For the record I would have placed Riddick ahead of Toretto if that was an option. Toretto would then be #2.
I’m glad to see that Toorop (from Babylon A.D.) made the list. I love that movie despite it’s flaws.
What a great day for trailers! Here’s the Official Trailer for Ozark Season 3.
Official Trailer for Ozark Season 3. All new episodes arrive on Netflix March 27, 2020. They are all in. The Byrdes are back in business and the stakes have never been higher. As tensions mount surrounding their new casino, The Missouri Belle, Marty and Wendy struggle to balance their family’s safety with the growing success of their money laundering empire.
How about the poster and trailer for Greyhound with a screenplay by and starring Tom Hanks?
The only thing more dangerous than the front lines was the fight to get there. Screenplay by Tom Hanks inspired by actual events, Greyhound comes to theaters June 12.
In the early days of WWII, an international convoy of 37 Allied ships, led by captain Ernest Krause (Tom Hanks) in his first command of a U.S. destroyer, crosses the treacherous North Atlantic while hotly pursued by wolf packs of Nazi U-boats.
Here’s a new Kingdom Season 2 Trailer!
Some will fall. Some will rise. Blood will spill.
A bloody war between the living and the dead that no one can escape!
The fate of Joseon hangs in the balance.
Here’s the Season 2 trailer for Dark Side of the Ring. I enjoyed the first season and will tune in for the second which premieres on March 24th.
In addition to being one fine artist, Matthew Childers is also an Edgar Allan Poe fan. As such, he recently posted a print he created of Poe (above) as well as 10 Mind-blowing Facts About Edgar Allan Poe. Although you can see the print here, it’s available for purchase at Matthew’s site plus you can check out the Edgar Allan Poe trivia… and other pieces of his art.
Here’s the poster and trailer for Sea Fever. Yes, this would be a great drive-in movie!
Sea Fever is a tense and original Irish sci-fi thriller reminiscent of cult classics The Thing and The Abyss, starring Hermione Corfield (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) and Connie Nielsen (Wonder Woman).
For marine biology student Siobhan (Hermione Corfield), it was supposed to be a research excursion with a trawler crew fishing the West Irish seas. But when they hit an unseen object and become marooned, a mysterious parasite infects their water supply. Soon the oozing force infiltrates the entire vessel and turns Siobhan’s journey into a claustrophobic fight for survival.Can they stop the mysterious water borne parasite from spreading before it’s too late? Sea Fever also stars Dougray Scott (Hitman) and Jack Hickey (Game of Thrones). Written and directed by BAFTA© winning Irish filmmaker Neasa Hardiman (behind BBC triumph Happy Valley and Netflix hit Jessica Jones).
If you’d like to see one of Paul Gulacy’s first (maybe his very first) published art for Marvel Comics, you can.
The Bristol Board has posted the complete story for Bats by Doug Moench, Paul Gulacy, and Duffy Vohland from Vampire Tales #7, published in October 1974.
I cannot wait for this one! I loved Train to Busan and the sequel, Peninsula, looks to be just as good!
PENINSULA takes place four years after the zombie outbreak in TRAIN TO BUSAN.
The Korean peninsula is devastated and Jung-seok, a former soldier who has managed to escape overseas, is given a mission to go back and unexpectedly meets survivors.
Hoping for a trailer soon!
Check out the very cool Dave Dorman painting for the hardcover version of The Expendables Go to Hell written by Sylvester Stallone & Chuck Dixon with art by Graham Nolan, Kelsey Shannon, Butch Guice, Jason Johnson and others!
Click on the art to see a bigger version!
Deadline broke the story that Syfy has given the green light given to a 10-episode series based on George A. Romero’s classic Day of the Dead that should air in 2021. Here’s the synopsis…
Day of the Dead is the intense story of six strangers trying to survive the first 24 hours of an undead invasion.
I like the sound of this quite a bit. The most exciting parts of zombie movies are at the very start when people don’t know what is happening or how to deal with it. The idea of strangers having to come together to survive is a winning concept. I just hope that the zombies aren’t able to “learn” as in Romero’s Day of the Dead.
