Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
When I was a kid my favorite monster was the Wolfman.
My favorite wolfman movie was (and is) Curse of the Werewolf starring Oliver Reed. For my money (or at least my two cents), that movie has the best designed werewolf of any film.
Perhaps Francesco Francavilla agrees because he created a great Curse of the Werewolf tribute piece!
Who doesn’t dig the old Universal Horror movies?
I love ’em. If you do as well, then you’ll want to check out the documentary below. You’ll have a scary good time.
The gentleman above is William Afflis, but if you grew up anywhere in the midwest from the 1960’s or later, you knew him as Dick the Bruiser. As you probably guessed (if you didn’t know) Mr. Afflis was a professional wrestler. Beyond that Afflis was a legitimate tough guy and smart business man.
Brandon Davenport has written an informative profile of The Bruiser that details his early life, his amateur and pro football career, his brawls with coaches, police and the riot he and Alex Karras caused when they got into a bar fight with each other, as well as his Hall of Fame wrestling career from newcomer to owner of the World Wrestling Association. Even if you’re not a fan of pro wrestling, I think you’ll get a kick out of You Don’t Mess with William Afflis.
The Game Changers poster and trailer are here! This looks interesting. I’m going to keep an eye out for it.
I’m not particularly a big fan of young adult novels or the King Arthur legend, but I may just have to get on board when Cursed by Frank Miller and Thomas Wheeler comes out later this year.
Cursed…
…approaches the legend of King Arthur from a very different angle, focusing not on the destined King of the Britains, but the “Lady of the Lake” herself, Nimue. Featuring color and b&w illustrations from Miller, its an all-ages tour de force not to be missed!
You can learn more and see additional art at the PREVIEWSworld Q&A With Frank Miller.
Each week JoBlo.com posts a feature called Awesome Art We’ve Found Around the Net. I always enjoy what JoBlo finds because with each post they list the artist’s name and a link to more of his/her art.
That’s where I found this cool Escape from New York poster by Ciarán O Donovan. You can see more of Ciarán’s art here.
The Informer trailer is here!
Things are about to get crazy!
Here is the Burn poster and trailer!
Well… this isn’t my Charlie’s Angels (original tv show era) or the next generation Charlie’s Angels (Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu) but it is the new Charlie’s Angels…
I like the old time feel to the Midway poster. They trailer isn’t bad either.
Midway — In theaters November 8, 2019. Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, Etsushi Toyokawa, Tadanobu Asano, Luke Kleintank, Jun Kunimura, Darren Criss, Keean Johnson, Alexander Ludwig, with Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid and Woody Harrelson.
Coffin Bound by Dan Waters (writer), Dani (artist) and Brad Simpson (colorist) is a new series coming from Image Comics. It doesn’t look or sound like a typical comic…
Chased by an unstoppable killer, Izzy Tyburn has decided that if the world won’t have her in it, it can have nothing of her at all. She’s retreading her life, leaving nothing but burned rubber, ash… and the sun-scorched bones of those who get in her way.
“This is a book all about the inevitability of death, and the choice each of us faces between coming to terms with it, or trying to deny it,” said Watters. “This is a book drawn beautifully by Dani, with Brad Simpsons’ filthy bright colors. This is a book about cars, guns, and sex—and how each of those things does little to stave off the bottomless void waiting just beyond the veil of our known existence. What was the question again?”
Image has an eight page preview that you can see here. I’m on board.
Film School Rejects presents 26 Things We Learned from Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ Commentary. Here are three of my favorites and some of my thoughts at the end…
3. People expected him to take a goofy tone with the film, “but that was the furthest thing from my mind.” He wasn’t a big comic book fan, but he loved Batman and the psychology of the character meaning he knew he wanted to stay true to that idea.
5. He met with numerous actors for the title role who fit the traditional “square-jawed” and heroic look, but he eventually realized “there’s a reason why a guy dresses up as a bat, he’s trying to create a menacing persona.” Michael Keaton has the crazy eyes, but physically he’s someone who would need costuming to make him seem scarier.
24. He took older films like The Man Who Laughs (1928), vampire movies, and the work of Val Lewton as inspirations for Batman.
I wasn’t a fan of Michael Keaton being cast as Batman. I get now why Burton went with MK after reading #5 above.
I like the poster and the trailer (even better) for the French apocalyptic film Hold Your Breath!
Jim Vorel at Paste came up with his list of The 50 Best Zombie Movies of All Time. Vorel’s list is a good one. Here’s his top ten and mine (using just the films on his list).
The 50 Best Zombie Movies of All Time |
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10. Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
10. Day of the Dead (1985) |
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09. Zombi 2 (1979) |
09. Planet Terror (2007) |
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08. Night of the Living Dead (1968) |
08. 28 Weeks Later (2007) |
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07. Evil Dead 2 (1987) |
07. Shaun of the Dead (2004) |
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06. Shaun of the Dead (2004) |
06. Zombieland (2009) |
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05. Day of the Dead (1985) |
05. Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
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04. 28 Days Later (2002) |
04. Train to Busan (2016) |
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03. Re-Animator (1985) |
03. 28 Days Later (2002) |
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02. Return of the Living Dead (1985) |
02. World War Z (2013) |
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01. Dawn of the Dead (1978) |
01. Night of the Living Dead (1968) |
Although it didn’t make the list, I’d have added The Crazies.
