Francesco Francavilla & The Black Beetle
I’ve been talking about Francesco Francavilla and his art for years. Francesco is a great guy and a talented artist who has been getting a lot of (well-deserved) praise and press for his creation The Black Beetle.
If you’re not reading The Black Beetle, you should be. If you want to learn more about Francesco or his creation, you can here thanks to CBR.com.
“300: Rise of an Empire” Gets a Poster
This is the first poster for 300 Rise of an Empire. As you probably guessed (if you didn’t already know), 300 Rise of an Empire is a sequel of sorts to 300.
The jury is out on this one, but I’m hoping for a thumbs-up verdict.
All Roads Lead to the Rock in Fast & Furious 6
This is the first poster for Fast & Furious 6 that I’ve liked. It looks even better bigger thanks to IMPAwards.
Mike Torrance and Rocky, Too
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd returns with his Rocky 2 card.
You can see more of Mike’s art at The Daily Sketch with The Krayola Kidd (and if you’ve never checked out Mike’s site, you ought to if only to see his Walking Dead cards!) and his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.
100 Favorite Films
MSN Entertainment recently listed their 100 Favorite Films. I’d seen 72 of them.
Of the 72, I could give a “thumbs-up” to all but 4. So it’s not a bad list, as lists go.
Of course, any list of favorite movies that doesn’t have Rocky in there somewhere has to be called into question.
Can Tonto Save the New Lone Ranger?
Although I like this character poster of Johnny Depp as Tonto, I wonder how the movie, The Lone Ranger is going to do at the box office. My guess is it will either do really well or bomb.
In other words, I have no clue.
Fans of the traditional Lone Ranger (you know, folks old enough to remember the Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels Lone Ranger from the 50s tv series) will probably stay away. Of course if you’re old enough to remember the tv series, you’re probably not the demographic the movie is aiming for.
The question then becomes will Depp’s Pirate of the Caribbean fans show up?
But wait… is Johnny Depp the only selling point to this movie? What about Armie Hammer who is starring as The Lone Ranger?
Let me put it to you like this, I don’t think it’s Hammer Time.
If Depp’s fans don’t show up, the box office for The Lone Ranger will limp off in a cloud of dust with a weak, “Hi – No Silver, the Box Office It Got AWAY!”
Roger Ebert Had Jokes, er… Cartoons
Roger Ebert, was one of the most popular movie reviewers of our time, the first film critic to win a Pulitzer prize, and a fan of cartoons.
Mr. Ebert was a regular contributor to The New Yorker’s Cartoon Caption contest and had even won the contest on at least one occasion. Robert Mankoff takes a look at some of Roger Ebert’s Final Cartoon Captions at The New Yorker.
The cartoon that is posted above features one of Ebert’s captions, but it wasn’t the one that got him the win (“I’m not going to say the word I’m thinking of.”) or even the one that I thought was the funniest (“Now watch how I lift my tray table to it’s original and upright position.”). We’ll save those for folks that click over to the original New Yorker piece.
“R” is for Rocky by Mike Torrance
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd rocks his riff on a Rocky card that is part of a sequence/set that I think you’re going to like.
You can see more of Mike’s art at The Daily Sketch with The Krayola Kidd (and if you’ve never checked out Mike’s site, you ought to if only to see his Walking Dead cards!) and his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.
Gerardo Moreno’s Terminator
Gerardo Moreno is back with his version of a new Terminator movie poster. I’ve always enjoyed Gerardo’s Stallone art, and know that I can see more of his art here.
World War Z: The View from the Pitt
I’m digging this poster for World War Z. I really hope the movie is living up to the hype.
If you’d like to see a World War-sized version of this poster, you can, thanks to the zombie fighters at IMPAwards.com.
R.I.P. Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert, arguably the most popular movie reviewer of our time, and unarguably the first film critic to win a Pulitzer prize, passed away today after a long battle with cancer.
Just two days ago Mr. Ebert had posted that he was taking a Leave of Presence from his role as film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. While Mr. Ebert was stepping away due to his health and treatments for the cancer that had returned, he was far from retiring. Mr. Ebert spoke about more movie reviews and writing he planned to do, a redesigned website, and digital presence as well a Roger Ebert video game or app.
So it was a surprise to learn that today Roger Ebert passed on.
Of course it wouldn’t have surprised him. As Mr. Ebert wrote in his piece, I Do Not Fear Death:
I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear…
R.I.P. Roger Ebert.
Two Guns… So…
Two Guns is based on a graphic novel (of the same name) written by Steven Grant and drawn by Mat Santolouco.
So it has a good foundation.
Two Guns opens on August 2nd. It looks like it’s competition will be 300: Rise of an Empire and Red 2.
So it should/could open at #1.
Two Guns has a new trailer that you can see below.
So what do you think?
Stephen King’s Universe – Here’s the Connection
A little less than a year ago we posted a flow chart that maps the connections between Stephen King’s characters and books. We thought maybe it was time to link to the updated version.
Congrats to Tessie Girl for working it all out.
Zombieland: The Series – I Kid You Not
So there’s going to be a new tv series based on the hit movie Zombieland. It will air on Amazon and be called Zombieland: The Series.
Despite today’s date, I’m not fooling.
That’s the poster for the series above. You can learn more about plans for the series in this article at Arrow in the Head.
