Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Here’s the teaser and what may or may not be an official poster for The Irishman. I love the simplicity and cleverness of the trailer. If the poster is fan-made, the fan who made it sure did a great job.
The US international trailer has additional scenes and creepiness!
Reedsydiscovery recently posted their choices for The 100 Best Horror Books of All Time. Although I’ve a few more on my To-Be-Read Bookcases, I was surprised I had only read ten on the list:
6. Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897)
12. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson (1954)
21. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (1971)
22. Carrie by Stephen King (1974)
23. Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (1976)
24. The Shining by Stephen King (1977)
33. It: A Novel by Stephen King (1986)
36. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (1988)
46. 30 Days Of Night by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith (2002)
52. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006)
The photo above comes from Sly Stallone’s Official Instagram and is one of a series of photos from the set of Sly’s next film, Rambo V: Last Blood.
Sly has several films in development and is busier than ever. Here’s what’s in the works:
Sylvester Stallone and Balboa Productions have also acquired the rights to…
Source: ComingSoon.
Rob Hunter and Film School Rejects present 28 Things We Learned from Michael Cimino’s Year of the Dragon Commentary. Here are three of my favorites…
8. While set primarily in New York City, much of the film was shot in North Carolina including the sequences on the streets of Chinatown. They recreated streets with attention to detail up to and including the angled grade of their Mott Street — the “main” street in NYC’s Chinatown — which is not actually flat. They took plaster casts of curbstones and recreated the grade for authenticity, something he says most NYC reproductions on film don’t achieve. “If you look at Ragtime, it’s flat, and that’s why it doesn’t look like New York [City]. It’s a very rocky little island.” He’s proud of their accomplishment as it even fooled Stanley Kubrick. The legendary director was given a screening in London where he told Cimino that “Chinatown looks so great.” Cimino told him the truth, and after a little bit of back and forth Kubrick realized he’d been duped. “If you can fool Kubrick, who had the best eye in the world, you can fool anyone.” The sets have been reused in dozens of films in the years since.
12. He feels Lone and Mickey Rourke compliment each other well and achieve his goal of confusing “the good, the bad, and the ugly.” He says the bad guy is attractive and likable, the good guy is neither of those things, and viewers are ultimately forced to like the good guy because of what he does.
18. He credits Clint Eastwood with his career. Cimino’s debut as writer/director, 1974’s Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, only got made thanks to Eastwood’s belief in him. The contract gave Eastwood the right to fire him after the first three days of shooting, and thankfully he never felt compelled to do so.
The Kid Poster and Trailer are Here!
Peter Tork died today after a long battle with cancer at the age of 77.
Born Peter Thorkelson on February 13, 1942, Peter was, of course, better known as Peter Tork a member of The Monkees.
The Monkees [Peter, along with Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, and Michael Nesmith] took the world by storm in 1966. The group was hand-picked by Screen Gems in an effort to create a tv show about a group of young musicians. Lightning struck and the group not only had a hit tv series but became one of the biggest selling bands of the 60’s. In 1967, The Monkees sold more albums than The Beatles and The Rolling Stones combined. The Monkees even appeared in a feature film called Head that was co-written by Jack Nicholson!
I was a huge Monkees fan like many kids my age [7]. I collected their albums, trading cards, comic books and magazines. I had a model of The Monkeemobile. I even followed The Monkees after Peter, then later Mike, quit the band. Sadly, I never got to see them perform live when they reunited for several reunion tours.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Peter’s family, friends and fans.
The Dragged Across Concrete Poster and Trailer are Here!
Grzegorz Domaradzki is an amazing artist and graphic designer as you can see from his Game of Death poster. Check out a bigger version by clicking on the photo above.
Source: Movie Poster Movement.
The Highwaymen poster and official trailer are here!
The Triple Frontier poster and second official trailer are here!
Ward Hazell and Listverse present 10 Ridiculous Gentleman’s Duels Fought Over Nothing. It’s hard to imagine a time where dueling was legal and even crazier when you consider some of the rules (Check out what rule was broken in the duel between Andrew Jackson And Charles Dickinson). At any rate, here are three of my favorites and my summaries of why (check out the Listverse article for full details)…
Alexander Hamilton And Aaron Burr
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were two of our Nation’s Founding Fathers. They were both patriots having fought in the American Revolution. Burr was Vice President and Hamilton the first Secretary of the Treasury. The two men disliked each other so when Hamilton was to have said something unflattering about Burr and refused to apologize a duel with pistols was arranged.
Hamilton fired first and missed. Some believe that Hamilton, “as was customary for a gentleman, deliberately missed. Burr, on the other hand, whether by accident or design, shot Hamilton in the stomach, tearing through his internal organs and paralyzing him. Hamilton died 36 hours later.”
Andrew Jackson And Charles Dickinson
In 1806, Andrew Jackson challenged Charles Dickinson to a duel after Dickinson insulted Jackson’s wife and called Jackson a “poltroon and a coward.”
Dickinson was no stranger to duels and chose pistols. Dickinson fired first striking Jackson and breaking two of his ribs. Jackson’s gun misfired, so he recocked it and shot Dickinson dead.
Here’s where it gets crazy. Dueling rules required each man to fure ar the same time. If one man fired first the second man should fire in the air and not take time for a deliberate shot! “Though there was some unpleasantness over the issue, Jackson was never charged with murder. He was troubled with pain from the injury for the rest of his life, but it did his career no harm, as he went on to become the seventh president of the United States.”
Monsieur Granpree And Monsieur Le Pique
In 1808 Monsieur Granpree discovered his mistress having an affair with Monsieur Le Pique. The men agreed to a duel to settle the issue… they would fight from balloons in the air.
After a month of training, each man entered his balloon with a blunderbuss and a second. A crowd had gathered to watch this most unusual duel. The balloons lifted into the air and the restraining cords cut. The duel was on.
Le Pique fired first but missed. Granpree’s shot struck the balloon and as you can imagine, things went downhill quickly for Le Pique. “Le Pique and his second were “dashed to pieces”… when his balloon shredded and fell to the ground.
Corrine Cummings and Mental Floss present 45 Amazing Facts About All 44 American Presidents. Here are three of my favorites…
3. THOMAS JEFFERSON
Thomas Jefferson offered to sell his personal library when the Library of Congress was burned by the British during the War of 1812. He sold them 6487 books from his own collection, the largest in America at the time.
35. JOHN F. KENNEDY
JFK lived off of his family’s considerable trusts, so he donated all of his congressional and presidential salaries to charities like the United Negro College Fund and Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America.
18. ULYSSES S. GRANT
In an attempt to unite the North and South, Ulysses S. Grant made Christmas a national holiday in 1870.
Fans of Jack Benny and/or Humphrey Bogart probably know that they appeared together on an episode of The Jack Benny Show. But for years there has been a rumor that Jack Benny made an uncredited cameo appearance in Casablanca.
BookSteve’s Library takes a look at the rumor, finds newspaper articles and contests indicating that Benny did make an appearance in Casablanca and comes up with a conclusion that may surprise you. If this interests you, check out Jack Benny in Casablanca.
IMP Awards is running a survey for their readers choose their favorite teaser “TV” movie posters for 2018. My vote would go to Cargo. Was I wrong?
