Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
BFI Film Forever recently posted 10 Great American Film Noirs.
Their list is solid, and contains a noir [The Reckless Moment] that I haven’t seen. If I were to quibble I’d add The Postman Always Rings Twice [original] and The Big Heat.
Jerry Ordway recently spoke with Patrick Reed at Comics Alliance about penciling and inking the 1989 Batman comic adaptation of the movie. It’s an informative, fun interview and the art ain’t bad either!
The Mad Max: Fury Road trailer is here!
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd is back and he’s brought Sly as Machine Gun Joe Viterbo from Death Race 2000 with him! Over the coming weeks/months I’ll be posting more of Mike’s sketch card commissions. My goal is to eventually get a card for every character Sly has played. We’re well on our way!
You can see more of Mike’s art at his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.
It has taken years but the Batman TV series from the 1960’s will finally be available on DVD and Blu-Ray starting November 11, 2014.
The Blu-Ray will be a limited edition with the extras listed below:
ALL 120 Original Broadcast Episodes Fully Remastered In HD
Hot Wheels® Replica Batmobile
The Adam West Scrapbook
44 Vintage Trading Cards
Ultraviolet Digital Copy
32-Page Complete Episode Guide
o Hanging with Batman – A true slice of life in the words of Adam West
o Holy Memorabilia Batman! – A journey into the most sought after collectables through the eyes of 3 extraordinary collectors
o Batmania Born! – Building the World of Batman – Explore the art and design behind the fiction.
o Bats of the Round Table – A candid conversation with Adam West and his celebrity friends, chatting all things Bat ’66.
o Inventing Batman in the words of Adam West (episode 1 &2) – A rare treat for the fans as Adam discusses his script notes on bringing Batman to life in the first and second episodes
o Na Na Na Batman! — Hollywood favorites stars and producers recount their favorite Batman memories
Did you dig the Walking Dead Season 5 Trailer that was shown at Comic Con?
Yeah, me too!
Robert Rodriguez tweeted this sweet character poster of Frank Miller for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.
Miller is, of course, the creator/writer/artist of the original Sin City yarns and co-director with Robert Rodriguez of the two Sin City movies.
I think it’s cool that Miller received his own poster for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Outside of Hitchcock, I can’t think of many other directors who weren’t also acting in the films represented to get the honor.
Whoo-to-the-hooo! Kesley Shannon is back… and in a big way!
Here is a link to Kelsey’s Website and from there you will find links to his Twitter, Facebook and Tumbler!
Diversions of the Groovy Kind recently posted Stunned by Steranko — In Black and White. There are some very cool Steranko pieces there so click over and enjoy!
Recently Do You Remember posted 10 Amazing Beatles Covers by Del Shannon (who had his cover chart before the Beatles had their first American release), Herb Alpert, Richie Havens, Joe Cocker, Nina Simone, Ike Turner, Aerosmith and others.
My favorites were the covers by Richie Havens and Tina Turner… of course your mileage may vary.
I like this poster for Horns.
Horns starring Daniel Radcliffe will premiere on October 31, 2014, and is based on the fan-favorite novel by Joe Hill.
If you’d like to see a bigger version of the poster, you can, thanks to ComingSoon.
My guess is you’re diggin’ this Marv character poster for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.
I am.
Would you like to see a larger version?
Have you heard about the mummy on display in Sicily who appears to open and close her eyes?
Rosalia Lombardo was a two-year-old girl who died of pneumonia in 1920. Her grieving father had her embalmed and placed in the catacombs beneath the Capuchin convent in Palermo, Sicily.
So how/why do her eyes open?
They don’t. According to Dario Piombino-Mascali, curator of the Capuchin Catacombs “It’s an optical illusion produced by the light that filters through the side windows, which during the day is subject to change,”
io9 posted Why Does This Mummy Appear to Open and Close Her Eyes? and there you can see a video of the optical illusion and more.
It’s not that unusual to learn that co-stars of movies and tv sometimes don’t get along. It is surprising though when the co-stars seem to like each other and have on-screen chemistry.
TopTenz posted 10 Sets of Co-Stars You Didn’t Realize Hated Each Other.
The list has a few surprises [Richard Dreyfuess & Robert Shaw, Steve McQueen & Yul Brenner] and several that everyone probably knows about [Bea Arthur & Betty White, David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson, Dustin Hoffman & Meryl Streep, William Shatner & George Takei, Bill Murray & Lucy Liu].
I was surprised that Bruce Willis & Cybill Sheppard and Vivian Vance & William Frawley didn’t make the list!
