Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Morgan Cooper is the writer, director and cinematographer for the fan-made trailer Bel-Air. As you’ll see pretty quickly, Bel-Air is a serious re-telling of The Fresh of Bel-Air.
Kudos to Cooper for turning a comedy concept into what could be a very interesting serious drama while keeping in the funny bits (the Carlton Dance, “born and raised,” Jazzy Jeff, etc.)
Here’s the trailer for Crypto starring Beau Knapp, Kurt Russell, Liam Hemsworth and Alexis Bledel.
Free Solo (2018)
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth, Chai Vasarhelyi
Stars: Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin and Sanni McCandless
The Pitch: “Alex Honnold plans to free solo climb Yosemite’s 3,000 ft high El Capitan and will let us film it!”
Tagline: Live Beyond Fear
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Alex Honnold is one of the most skilled mountain climbers of all time. His love of climbing has taken him to the best known and most dangerous peaks anywhere. His ability to climb these mountains has made him one of the very few professional climbers in the world.
Honnold often climbs “free solo” — without ropes or any safety gear. Many of the best known free solo climbers have died, which isn’t surprising considering that any mistake that causes a fall is usually fatal. Honnold plans to do what no one has ever done before – – to free solo climb Yosemite’s 3,000 ft high El Capitan or die trying.
This documentary does an excellent job of introducing the audience to Honnold and his eccentricities. Honnold’s personal quirks have cost him relationships but help with his focus and drive. The film makers are tasked with presenting the climb and staying out of Honnold’s way.
Watching Honnold’s climb is scary, exhilerating and will leave you in awe at how close to the edge (literally and figuartively) free solo climbers live. If you plan to watch I promise moments where you will push back away from the screen and find yourself wiping the sweat from your palms.
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Here’s the teaser for Doom: Annihilation.
Here’s a rare Nighthawks poster recently posted by New Beverly Cinema. You can see a slightly bigger version by clicking on the photo.
TwoMorrows posted an interview with Alex Toth that is worth a read by Toth and comic art fans.
Francis Ford Coppola has written a new introduction for the 50th anniversary edition of Mario Puzo’s The Godfather and Entertainment Weekly has posted it.
The new intro is worth a read for fans of the book or movie. Here are a few tidbits:
Entertainment Weekly’s post is worth a read and so is Puzo’s novel!
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 saw this Rocky poster by Stuart Holroyd. Click on the pic above to see a bigger version.
It was reported today that Jan-Michael Vincent died on February 10th of cardiac arrest in Asheville, North Carolina. Vincent was 74 and hadn’t acted in nearly two decades due to battles with drugs and alcohol and the results of two car crashes (1996 and 2008) that left him with damaged vocal cords and an amputated leg. It was a sad end to a career that started with such promise.
I first took notice of Jan-Michael Vincent when he appeared as Link in the Danger Island segments of The Banana Splits. Vincent then had the starring role in the TV movie The Tribe. A couple of years later Vincent co-starred with Charles Bronson in the theatrical release The Mechanic. He followed that up with a starring role as The World’s Greatest Athlete from Disney.
With his good looks and easy manner, Vincent was on the verge of a long career starring in theatrical films. Sadly, it just wasn’t to be. Still Vincent had a strong presence and starred or co-starred in films such as Baby Blue Marine, White Line Fever, Big Wednesday and Hooper (with Burt Reynolds). His best known television projects included The Winds of War mini-series and a starring role in the tv series Airwolfe.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jan-Michael Vincent’s family, friends and fans.
Check out Bruce Lee’s vintage screen test!
If you’re in the mood for some martial art madness, check out the poster and trailer for Master Z: IP Man Legacy starring Max Zhang, Michelle Yeoh, Dave Bautista and Tony Jaa.
Thanks to SYFY Wire we can watch and listen to John Romita Jr. as he draws Batman!
Eric Beetner’s new novel, All the Way Down, reads like a cross between Game of Death, Die Hard and The Raid: Redemption. It’s an action-packed page-turner. Beetner talks about All the Way Down and a more in an interview by Matt Phillips at Medium.
Today we have a magic trick famous for fooling Winston Churchill who had the magician repeat it 6 times!
Bruce Lee fans probably know that Lee tried to sell a tv series about a Chinese warrior in the old west. Although the series never sold, the Kung Fu tv series was sure close… and sadly Bruce Lee didn’t get the lead, David Carradine did.
Thanks to Cinemax, Warrior, based on the writings of Bruce Lee is coming soon. Today we have the poster and first trailer. If I had Cinemax, I’d tune in.
