“Rocky” Poster by ignacio__rc
ignacio__rc is the artist who created the wonderful Rocky poster above. You can see more of his art at his Instagram.
The Twilight Zone: “It’s a Good Life” Trivia
The Twilight Zone is one of my all-time favorite shows. Some of the original TZ episodes rate with the best television has ever had to offer. One of the most popular Twilight Zone episodes is “It’s a Good Life” which starred Billy Mummy as a little boy who could read minds and would destroy anyone or anything that displeased him.
MeTV posted 9 Little Details You Never Noticed in the Twilight Zone Episode ”It’s a Good Life”. I was surprised by some of the facts listed. Here are three and my thoughts on each before you click over.
It has the longest opening narrative in Twilight Zone history. (Serling’s intro clocks in at 2 minutes which doesn’t sound like much, but when you consider that is 10% of the episode’s running time, it is quite a bit. Still I wouldn’t change a word. – Craig)
They made a sequel in 2003. (The sequel appeared on the rebooted Twilight Zone tv series. Both Billy Mummy and Cloris Leachman, as his mother, returned to reprise their roles. I had no idea that there was a sequel! I need to find and watch it. – Craig)
Rod Serling was working on a feature film adaptation when he died. (Sadly, Rod Serling died at such a young age. I wonder if there is a surviving script? It would be cool to at least know how he planned to handle the story for a feature length film. – Craig)
“Spiral: From the Book of Saw” – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
I like both the poster and trailer for Spiral: From the Book of Saw. The trailer is especially good. I like the cast led by Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson. I really liked the first Saw movie, but hardly remember those that followed it. Perhaps Spiral will raise the bar.
A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in Spiral, the terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw. Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran (Samuel L. Jackson), brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks (Chris Rock) and his rookie partner (Max Minghella) take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.
Spiral stars Chris Rock, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, and Samuel L. Jackson, and is produced by the original Saw team of Mark Burg and Oren Koules. The film is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Josh Stolberg & Pete Goldfinger.
A Lionsgate release, Twisted Pictures presents, a Burg/Koules production.
“Shadow and Bone” – Posters and the Trailer are Here!
Shadow and Bone – Here are several character posters and below is the trailer. I’ve never read any of Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse novels, but will give Shadow and Bone a try. It looks interesting, although not my normal viewing/reading genre. Who knows, maybe Shadow and Bone will change that.
There are no others like her. And there never will be. Get ready to enter the Grishaverse. Shadow & Bone premieres April 23, only on Netflix.
“Rambo: First Blood, Part II” Poster by Oscar Martinez
Oscar Martinez is back and this time it is with his amazing Rambo: First Blood, Part II poster! I like this one even better than his Rocky poster. You can see more of his art here.
“Wrath of Man” Directed by Guy Ritchie & Starring Jason Statham – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
The Wrath of Man poster and trailer are here. I’m disappointed in the poster. For me, it doesn’t give the feel of the film. Ah, but the trailer, I do love it. Guy Ritchie directs a great cast that includes Jason Statham, Holt McCallany (we need to see more roles for this guy!) and Josh Harnett.
Deal me in.
Jason Statham and director Guy Ritchie are back in action. Watch the WRATH OF MAN trailer now and see it in theaters on MAY 7.
A mysterious and wild-eyed new cash truck security guard (Jason Statham) surprises his coworkers during a heist in which he unexpectedly unleashes precision skills. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman’s ultimate motive becomes clear as he takes dramatic and irrevocable steps to settle a score.
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Screenplay by: Guy Ritchie and Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies
Cast: Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Hartnett, Laz Alonzo, Raúl Castillo, Deobia Oparei with Eddie Marsan and Scott Eastwood
“Bride of Frankenstein” Poster by Nick Charge!
This cool Bride of Frankenstein poster was created by Nick Charge. You can see more of Charge’s art at his Instagram.
WE ARE THE TWILIGHT by Benjamin Morse on Kickstarter Now!
We Are the Twilight, is a new 4 issue comic series created, written, drawn, colored and lettered by Benjamin Morse. It is on Kickstarter now. Here’s the synopsis…
Enter the story’s hero– Captain Lancet. He’s a 1930’s All-American crime buster* who accidentally creates the world’s greatest villain before waking up a century in the future. He’ll need to adjust to a strange new world– Fritz Lang’s Metropolis with some cyberpunk dystopia sprinkled in– if he wants to overthrow the totalitarian vampire cult that now dominates the future.*some of these things are not, strictly speaking, the truth.
If you’re a fan of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon serials, Fleischer Bros Superman cartoons, Golden Age Comics or old school horror and crime stories, We Are Scarlet Twilight is made for you! I hope you’ll check it out!
Here are some preview pages.
We Are the Twilight Kickstarter offers digital as well as individual issues. Because Morse wants to get his comic to as many people as possible, the digital issue is only two bucks. I spend more than that on daily iced coffee!
I jumped on this Kickstarter, We Are the Twilight looks like a fun ride. Click here for more info.
RIP: Jessica Walter
Jessica Walter, star of stage, television and movie screen for over 60 years died in her sleep on March 24th at the age of 80. No cause of death was given.
I probably saw Jessica Walters for the first time in the premiere episode of Flipper. I would have been five. After that she appeared with regularity, guesting on many shows that I enjoyed: The Fugitive, The FBI, The Name of the Game, Mannix, The Immortal, Love American Style, Mission Impossible, Alias Smith & Jones and Medical Center — and those are just the shows I regularly watched, she appeared in many others.
Then in 1971, Jessica Walter appeared in the role that always comes first when I think of her. She played Evelyn Draper, the psycho woman who becomes obsessed with Clint Eastwood in Play Misty for Me. That role and that movie was well ahead of it’s time. There’s a scene (and if you’ve seen the movie or the poster you know the one) where Walter literally caused me to yell out loud. Thankfully, we were at the drive-in with just my family. Walter was nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe for her performance.
Had Mrs. Walter’s only role been that in Play Misty For Me, it would have still warranted notice here. After Play Misty For Me, Jessica Walter continued to alternate between television, feature films and stage roles always making everything she was in better for her being there.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jessica Walter’s family, friends and fans.
“The Suicide Squad” Poster is here! (Sly’s Role Confirmed!)
You know what I like about The Suicide Squad Poster? Two things:
1. It doesn’t look like the typical Photoshopped heads poster that most movies get.
and
2. That Sylvester Stallone credit. (In case you’re wondering who that shark is… @TheSlyStallone King Shark. #TheSuicideSquad – James Gunn)
The trailer drops later today!
“Separation” – The Creepy Poster and Trailer are Here!
I like the poster and trailer to Separation. Both do what they should – creep us out and make us want to see the movie!
8-year-old Jenny (Violet McGraw) is constantly caught in the middle of the feuding between her lawyer mother Maggie (Mamie Gummer) and artist father Jeff (Rupert Friend). She leads a lonely but imaginative life, surrounded by puppets called “Grisly Kin”, which are based on the works of her father. When Maggie is tragically killed in a hit-and-run, Jeff and Jenny try to piece together a new life. But when Maggie’s father (Brian Cox) sues for custody, and babysitter Samantha (Madeline Brewer) tries to be the new woman of the house, life in their Brooklyn townhome takes a dark turn. The puppets and frightening characters come to life and Jenny is the only person who can see them. When the motives of the ghoulish creatures become clear, the lives of everyone are put very much in jeopardy.
“Aquarium of the Dead” – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
I kid you not, we have the poster and trailer to, are you ready for this, Aquarium of the Dead!
Aquarium of the Dead is definitely a drive-in movie. I wonder if it will be one of those so-bad-it’s-fun movies or one of those so bad it’s awful movies.
“Killer Among Us” – The Trailer is Here!
Killer Among Us looks pretty good. I want to see more.
After her 4th of July shift ends, Officer Alisha Parks, an idealistic rookie commonly ostracized by her male peers, witnesses a drug-addicted teenager named Ricki being forced into a car by a strange man. She brings the abduction to her superiors who ignore it as just another situation involving a junkie. But Alisha persists and investigates off duty, eventually enrolling the department’s best, albeit wearily hardened Detective Corbucci to aid in the case. Together they uncover that this wasn’t a lone incident, and that the suspect they’re after is in fact a disturbingly indoctrinated, methodical serial killer. Alisha and Corbucci must race against time in order to save this otherwise “forgotten” woman before it’s too late.
Starring: Yasha Jackson, Imani Lewis, Bruce MacVittie
Directed by: Charlie Scharfman
“Edge of the World” – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
I like the trailer a lot more than the poster for Edge of the World, but the poster ain’t bad. How long has it been since we’ve seen an epic like Edge of the World? I guess I’ll find out around June 21st.
EDGE OF THE WORLD Official Trailer (2021) Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Dominic Monaghan
