Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
I’m really looking forward to Olympus Has Fallen. Sure, it’s probably going to be “Die Hard at the White House” but hey, I’m okay with that.
Speaking of things I’m okay with, the poster above is probably the best yet for Olympus Has Fallen… and it’s just okay.
100 Bullets by writer Brian Azzarello, artist Eduardo Risso, colorist Trish Mulvihill, letterer Clem Robbins and cover artist Dave Johnson ran for 100 issues and was one of the best crime comics ever. When it ended, most fans appreciated that the story was done, but hated the loss of their monthly crime fix.
Now, nearly three years later, the entire creative team is returning to bring us a limited series which not only takes place in the same universe as 100 Bullets, but features one of the series most popular characters, Lono.
It’s like Christmas came early.
If you want to learn more about Brother Lono, you can thanks to this interview at Newsarama.
I have a feeling that Todd Robinson may be one of those overnight sensations that everyone discovers after a decade.
Since I’m a big fan of crime fiction, I’m always on the lookout for new authors. I’d heard great things about Todd Robinson. So I ordered his Dirty Words collection. Eleven short crime stories and not a bad one in the bunch. Yeah, it left me wanting to read more of his work — especially about two of his characters, Boo and Junior.
Boo and Junior are two tough guys who spend most nights bouncing at a local bar, but aren’t against making a few extra bucks if muscle is needed. Dirty Words was bookended with Boo and Junior stories. I was stoked to see that Robinson’s new novel The Hard Bounce is about Boo and Junior. Oh, and let’s not forget their buddy, Twitch.
The Hard Bounce is currently getting rave reviews and will be in my next book order. If you like crime fiction, it should be in yours as well.
I think you’re gonna like Boo and Junior. As for Todd Robinson, here’s a short interview with him and you can decide for yourself.
Total Film recently posted a pretty cool piece about movie twist endings that the characters should have seen coming.
Spoilers abound for movies such as Angel Heart, The Village, The Dark Knight Rises, Soylent Green, The Mist, Planet of the Apes and many, many more.
So don’t say I didn’t warn ya if you click on 30 Twist Endings Movie Characters Should Have Seen Coming.
Have you seen this poster for Zero Dark Thirty?
It was drawn by Jock for @MondoNews. Jock sent it out to his Twitter followers and pointed out that the soldiers coming down the ropes spell out Zero Dark Thirty.
Did you catch that just from looking at the poster? I didn’t, but love that Jock was creative enough to add that extra layer.
Well played, sir.
I really like this poster for Dead Man Down.
Of course I should since in this post I suggested it would be cool to have a smaller version of the “falling man” figure that appears in this poster for Dead Man Down “falling” along the right side of this poster.
And that’s what they did.
Adam Shippee sent in his latest Stallone drawing. Thanks to Adam for sharing his talents.
It had been a while, so it was good to hear from Adam! – Craig
I like this poster for Oblivion starring Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman. The video below is interesting as well. You can probably tell that I’m not ready to jump in line for a ticket though.
POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT
My guess, from watching the trailer, is that Cruise is being duped by the aliens/machines.
Earth did not win the war and the survivors rocketed out elsewhere. I think that there is a small band of survivors and the aliens/machines have brainwashed Cruise in an effort to use him to find the survivors.
Any thoughts?
Vin Diesel returns with another shot of himself as Riddick.
I. Can. Not. Wait.
While I’m not a huge Wonder Woman fan, I did think that this fan-made film trailer was pretty cool. If you do as well, and want to learn more about it click over to CBR.com.
Gerardo Moreno asked me to pass on the following information:
IN MEMORY of CHRISTOPHER & DANA REEVE:
- Gerardo Moreno is happy to announce this extraordinary project.
- Superman movie poster illustrated by Gerardo Moreno that you will be able to obtain in different formats
- 50% of every sale will be donated to the Christopher&Dana Foundation.
- If you have questions, inquiries or comments about this project, please e-mail gmwebmaster@gerardo-moreno.com
Explorers are a different breed. Their desire to go “where no man has gone before,” no matter the cost, sometimes has them pay the ultimate price.
In November 1912, they had started as a crew of 24. Before the expedition was over Douglas Mawson was alone in the Antarctic fighting time and the elements to get back to the base camp before their ship left…
“What followed was one of the most terrifying survival stories of all time.”
Into the Unknown by David Roberts [Photo by Frank Hurley] for The National Geographic told the tale. Here’s a taste…
Mawson was now in a race against time, as well as miles. The expedition’s relief ship Aurora was scheduled to arrive at Commonwealth Bay on January 15 to pick up the men and steam toward home in Australia. But as the days ticked by, Mawson was still more than 80 miles from the hut, and he was growing weaker by the hour.
One day, plowing through deep snow, he broke through a snowbridge covering a hidden crevasse. Suddenly he was falling unchecked through space. Then a fierce jolt halted his plunge. The 14-foot harness rope attaching him to the sledge had held, but now Mawson was sure that his weight would pull the sledge in on top of him. He thought, So this is the end.
Miraculously, the sledge stuck fast in the deep snow, anchoring him. But as his eyes adjusted to the semidarkness, Mawson saw how hopeless his predicament was. He dangled free in space, the crevasse walls too far away to reach even with the wild swing of a boot. His first thought came as a searing regret that he had not had the chance to eat the last ounces of his food before he died.
His only chance to escape was to pull himself hand over hand up the harness rope. Providentially, he had tied knots in the rope at regular intervals. He seized the first knot and pulled himself upward, then lunged for the next. Even for a fit, healthy man, such a feat would have been barely possible; yet Mawson pulled, rested, and lunged again. He reached the lip of the crevasse and tried to roll onto the surface above.
That effort broke loose the overhanging lip. Mawson fell all the way to the end of his harness rope. Despair overwhelmed him. He pondered slipping out of the harness to plunge to the bottom of the crevasse, ending things at once rather than by strangling or slowly freezing. At that moment, a verse from his favorite poet, Robert Service, flashed through his mind: “Just have one more try—it’s dead easy to die, / It’s the keeping-on-living that’s hard.”
The words spurred him to “one last tremendous effort.”…
Have you seen this poster for The Tomb starring Sly and Arnold? We hope to get a better photo soon.
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd is back! Mike has given us his take on Sly from Nighthawks.
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.
Here’s our first look at Sly and Robert Deniro on the set of their forthcoming film, Grudge Match. It’s going to be interesting to see Rocky vs the Raging Bull.
On a side note, did you notice that Sly’s tats are covered for this role.
Grudge Match opens November 15, 2013.
