Does The Rock Go Over the Top in Snitch?

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Have you seen this poster for Dwayne The Rock Johnson in Snitch?  Yeah, well don’t feel bad.  I hadn’t either until just a while ago.

I’ve got a bad feeling about Snitch.  The trailer didn’t do much for me and neither does this poster. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Dwayne Johnson fan, but I just can’t get too excited about Snitch.

What other movie does the Snitch poster remind you of?  A tough guy in a movie about a trucker who wants to save his son.

Over the Top anyone?

Yeah, I know.  The movie plots for Snitch and Over the Top are totally different.  Will it really matter though, if the end result is the same?

Thanks to IMPAwards where you can see a really big Snitch if you want.

Leon Redbone And Dr. John – “Frosty The Snowman”

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Since I was a little boy, it’s been a Zablo Christmas tradition that the clan gather at grandma’s house on Christmas Eve.  Family members from near and far would meet for an evening of gift exchanges, great food, laughter and stories.

My grandparents passed away years ago, but we still meet in the same house, which now belongs to my mother.  Mom is also a grandmother, so although the wheel has turned — the Zablo Christmas tradition is still in place.  We all meet at grandma’s on Christmas Eve for the family festivities.

The kids always love this tradition, because they get to open some gifts on Christmas Eve.  Of course they have to wait until Christmas morning to see what Santa brought them, but the long wait until the morning is eased by the gifts of Christmas Eve.

I hope that you have family traditions that add to the joy of Christmas.  The best part is being with family and creating memories. But, if you’re one of those people that love surprise gifts, I hope you enjoy Leon Redbone and Dr. John singing Frosty the Snowman.

Consider it my Christmas Eve gift to you.

Thanks and an extra glass of egg nog to Bill Crider for the original link.

Doug Dabbs is Expendable

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Doug Dabbs is back! I first met Doug in 2011 at Heroes Con. I was heading out from the show and saw his art. If there had been time, I’d have got a sketch on the spot.

I told Doug I would get a piece from him in 2012 and I did. Two in fact. This piece is Doug’s riff on Barney Ross from The Expendables. Since it is one of my favorite sketches from 2012, I thought it would be fitting to go out with a bang! – Craig

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” Loved by Almost Everyone

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A Charlie Brown Christmas is considered a classic.  And rightly so.

A Charlie Brown Christmas is the second longest-running animated Christmas special in television history.  It won a Emmy and a Peabody award.  The night it premiered on December 9, 1965, 50% of the viewing audience tuned in to CBS to check out Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the gang.

Everyone loved A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Everyone except the executives at CBS.

They hated it.  Let me rephrase that.  They hated everything about it.  They didn’t like the kids’ voices.  They didn’t like that there was no laugh track.  They didn’t like the jazz score.  They didn’t like Linus’ speech at the end about the true meaning of Christmas.

About the only thing that they did like is the fact after they aired A Charlie Brown Christmas, they weren’t obligated to order any more Charlie Brown specials.

Check out this post at Neatorama by Eddie Deezen and you’ll see how everything the CBS execs hated, helped to give A Charlie Brown Christmas it’s charm.

Of course, after the ratings, positive reviews and awards started rolling in, the execs at CBS probably started to like A Charlie Brown Christmas just a little bit more… as evidenced by the more than 30 animated Charlie Brown specials that have been produced over the years.

New “Good Day to Die Hard” Poster & Featurette

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I don’t know about you, but I’m digging this latest A Good Day to Die Hard poster.  Maybe that’s because I’m a huge fan of the Die Hard series.

If you’re a Die Hard fan, you’ll probably want to check out this featurette presented by Jai Courtney who plays Bruce Willis’ son in the movie.

Thanks and a Yippe Ki-yay to the fine folks at Coming Soon.