Marv by Barry Windsor Smith!
The hits just keep coming. Today we have Barry Windsor Smith’s take on Frank Miller’s Marv from Sin City!
Marv by Walt Simonson!
Let’s turn our Marv quinella into a trifecta with Walt Simonson’s riff on Miller’s big guy!
Source: Cool Comic Art.
RIP: Hal Holbrook
It has been confirmed that Hal Holbrook, award-winning actor, director and author died on January 23, 2021 at the age of 95. Holbrook is best known for his one man show portraying Mark Twain which he began in the 1950s and continued well into this century. In 1966, Holbrook’s portrayal of Twain won him the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
In addition to his stage work, Holbrook could often be found adding class to television and movie roles. Holbrook was a 5 time Primetime Emmy Award winner. Holbrook’s IMDb resume includes 136 acting credits. Some of my favorite Hal Holbrook roles were in Magnum Force, All the President’s Men, Capricorn One, The West Wing, Lincoln, and Sons of Anarchy. Whenever Hal Holbrook appeared on the screen the tv show or movie got at least a little bit better.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Hal Holbrook’s family, friends and fans.
Marv by Rod Reis!
It’s a Marv quinella! Following up yesterday’s piece by Steve Epting, today we get Rod Reis’ take on my favorite Sin CIty character! See more of Rod’s art at his Instagram. You’ll be glad you did.
Marv by Steve Epting!
If you follow Steve Epting on Instagram then you’ve probably already seen the wonderful Marv from Sin City art above. Even if you have seen it, the piece is worth another look. If it is new to you, thank me later. Now you should click over and check out Epting’s other amazing pieces.
Rare “Creature from the Black Lagoon” Photo
I love everything about this rare Creature from the Black Lagoon photo. I hope you do as well.
Source: @shiigeeboo.
“Respite” – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
The poster and trailer for Respite is here. Any time there is a down and out private eye, you have my attention. Add in a serial killer and the interest goes up. I like (not love) the Respite poster and the trailer has me wanting to see more.
Down and out private-eye Jimmy Baz reluctantly takes on a case to find a missing college student when the dead bodies of Muslim men start turning up, leading him to believe he is now searching for a serial killer.
Directed by Saro Varjabedian and written by Varjabedian and Ali Abouomar,
RESPITE was produced by Monte Bezell, Julián Juaquín, Ahmet Devran Dayanc, and Karina Bezell.
RESPITE stars Monte Bezell, Julián Juaquín, Ahmet Devran Dayanc, Haythem Noor, Leslie Kalarchian, Baylen Thomas, and Guillermo Iván.
Stephen King’s New Novel BILLY SUMMERS is Coming!
Stephen King has a new book coming out on August 3rd. Billy Summers is described as “…a thrilling new novel about a good guy in a bad job.”
Tell me more.
Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He’s a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he’ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong?
How about everything.
This spectacular can’t-put-it-down novel is part war story, part love letter to small town America and the people who live there, and it features one of the most compelling and surprising duos in King fiction, who set out to avenge the crimes of an extraordinarily evil man. It’s about love, luck, fate, and a complex hero with one last shot at redemption.
You won’t put this story down, and you won’t forget Billy.
Entertainment Weekly has an excerpt if you’d like to know more. As for me, I’m in.
“Body Brokers” – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
Body Brokers – the poster and trailer are here! The poster is okay — it looks like a good start but needs more. I liked the trailer okay. The main selling point to me is Michael Kenneth Williams and Frank Grillo. These guys are under-rated actors.
Utah and Opal are junkies living on the streets of rural Ohio until a seemingly chance encounter with the enigmatic Wood brings them to Los Angeles for drug treatment. Utah appears to find sobriety with the help of treatment center shrink, Dr. White, and tech turned love interest, May. They soon learn that drug treatment is but a cover for a predatory business, enlisting addicts to recruit other addicts.
Starring: Jack Kilmer, Alice Englert, Michael Kenneth Williams, Melissa Leo, Jessica Rothe and Frank Grillo
Directed by: John Swab
“Faceless” – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
Above we have a poster for Faceless and below the trailer. I’m interested in seeing more thanks to the trailer — the poster doesn’t do much for me.
Marcel Sarmiento, director of Deadgirl, V/H/S Viral and Totem, is back with his next horror film, Faceless, which releases on Digital February 16 and on DVD March 2.
In the film…
“After waking up disoriented and frightened in a hospital room, George (Brendan Sexton III, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie) discovers that he has received a full face transplant.
“Following the initial shock of an unfamiliar face, George becomes plagued by vivid, unexplainable flashbacks. He is soon released from the hospital and expected to fend for himself without any recollection of his previous life. With no end in sight and nobody to turn to but a mysterious woman named Sophie (Alex Essoe, “The Haunting of Blye Manor”), George must overcome his flashbacks, unexplained daily occurrences and a persistent, masked stalker to put the pieces together before it’s too late.”
RIP: Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman, whose acting career spanned over 70 years, died yesterday of natural causes at the age of 94. It is hard to say the role that she was best known for since she had so many memorable and award-winning parts. Leachman was nominated for 22 Primetime Emmy Awards (earning her the record for the most nominations). She won 8 Primetime Emmy Awards (tying her with Julia Louis-Dreyfus for the most actress wins in Emmy history.) Leachman also won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award!
My first memory of Cloris Leachman is from her role as Phyllis Lindstrom on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Her character was so popular that Leachman played her in two spin-off series; first on Rhoda and then in her own show simply titled Phyllis. Although my first memory of Cloris Leachman is from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, there is no doubt that I’d seen Leachman in many other television guest appearances. Her tv credits include dozens and dozens of appearances on popular shows… everything from Lassie to The Twilight Zone.
Cloris Leachman wasn’t just limited to television roles. Her appearances in Mel Brooks’ films were always funny, welcome additions. Her role as Frau Blücher in Young Frankenstein is a classic. Who can forget her first major movie role as Christina Bailey in Kiss Me Deadly? Leachman also appeared in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Last Picture Show (where she won the Oscar and BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress), High Anxiety and many other features.
Cloris Leachman has nearly 300 acting credits on her resume and she made everything she was in better by her presence. She will be missed.
Our thoughts and prayers go our to Cloris Leachman’s family, friends and fans.
“Dead Air” – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
The Dead Air poster and trailer are here. The trailer has a Frequency vibe to it. I liked Frequency, so I’ll give Dead Air a shot.
Suffering from the repressed memory of an old trauma, William discovers a ham radio and stumbles into contact with Eva, a woman with a dark secret of her own. The deceptively innocent relationship leads him to a horrible truth and changes him forever.
“Debris” – The Trailer is Here!
The Debris trailer looks pretty interesting. I’ll give it a shot.
When mysterious wreckage starts falling from the sky, a secretive international agency is tasked with figuring out what it is, where it came from, and most importantly… what it can do. British agent Finola Jones and American agent Bryan Beneventi are partners who have very different styles – she’s warm, intuitive and detail-oriented, and he’s charming, confident and guarded. But they have no choice but to trust each other as they track down the debris scattered across the Western Hemisphere. Each fragment has unpredictable, powerful and sometimes dangerous effects on the everyday people who find it. Every discovery is also a race against time, because shadowy outside forces seek these objects for nefarious purposes.
The cast includes Jonathan Tucker, Riann Steele, Norbert Leo Butz and Scroobius Pip.
Creator and showrunner J.H. Wyman will write and executive produce alongside his company, Frequency Films. Jason Hoffs, Jeff Vlaming and Samantha Corbin-Miller will also executive produce.
“Debris” is produced by Frequency Films and Legendary Television in association with Universal Television.
“Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel” – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
I like the poster and trailer for Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel. I’ll be watching come February 10th.
From housing serial killers to untimely deaths, the Cecil Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles is known to many as LA’s deadliest hotel. The latest chapter in the Cecil’s dark history involves the mysterious disappearance of college student Elisa Lam. Check in to the Cecil Hotel on February 10, only on Netflix.
“A Ghost Waits” – The Poster and Trailer are Here!
I’m not a fan of the poster, but the trailer for A Ghost Waits has won me over. I want to see this film. It appears to be a mash-up of Beetlejuice (confirmed in the synopsis) and Ghost (speculation by me). Check it out!
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
An ingeniously unique and unpredictable combo of horror, humor and heart, A Ghost Waits is a DIY labor of love years in the making from first-time writer/director Adam Stovall and producer/star MacLeod Andrews.
Tasked with renovating a neglected rental home, handyman Jack (MacLeod Andrews, They Look Like People, Doctor Sleep) quickly finds out why the tenants keep leaving in droves – this house is haunted. The ghost in question is Muriel (Natalie Walker), herself employed from beyond the veil to keep the home vacant. Against the odds, Jack and Muriel find they have a lot in common… pulse notwithstanding. Having found a kindred spirit in an otherwise lonely existence, they must fight for their newfound affection as pressure mounts for them each to fulfil their “cross-purposes”.
From its opening spectral assault to its achingly poignant conclusion – as well as a witty depiction of afterlife bureaucracy in the vein of Beetlejuice and A Matter of Life and Death – A Ghost Waits has shocked and surprised audiences around the world, and now makes its home video debut stacked with insightful bonus features that take you inside the process of creating this phantasmagorical monochrome marvel.
