The “Wolf Hound” Poster and Trailer are Here!
The Wolf Hound poster and trailer are here. I’m not a fan of the poster but the trailer has me interested. Low budget but well done.
First trailer for Wolf Hound starring Trevor Donovan, James Maslow.
“The Gray Man” Ryan Gosling & Chris Evans – The New Poster and Trailer is Here!
The Gray Man trailer is here and it looks awesome. Deal me in.
Ryan Gosling is THE GRAY MAN and Chris Evans is his psychopathic adversary in the Netflix/AGBO spy thriller directed by Anthony and Joe Russo – available globally July 22 on Netflix.
Also starring Ana de Armas, with Regé-Jean Page, Billy Bob Thornton, Jessica Henwick, Dhanush, Wagner Moura and Alfre Woodard. Based on the novel The Gray Man by Mark Greaney, the screenplay is by Joe Russo, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.
THE GRAY MAN is CIA operative Court Gentry (Ryan Gosling), aka, Sierra Six. Plucked from a federal penitentiary and recruited by his handler, Donald Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton), Gentry was once a highly-skilled, Agency-sanctioned merchant of death. But now the tables have turned and Six is the target, hunted across the globe by Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans), a former cohort at the CIA, who will stop at nothing to take him out. Agent Dani Miranda (Ana de Armas) has his back. He’ll need it.
Rocky II by Anthony M – Le Duc!
Anthony M – Le Duc created this sketch of Sly from Rocky II. Very nice! I found it and Anthony M – Le Duc on Twitter!
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) / Z-View
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Director: Robert Fuest
Screenplay: James Whiton, William Goldstein
Starring: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotton, Virginia North and Terry-Thomas
Tagline: Dr. Phibes has great vibes!
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Dr. Anton Phibes (Price) is out for revenge. When Phibes learned his wife was in a terrible auto accident, he jumped in his car and raced to get to her. Sadly, Phibes was also involved in a wreck. Meanwhile, Dr. Phibes’ wife died on the operating table.
Four years later, disfigured due to his accident, Dr. Phibes is ready to extract his revenge on the doctors who failed to save his wife. Phibes plots to kill each based on one of the Ten Plagues of Egypt. After the third doctor is murdered, the police figure out Dr. Phibes is the killer. Always a step behind the insane Dr. Phibes, the police continue to search for clues as the bodies pile up.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes is supposed to be a dark comedy, but there aren’t any real laughs. Dr. Phibes often kills his victims using elaborate Rube Goldbergesque contraptions. In between murders he spends time dancing with his mute assistant with music provided by his large wind-up animatrons. The advertising for Dr. Phibes – “Love Means Never Having to Say You’re Ugly” – “Dr. Phibes has great vibes” – indicates they weren’t sure how to sell the film to the public. Once you’ve seen the film, that is understandable.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes isn’t a great film or a bad film. It’s a strange film. For that reason The Abominable Dr. Phibes rates 2 of 5 stars.
“Vengeance” Written, Directed and Starring B.J. Novak – The Trailer is Here!
I like the look of the Vengeance trailer. This is one to keep an eye on.
VENGEANCE, the directorial debut from writer and star B.J. Novak (“The Office”), is a darkly comic thriller about Ben Manalowitz, a journalist and podcaster who travels from New York City to West Texas to investigate the death of a girl he was hooking up with.
With an ensemble cast that includes Issa Rae, Ashton Kutcher, Boyd Holbrook, J. Smith-Cameron, and Dove Cameron.
“The Gray Man” – Three Character Posters are Here!
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Above we have three character posters for The Gray Man. Click on each to see them biggie-sized.
Source: /Film.
“Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One” Starring Tom Cruise – The Trailer is Here!
I’m a fan of Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible movies. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One looks to be another winner. I just wish that it wasn’t released in two parts. I’d much rather see a 3 or 4 hour film in one sitting than to have to wait a year for the conclusion. In my way of thinking a movie is a complete story.
We all share the same fate. Watch the official teaser trailer for #MissionImpossible – Dead Reckoning Part One starring Tom Cruise. Coming to theatres 2023.
Rambo by Jon Lankry!
One of the things that I love about Twitter is that you can find so many things of interest on it. While scrolling the other night I came across this fun sketch of Rambo created by Jon Lankry way back in 2014! It kind of reminds me of a Rambo/Terminator mash-up and I like it!
You can see more of Jon Lankry’s art on Twitter.
BULLET TRAIN: The ART and MAKING of the FILM is Coming!
Bullet Train: The Art and Making of the Film is coming on August 2nd. Here’s what will be in it…
The official companion to the film Bullet Train from Deadpool 2 and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw director David Leitch, starring Brad Pitt. Screenplay by Zak Olkewicz.
Assassin-for-hire Ladybug (Brad Pitt) is filling in for a colleague and just wants an easy in-and-out mission for once. What he gets is far from it. There are four other assassins on this Japanese bullet train (Joey King, Brian Tyree Henry, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Zazie Beetz) and when each assassin’s mission impedes the others’, it leads to disastrous consequences.
Go behind the scenes of this action-packed film in exclusive detail. This beautiful coffee-table book is full to the brim with concept art, behind-the-scenes photography, and storyboards, accompanied by exclusive interviews with the cast and crew, including David Leitch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, and Hiroyuki Sanada.
If Bullet Train: The Art and Making of the Film sounds like something you’d like, click on the link since pre-orders are now available!
Rocky by Richard Cox
Richard Cox created the cool Rocky art above. I was able to get on Richard’s commission list at HeroesCon 2019 and he came through like a champ. (See what I did there?) You can see more of RIchard’s art on his Twitter feed and here.
THE CULT OF ICARUS by Jenna Lynn Wright & Karl Slominski is Coming!
The Cult of Icarus trade paperback written by Jenna Lynn Wright and art by Karl Slominski will be released on July 12, 2022. Check out the synopsis…
Cult Of Ikarus is a dark, coming-of-age fantasy comic book series featuring vampires and a magical, supernatural underworld written by Jenna Lyn Wright, illustrated by Karl Slominski, lettered by Taylor Esposito, published monthly by Scout Comics.
Tossed out by her foster family after one-too-many rides home in the back of a cop car, Hunter packs up her meager belongings and hops a train on a mission: stop drifting and finally find out who she is.
That trip to the city is more like a trip down the rabbit hole, as she’s introduced to a covert world of magic and danger running parallel to our own, complete with undead rock stars, a pair of sorcerer brothers with questionable morals, and a prophecy that puts her at the top of an ancient vampire coven’s hit list.
Turns out Hunter is half-human, half-vampire. The product of a forbidden love; she’s an anomaly that shouldn’t exist. And if those vamps get their hands on her, humanity’s time at the top of the food chain may come to a swift and vicious end, and the world as we know it will cease to exist.
Hunter came looking for answers. What will become of her once she gets them?
If Cult of Icarus sounds like something you’d like, you can pre-order it here. I did.
Frank Miller’s The Geek Art Plus More About New “Sin City” Yarns and “Ronin II”
Since the news was announced that Frank Miller was returning to comics in a big way with his Frank Miller Presents publishing company, news has continued to come out detailing what we can expect. IGN posted Frank Miller Presents: Why the Acclaimed Comic Book Creator Is Reviving Sin City and Ronin. If you click over you’ll see Miller’s The Geek (above) as well as Phillip Tan art for Ronin II and more.
“The Takedown” (2022) / Z-View
The Takedown (2022)
Director: Louis Leterrier
Screenplay: Stéphane Kazandjian
Starring: Omar Sy and Laurent Lafitte
Tagline: Two Cops. One Case. No Clue.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Ousmane Diakhité (Sy) and François Monge (Lafitte) are two cops who years ago worked together. Their careers took different paths, but a case has brought them together again. Half a body was found on a train! Although they have different methods, Diakhité and Monge are going to have to make things work to solve the case!
The Takedown is full of bad jokes and forced humor. I tried to make it through the movie. When they chased a suspect into a bumper car rink, and the suspect jumped in a bumper car to make his getaway, I thought this cannot get any worse. Then one of the cops used his police ID to commandeer a bumper car and give chase. If this is your kind of humor, you’ll like The Takedown better than me. Look at the photo below, if that makes you laugh, then add a couple of stars to my rating to get yours. As for me, The Takedown gets 1 of 5 stars.
House of Wax (1953) / Z-View
House of Wax (1953)
Director: André De Toth
Screenplay: Crane Wilbur based on The Wax Works by Charles S. Belden
Starring: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones, Roy Roberts and Charles Bronson (as Charles Buchinsky).
Tagline: UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU’VE SEEN BEFORE!
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Henry Jarrod (Price) is a skilled sculptor who creates life-like wax figures of famous people from history. Jarrod’s business partner, Matthew Burke (Roberts) feels their wax museum would do better business if Jarrod sculpted scenes of murderers and their victims. Jarrod refuses. So for the insurance, Burke sets the museum on fire. He douses Jarrod with kerosene and leaves him to burn alive!
Months later a horribly disfigured man murders Burke. Coincidently (?), Henry Jarrod reappears. Although the fire didn’t disfigure his face or kill him, Jarrod is confined to a wheelchair. His burned hands are no longer useful. Jarrod plans to create a new wax museum with the help of his assistant, Igor (Bronson) and some of his art students. When Burke’s fiancé is murdered by a disfigured man, the police begin looking for a serial killer. And isn’t it strange that Jarrod’s new figures look amazingly like women who have recently been killed?
The disfigured man has his sights on more victims… will the police discover his identity in time to stop him?
House of Wax was originally presented in 3D, so there are some scenes specifically to take advantage of the process. This is one of Vincent Price’s most famous roles and rightly so. Carolyn Jones is a standout in one of her earliest roles. Charles Bronson is effective as Igor, Price’s deaf/mute assistant.
House of Wax is a reworking of 1933’s Mystery at the Wax Museum (which is also worth a watch). Interestingly enough, the success of the 1953 film, gave Warner Bros. the idea to create a weekly television series involving bizarre murders solved by a trio of amateur detectives who own a wax museum. A pilot was filmed, but rejected as too intense for television. The pilot was then expanded into a full length feature, titled Chamber of Horrors and released to theaters!
House of Wax rates 4 of 5 stars.
Bleeding Cool Scores Milo Manara’s Preview Art For Frank Miller’s Sin City
Rich Johnston at Bleeding Cool posted Milo Manara’s First Art For Frank Miller’s Sin City as well as info and preview art from Frank Miller Presents projects.
I am so psyched for the new Sin City yarns that I just had to share the piece above. I’ve been saying for years that Miller should do more Sin City stories and/or let other creator’s (with his story/art approval) have a shot. Soon we’ll be getting the best of both. Click over to Johnston’s article for details and preview art for some of the great stuff coming from Frank Miller Presents!
